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London, Aug 18 : Animals known as carriers of coronaviruses were sold at local wet markets for years, finds a new study supporting the theory that the Covid-19 is the result of virus jumping from animals to humans.Researchers from the Chinese governm…

Berlin, Aug 18 : Daily Covid-19 infections in Germany recorded a sharp increase as 8,324 new cases were registered within one day, 3,328 more than one week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Wednesday.The last time that new infections withi…

Sydney, Aug 18 : There is little doubt that essential workers have kept the wheels of Australia’s largest city turning over the course of its almost two-month lockdown.But for those who stock supermarket shelves, drive buses, deliver the mail and pro…

Nairobi, Aug 18 : Kenya Red Cross Society said Tuesday that 2.1 million Kenyans are currently facing high acute food insecurity, up from 1.4 million in February due to a worsening drought situation.Asha Mohammed, secretary-general of Kenya Red Cross …

Toronto, Aug 18 : Vaccine nationalism may strongly impact global trajectories of Covid-19 case numbers and increase the potential emergence of novel variants, warn researchers.A team of researchers from the US and Canada projected forward the inciden…

New York, Aug 18 : Rates of physical and psychological aggression among couples increased six to eight-fold at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, according to a new study.The study led by Georgia State University (GSU) researchers showed …

New York, Aug 18 : Despite causing a surge in infections that has resulted in thousands of hospitalisations and deaths, the Delta variant of Covid-19 is not particularly good at evading the antibodies generated by the Pfizer vaccine, according to a s…

Washington, Aug 18 : Even as schools are set to reopen for the new school year in the US, children represent 18 per cent of the Covid-19 infections in the country, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).While since th…

New Delhi, Aug 18: Kashmir’s politicians, both separatists as well as mainstream, have maintained near-total silence over Taliban’s capture of Afghanistan after a prolonged strife of 20 long years.However, the visibility of a wave of jubilation among t…

Wellington, Aug 18 : New Zealand confirmed six new Delta cases of Covid-19 in the community on Wednesday, including one fully-vaccinated nurse from an Auckland hospital.All the six cases were linked to the first community case that resulted in the co…