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Canberra : The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ATAGI) on Friday officially recommended a second booster vaccine for the over-65s, Indigenous Australians older than 50, those in disability care and all immunocompromised…

New Delhi : India reported 1,938 fresh Covid cases, marginally higher than the previous day's count of 1,778, in a span of 24 hours.In the same period 67 deaths were also recorded taking the total number of deaths to 5,16,672, said the…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 475.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.10 million and vaccinations to over 10.83 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thursday…

Los Angeles : Hospitalisations due to breakthrough Covid-19 infections are extremely uncommon, with fewer than 1 in 1,000 hospitalised with a case after getting vaccinated, a new study from Mayo Clinic suggested.The study, published in…

Nairobi : Kenya will destroy 840,000 Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses following their expiry on February 28, a top official at the Health Ministry said.The vaccines are part of the 2.2 million doses Kenya received as a donation through…

Dodoma : At least 922,692 foreign tourists visited Tanzania in 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Damas Ndumbaro said.Addressing a press conference in the capital Dodoma, Ndumbaro said 620,867…

Washington : US drug maker Moderna said it will request the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine to inoculate children under 6 years of age.The company will submit the request to…

New Delhi : Though the government is committed to making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025, the 'END TB' programme initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2017, looks indecisive five years ahead of the global target of 2030, public…

Rome: Improving school ventilation systems can help reduce Covid-19 cases among students, an Italian study showed. The study, released on Tuesday, was conducted by the Hume Foundation, an Italian think tank, involved 10,441 classrooms in…

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 473.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.09 million and vaccinations to over 10.81 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday…