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Oxford University rolled out Africa’s first human trials for a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus in South Africa on Wednesday, as cases continue to rise and concerns grow over potential access to life-saving treatments.
Researchers in Brazil began administering the same experimental coronavirus vaccine to volunteers there, the Federal University of Sao Paulo said Wednesday. Brazil was selected because it is one of the countries where the virus is spreading fastest. It has the second-highest caseload and death toll worldwide after the United States, with more than 1.1 million people infected and 52,000 killed so far.
Dutch brothels can reopen on 1 July after being shut for more than three months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced on Wednesday.
The authorisation applies to “all work involving (physical) contact”, Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference. The government had initially targeted 1 September for the reopening of brothels.
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