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Sunday, May 31, 2020
COVID-19: must READ THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A DOCTOR - mRNA vaccine: Will it save the world? Here's what you need to know!
- If it works against coronavirus, mRNA could usher in a revolution in vaccine development.
A nurse prepares a vaccine to be given to a child. A revolutionary mRNA vaccine is hoped to provide an antidote for COVID-19 and against a whole new class of pathogens, or infectious agents, for which no vaccine exists yet. The traditional vaccine industry usually takes time to get themselves organised and develop a shot for a new infectious disease, averaging of 16 years. mRNA could potential speed up this process. In many ways, it digitises vaccine development, using nano technology, to enhance the human body’s own machinery to do exactly what the body does once infected.
Dubai: The world has reopened, but we're all still waiting for a vaccine. A COVID-19 jab is considered the key to lifting social-distancing measures, reopening schools, markets and events around the globe.
Among the front-runners in vaccine development, there are several methods being used: live-attenuated, inactivated, subunit, toxoid, DNA and mRNA.
Today, the most advanced method is the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid).
This relatively new platforms remains unproven, but holds much promise. This technology, if it delivers, is hoped to speed up — “revolutionise” — vaccine development.
What do vaccines do?
In general, vaccines “train” and strengthen the body’s immune system to develop resistance against pathogens and illnesses by imitating an infection — to kick up a natural immune response specific to the infectious agent (such as COVID-19 virus).
Why is an mRNA vaccine being dubbed 'revolutionary'?
Nucleic acids are the basic building blocks of life. An RNA (ribonucleic acid) vaccine or mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccine is a new type of vaccine.
COVID-19: Singapore otters' lockdown antics spark backlash!
- With the streets empty, the creatures have been spotted hanging out by a shopping centre.
With the streets empty, the creatures have been spotted hanging out by a shopping centre, scampering through the lobby of a hospital and even feasting on pricey fish stolen from a pond.
While many think of tiny Singapore as a densely populated concrete jungle, it is also relatively green for a busy Asian city, and has patches of rainforest, fairly clean waterways and abundant wildlife.
US businesses awake to 'sad day' in Hong Kong as Trump moves to squeeze economic ties!
- More than 1,300 US firms have offices in Hong Kong and provide about 100,000 jobs.
In some of his toughest rhetoric yet, Trump said Beijing had broken its word over Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy by proposing new national security legislation and the territory no longer warranted US economic privileges.
COVID-19: UAE reports 726 new Covid-19 cases, 449 recoveries!
- The new cases were detected through 42,000 tests.
The new cases were detected through 42,000 tests and the authority also announced 2 deaths as a result of the illness.
With the UAE reopening economic activities gradually, its residents can help stop the spread of Covid-19 by committing to precautionary measures, a top official has said.
Coronavirus Wordwide Updates
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During a virtual Press briefing about the Covid-19 situation in the country, Khaleej Times asked if the authorities were expecting an increase in the number of infections now that restrictions had been eased.
Sultanate’s population grows by 625K between 2014-2019!
The Sultanate’s Population Statistics Bulletin for mid-2019 data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the hierarchy of Omani population based on gender is almost balanced with males accounting for 1.34 million (50.4 per cent) against 1.34 million female population (49.6 per cent) with a male/female gender ratio of 101.
COVID-19: BIE okays Oct 2021 for Expo 2020 Dubai!
- A majority of two-thirds was reached as early as May 4, 2020.
The UAE government requested a change in dates of Expo 2020 Dubai following a meeting of the Expo 2020 Dubai Steering Committee in which participating countries expressed their need to postpone the Expo's opening in order to overcome the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Unrest flares in U.S. cities despite arrest of Minneapolis policeman!
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https://zanzibarnikwetu.blogspot.com/2020/05/violent-george-floyd-protests-at-cnn.html
Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with three fellow officers the day after the fatal encounter, was arrested on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for his role in Monday’s death of 46-year-old George Floyd.
Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with three fellow officers the day after the fatal encounter, was arrested on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for his role in Monday’s death of 46-year-old George Floyd.
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to open Prophet's Mosque to public gradually from Sunday!
- The worshipers will be allowed to enter the mosque from Fajr prayers on Sunday morning.
According to a report in Saudi Gazette, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has approved opening the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah in stages to the public, as part of the Kingdom's plan to ease coronavirus restrictions and reopen the country.
The worshipers will be allowed to enter the mosque from Fajr prayers on Sunday morning (Shawwal 8) with a limit of 40 per cent capacity, the report said.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
ZANZIBAR - ELECTIONS 2020: TAARIFA KWA UMMA KUTOKA ACT WAZALENDO!
