COVID-19 infection
- Middle East
For first time, Dubai Expo 2020 says 5 workers died on site
Dubai: Dubai’s Expo 2020 on Saturday acknowledged that five workers had been killed on site during construction of the massive world’s fair, revealing for the first time overall statistics for worker fatalities.…
- Telangana
4th round of sero-survey begins in 3 Telangana districts
Hyderabad: National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in association with the Telangana government began fourth round of community-based sero-surveillance in three districts on Tuesday. The survey, taken up in Jangaon, Kamareddy and Nalgonda…
- Hyderabad
Hyd: Nine newborns recover from COVID-19 at Niloufer Hospital
Hyderabad: Nine babies that are less than a month old suffering from COVID-19 recovered from the infection during the second wave of the pandemic in Hyderabad-based Niloufer Hospital. Head of the Neonatology…
- Middle East
Saudi: One dose of COVID-19 vaccine dose not enough for immunity
Riyadh: One dose of the COVID-19 vaccine does not provide sufficient immunity against the COVID-19 virus, urging Saudis to adhere to vaccination efforts with second doses, the Saudi health ministry said on…
- World
WHO bolsters support to India to tackle second COVID-19 wave
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that it has bolstered its COVID-19 response in India by redeploying 2,600 health experts from other programs to counter the recent daily spike…