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Bangkok, Feb 28 : Thailand on Sunday started its Covid-19 vaccination roll-out, with the first shot, using China’s Sinovac vaccine, going to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pr…

Mexico City, Feb 28 : The second shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Chinese company Sinovac has arrived in Mexico City.Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Zhu Qingqiao welcomed the vaccines at the airport on Satur…

Johannesburg, Feb 28 : South African Department of Health has said the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is going well with a total of 63,648 people vaccinated in a week since the programme started.”The Sisonke (Together) programme is outperforming original …

Beijing, Feb 28 : The Chinese mainland reported six new imported Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 4,990, the National Health Commission said in its daily report om Sunday.Of the new imported cases, two each w…

Seoul, Feb 28 : South Korea reported 356 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 89,676.The daily caseload was down from 415 in the previous day, but it hovered above 100 sinc…

Quito, Feb 28 : Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health has reported 1,748 new Covid-19 cases and 61 deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 284,347 and the death toll to 11,032.The province of Pichincha, where the capital city of Quito is located,…

London, Feb 28 : Researchers have identified a range of genes that are linked to both elevated levels of body fat, as well as offering protection from some of the negative health impacts of obesity.According to the researchers, people living with obe…

Washington, Feb 28 : The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.52 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center f…

New York, Feb 28 : The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the single-shot Johnson and Johnson (J (and) J) Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the third to be authorised against the disease in the country.The authorisation allows the v…

Washington, Feb 28 : US President Joe Biden has urged the Senate to quickly pass the (Dollar) 1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which was approved by the House on Saturday.”Now the bill moves to the United States Senate where I hope it will rece…