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April 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM. (Reuters) -Moderna said on Thursday it had paused its plans to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya, following a post-pandemic decline in demand for COVID-19 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
Mauritania. On 13 March, the first case in the country was confirmed. [94] By 18 April 2020, there had been 7 confirmed cases in the country, 6 of whom recovered, and one died making Mauritania at the time the only affected country in Africa and in the world to become free of COVID-19. [95] A further case was confirmed on 29 April.
Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Mayotte. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the French overseas department and region of Mayotte was reported on 13 March 2020. [107] On 31 March the first person died of COVID-19. [108] The single hospital in Mayotte was overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients in February 2021.
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Israel–Hamas war. Bombing of the Gaza Strip. Twenty-two people are killed, including 18 children, in overnight Israeli strikes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials. (AP) Disasters and accidents. 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash.
According to AP News, China has already delivered 770 million doses to foreign countries since September 2020 (as of 6 August 2021) India. India joined COVAX through a membership with the GAVI alliance. The Serum Institute of India is the main producer for the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine, up to 700 million doses were expected for 2021. After ...
The global COVID-19 pandemicarrived in Europewith its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case,[62]and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City.