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Addis Ababa, Aug 30 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 7,721,121 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African …

Tunis, Aug 30 : Tunisia launched on Sunday the third national open day for vaccination against Covid-19 across the country’s 24 provinces for citizens aged between 15 and 17 and those aged 40 and above.The vaccination process started at 7 a.m.local t…

Kabul, Aug 29 : Currently, Afghanistan has the attention of the world. The fall of Kabul was neither sudden, nor was it due to the rapid and unexpected surrender of the “3,00,000 strong Afghani forces”.It was a long bloody battle which took place ove…

Dhaka, Aug 29 : Bangladesh on Sunday said that it has facilitated the process of return of around 20 of its nationals stranded in Afghanistan, even as it called for ensuring safety of all Afghans and foreign nationals in the war-torn country. “Bangla…

Johannesburg, Aug 29 : South Africa has identified a potential variant of interest (VOI) of Covid-19 that is assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2.C.1.2 was first identified in May 2021 during the third wave of Covid in the country, said researchers fr…

Kathmandu, Aug 29 : Almost 70 per cent of Nepal’s population have developed Covid antibodies, a large-scale seroprevalence study carried by the Ministry of Health and Populations has found.”As per our findings, around 68.6 per cent of the total popul…

New York, Aug 29 : Covid-19 is not a respiratory illness, as widely accepted, but a vascular one, claims a study.The study, led by the University of California-San Diego, could explain blood clots in some Covid patients and other issues like “Covid f…

New York, Aug 29 : A key amino-acid mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain why the Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread so swiftly across the world, say researchers.SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant has rapidly replaced the Alpha variant aroun…