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New York, Aug 11 : Covid-19 cases among US children are climbing at an alarming rate, with nearly 94,000 diagnosed with the virus last week and trends showing a “continuing substantial increase”.Children now account for 15 per cent of Covid-19 cases …

Sydney, Aug 11 : The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another disastrous day with a record daily high of 356 new local cases and four deaths on Tuesday.What is more concerning is around one third of the new locally acquired cases were in…

Montevideo, Aug 11 : Uruguay’s Defence Minister Javier Garcia said on Tuesday that the gradual reopening of the country’s borders to foreigners will comply with health protocols and won’t affect the country’s health conditions.”We will open borders i…

Washington, Aug 11 : US Covid-19 cases topped 36 million on Tuesday, fueled by a steep increase in infections due to the unchecked spread of the Delta variant.As of 6:21 p.m.local time on Tuesday, US Covid-19 cases totalled 36,039,748, with 618,044 d…

Singapore, Aug 11 : Singapore’s Ministry of Health reported 54 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total tally in the country to 65,890.The new infections included 53 locally transmitted cases.As many as 31 are linked to previous cases and ha…

London, Aug 11 : Britain recorded another 146 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest daily figure since March 12, according to official data released Tuesday.The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 130,503.These figur…

New York, Aug 10 : An Indian-origin researcher has developed copper-infused masks that may help employees manning the frontlines of customer service, particularly in the hospitality and tourism sectors.Ajay Aluri, founding director of the Hospitality…

Toronto, Aug 10 : Depression and anxiety symptoms have doubled in children and adolescents when compared to pre-pandemic times, according to an alarming study.Researchers at the University of Calgary conducted a meta-analysis, pooling together data f…

Washington, Aug 10 : Covid infections are rising in the US, even requiring hospitalisation, amid soaring infections from the Delta variant of Covid-19 and lagging vaccination rates, media reports said.The American Academy of Pediatrics, in its latest…

Conakry, Aug 10 : Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed the first death due to Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organisation has said.Marburg case was detected …