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Abuja, July 18 : Nigerian authorities have activated a health emergency operations centre in Enugu state, following a recent outbreak of cholera that has killed seven persons.Surveillance, contact tracing and risk assessment have also started in a lo…

Wellington, July 18 : New Zealand reported 10 new cases of Covid-19 in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.Mean, while there was no new confirmed case in the wider community, Xinhua n…

Lima, July 18 : Cases of the Delta Covid-19 variant in Peru have risen to 15 with the detection of three new ones in capital Lima, Minister of Health Oscar Ugarte announced.According to the Minister, the new cases were detected in the center and nort…

New York, July 18 : The US researchers have discovered a class of immune cells that plays a role in miscarriage, which affects about a quarter of pregnancies.Researchers at University of California-San Francisco found that the recently discovered sub…

London, July 18 : The odds of dying or being hospitalised following Covid-19 infection in individuals with psychiatric disorders were found to be twice as high in comparison to persons without mental disorders, finds a study.The study, published in t…

New York, July 18 : Vaccines against Covid-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study, indicating vaccine safety for pregnant and lactating women and providing early evidence that the shots are not transferred to the infant.Resear…

Beijing, July 18 : A number of provinces, regions and municipalities across China have announced that they extend a mass Covid-19 vaccination program for minors aged between 12 and 17 phase wise, authorities said on Sunday.Heilongjiang plans to admin…

Washington, July 18 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 189.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.08 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.59 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update o…

Havana, July 18 : Cuba on Saturday reported 6,062 new cases and 52 deaths from Covid-19, the Ministry of Public Health said. The ministry stated that the country has registered 275,608 total cases and 1,843 deaths from the disease so far.The province…

London, July 18 : Britain has reported another 54,674 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 5,386,340, according to official figures released on Saturday.The figure is up from…