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Colombo, July 3 : The Sri Lankan government received a new batch of the Sinopharm vaccine from China, while the Pfizer vaccine would arrive next week as a mass vaccination program was ongoing in the country.The consignment was arrived on Friday.State…

Beijing, July 3 : The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 23 imported Covid-19 cases but no new locally transmitted cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.Among the imported cases, six were reported in Sichuan, fou…

Islamabad, July 3 : Most Pakistanis expressed supportive sentiments towards their Indian neighbours when the latter was reeling under a severe second Covid-19 wave, said an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven study.The research focused on tweets expr…

San Francisco, July 3 : US Oakland Zoo has inoculated some of its animals against Covid-19 this week using an experimental vaccine formulated for animals, according to a media report.So far, the zoo has vaccinated tigers, grizzly and black bears, mou…

Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan is reporting a slow and steady increase in its daily death and coronavirus case counts, with 1,400 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.As many as 34 more people lost their lives to Covid-19, accordi…

New Delhi, July 2 : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan has reported the theft of around 1,000 visa stickers from the Italian Embassy in Islamabad, SchengenVisaInfo reported.Pakistan daily Dawn has reported that the Italian Embassy has inform…

New Delhi, July 2 : Four decades after the first wave of Afghan refugees fled in the face of Soviet invasion, and nearly 20 years after a US-led invasion transformed life in the country, humanitarian agencies say they are bracing for another round of…

Beijing, July 2 : The global cryosphere — all the areas with frozen water on Earth — shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers per year on average between 1979 and 2016, as a result of climate change, according to a new study.The extent of land cove…

New York, July 2 : Many people experienced serious Covid-19 infection leading to hospitalisation and even death, while some people escaped with milder symptoms.The reason: They had prior run-ins with other coronaviruses — the ones that cause about a…

Tokyo, July 2 : A team of scientists has identified an anti-malarial drug, mefloquine, that is effective against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19.The team from Tokyo University of Science and others mathematically modelled the effectiveness of …