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Addis Ababa, Aug 15 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 7,222,853 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the Africa…

London, Aug 15 : Another 29,520 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,241,011, according to official figures released on Saturday.The country also reported another 93 c…

New York, Aug 14 : A team of researchers has revealed that new biomarkers found in the eyes could unlock the key to helping manage diabetic retinopathy and perhaps even diabetes.The researchers said that during its early stages, diabetes can affect t…

Colombo, Aug 14 : Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has alleged that a section of the military intelligence had connections with 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombers who were suspected to have links with Syria’s ISIS.Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the…

Sydney, Aug 14 : New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit state in Australia’s current Covid-19 outbreak, reported 466 new local cases on Saturday, a new peak and a nearly 20 per cent jump from the 390 infected recorded the previous day.The state also re…

Colombo, Aug 14 : Over 11 million first dose of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across Sri Lanka till date as a mass program is underway to inoculate all citizens above 30 years of age amid a resurgence in the island nation, the Health Minis…

London, Aug 14 : Of every 10 Covid-19 patients in hospital at least one and sometimes more caught the infection inside the health facility during the first wave of the pandemic in the UK, reveals a study published in The Lancet.The study found that a…

Colombo, Aug 14 : Sri Lanka’s overall Covid-19 caseload has increased to more than 345,000 due to a rapid spread of the virus, which health experts believe is because of the highly transmissible Delta variant, according to the Health Ministry.The cas…

Washington, Aug 14 : The recent Covid-19 hospitalisation rate among young American adults aged between 30 to 39 is the highest ever since the pandemic hit the US early last year, while that among seniors aged 70 and older is about a quarter of what i…

Washington, Aug 14 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 206 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.34 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.61 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturd…