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Washington, May 5 : Pharmaceutical major Pfizer will likely seek the US Food and Drug Administration’s emergency authorisation to administer its coronavirus vaccine among children between the ages of 2 and 11 in September, the media reported.By early…

Seoul, May 5 : People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid in South Korea are exempted from the mandatory 14-day isolation starting Wednesday, when arriving here from overseas and when having close contact with virus patients.The new rules wi…

Washington, May 5 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 153.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.22 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Center fo…

Ankara, May 5 : Turkey on Tuesday confirmed 28,997 new Covid-19 cases, including 2,483 symptomatic patients, raising the total number of cases in the country to 4,929,118, according to its health ministry.The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose …

Los Angeles, May 5 : Actress Tiffany Haddish, who is in a relationship with rapper Common, is taking parenting classes to prepare her for adopting a child.She wants to be mother to a child who is at least five years old.”I’m taking parenting classes …

Canberra, May 5 : Almost two thirds of Australians think the country’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is not going well, a survey has found.Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) on Wednesday published the latest report from an ongoing surve…

Tehran, May 5 : Iran on Tuesday reported 20,150 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 2,575,737.The pandemic has so far claimed 73,219 lives in Iran, up by 344 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Ed…

Addis Ababa, May 5 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,578,902 as of Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union,…

Singapore, May 5 : Singapore on Tuesday rolled out a slew of tightened measures against Covid-19, in line with the local and global Covid-19 situation.Starting from 23:59 hours May 7, all new travellers arriving from higher risk countries or regions …

New York, May 4 : There is consensus among scientists and public health experts that reaching ‘herd immunity’ is unlikely in the US, when it comes to Covid-19, the media reported.According to The New York Times, the experts believe that the virus wil…