COVID-19: Meet the robot helping coronavirus sufferers in hospital!
- It takes their temperature and makes sure they are wearing a mask correctly, before gauging the likelihood and severity of infection and directing them to the appropriate part of the clinic.
The device, built by Belgian-firm Zorabots, greets arrivals and reads a QR code -- a digital signature -- provided after the patients fill out a questionnaire, online or at a kiosk.
COVID-19: UK helps employers with slow phase-in of job shield costs!
- The government has been paying since March 80 per cent of the wages of workers who are temporarily laid off, and who now total 8.4 million, to limit a surge in unemployment.
The government has been paying since March 80 per cent of the wages of workers who are temporarily laid off, and who now total 8.4 million, to limit a surge in unemployment.
In August the companies will have to resume pension and social security payments, building up to 10 per cent of wage costs in September and 20 per cent in October, a lesser requirement than reported by media before the announcement.
COVID-19: Fact check: Viruses harmful to humans are proven to exist!
The post includes a photo overlaid with text (here). The text on the image contains several remarks on the issue vaccination, alongside the claim: “No “virus” harmful to humans has ever been proven to exist”. This claim is untrue.
Lynda Coughlin, a virologist (twitter.com/Virusnerdette) and Assistant Professor in Microbiology at Mount Sinai Hospital (here) told Reuters: “The statement that “no virus harmful to humans has ever been proven to exist” is absolutely false.
Twitter flags Trump tweet on Minneapolis as 'glorifying violence'!
- Users could still click through and view the full unedited tweet.
In a move bound to infuriate one of the platform's most followed users, Twitter said it was placing a "public interest notice" on a Trump message about protests in Minneapolis over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of the police.
Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!
In a late night tweet, Trump wrote: "These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!"
COVID-19: WHO, 37 countries launch alliance to share tools to battle COVID-19!
While the push by mostly developing nations, called the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, won praise from groups including Doctors Without Borders, a drug industry alliance questioned if the effort to pool intellectual property would really broaden access to medicines.
COVID-19: Canada's popularity to rise as a migration destination post-Covid
For many people, migrating to a developed country was the plan for this year, or in 2021.
Yes, we are all waiting to get back to the new normal or safer normal than being locked up at home. Since late last year, cities and countries have been locked down and borders closed to ensure the safety of its residents and citizens.
For many people, migrating to a developed country was the plan for this year, or in 2021, which has come to an abrupt and uncertain halt. While it is not possible to predict the policies that will be implemented by other countries in the global financial north, a country that is likely to remain a favourite to migrate to is Canada.
Ugonjwa wa malaria wazidi kupungua nchini!
Ummy MwalimuHayo yamesemwa leo na Waziri wa Afya, Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia, Wazee na Watoto, Ummy Mwalimu wakati wa uzinduzi wa ugawaji wa vyandarua kwa kila kaya uliofanyika wilayani Chunya.
Waziri Ummy amesema kuwa Mkoa wa Mbeya, upatikanaji wa vyandarua ni asilimia 62 na kiwango cha matumizi ya vyandarua kwa Mkoa ni asilimia 32 tu.
COVID-19: Combating coronavirus - G20 says 36 of poorest countries have applied for debt relief
- The debt relief initiative approved in April could provide immediate liquidity of $14 billion as more countries participated.
In a statement, the Saudi G20 secretariat said the debt relief initiative approved in April could provide immediate liquidity of $14 billion as more countries participated.
COVID-19: Fact check: COVID-19 is not thrombosis, nor is it caused by bacteria!
The post, examples of which can be seen (here) and (here) , states: “Italy defeats the so-called Covid-19, which is nothing but ‘diffuse intravascular coagulation’ (thrombosis). Italian doctors have disobeyed the WHO law prohibiting the autopsy of corpses from the coronavirus, as they have discovered that it is not a virus but the bacteria that cause death and the formation of blood clots.”
Friday, May 29, 2020
COVID-19: Doctors warn against taking ‘mega doses’ of vitamin D to prevent COVID-19!
A new paper from the British Medical Journal suggests that vitamin D is an "essential" element of immune function, but that high doses of it can be dangerous. (Photo: Getty Images)In a paper published in the British Medical Journal this month, 21 experts from the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. conclude that while vitamin D is “essential for good health” (especially for bones and muscles) and may bolster the immune system, it can also be dangerous in high doses.
“Many people have low blood levels of vitamin D, especially in winter or if confined indoors, because summer sunshine is the main source of vitamin D for most people,” the authors write. “Taking a daily supplement ... and eating foods that provide vitamin D is particularly important for those self-isolating with limited exposure to sunlight.” Foods high in vitamin D include fatty fish (such as salmon and tuna), portobello mushrooms, fortified milk and yogurt and eggs.
