COVID-19
- Middle East
Saudi man wakes from 4 yr coma to a post-COVID-19 world
Riyadh: Fares Abu Batin, a Saudi man, who has been in a coma for four years, woke up to a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic and societal changes in his homeland. In his first interview…
- Health
Covid vax cut disease disparities between low and high-income groups
New York: Covid-19 vaccination helped reduce disparities in disease incidence between low and high-income communities, according to a new analysis. While lower-income communities had lower vaccination rates than higher-income communities, the impact…
- Middle East
UAE’s Golden Visa: An excellent opportunity for Indians ready to relocate
Abu Dhabi: Just after COVID, when the whole world was overhauling, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took this opportunity to attract the world’s best talent and investments in business, real estate. On…
- Health
New breakthrough drug may help treat long Covid, cut reinfection risk
Sydney: Australian researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new drug that could help long Covid symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, affecting between 10 per cent and 20 per…
- India
COVID-19 centres scam: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Chavan quizzed for 8 hours by ED
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Suraj Chavan on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which questioned him for more than eight hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to…
- Health
Even mild Covid can ‘permanently damage’ semen quality in men: Study
London: Even a mild Covid infection can cause permanent damage to men’s sperm concentrations and their ability to swim, according to a new study presented at the 39th annual meeting of the…
- Mumbai
‘COVID centres scam’: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Chavan appears before ED
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Suraj Chavan on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate investigating a money laundering link in the alleged COVID centres scam to record his statement, an official said.…
- India
Centre didn’t stop Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Foreign-made vaccines were not procured during the Covid pandemic as the firms were demanding indemnity, which was not made available to Indian vaccine manufacturers, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has…
- India
Omicron-specific mRNA-based booster vaccine launched
New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday launched an Omicron-specific mRNA-based booster vaccine for Covid. GEMCOVAC-OM is India’s first mRNA vaccine developed using the indigenous platform technology by Gennova, with funding…
- Mumbai
Maha: Investigate PM CARES Fund, says Uddhav amid ED action in COVID facility ‘scam’
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday hit back at Enforcement Directorate action against some persons close to his party in an alleged jumbo COVID facility scam by seeking a…
- Health
Covid origins probe: New report shows US intelligence community divided
New York: New declassified intelligence report by the US government on the origins of Covid-19 has not confirmed whether the pandemic, which has infected over 768 million people and claimed more than…
- India
Mumbai: Sanjay Raut’s aid raided over COVID centres ‘scam’
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided 15 locations in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case related to an alleged Covid centres scam against businessman Sujit Patkar, believed to be…
- India
ICMR to make public its study findings on sudden deaths, Covid vaccines soon
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the results of its study into heart attacks in young individuals and a possible link between heart attacks and Covid-19 vaccines…
- India
Did Centre ignore its own red flags on Covid vaccine side-effects?
Mumbai: With the global panic over the Covid-19 pandemic finally waning, the focus is again on preventive and curative measures, mainly the ‘life-saver vaccines’. They provided a cover against the invisible coronavirus…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia allows citizens to travel without COVID-19 vaccination
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that citizens are allowed to travel outside the Kingdom without requiring vaccination against COVID-19, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.…