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Australian Study Reveals How COVID-19 Virus Continues To Evolve

Australian researchers published new findings on Tuesday, revealing how rapidly SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, evolved, offering crucial insights that could aid in forecasting and combating future variants. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) tracked the genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 over five years by serially passaging 11 samples from nine major variants….

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COVID-19: NPHCDA Unveils Findings To Strengthen AEFI Surveillance, Vaccine Safety

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has unveiled findings from an evaluation of the Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) surveillance project. The aim is to strengthen vaccine safety monitoring in Nigeria. The dissemination meeting, held on Wednesday in Abuja, spotlighted the assessment of the DHIS-2 AEFI tracker and the COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance…

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WHO Reports 7m COVID-19 Deaths In 5 Years

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, stated this on Wednesday during an online media conference. According to him, the true death toll is estimated to be at least three times higher. Ghebreyesus emphasised that…

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