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21 August 2021
• Buddy Dyer, Mayor of Orlando, Florida – where cases of the Delta variant have surged – asks residents to...
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20 August 2021
• U.S. weekly infections surpass one million for the first time since last winter’s surge. Source • The damage from...
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19 August 2021
• As high-income countries announce plans to administer third doses of coronavirus vaccines, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Africa criticized...
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18 August 2021
• Public health experts from the US Department of Health and Human Services issue a statement supporting the need for...
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17 August 2021
• Coronavirus cases in the US surpass 37 million. Source • After France imposed the requirement for a coronavirus health...
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16 August 2021
• The New York Times reports that millions of J & J’s coronavirus vaccines bottled and packaged in South Africa...
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15 August 2021
• As the Delta variant spreads into more remote Outback areas in Australia, it presents a threat to the country’s...
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14 August 2021
• In the US, record numbers of children, people ages18-29, 30-39 and 40-49 re hospitalized with COVID-19. Source • Israel...
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13 August 2021
• Bloomberg reports that herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2 may not be possible, due to the rise of new variants such...
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12 August 2021
• The US FDA announces that it is authorizing additional doses of mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for certain...
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11 August 2021
• WHO announces the SOLIDARITY PLUS trial, which will look at the effectiveness of three potential treatments for COVID-19: artesunate...
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10 August 2021
• The New York Times analyzed data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections from 40 states, noting that the hospitalization rate among...