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Sao Paulo, June 4 : People with dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease are at threefold risk of dying as a result of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a study by Brazilian researchers.The risk is six times greater i…

Athens, June 4 : The Greek government has started a Covid-19 vacccination campaign at facilities housing asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants across the country.In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Migration and Asylum said the campaign start…

London, June 4 : People fully vaccinated with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant (B16172) when compared to the original strain, according …

Santiago, June 4 : Chile has temporarily suspended the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 for people under 45 years of age, after an “adverse event” was reported in a person immunised with the jab.In a communique, the Ministry of Health said…

Addis Ababa, June 4 : African countries have acquired around 53.5 million Covid-19 vaccines so far, according to the continent’s health authorities.The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday that 38.1 million …

London, June 4 : The B.1.6172 coronavirus variant, also known as Delta, has become the “dominant” strain in the UK, according to the Public Health England (PHE).The number of cases of the variant has increased by more than 5,000 since last week to 12…

Washington, June 4 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 172 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.69 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Sy…

Santiago, June 4 : Chile will extend lockdown measures in 16 cities, including the capital Santiago, due to the increase in Covid-19 infections, which have exceeded 1.4 million cases, Deputy Health Minister Paula Daza has said.Of the total number of …

Los Angeles, June 4 : Former glamour model and singer Katie Price has shared that she is undergoing fat dissolving treatment to make her derriere smaller.Price shared the news in a YouTube video that she had undergone two colonic irrigations before b…

New York, June 4 : Riding on strong vaccination numbers at home where more than 63 per cent of American adults have received at least one dose, US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the US will donate 75 per cent of its unused Covid-19 vaccine…