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Khashoggi murder suspect identified by passport, not name – French source
Dec. 8, 2021 A Saudi man held at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested because ...WHO recommends against the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19
Dec. 8, 2021 …Trials for severe and critical patients should continue The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics ...WHO advisory group looking at ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 7, 2021 … Vaccines mandate an “absolute last resort” The World Health Organization’s group of advisory experts is considering evidence this week on ...South Africa’s Biovac to start making Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in early 2022 – Executive
Dec 7, 2021 South Africa’s Biovac Institute will start making Pfizer-BioNTech’s, COVID-19 vaccine early next year after receiving the drug substance from Europe, a ...COVID shots are finally arriving but Africa can’t get them all into arms
Dec 6, 2021 When a group arrived at the Sekenani health clinic in rural Kenya for their COVID-19 vaccines recently, staff told them there ...‘Extreme’ vaccine discrimination risks leaving Africa behind – Report
Dec. 6, 2021 Africa has little chance of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic unless 70% of its population is vaccinated by end-2022, yet “extreme vaccine ...Vaccine makers should plan to adjust COVID-19 jabs – WHO
Dec 3, 2021 Makers of COVID-19 vaccines should gear up for the “likelihood” of needing to adjust their products to protect against the Omicron ...Taliban releases decree that women must consent to marriage
Dec 3, 2021 Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights which said women should not be considered “property” and must ...U.N. chief slams COVID-19 ‘travel apartheid’ as unacceptable
Dec. 2, 2021 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that travel restrictions imposed over COVID-19 that isolate any one country or region ...Sudan’s Hamdok would quit if post-coup deal not implemented – Source
Dec. 2, 2021 Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok will quit if a political agreement he signed with the military last week is not implemented ...
