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- World
COVID-19: Japan reports all-time high 489 deaths in single day
Tokyo: As it appears that the current global Covid wave is somewhat weakening, Japan on Thursday reported 489 Covid-related deaths on a single day, another record high for a country that is…
- World
China takes down social media accounts of Covid policy critics
London: China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
- India
‘Follow COVID protocol or postpone Bharat Jodo Yatra’: Health Min writes to Rahul G
Delhi: Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya has written a letter to Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister, Ashok Gehlot asking to follow the COVID-19 guidelines strictly during the party’s Bharat…
- Middle East
Israeli scientists discover two antibodies may fight all known COVID-19 strains: Study
Jerusalem: Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients that may neutralise all known strains of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron, with up to 95 per cent…
- World
US cancer patient suffers Covid infection for 471 days
New Delhi: A cancer patient in US’ Connecticut has become the second longest-known in the world to be infected with Covid as he suffered the infection 471 days, according to a pre-print…
- Middle East
Israel approves AstraZeneca’s Covid drug for people with weakened immune systems
Jerusalem: The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved the administration of AstraZeneca’s Evusheld COVID-19 drug to people with weakened immune systems. The antibody drug, which includes two injections of two types of…
- World
Hospitals in Indonesia gear up for Omicron surge
Jakarta: Hospitals in Indonesia are preparing to deal with cases of the more contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19, which has overwhelmed medical facilities in more than 150 countries, said the Chairperson of the…
- India
India allows foreign tourists as Covid cases decline
New Delhi: India on Monday decided to reopen the entry of all foreign tourists following a sharp and sustained decline in Covid-19 cases. According to the officials, now the foreign travelers will…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to allow full capacity attendance at Makkah, Madinah mosques
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will allow full-capacity attendance at the country’s two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah, starting from October 17, 2021. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted an…
- India
Haj 2022 process will be 100% digital, says union minister
Mumbai: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said the entire Haj 2022 process in India will be 100 per cent digital. Mr Naqvi on Saturday inaugurated an online booking facility…
- Hyderabad
Mukarram Jah Trust to waive fees for students who lost parents to COVID-19
Hyderabad: The Mukarram Jah Trust for Education and Learning (MJTEL) on Wednesday announced that the Mukarram Jah School will provide free education to students who have lost a earning parent to COVID-19.…
- India
India logs 20,799 fresh COVID cases, 180 deaths
New Delhi: In the past 24 hours, India reported a total of 20,799 fresh COVID-19 cases, as well as 180 deaths, according to the latest report issued by the Union Health Ministry on…
- India
India logs 22,842 COVID-19 cases, 244 deaths in last 24 hours
New Delhi: India reported 22,842 new COVID cases and 244 deaths due to infection in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday. Of these, Kerala logged 13,217 new…
- Delhi
Only five deaths due to Covid recorded in Sep in Delhi: Data
New Delhi: Only five fatalities due to the coronavirus infection were reported in September in Delhi amid reduction in number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the national capital, according to official figures. On…
- India
84-year-old Kerala woman gets both dose of Covid vax 30-mins apart
Thiruvananthapuram: An 84-year-old Kerala woman was administered two doses of the Covid vaccine within a gap of 30 minutes. The incident was reported from the state-run-hospital at Aluva in Ernakulum district. Thandamma Pappu,…
