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The goal is to disconnect Verily from Google’s computing infrastructure so it can more easily stand on its own, according to reporting by Insider.

All students over the age of 12 and school staff members must be fully vaccinated in order to be allowed to attend school, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Education said.

This week's top stories include Google disbanding its health division as VP Dr. David Feinberg leaves Google Health to serve as Cerner's CEO, and the FDA granting its first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Also, Alder Hey Children's NHS FT launches innovation lab for tech startups. 

The medical device company has signed an MoU with DHI 2048 to deploy 2,500 systems to the region by the year 2025.

Funding will be used towards scaling the platform, focusing on product development and expansion across the Kingdom and the rest of the GCC region.

The initiatives housed in Google Health will now join other departments. 

Also: Opya scooped up $15.4 million, MiSalud raised $5 million and DocSpace announced $1.2 million in seed funding.

Infection rate surge is largely due to the Delta variant.

The Singapore-based technology company has been working with the UAE airline since March, tracking passengers on flights from Singapore to Abu Dhabi.