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Windhoek, July 6 : Namibia’s Health Ministry announced that the latest genome sequencing exercises covering the months of May and June have revealed that in 17 out of 18 samples tested, the Delta Covid-19 variant was identified.In a statement on Mond…

Ankara, July 6 : The phase-2 trials of Turkey’s locally developed vaccine against Covid-19 have started in the country’s largest city of Istanbul, local media reported.Volunteers aged between 18 and 59, who do not have serious chronic diseases, are i…

Jakarta, July 6 : The Indonesian government is planning to import medical oxygen tanks as the country is fighting the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.The plan was announced by the country’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin during a hearing…

London, July 6 : Scientists at the University of Oxford have started vaccinations of a novel HIV vaccine candidate as part of a Phase I clinical trial in the UK.The goal of the trial is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the H…

Jakarta, July 6 : At least 1,031 medical workers in Indonesia have died from Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country in March 2020 until June 2021, according to authorities.Secretary-General of the Indonesian Hospital Association (PER…

Washington, July 6 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 184 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.98 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.2 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Tu…

Colombo, July 6 : Sri Lanka has launched new “walk in” community Covid-19 vaccination centres throughout the country after receiving another batch of the Chinese Sinopharm jabs.According to local media, the vaccines will be administered to all those …

Tel Aviv, July 6 : The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 has dropped to 64 per cent in Israel, the country’s Ministry of Health said.The new figure refers to the period between June 6 and July 3, and it is significantly lower than …

London, July 6 : Britain has reported another 27,334 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,930,534, according to official figures released on Monday.The country also recorde…

Yangon, July 6 : Myanmar reported 2,969 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally in the country to 168,374, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.The death toll has reached to 3,461 after 42 more deaths were reported i…