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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

UK reports 7 deaths out of 30 patients who developed blood clots after AstraZeneca vaccine jab

Apr 3, 2021 17,526

The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died.
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International

Ghana president receives world’s first free Covax jab

Mar 1, 2021 11,172

Ghana's president Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the world's first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free for poorer countries.
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Health

Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant

Jan 8, 2021 29,427

Scientists in South Africa say there is a “reasonable concern” that the new variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country might prove to be more resistant to current vaccines being rolled out in the UK and elsewhere, and warn that it…
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