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Kathmandu, June 17 : The Nepal government has decided to procure four million Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by China’s Sinopharm under a non-disclosure agreement.However, the government has not disclosed the price of the vaccine.Since it is to be si…

Washington, June 17 : A new study by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suggested that Covid-19 cases were detected in the country earlier than previously reported.NIH researchers analysed more than 24,000 stored blood samples from all 50…

Berlin, June 17 : German biopharmaceutical company CureVac’s mRNA-based vaccine has shown efficacy of just 47 per cent against Coronavirus disease, the lowest reported so far from any Covid-19 vaccine maker.The trial of vaccine candidate CVnCoV, whic…

Jakarta, June 17 : Indonesia recorded 9,944 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking the highest single-day spike since February 22, which increased the total tally to 1,937,652, the Health Ministry said.The Covid death toll increas…

Washington, June 17 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 176.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center f…

Washington, June 17 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 176.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center f…

Singapore, June 17 : Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has selected 24 private healthcare institutions to be licensed providers of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine under the Special Access Route (SAR), MOH said here on Wednesday.These providers will …

Dhaka, June 17 : The Bangladeshi government has extended the countrywide Covid-19 restrictions on public movement and transport for a month from Thursday.The ongoing restrictions, which are to expire Wednesday midnight after having been extended seve…

London, June 17 : Britain has reported another 9,055 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest daily increase since February, according to official figures released Wednesday.The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now …

Dhaka, June 17 : Azharul Islam, the former organising secretary of militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islams Dhaka city chapter, has been arrested from the Jatrabari area in the national capital.Confirming the news with IANS, Iftekharul Islam, Additional Depu…