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Geneva, May 24 : Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need to protect and invest in healthcare…

Washington, May 24 : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had recently issued guidance for vaccinated people to forgo masks.However, in a new study, the agency has reinforced the message saying that Covid-19 spreads less in schools…

Geneva, May 24 : The ongoing vaccine crisis is a “scandalous inequity” that is perpetuating the Covid pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.In his address at the WHO’s 74th World Health A…

Geneva, May 24 : The ongoing vaccine crisis is a “scandalous inequity” that is perpetuating the Covid pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.In his address at the WHO’s 74th World Health A…

New York, May 24 : Pfizer on Monday announced a study to explore coadministration of its pneumococcal vaccine along with a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in older adults.Pfizer, in a statement, announced that “the first enrolled s…

Los Angeles, May 24 : Hollywood star Salma Hayek has hailed her “House Of Gucci” co-star Lady GaGa as an incredibly talented actress.Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani, fashion trailblazer Maurizio Gucci’s former wife, in the Sir Ridley Scott film.Reggiani…

Colombo, May 24 : Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry on Monday denied claims that the “black fungus” infection has been detected in the country after rumours spread that a person was infected in the Eastern Province.State Minister of Primary Health Care, Ep…

Washington, May 24 : US’ top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has said he is “not convinced” Covid-19 developed naturally, and has called for an open investigation into China to unravel the virus’ origins, the media reported.Fauci was asked du…

London, May 24 : Sniffer dogs can help prevent the spread of Coronavirus by detecting SARS-CoV2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a study, which found that the canines can be 88 per cent accurate in sniffing the virus, the media reported.The s…

Beijing, May 24 : The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 18 new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.Of the cases, three each were reported in Shanghai, Guangdong and Sichuan, …