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Vaccines From Pfizer, AstraZeneca Protect Against Delta Strain

Individuals infected with Covid-19's delta variant, first detected in India, are more than twice as likely to end up in the hospital than with the alpha variant identified in the United Kingdom. last year.Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca do offer protection against delta, researchers said Monday. They found the vaccine shot made by Pfizer and partner BioNTech SE offered…

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How Delta variant of Covid-19 is now wreaking havoc across the world

The Delta variant, first detected in India, has been listed as a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization (WHO).Here's how the Delta variant is affecting the world:The Zimbabwean government on Saturday announced a two-week localized lockdown for Hurungwe and Kariba districts after detecting the Delta variant of Covid-19. The government said that more than 40 cases were recorded…

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UNICEF Research: Child Labor Rises to 160 Million Worldwide as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic

According to a new report by the International Labour Organization or ILO and UNICEF, the number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million across the globe– an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19.Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward, published…

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Global Debt Rises $32 Trillion in 2020 Amid Covid Pandemic

The Covid-19 or coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath has pushed the global debt higher by $32 trillion in 2020 to $290.6 trillion led by government and non-financial corporate debt, and will continue to rise in 2021, said the latest release by Moody's Investor Service. The persistent decline in productivity growth, it believes, poses medium-term challenges to debt sustainability with Africa…

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Who is at risk in the third wave of Covid-19? Here’s all you need to know

As India’s ruthless second wave of Covid-19 recedes, health and policy experts have called for war footing preparation to prevent a possible third wave that could be even more lethal. Much will depend on how India vaccinates its huge population, but some vulnerable groups might be still at risk.Last month, the Indian government’s Principal Scientist Advisor K Vijay Raghavan stated…

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Covid-19: Here’s why the Wuhan ‘lab leak’ theory is back in the news

It has been months since a World Health Organization or WHO investigation into the coronavirus disease's (Covid-19) origins concluded it was "extremely unlikely" that the highly transmissible virus "escaped" from China's Wuhan laboratory. Although this whole story, dubbed by the media as the "lab leak" hypothesis, has its advocates in certain quarters, the reluctance of the wider scientific consensus to…

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Covid-19: Latest Developments Across The Globe

Delta variant ‘more transmissible’  The Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, is “around 40 percent more transmissible” than the Covid-19 Alpha variant, which caused the last wave of infections in Britain, health minister Matt Hancock says. Delta strain of the coronavirus has since become the dominant strain in the United Kingdom, according to official data, threatening the next steps in…

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Joe Biden Announces Covid-19 Vaccine Sharing: 6 Million Doses To Countries Including India

On Thursday, The White House unveiled US President Joe Biden’s vaccine sharing plan with the world, including its intent to direct 75% of excess Covid-19 doses through the UN-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program. The White House had earlier announced that 80 million vaccine doses will be shared with countries across the globe by the end of June. The US distributes excess…

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