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  • HealthNews NowWorld
    By alternativeafrica
    February 12, 2021
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    50% of COVID-19 infections come from people without symptom-study

    London, Feb. 12, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A new study has found that people without covid-19 symptoms, are responsible for about 50% of the early surge of covid-19 infections The study from the University of Chicago found that during the initial wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City, only 1 in 5 to 1 in 7 ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    February 2, 2021
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    Good news for apprehensive parents as mother’s COVID-19 antibodies protect new-borns

    London, Feb. 2, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A mother’s COVID-19 antibodies can cross the placenta, potentially protecting her foetus from infection, researchers reported  in JAMA Paediatrics. However, a second, unpublished study suggests that the maternal-infant antibody transfer is lower than expected. READ ALSO: RARE GOOD NEWS AS GLOBAL COVID-19 INFECTIONS DECLINE FOR THIRD WEEK IN A ROW Several ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    February 1, 2021
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    Rare good news as global COVID-19 infections decline for third week in a row

    London, Feb. 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The number of new COVID-19 infections reported globally fell again last week making it the third consecutive seven-day period in a row that new cases declined, according to the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom. Tedros made the announcement in a COVID-19 media briefing on Monday, but he warned against complacency in ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    January 13, 2021
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    Three Democratic lawmakers test positive for covid-19 after Capitol riot

    London, Jan. 13, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Three Democrats-US lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering for hours with colleagues during last week’s deadly assault on the Capitol. House Democrats Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal and Brad Schneider have announced their diagnoses. READ ALSO: TWO MALAWIAN MINISTERS SUCCUMB TO COVID-19 Last Wednesday they hunkered down in ...
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  • HealthNews NowWorld
    By alternativeafrica
    November 21, 2020
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    Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for COVID-19

    London, Nov. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Donald Trump Jr, the son of US President Donald Trump, tested positive for COVID-19 this week, although he is experiencing no symptoms, according to his spokesperson. Trump Jr. tested positive at the start of the week and has been “quarantining at his cabin since the result,” the spokesperson said. “He’s been ...
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  • HealthNews NowWorld
    By alternativeafrica
    November 14, 2020
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    Over 100 Secret Service agents assigned to White House, others infected with COVID-19

    London, Nov. 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-More than 100 U.S. Secret Service agents are either infected with the COVID-19 virus or been told to quarantine because of close contact with someone who has, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. The number included only those who are part of the service’s 1,600-member Uniformed Division, which generally has the most contact ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews NowWorld
    By alternativeafrica
    October 27, 2020
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    Vaccine may be needed twice as research found antibodies ‘fall rapidly after covid-19 infection’

    London, Oct. 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Levels of protective antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. Antibodies are a key part of our immune defences and stop the virus from getting inside the body’s cells. The Imperial College London team found the number of people testing positive for antibodies has fallen by 26% ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    September 22, 2020
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    Mandatory Testing: Ghana detects 26 covid-19 positive cases among international arrivals

    London, Sep. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government’s decision to test international passengers for Coronavirus at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has paid off. He said the 26 positive cases recorded at the airport would have mingled with the unsuspecting public undetected if not for the compulsory testing. READ ALSO: 166 COVID-19 RELATED CLINICAL ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    September 1, 2020
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    Civid-19: Morocco confirms 1,191 new cases, SA 1,985, Egypt 212, Nigeria 143

    London, Sep 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Morocco and South have reported significant increase in fresh cases of covid-19 infections despite recent declines across the continent. Total cases in Africa now stands at 1, 245, 973 with 29, 595 deaths and 976, 398 recoveries Morocco’s Ministry of Health confirmed 1,191 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the ...
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  • AfricaHealthNews Now
    By alternativeafrica
    September 1, 2020
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    33 Nigerian student writing WASSCE with covid-19 have recovered-Minister

    London, Sep. 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Thirty three Nigerian final year secondary school students who tested positive for COVID-19 and currently writing the regional WASSCE examination have fully recovered, the Ministry of Education announced on Monday The media reported last week that at least 33 students in four states had tested positive for the novel disease two ...
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