COVID-19: Over 100,000 Americans have now died of the coronavirus!
The United States on Wednesday passed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, a grim figure that continues to rise as the disease continues its deadly march across the country.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 100,047 Americans have died from COVID-19-related complications. Experts say the actual death toll is most certainly higher.
There have been more than 1.6 million confirmed cases of the virus reported in the United States — far more than in any other country in the world. (According to Reuters, 20 U.S. states reported an increase in new coronavirus cases for the week that ended May 24, up from 13 states in the prior week.)
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 100,047 Americans have died from COVID-19-related complications. Experts say the actual death toll is most certainly higher.
There have been more than 1.6 million confirmed cases of the virus reported in the United States — far more than in any other country in the world. (According to Reuters, 20 U.S. states reported an increase in new coronavirus cases for the week that ended May 24, up from 13 states in the prior week.)
Thursday, May 28, 2020
ELECTIONS - 2020: Mwanamke CHADEMA Ajitosa Kupambana na JPM!
Dk. Mayrose Majinge, amekuwa mwanachama wa kwanza wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), kutangaza nia ya kuomba ridhaa ya kuwania urais katika Uchaguzi Mkuu unaotarajiwa kufanyika Oktoba.
Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Mwanza juzi, Dk. Mayrose alisema kuwa lengo la kuwania nafasi hiyo ni kutaka kuona Tanzania inakuwa taifa imara lenye watu wenye afya bora na wenye uhuru kamili.
Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Mwanza juzi, Dk. Mayrose alisema kuwa lengo la kuwania nafasi hiyo ni kutaka kuona Tanzania inakuwa taifa imara lenye watu wenye afya bora na wenye uhuru kamili.
COVID-19: Google to give $1,000 each to employees working from home amid coronavirus pandemic!
- Tech giant is taking "a gradual, phased approach" to returning employees to offices.
CEO Sundar Pichai announced Tuesday that the as the staff continues to work from home, the allowance will help them to buy equipment and office furniture.
Meanwhile, Google is planning to reopen offices starting July 6, but Pichai said that many employees may continue working from home until September or next year due to coronavirus pandemic.
West African food trade under strain as Covid-19 shuts borders!
- Traders see up to 30% losses due to Covid-19 restrictions.
But since coronavirus restrictions came in, some shipments have taken more than twice as long. After struggling with border delays and a dawn-to-dusk curfew in Senegal, Diawara's workers have ending up dumping sacks of rotten fruit in landfill.
COVID-19: Japan eyes fresh $1.1 trillion stimulus to combat pandemic pain!
- Govt to issue 31.9 trillion yen in additional bonds.
The 117 trillion yen stimulus, which will be funded partly by a second extra budget, will be on top of another 117 trillion package already rolled out last month.
"Move on" says British PM, as row over adviser Cummings persists!
- Cummings refuses to quit and Johnson refuses to sack him over controversial lockdown trip, despite mounting fury in UK.
Dominic Cummings has refused to quit after it was revealed that he had travelled 400 km (250 miles) from London to northern England in March with his four-year-old son and his wife, who was sick at the time, to be close to relatives.
US revokes Hong Kong special status after China law!
- 'No reasonable person can assert that HK maintains a high degree of autonomy from China'.
Hours before China's rubber-stamp parliament was set to take a key vote on a new Hong Kong security law that has sparked protests, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certified to Congress that Hong Kong "does not continue to warrant treatment" under US laws that it has enjoyed even after its handover to China in 1997.
KAMPUNI YA BARRICK YAILIPA SERIKALI DOLA MILIONI 100!
