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New York, Oct 16 : A team of US researchers, including a scientist of Indian-origin, has shown for the first time that Covid-19 vaccines and prior Covid infections can provide broad immunity against other similar coronaviruses.The findings build a ra…

Washington, Oct 16 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 240 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.88 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.58 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturd…

Washington, Oct 16 : A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has voted to recommend authorising a booster dose of the Johnson (and) Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine.The agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committ…

Washington, Oct 16 : The cumulative number of child Covid-19 cases in the US has surpassed 6 million, according to a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).As of October 7, over 6.04 million American children have contracted the virus sin…

Brussels, Oct 16 : As winter comes, the circulation of viruses that cause Covid-19 and seasonal influenza could possibly trigger a “twindemic”, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides warned on Friday.”As we move from a…

London, Oct 16 : Another 44,932 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19 as the country recorded more than 40,000 Covid-19 cases on the third successive day, according to official figures released on Friday.It brought the total number of c…

Singapore, Oct 16 : Singapore reported 3,445 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total tally in the country to 141,772, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.Of the new cases, 2,823 were in the community, 620 were in migrant …

Addis Ababa, Oct 16 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,414,571 cases as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the Af…

Beijing, Oct 15 : China’s CoronaVac and Sinopharm Covid vaccines may be waning in immunity levels, several studies have shown.CoronaVac and Sinopharm — both inactivated vaccines, which use killed SARS-CoV-2 virus — account for almost 50 per cent of…

New Delhi, Oct 15: Online social media platforms have always been extensively used to spread information as well as misinformation.But the increased use of Internet and online platforms amid the Covid 19 pandemic has further helped the global terror ou…