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Brasilia, June 20 : Brazil surpassed half a million Covid-19 deaths after registering 2,301 more fatalities from the fatal disease in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.With the national death toll reaching 500,800, Brazil has become the sec…

New York, June 20 : While Alpha and Beta Covid variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control group, a study led by Johns…

Beijing, June 20 : More than 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines has been administered in China, as the country is pushing ahead with the largest vaccination drive in its history, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) on Sunday.It took t…

Hong Kong, June 20 : People who got Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine showed “substantially higher” levels of antibodies compared to those who received China’s Sinovac shots, according to a new study.The study, led by University of Hong Kong (HKU), aims to e…

New Delhi, June 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief Justice of Iran, for winning the country’s presidential election, saying India looked forwards to work with him to strengthen ties between th…

Ankara, June 20 : The number of Turkey’s daily Covid-19 vaccination has exceeded 1.5 million, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.Turkey has started to administer vaccines to its citizens aged 30 and above, Xinhua news agency quoted Koca as saying in…

Tel Aviv, June 20 : The Israeli Ministry of Health reported a Covid-19 outbreak in two schools in the town of Binyamina, 60 km north of Tel Aviv, which has infected 45 students.The outbreak concerns a primary school and a middle school, Xinhua news a…

Dhaka, June 20 : Bangladesh has resumed the Covid-19 inoculation drive in parts of the country using the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines.Those who already registered but have not received their first shots will get priority for vaccination, which resumed …

Nay Pyi Taw, June 20 : Myanmar recorded the highest spike of Covid-19 cases in recent months with 546 new infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the case tally to 147,615, according to a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry.Seven more dea…

Addis Ababa, June 20 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has increased to 5,160,473, according to health authorities.The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday the death toll from the pandemic s…