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A man has been fined £1,000 for failing to self-isolate after arriving in the UK from Somalia.

A man has been fined £1,000 at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court for failing to self-isolate after arriving in England from Somalia (Picture REX) By Josh Layton Traveller fined £1,000 for breaching self-isolation rules by visiting sister A man has been fined £1,000 for failing to self-isolate after arriving in the UK from Somalia. Basuir Fidin, 34,

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7 Challenges Faced by Small Businesses During COVID 19

The bad news about the COVID 19 pandemic is that nobody knows when it’s likely to end. The challenges faced by small businesses during CO Vid outbreaks are significant and require attention. All business owners can agree that the present economic climate is difficult for all companies. Even more difficult for small businesses because of

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UK may move patients into hotels to ease hospital strain

A row of ambulances are parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — England’s health care system may move

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Pfizer’s Scandal in Nigeria – How An Experimental Vaccine Killed 11 Children in 1996

Vaccine By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. Western medical and scientific companies have always used Africa as their testing ground for new medicines, and in the process, they have decimated innocent lives. This has been done to quench an insatiable desire for mega-profits. All ethics and regulatory approvals are thrown out the window for the relentless pursuit

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Kenya says 1st AstraZeneca vaccine doses to come next month

Pupils Concodia Primary school in Mombasa County, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as schools re-opened after a nine month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All Primary and secondary schools in the country were reopened in congested classes despite efforts by the national government to have fulfilled their promises of having new desks and new

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UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England

In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a televised address to the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021, setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England. (Pool via AP) By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris

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UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against S.African coronavirus variant

People queue as they wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at London Bridge vaccination centre, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – UK scientists expressed concern on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against

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UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP) LONDON (AP) — Britain

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Williamson under growing pressure to keep all schools in England closed as union launches legal action

Photo: Credit Pinterest By Ashley Cowburn Unions call for immediate switch to remote learning amid concerns over staff safety Gavin Williamson is coming under intensifying pressure to delay the reopening of all schools in England, as one of the country’s largest education unions hit out at what it described as the government’s “reckless” strategy. On

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Kenya: Ministry officials to be questioned over expired drugs

National Assembly Health Committee vice chairman and Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny. He has said Parliament will summon Ministry of Health officials over the controversial expiry of a consignment of vaccines in a warehouse at the JKIA. By Angela Oketch Among those to be questioned are officials who served at the ministry at the time of

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