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London, Oct 21 : The Covid-19 pandemic will drag on until 2022, longer than it needs to, because several poor countries have not received vaccines against the deadly infectious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.In Africa, less tha…

New Delhi, Oct 21 : Pakistan health authorities have announced that another variant of the deadly Covid virus had managed to reach Pakistan, Dawn reported.Member Scientific Task Force on Covid-19 Dr Javed Akram said a virulent variant of Covid-19 cal…

Canberra, Oct 21 : Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a major milestone, with 70 per cent of the adult population fully inoculated against the virus, Minister of Health Greg Hunt said.Hunt said that more than 70 pe rcent of Australians aged…

Washington, Oct 21 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 241.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.92 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.69 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thur…

Washington, Oct 21 : The White House has unveiled a plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children aged from five to 11, pending the jab’s approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”In anticipation of the FDA’s independent advisory commi…

Washington, Oct 21 : The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised Covid-19 booster doses of Moderna and Johnson (and) Johnson, and approved “mix and match” booster dose for currently available approved Covid-19 vaccines.The agency on We…

London, Oct 21 : Another 49,139 people in the UK have tested positive for Covid-19, marking the largest daily rise since lockdown rules ended in the country three months ago, according to official figures released Wednesday.For the eighth consecutive…

New York, Oct 20 : In a first, doctors at NYU Langone Health in New York temporarily transplanted a pig’s kidney onto a human, a ‘significant step’ toward animal-to-human organ transplants, the media reported.The recipient of the transplant was a bra…

Dhaka, Oct 20 : Bangladesh has received another batch of China-aided Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to boost the Asian country’s vaccination drive.”The fifth batch of gifted Covid-19 vaccines from the Chinese government to the Bangladesh government, arriv…

Colombo, Oct 20 : Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday extended an inter-province travel ban till October 31 to prevent further spread of the Covid pandemic.Sri Lanka’s Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said the inter-provincial travel ban had be…