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CDC: Unvaccinated more than twice as likely to get COVID-19 reinfection
Date: 2021-08-06 22:12:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:9098571
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely than the fully vaccinated to get reinfected with COVID-19, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released Friday. The research determined ....
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US embassy in Greece issues natural disaster alert
Date: 2021-08-06 20:53:55 GMT - Greece - World - SN:82 - ID:9098479
ATHENS, Aug 6 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Greece has issued a natural disaster alert prompted by fires raging across the country, ekathimerini reported. "US citizens should exercise extreme caution in the affected areas, including in Evia, the ....
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Most Brits support vaccines for children over 12: Survey
Date: 2021-08-06 20:52:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:9098510
LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) – Almost 75 percent of Brits support extending the UK coronavirus vaccination campaign to children over the age of 12, according to a JL Partners survey for the Daily Mail. Three in four voters said they believe children over ....
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J&J vaccine linked to low blood platelet cases: EU regulator
Date: 2021-08-06 19:47:09 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:78 - ID:9098478
BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is linked to cases of low blood-platelet counts, the European Medicines Agency said on Friday. The regulator’s drug safety committee, PRAC, said it reached the conclusion ....
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Austria planning Covid booster shots for autumn
Date: 2021-08-06 19:05:15 GMT - Austria - World - SN:75 - ID:9098481
VIENNA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Austria is planning a third Covid booster shot "in due course", with indications they will take place in autumn. The Austrian government is starting to prepare for autumn with plans for booster shots against Covid-19, the ....
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WHO urges vaccination not be required while traveling abroad
Date: 2021-08-06 18:55:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:74 - ID:9098394
GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said Friday COVID-19 vaccination should not be a condition when travelling abroad as not everyone has equal access to vaccines. The World Health Organization has clearly said it does not ....
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White House: 50% of US fully vaccinated
Date: 2021-08-06 17:39:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9098414
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Half of the US population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the White House said on Friday, as inoculations rise in response to the surging Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, ABC news reported. "50% of ....
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US ambassador offers aerial support in wildfire battle
Date: 2021-08-06 13:51:53 GMT - Greece - World - SN:52 - ID:9098066
ATHENS, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Friday announced that the US Navy is deploying a reconnaissance aircraft to assist the Greek fire service in its ongoing battle with several major wildfires, the Greek newspaper ....
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Head of Afghan government media and Information Center assassinated
Date: 2021-08-06 13:43:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:48 - ID:9098019
KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - Head of the Afghan government media and Information Center Dawakhan Minapal gunned down in Police District 7, Darul Aman Kabul, Friday afternoon, the Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported. Spokesperson of Interior ....
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Malaysia: Over 23 million COVID jabs administered
Date: 2021-08-06 12:40:02 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:38 - ID:9097718
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (MENA) - A total of 23,161,255 vaccine doses have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunization Program as of yesterday. Health Minister Adham Baba said 15,162,424 doses were administered as first doses, and ....
