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Washington, June 24 : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported across the country in young people who received the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.Experts of CDC…

Canberra, June 24 : The Australian government will phase out the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine from October, a top health official said here.Covid-19 Task Force commander Lieutenant General John Frewen on Wednesday night released …

Washington, June 24 : Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a meeting to review rare heart problems in younger people immunised with Covid-19 vaccines.There have been more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis and pericar…

Ankara, June 24 : Turkey will lower the Covid-19 vaccination eligibility age to 18 starting from Friday onwards, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.The government aims to administer at least the first doses of vaccine to 70 per cent of its populatio…

Washington, June 24 : US researchers have started a new observational study to evaluate the immune responses generated by Covid-19 vaccines administered to pregnant or postpartum women, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced.In its announc…

London, June 24 : A single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine offers around 60 per cent protection against infection from SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, in adults aged 65 years and above, according to a new study publi…

London, June 24 : A team of researchers has developed an accurate, non-invasive, and low-cost method of testing for Covid-19 using samples taken from the screens of mobile phones.The team led by University College London researchers analysed swabs fr…

London, June 24 : A senior official of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has raised the alarm over the increasing number of Covid-19 patients on ventilators amid a recent resurgence of new cases in the country.Saffron Cordery, deputy chief execu…

Colombo, June 24 : Sri Lanka has recorded a total of 57,555 Covid-19 cases so far this month as the country is witnessing a third wave of the pandemic due to the rapid spread of the new variants of the virus, official figures have revealed.The figure…

Bangkok, June 24 : Thailand has reported the highest single-day spike in the number of coronavirus deaths since May, according to the country’s Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).In the last 24 hours, 51 people succumbed to the d…