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Washington, Aug 20 : The Covid-19 infection rate in prisons across the US has reached 34 per cent, an expert has said.”Prisons and jails have hosted some of the largest Covid-19 outbreaks in the US, with some facilities approaching 4,000 cases..In US…

Canberra, Aug 20 : Australia has announced plans to vaccinate people aged 16-39 against Covid-19 by August 30 as the country is battling its latest resurgence.Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the plans on Thursday…

Washington, Aug 20 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 209.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.40 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.82 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Frid…

Colombo, Aug 20 : Sri Lanka’s health experts have said that an investigation was launched to identify the implications of three new mutations of the Covid-19 Delta variant found mainly in Colombo to see if it is more contagious than the original stra…

Beirut, Aug 20 : Lebanon registered on Thursday 1,993 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total infections in the country to 588,578, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus in Lebanon went up by six to 7,999, the m…

London, Aug 20 : Another 36,572 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,392,160, according to official figures released on Thursday.The country also reported another 113 …

Singapore, Aug 20 : Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 32 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total tally in the country to 66,366.The new infections included 29 locally transmitted cases.As many as 11 are linked to previous cases…

Singapore, Aug 19 : People who were infected with SARS in 2003 and recovered are able to produce antibodies that can potentially neutralise all known Covid-19 variants of concern, scientists have found.The findings, published in The New England Journ…

Washington, Aug 19 : Early administration of convalescent plasma does not prevent disease progression in a high-risk group of Covid-19 patients, says a study led by US National Institutes of Health (NIH).The trial, launched in August 2020, was stoppe…

San Francisco, Aug 19 : The independent Oversight Board on Thursday upheld Facebook’s decision not to remove a post by a state-level medical council in Brazil saying Covid-19 lockdowns are ineffective.In March 2021, the Facebook page of a state-level…