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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width=935 valign=top style='width:467.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Global Corona virus updates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Zimbabwe <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>COVID19 Update-14 Jan 2021 Update: New cases – 1,112, Deaths - 47. Cumulative cases – 25,368; Recoveries – 14,714; Deaths - 636. Emergency Covid19 Toll-Free number - 2019. Source: Department of Civil Protection. #MaskUp Zimbabwe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img width=900 height=1188 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D6EB32.FF6AA680"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 3.14 mln as COVID-19 vaccine ignites optimism<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>COVID-19 cases on the African continent amounted to 3,142,781 as of Thursday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>According to the continental disease control and prevention agency's Africa COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 75,709 as of Thursday with 2,562,961 recoveries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Southern African region is hardest-hit area in Africa in terms of the number of cases, followed by the Northern African region, according to the Africa CDC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The five highly-affected African countries include South Africa with 1,278,303 cases, Morocco with 455,055 cases, Tunisia with 168,568 cases, Egypt with 152,719 cases, as well as Ethiopia with 129,455 cases. The five African countries presently account for about 69 percent of the total in Africa, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Meanwhile, optimism has been ignited across the continent following the news that the Africa CDC's African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) had secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for member states.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"From the onset of this pandemic, our focus as a continent has been on collaboration and collective effort. We have held steadfastly to the principle that no country should be left behind," South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), was quoted as saying in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"With this in mind, we have not only campaigned vigorously for changes through all the available international forums, but we have taken the additional step to independently secure vaccines using our own limited resources as member states," said Ramaphosa on Wednesday at a special meeting of the AU Bureau of the Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At least 50 million doses from this tranche will be available during the crucial period of April through June of this year, according to the statement issued by the South African president's Office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The vaccines will be supplied by Pfizer, AstraZeneca (through independent licensee, Serum Institute of India), and Johnson and Johnson. Financing arrangements have been made with Afreximbank to support member states who want to access these vaccines based on a "whole-of-Africa" approach, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The African continent reported its first case of COVID-19 on Feb. 14 in Egypt. The continent's cases crossed the 1 million mark on Aug. 7, and passed the 2 million mark on Nov. 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Global COVID rise continues; 50 nations report B117 variant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In its weekly snapshot of global COVID-19 trends, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that after lower reporting over the 2-week holiday period, cases and deaths are on the rise again in all but one of its regions and that 50 countries have now detected the more transmissible B117 variant first detected in the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In a separate announcement today, the WHO said its COVID-19 emergency committee will meet tomorrow for the sixth time to discuss the latest developments and tweak their recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Cases climbing in most regions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In its situation report, the WHO said all regions are experiencing increased COVID-19 activity, except for South East Asia. Last week, cases were up more than 30% in the Western Pacific, Africa, and Americas regions. The five countries reporting the most cases were the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia, and Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Fifty countries encompassing all of the WHO's regions have now reported cases involving the B117 variant, up from 40 the previous week. Also, 20 countries have now reported the more transmissible 501Y.V2 variant first detected in South Africa, up from 6 the week before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The WHO also acknowledged two more variants of concern linked to Brazil, including B1128, detected by Japan among four travelers from Brazil, and a similar variant that appears to have evolved separately in Brazil, both which have a mutation or mutations that may affect transmissibility and host immunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Cases accelerating in nearly all Americas countries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) briefing today, Director Carissa Etienne, MBBS, MSc, said cases are rising in nearly all countries in the Americas, putting pressure on hospitals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In South and Central America, it's too early to assess the impact of the holiday season on COVID-19 patterns, but by early January, cases were already rising in Costa Rica and Belize, with record rises seen in many Caribbean locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Etienne urged countries to do everything in their power to be vigilant and control the virus. "Our collective ability to keep up with these measures has the power to determine the trajectory of this year," she said. "If we remain diligent, we have the power to control this virus; if we relax, make no mistake: 2021 could well be far worse than 2020."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In an announcement yesterday, PAHO said it had raised $263 million to battle the virus in the Americas region, which is earmarked for technical support and supplies, including personal protective equipment and test kits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In other Americas developments, Cuba's cases are surging, with record daily case numbers, and the country has shuttered schools in 34 cities, including much of Havana, according to CNN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Meanwhile, researchers from Brazil who conducted a phase 3 trials of the CoronaVac vaccine from China-based Sinovac reported an overall efficacy of 50.38%, much lower than 78% in previous trials, according to CNN. The vaccine, based on an inactivated virus, was studied in 12,500 participants from Brazil, and last week, researchers had issued higher efficacy findings based on partial results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The efficacy, much lower than other COVID-19 vaccines, adds another complicated wrinkle to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines internationally, given that at least 10 countries have ordered about 380 million doses of CoronaVac, according to the New York Times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Signs of declining UK cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The United Kingdom, the hardest-hit country in the region's third surge, is seeing promising signs of declining cases following a return to lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today, though he warned that it's still too early to draw conclusions, according to Reuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>He added that the effects aren't yet seen in all the countries and that tougher measures might be needed in the weeks ahead to control the spread of the virus, which has been dominated by the B117 variant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In the wake of the UK's spike, more countries in Europe are now reporting surges and stepping up their measures. Spain today reported a new record daily high of 38,869 cases, according to Reuters, which said in a separate report that three more regions—Galicia, La Rioja, and Cantabria—have now tightened their restrictions, bringing the country's total to five that have recently upped their measures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Elsewhere, Switzerland today announced that it boosted its COVID-19 restrictions, aimed at slowing the spread of new variants, though it stopped short of ordering a full lockdown. And in Italy, the health minister today announced that a state of emergency will be extended until the end of April.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In other global headlines:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>• China today reported 115 new cases, including 107 local infections, the highest since Jul 30, according to the country's National Health Commission. Of the newest local cases, 90 are from Hebei province, where three cities are on lockdown, and 16 are from Heilongjiang province, where a state of emergency has been declared for the city of Suihua and the city of Tieli has been sealed off, according to Reuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>• The global total today passed 92 million cases and is now at 92,111,432, with 1,973,059 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Israel Leads Vaccination Race, New Virus Variants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Israel has achieved the world's fastest per capita COVID-19 vaccination roll out. The Health Ministry reported that nearly 20% of the population has received the first dose, including more than 72% of over-60s. The country began giving booster doses on January 10. UAE was in second place, having vaccinated 10% of its population.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The United States has reported more than 100,000 COVID-19 hospitalisations for 40 days in a row and continues to hit records with deaths rapidly heading toward 400,000. To try to counter the surge and speed up vaccination, the Government is urging states to give access to vaccination to anyone 65 years or older, and younger adults with comorbidities. But with distribution and access still unreliable, some doctors in small practices report they are only now getting vaccines for themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In Brazil, the transmission rate rose to 1.21, according to data gathered by Imperial College London released on 12 January. There have been more than 203,000 COVID-19 deaths and 8.1 million cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Natural Immunity From COVID-19 'May Last Months'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may provide some immunity for at least 5 months, interim results from a study has found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The first report from the Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN (SIREN) study suggested that antibodies from people who had recovered from COVID-19 gave at least 83% protection against reinfection compared with people who had not had the disease before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>However, Public Health England (PHE) researchers said some people with antibodies may still be able to carry and transmit the SARS-CoV-2 virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As California Eases Vaccine Rules, Many Complain of Chaos<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gov. 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