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Buenos Aires, April 17 : Argentina reported a record daily Covid-19 infections of 29,472 and 160 more deaths, bringing the national tallies to 2,658,628 and 59,084 respectively, said the Health Ministry.The previous most daily cases were recorded at …

Johannesburg, April 17 : South Africans over the age of 60 have been urged to start registering online in order to be vaccinated next month, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said this when launching the vaccination electronic data system which would allo…

Addis Ababa, April 17 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,408,245 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Un…

New York, April 17 : SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, a new study suggests.The findings, published in the journal Brain, suggest that the neur…

Dhaka, April 17 : At least five workers in a Chinese joint venture coal-fired power plant were killed in police firing in Banshkhali of Bangladesh’s Chittagong region on Saturday, the police said.More than fifteen workers, all protesting for payment …

Los Angeles, April 17 : Hollywood actor Alfred Molina has confirmed that he will return to the “Spider-Man” franchise after 17 years.Molina will be seen in the upcoming “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, reprising his iconic role of Otto Octavius/Doctor Octo…

Ottawa, April 17 : The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has urged the government to take unprecedented measures to stem the Covid-19 spread across the country amid a surge of fresh cases.”As the third wave of the pandemic wreaks havoc on the health…

Canberra, April 17 : The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia’s medical regulator, has ruled that a 48-year-old woman’s death due to blood clotting was a side effect of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.The woman from New South Wales’ …

London, April 17 : England’s coronavirus reproduction number, also known as the R number, has dropped slightly to between 0.7 and one, the latest official data revealed.The number was down from between 0.8 and one in the previous week, Xinhua news ag…

New York, April 17 : Scientists now report that wearing two face coverings can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer’s nose and mouth and causing Covid-19.The reason for …