Health

UK Advises Under-40s Get Alternative To AstraZeneca Jab

LONDON,ย United Kingdomย (AFP) โ€” The scientific committee overseeing Britain’s coronavirus vaccination programme on Friday recommended that under-40s are offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it […]

Health

Pfizer/BioNTech Jab Confirmed To Protect 95% In Largest Study Yet

PARIS,ย Franceย (AFP) โ€” The largest real-worldย studyย yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccineย on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 per cent protection against COVID-19, but found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one […]

Health

12th Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo Declared Over

UN Newsย โ€“ The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), wasย declaredย officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end […]

Government News

New Health Centre In Gouyave, Is Now Complete

GIS:The building that will house the flagship, ultra-modern Gouyave Health Centre is now complete and it is anticipated that the facility will become operational in the next few months. The new facility, constructed at the […]

Government News

SAMS Lends Support To Government Vaccination Drive

St Augustineโ€™s Medical Services (SAMS) has joined the nationwide drive to have as many persons as possible receive the Covid-19 vaccination. The private medical centre received supplies of the vaccine, and the official stamp of […]