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Washington, Oct 14 : People who have taken Johnson and Johnson’s Covid vaccine will have better results with a booster shot of either Pfizer or Moderna, finds a study led by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).The NIH study on “mixing and matc…

Colombo, Oct 14 : Health officials have urged Sri Lankans to remain cautious despite a drop in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases in the country as the spread of transmission caused by the Delta variant was easing.A senior Health Ministry official to…

Washington, Oct 14 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 239 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.87 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.53 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thursd…

Singapore, Oct 14 : Singapore reported 3,190 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally in the country to 135,395, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.Of the new cases, 2,721 were recorded in the community, 498 were in migrant worker …

New Delhi, Oct 13 : On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Wednesday, a latest report titled ‘International Cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction’ prepared by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has found that for every (…

Moscow, Oct 13 : Russia registered 28,717 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, up from 28,190 the day before, taking the nationwide tally to 7,861,681, the official monitoring and response centre said on Wednesday.The nationwide death toll g…

Jakarta, Oct 13 : The number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,233 within one day to 4,231,046, with the death toll adding by 48 to 142,811, the country’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday.According to the ministry, 2,259 more people were disc…

San Francisco, Oct 13 : After Apple Watch, the company is now reportedly exploring to put health-focused tools in its AirPods for improved hearing, reading body temperature and monitoring posture, the media reported on Wednesday.According to a report…

New Delhi, OCt 13: Indian Army chief General MM Naravane’s five-day visit to Sri Lanka has reinforced New Delhi’s commitment to Colombo as “Priority One” partner in defence relations.The two nations are also looking at cooperating over regional securit…

Moscow, Oct 13 : Russia’s Sputnik Light vaccine, as a Covid booster shot, is over 83 per cent effective against infection and over 94 per cent against hospitalisation, according to a new study released on Wednesday.The one-shot vaccine, when administ…