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Tokyo, Aug 14 : Japan’s daily Covid-19 cases topped the 20,000 mark for the first time since the onset of the pandemic early last year, while Tokyo also reported a record high number if single-day infections, according to the government.The latest fi…

Tehran, Aug 14 : Iran on Friday reported 39,119 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 4,359,385.The pandemic has so far claimed 96,742 lives in Iran, up by 527 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Ed…

Moscow, Aug 14 : Russia has confirmed a record daily number of 815 deaths caused by Covid-19 infections, raising the nationwide death toll to 168,864, the official monitoring and response centre said on Friday.Russia’s Covid-19 caseload grew by 22,27…

New York, Aug 13 : With schools set to open in many places, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggest that open windows and good heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can help keep the classrooms safe …

Kathmandu, Aug 13 : Nepal is the second country globally to have completed agreements with GAVI as it sets out to procure four million doses of Moderna vaccines, financed by the World Bank, through the COVAX cost-share option.Delivery of these vaccin…

Sydney, Aug 13 : Locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in New South Wales (NSW) state, Australia’s pandemic epicentre, have peaked again as it reported a record high of 390 new infections on Friday.Of all the new locally acquired cases, the source of in…

Washington, Aug 13 : Chinese researchers at the World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic pushed against the lab-leak theory, said a WHO scientist, who led the group, in a Danish documentary.In the documentary…

Washington, Aug 13 : New Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths across the US have continued to increase at a record level as the majority of the country is experiencing substantial or high transmission, Director of the Centers for Disease Contr…

Tel Aviv, Aug 13 : Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has instructed health maintenance organisations (HMOs) to prepare to offer a third coronavirus vaccine booster for some age groups under 60 next week, according to a statement from his office….

Tel Aviv, Aug 13 : Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has instructed health maintenance organisations (HMOs) to prepare to offer a third coronavirus vaccine booster for some age groups under 60 next week, according to a statement from his office….