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Image: ReutersIn order to understand public perceptions around COVID-19 and vaccines, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched a 15-country study
The story of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in Africa is slowly unfolding, as more and more countries across the continent receive shipments of the long-awaited vaccines.
These early shipments won’t be enough for all. Some countries have used up the limited supply they have received, while others are still waiting. But some have them, and don’t want them. This is a key challenge that vaccination drives face: vaccine reluctance.
expert reaction to study from Denmark and Norway looking at rare blood clots after the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
A study published in the BMJ looks at arterial events, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding after vaccination with the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Denmark and Norway.
Prof David Werring, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, UCL, said:
“This study, including data from Danish and Norwegian healthcare registries, reports the rates of thrombosis (in veins and arteries) within 28 days of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. They compared these rates to those expected within the general population for people matched for gender and age. The study showed more venous thrombosis than expected in the general population, and this signal was strongest for those occurring in the veins of the brain (cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, CVST).
Gizem Ozbaykal-Guler recognised as an ‘outstanding young life-scientist’ through prestigious new Fellowship
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The prestigious fellowships are awarded to the world’s most outstanding young life-scientists who have proposed original approaches at the frontier of biological research. Gizem, a post-doctoral research fellow in the Mostowy lab at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), is one of 63 successful applicants to the latest round of fellowships announced by HFSP in April 2021.
Not just India, new virus waves hit other developing nations too
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Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 08:00 AM IST
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Nations ranging from Laos to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and those bordering India such as Bhutan and Nepal, have been reporting significant surges in infections in the past few weeks. The increase is mainly due to more contagious virus variants, though complacency and lack of resources have also been cited as reasons.
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In Laos last week, the health minister sought medical equipment, supplies and treatment, as cases jumped more than 200-fold in a month.
It’s not just India. Fierce new Covid-19 waves are enveloping other developing countries across the world, placing severe strain on their health-care systems and prompting appeals for help. Nations ranging from Laos to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and those bordering India such as Bhutan and Nepal, have been reporting significant surges in infections in the past few weeks. The increase
Nepalese army personnel carry the body of a Covid-19 victim in Kathmandu
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The sheer scale of the crisis unfolding in India has grabbed worldwide attention, but India s health system is not the only one under strain.
In recent weeks countries ranging from Laos to Thailand, Fiji and Nepal have all been reporting significant surges in cases, in what health officials say is a warning the pandemic is far from over.
The arrival of new, more transmissible coronavirus variants is driving fierce waves of infection even in countries that had prided themselves on so far beating the virus.