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Geneva : As the number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths continues to decline, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the pandemic remains a public health emergency, advising countries to be prepared to scale up Covid-19 response…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 501.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.18 million and vaccinations to over 11.12 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday…

Geneva : While there have been a few cases of new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, so far there is no change seen in the severity or transmissibility, the World Health Organisation has said. The new sub-variants have to date been…

Mexico City : The Mexican government will begin immunising children against Covid-19 with Covax vaccine, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.During his daily press conference on Wednesday, Lopez Obrador noted that by the end of the…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 500.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.18 million and vaccinations to over 11.12 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday…

Seoul : The South Korea's government said on Wednesday it will start the second booster shot programme for elderly people aged 60 and over.It also plans to announce adjustments in social distancing Friday, which will center on normalizing…

Rome : Italy has began the process of distributing a second Covid-19 booster shot to the most high-risk members of its population.Italy's medicines agency, AIFA, gave its approval to the distribution of second booster doses to those over…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 499.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.18 million and vaccinations to over 11.11 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday…

Singapore : The overall risk of myopericarditis - a type of heart inflammation - following a Covid-19 vaccination is rare and is comparable to or lower than the risk following non-Covid shots, confirms a study published in The Lancet…

Gaborone : The Botswana Health Ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant.The infected are currently being monitored to establish more information on the potential impact of the disease and its severity, the…