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Brussels, July 23 : More than half, or 54.7 per cent, of the adult population in the European Union (EU), equivalent to over 200 million people, have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a European Commission spokeswoman said here.Dana Spinant, de…

Johannesburg, July 23 : The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) said it was probing the deaths of 28 people who apparently died after being administered with a Covid-19 vaccine.The study would be conducted to determine if thes…

Nairobi, July 23 : The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is at a crossroads, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said.As the rate of new cases fell by less than 2 per cent over the past week, driven by a sharp drop in South Afri…

Abuja, July 23 : At least 60 people have been killed by a cholera outbreak since May in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, a government official said.A total of 698 cases of the disease have been recorded since May, Xinhua news agency quoted Ramatu Aliyu…

Washington, July 23 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 192.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.12 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.74 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update o…

London, July 23 : Britain has reported another 39,906 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,602,321, according to official figures released on Thursday.The country also record…

Berlin, July 23 : Together with major retail companies such as the Rewe Group and Aldi, the German Retail Federation (HDE) appealed to the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in a statement published on Thursday.”Only with an effective and rapi…

Washington, July 23 : The benefits of the Johnson (and) Johnson Covid-19 vaccine far outweigh its potential risks amid an ongoing review of reports of a rare neurological disorder, according to an advisory panel to the US Centers for Disease Contro…

Riyadh, July 23 : Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday the successful conclusion of this year’s Hajj season, free from the Covid-19 and other contagious diseases, the Saudi Press Agency reported.Saudi Health Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah attributed the suc…

Bandar Seri Begawan, July 23 : Brunei reported two new imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the national tally to 311.According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the two new cases are a 59-year-old man and his 22-year-old son, who arrived in t…