COVID
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The number of infected people in Afghanistan has increased by 2400% in one month
Jun 18, 2021In the last one month, the number of corona cases in Afghanistan has increased by 2400 per cent. The situation in the conflict-ridden country has spiralled out of control. The country’s hospitals are now full of... -
Iran approved its own COVID vaccine to use
Jun 15, 2021Iran, which has been unable to import vaccines due to US economic sanctions, has approved the emergency use of a COVID vaccine made on its own. This has led to the possibility of starting a corona... -
Poor country to get 100 crore dose of vaccine: Boris
Jun 14, 2021Leaders of the alliance of the world’s top industrialized nations have pledged to give one thousand million doses of the coronavirus vaccine to emerging countries to control the epidemic. The prime minister of the United Kingdom,... -
Pakistan has a travel ban on citizens of 26 countries, including Bangladesh
Jun 13, 2021Pakistan has imposed travel bans on citizens of 26 countries, including Bangladesh, to curb coronavirus spread. The ban was set by the country’s National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) on Saturday, Pakistan’s English-language daily Dawn reported.... -
Allegations of corruption, embezzlement in COVID test in Germany
Jun 2, 2021Coronavirus testing in Germany has led to allegations of corruption and embezzlement. However, the country’s health minister Yen Span is trying to distance himself from these allegations. To avoid accusations, SPAN has announced that it will... -
Israel eases Covid restrictions after mass vaccination
Jun 1, 2021Israel inched closer to lifting Covid restrictions Tuesday as its caseload remains tiny following a sweeping nationwide vaccination campaign. People are no longer required to show vaccination certificates to enter restaurants and entertainment venues, and capacity... -
Nepal urges for more vaccine jabs to exhilarate Covid-19 fight
May 28, 2021Nepal’s prime minister Thursday called on the international community to supply the Himalayan nation with nearly 40 million Covid-19 shots to combat a new wave of infections that has overwhelmed hospitals. The country of nearly 30... -
Millions in Australia’s second city ordered into snap Covid lockdown
May 27, 2021More than five million people in Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap week-long lockdown Thursday, as officials blamed a sluggish vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine failures for another virus outbreak. Stay-at-home orders... -
India tells social media firms to remove ‘India variant’ from content
May 23, 2021India’s government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the “Indian variant” of Covid-19. The IT ministry said the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the variant as B.1.617 and any reference... -
Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on Covid
May 19, 2021Two decades ago, Soumya Swaminathan watched her HIV-infected patients suffer often horrific and unnecessary deaths. There was a treatment for their disease, but they simply could not afford it. The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told...
