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Budapest, July 9 : Hungary has already administered at least the first coronavirus jab to more than 5.5 million of its ten million population, but has lost 30,000 people to Covid-19, the government’s coronavirus information website reported on Thursd…

Dhaka, July 9 : At least three workers, including two women, died and 26 others were injured in massive fire at a juice factory on the outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday evening, officials said. The fire broke out at the multi-storey building of the Shez…

Colombo, July 8 : Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s younger brother Basil Rajapaksa was appointed the Finance Minister of the island nation on Thursday, a day after he was made a National List MP on Wednesday.The long speculated Finance Minist…

Sydney, July 8 : Body’s natural immune response following Covid infection is sustained for up to seven months, but these antibodies are not sufficient against contemporary variants of the virus, finds a study suggesting the importance of vaccines aga…

Los Angeles, July 8 : Actor-filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., father of Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr., has passed away aged 85.Downey Sr. is best known for films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace”.Robert Downey Sr. died on Tuesday night afte…

Moscow, July 8 : Russia has offered North Korea Covid vaccines once again, amid reports that a harsh lockdown is leading to extreme hunger.Pyongyang has refused vaccines and aid from a number of countries.It has instead sealed borders to try and keep…

Sydney, July 8 : The Australian city of Sydney has recorded its highest daily rise in Covid-19 cases in months, despite being nearly two weeks into a lockdown.The city in the state of New South Wales reported 38 cases on Thursday – taking its outbrea…

Washington, July 8 : The highly transmissible Delta strain has overtaken the Alpha variant to become the dominant variant in the US, according to new estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Delta, which was first found …

New York, July 8 : The global Covid-19 death toll has surpassed the 4 million mark, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Argentina registered 457 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raisi…

Havana, July 8 : Cuba registered a new record of daily Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, with 3,664 cases, for a total of 214,577, along with 18 more deaths to total 1,405.National director of hygiene and epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health…