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Anna-Lise Williamson FRSSAf MASSAf is a Professor of Virology at the University of Cape Town. Williamson obtained her PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985. Her area of expertise is human papillomavirus, but is also known on an international level for her work in developing vaccines for HIV. These vaccines have been introduce in phase 1 of clinical trial. Williamson has published more than 120 papers
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Read more about Assam reports 5 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since April last year on Business Standard. Assam reported only five newCOVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the lowest daily spike since April last year, a health bulletin said.The fresh infections pushed the state s coronavirus tally to 2,17,309, it said.Fourteen more people were cured of the
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BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - Deaths caused by the novel coronavirus over the course of the pandemic have neared the 240 thousand mark. In 24 hours, health authorities reported 713 new fatalities, adding up to 239,245, Agencia Brasil reports. Related news
Also in addition to the official update, COVID-19 cases have reached 9,834,513. In 24 hours, 24,759 new diagnoses were confirmed.
The report also indicates 849,844 patients being monitored and 8,745,424 who have recovered from the disease.
States
The Brazilian states with the highest number of deaths are São Paulo (56,266), Rio de Janeiro (31,487), Minas Gerais (16,879), Rio Grande do Sul (11,739), and Ceará (10,822).
Those with the lowest amount of fatalities are Acre (921), Roraima (976), Amapá (1,102), Tocantins (1,455), and Rondônia (2,509).
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is adding clauses to contracts with COVID-19 vaccine makers which would allow the bloc to gain access to possible upgraded shots that may offer better protection against variants of the virus, three EU sources said. More contagious mutations are spreading fast in the EU and across the world, with the so-called British variant seen by experts as likely to become prevalent on the continent. In new contracts with vaccine manufacturers, the EU is adding clauses that explicitly cover variants, three EU officials involved in talks with the companies told Reuters. Vaccine makers are testing their shots against variants and are also working on tweaks that could make them more effective against virus mutations. One official said the clauses would allow the EU not to buy vaccines that are not effective against widespread variants, and to order upgraded versions instead. However, the source said clauses were vague on the definition of variants and the actua