healthcare workers
- Middle East
Israeli PM receives 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday has received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, his office said. “If everyone gets vaccinated, we can avoid a fourth nationwide lockdown,” the…
- India
Healthcare workers braid hair, shave beard of COVID-19 patients in Odisha’s Ganjam
Ganjam: The healthcare workers in a hospital in Odisha’s Ganjam district went the extra mile by braiding the hair and shaving the beard of COVID patients. Besides nursing duty, the healthcare workers…
- World
1,15,000 healthcare workers died due to COVID-19: WHO chief
Geneva: Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need…
- Sports
Kohli expresses gratitude towards healthcare and frontline workers
New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday expressed gratitude towards healthcare and frontline workers who have helped everyone in difficult times in fighting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Kohli and wife Anushka…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Techie booked for attacking healthcare workers for COVID vaccine
Hyderabad: Saifabad police on Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old on the charges of abusing and assaulting an Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) and an ASHA worker at a Wellness Centre in Khairatabad. The accused…
- Middle East
Kuwait allows return of 179 expats stuck abroad
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti government on Friday allowed the return of 179 expats stranded abroad due to a flight ban imposed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported. Kuwait’s cabinet has approved…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to take action against healthcare workers who refuse COVID vaccine
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has vowed to take action against the health workers who refuse to be inoculated against the COVID-19 virus, the Saudi press agency reported. The report cited…
- India
COVID vaccination throughout April at all public, pvt sector centres
New Delhi: Seeking to exponentially expand the countrywide anti-coronavirus inoculation drive, the Centre has decided to keep all public and private sector COVID-19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) operational throughout April, including on gazetted…
- Hollywood
The Weeknd donates meals from Black-owned restaurants to health-care workers
Washington: In an effort to honour the first day of Black History month, singer-songwriter The Weeknd recently fed the frontline healthcare workers at a Black-owned restaurant in Tampa, Florida. According to Variety,…
- World
EU nations eagerly kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations
Rome: European Union nations kicked off a coordinated effort on Sunday to give COVID-19 vaccinations to the most vulnerable among the bloc’s nearly 450 million people, marking a moment of hope in the…
- News
The challenges the medical community is facing
New Delhi: The year 2020 belongs to doctors and the healthcare workers who are risking their lives to fight the lethal, invisible virus Covid-19. While India stays at home to curb the…