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Kathmandu, July 16 : China has announced on Friday that it would provide additional 1.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal under grant assistance, after already donating 1.8 million doses of vaccines to the Himlayan nation earlier.Besides, N…

Washington, July 16 : The World Health Organisation has said it aims to fix several “unintended errors” in its joint report with China on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, media reports said.The WHO had, in March, concluded in a report that a lab…

Dhaka, July 16 : Banned Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) militant Asaduzzaman Panir alias Asad, who was sentenced to death for involvement in the 2005 bomb attack on a cultural programme which left eight killed, has been executed, officials said o…

Kuwait City, July 16 : Kuwait will vaccinate teenagers aged 12 to 15 against Covid-19 next week, the Ministry of Health announced.Teenagers of this age group will receive two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine before the start of the new academic year in …

Lisbon, July 16 : Portugal’s National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) announced that it has decided to continue using the Covid-19 vaccines from the Janssen Laboratory after a reassessment, saying they met the European Union (E…

New Delhi, July 16 : Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was killed in Afghanistan while on a reporting assignment, Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay said on Friday.A resident of Delhi, Siddiqui was on a reporting assign…

Manila, July 16 : The Philippines has detected its first local Covid-19 cases of the Delta variant, increasing the infections of the more transmissible strain in the country rose to 35, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday.Health Undersecret…

Male, July 16 : The Maldives has vaccinated 50 per cent of its eligible population against Covid-19, health authorities said on Friday.Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC) spokesperson, Fathimath Nazla Rafeeq said that half of the population abov…

New York, July 16 : Patients taking statin medications — commonly used to reduce blood cholesterol levels — are at a 41 per cent lower risk of in-hospital death from Covid-19, researchers have found.Statins block liver enzymes responsible for makin…

Bangkok, July 16 : Thailand’s Public Health Ministry and local manufacturer of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have agreed to extend the delivery of 61 million doses from December to May 2022, Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said.In a…