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27 January 2021
• South Africa grants fast-track approval for emergency use of AstraZeneca’coronavirus vaccine inder Section 21; it expects to receive one...
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26 January 2021
• Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million. Source • In Indonesia, coronavirus cases exceed 1,000,000. Source • The UK becomes...
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27 January 2021
• Auckland, New Zealand enters a seven-day lockdown, its second within a month. Source • After a surge in the...
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25 January 2021
• Australia approves the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Source • Egypt starts vaccinating healthcare workers after receiving 50,000 doses of Sinopharm’s...
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24 January 2021
• US coronavirus cases exceed 25 million as President Biden predicts that the national death toll may surpass 600,000. Source...
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23 January 2021
• One year ago Wuhan went into lockdown. • Globally, more than 60.3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been...
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22 January 2021
• Pfizer/BioNTech announce that they will supply COVAX with up to 40 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine, beginning in...
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21 January 2021
• India announces that it will begin deliveries of Covishield, its locally-produced version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, beginning with donations...
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20 January 2021
• WHO announces that 60 countries have reported imported cases and/or community transmission of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant. Source •...
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19 January 2021
• The World Economic Forum announces that economic and political consequences of the pandemic could persist for years, warning that...
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18 January 2021
• The world exceeds 95 million coronavirus cases. Source • Public health experts have concerns about unequal distribution and efficacy...
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17 January 2021
• Globally, over 42.2 million coronavirus vaccines have been administered. Source • The global coronavirus death toll reaches a record...