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Pope Francis, in an interview with Vatican Media, called for vaccination against Covid-19. He called it “an act of love for ourselves, our families and our friends.” The Sovereign Pontiff urged people to get vaccinated, saying it is a simple way to promote the common good and take care of …

Uganda will take in 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country. Refugees Minister Esther Anyakun said President Yoweri Museveni agreed to take in the refugees at the request of the Americans. It follows the weekend’s lightning Taliban takeover and collapse of the federal authorities. The first group of …

Clashes between two communities in Cameroon’s Far North region left twelve dead and tens wounded, Midjiyawa Bakari, the regional governor, says. The unrest, in which 48 people were also injured, took place in Logone Birni, an area on the banks of Logone River along the border between Chad and Cameroon. …

Dealing with a cholera outbreak at the same time as the highly contagious Delta strain of coronavirus is posing an existential threat to Nigeria, the head of the country’s public health agency says. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), more than half of the country’s 36 states …

The tragic story took place in Florida, in the southeastern United States. At the end of July, Kristen McMullen, 30 years old and several months pregnant, was hospitalized after being infected with Covid-19. During this first hospital visit, the young woman was also diagnosed with pneumonia, but was sent home …

China on Friday rejected the call of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a new investigation on its territory to seek the origins of Covid-19, urging a “scientific” and not “political” approach. Pressure has increased on Beijing in recent hours over the pandemic, which has already claimed more than 4 …

Health authorities in South Africa are calling for more men to come out in greater numbers and get vaccinated against Covid-19 as their numbers trails that of women. About 60% of vaccines have been administered to women, health officials noted on Friday during a media briefing on government’s efforts in …

A Red Cross nurse gave nearly 8,600 people in Germany, saline solution while her mission was to administer them Pfizer vaccines. The events took place in a vaccination center in Schortens-Roffhausen in East Frisia (Lower Saxony). In total, nearly 8,600 people did not receive one of the two doses of …

As part of new restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus, Israeli state has imposed the health pass on children over three years old, authorities said Wednesday evening. Faced with an increase in contaminations in recent weeks linked to the spread of the Delta variant, the Hebrew State …

In UK, researchers after a study, concluded that it would be impossible to reach collective immunity with the Delta variant. Professor Andrew Pollard, head of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said it on Tuesday in a meeting with British parliamentarians. “I think we are in a situation, with this variant where …