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Windhoek, Feb 24 : Namibian President Hage Geingob on Wednesday lauded China and other nations for Covid vaccine assistance to the country in fighting the pandemic.This comes after China recently announced a donation of 100,000 Covid-19 vaccines to N…

Toronto, Feb 24 : Various Indo-Canadian organisations, in a joint letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have supported his handling of the farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws.Blaming “forces inimical to India” for trying “to h…

New York, Feb 24 : Light-intensity physical activity, including gardening, shopping or a casual walk may protect mobility in older women, suggests a new study.The study indicated that women who did not have a mobility disability at the start of the s…

Toronto, Feb 24 : Limiting the amount of fat the body releases into the bloodstream from fat cells during heart failure could help improve outcomes for patients, say researchers.The study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, found that m…

Moscow, Feb 24 : The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russias sovereign wealth fund) announced the delivery of the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus to Mexico.On February 3, 2021 the Federal Commission for the Protection again…

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24 : Malaysia on Wednesday launched the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination programme with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin being the first person to get the jab.Muhyiddin received the vaccine shot on live television in a bid to build co…

New York, Feb 24 : Researchers have developed two new rapid diagnostic tests for Covid-19 — one to detect Covid-19 variants and one to help differentiate from other illnesses that have Covid-like symptoms.According to the findings published in the j…

Washington, Feb 24 : The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.48 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University’s Cente…

Seoul, Feb 24 : South Korea’s Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Wednesday said that the first shipment of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country marks the beginning of the long-awaited return to everyday life prior to the pandemic.”We begin the historic …

Bangkok, Feb 24 : Thailand on Wednesday received the first batch of 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech, as the country gears up to kick start its immunisation drive soon.The 200,000 doses, the first shipment among 2…