Waziri wa Fedha na Mipango Mheshimiwa Dkt. Philip Isdor Mpango (Mb) wa pili kushoto, akipokea hundi kifani ya dola milioni 100 kutoka kwa Mwakilishi Mkazi wa Kampuni ya Barrick Bw. Hilaire Diarra (wa pili kushoto), Jijini Dodoma Tarehe 26 Mei, 2020, ikiwa ni sehemu ya malipo ya dola milioni 300 ambazo Kampuni hiyo ilikubali kuilipa Serikali kumaliza mzozo uliokuwepo kati ya Serikali na Kampuni hiyo hatua iliyosababisha pia kuanzishwa kwa Kampuni ya Ubia ya Madini ya Twiga kati ya Serikali na Kampuni ya Barrick. Kulia ni Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki ambaye pia alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Timu ya Serikali ya Majadiliano na Barrick Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi na wa tatu kulia na Naibu Waziri wa Madini Mhe. Stanslaus Nyongo (Mb) na kushoto ni Meneja wa Mgodi wa North Mara Bw. Luiz Correia
Rais na Mtendaji Mkuu wa Kampuni ya Barrick Dkt. Dennis Mark Bristow (kulia) na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu, Kanda ya Afrika na Mashariki ya Kati wa Kampuni ya Barrick Dkt. Willem Jacobs, wakishiriki na kufuatilia tukio hilo kutoka nchini Afrika ya Kusini kwa njia ya mtandao wakati Waziri wa Fedha na Mipango Mheshimiwa Dkt. Philip Isdor Mpango (Mb) wa pili kushoto, akipokea hundi kifani ya dola milioni 100 kwa niaba ya Serikali kutoka kwa Mwakilishi Mkazi wa Kampuni ya Barrick Bw. Hilaire Diarra (wa pili kushoto), Jijini Dodoma Tarehe 27 Mei, 2020, ikiwa ni sehemu ya malipo ya dola milioni 300 ambazo Kampuni hiyo ilikubali kuilipa Serikali kumaliza mzozo uliokuwepo kati ya Serikali na Kampuni hiyo hatua iliyosababisha kuanzishwa pia kwa Kampuni ya Ubia ya Madini ya Twiga kati ya Serikali na Kampuni ya Barrick. Kulia ni Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki ambaye pia alikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Timu ya Serikali ya Majadiliano na Barrick Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi na wa tatu kulia na Naibu Waziri wa Madini Mhe. Stanslaus Nyongo (Mb) na kushoto ni Meneja wa Mgodi wa North Mara Bw. Luiz Correia
Na Farida Ramadhani na Josephine Majura
KAMPUNI ya Barrick imeilipa Tanzania dola milioni 100, sawa na takriban sh. bilioni 250, ikiwa ni sehemu ya malipo ya dola milioni 300 ambazo Kampuni hiyo ya Madini ilikubali kulipa kama fidia ya kodi.
Mfano wa Hundi ya kiasi hicho cha fedha imekabidhiwa na Meneja Mkazi wa Kampuni ya Barrick, Bw. Hilaire Diarra kwa Waziri wa Fedha na Mipango, Mhe. Dkt. Philip Isdor Mpango, kwa niaba ya Serikali, Jijini Dodoma tarehe 27 Mei, 2020.
COVID-19: EU unveils huge 750b post-coronavirus recovery plan
- "We either all go alone; leaving countries, regions and people behind...or we walk that road together".
The global coronavirus outbreak has already thrust the EU into its deepest ever recession, and Von der Leyen's proposal would help the worst affected countries.
If passed, the proposal would be the biggest EU stimulus package in history and could see Europe-wide taxes on plastics, carbon emissions and big tech - a major power boost for Brussels.
France, Italy, Belgium act to stop use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 on safety fears!
France on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to dispense the medicine, while the Italian Medicine Agency (AIFA) suspended authorization to use hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 outside clinical trials.
Six killed in Saudi Arabia in shooting incident: state news agency!
Three Saudis were also injured and taken to hospital, it said, giving no details on the nature of the incident which happened in al-Amwah. — Reuters
Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time!
The move marked a dramatic shift for the social network, Trump’s primary tool for getting an unfiltered version of his message out to his political base, after years of permissive policies around content on its platform.
The company has been tightening those policies in recent years amid criticism that its hands-off approach had allowed abuse, fake accounts and misinformation to thrive.
Wanafunzi wa Kidatu Cha Sita Kuaza Masomo Yao 1/6/2020 na Ligi Kuu ya Zanzibar Nayo Kuaza 5/6/2020!
Uongozi wa Shirika la Utangazaji Zanzibar {ZBC} ukimkaribisha Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alipofika Kituo cha Matangazo Karume House kutoa Taarifa ya Serikali kuhusu kuregeza masharti yaliyowekwa kuhusiana na Ugonjwa wa Corona.
Mtayarishaji wa Vipindi vya Afya katika Kituo cha Matangazo cha Shirika la Utangazaji Zanzibar {ZBC} Bibi Mwanakhamis Sose akibadilishana mawazo na Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi mara baada ya kumaliza kutoa Taarifa ya Serikali.
Balozi Seif Ali Iddi akiagana na Mkurugenzi wa Shirika la Utangazaji Zanzibar Nd. Chande Omar Omar na Naibu Wake Bibi Narsa Mohamed mara baada ya kumaliza kutoa aarifa ya Serikali kuhusu Corona.
Uamuzi huo wa SMZ Unaungana na ule uliochukuliwa na Serikali ya Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania wa kuviruhusu Vyuo vyote vya Elimu ya juu kuendelea na Programu zao kama kawaida kwa upande wa Zanzibar kuanzia Tarehe 1 Juni 2020.
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