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Addis Ababa, Oct 12 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,387,602 cases as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the Af…

Berlin, Oct 12 : As vaccinations are generally freely available to citizens in Germany, free Covid-19 testing will no longer be offered as of Monday.Individuals who cannot be vaccinated and for whom there is no general recommendation for vaccination …

Dhaka, Oct 12 : Bangladesh aims to administer Covid-19 vaccines to nearly half of its population by next January.Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said the Bangladeshi government is working to vaccinate 80 million people by December and January…

London, Oct 11 : AstraZeneca’s long-acting antibody combination is both able to prevent and treat Covid-19, according to the phase three results released on Monday.The drug, AZD7442, is a combination of two antibodies — tixagevimab (AZD8895) and cil…

Seoul, Oct 11 : Five more draftees at a South Korean Army boot camp have tested positive for Covid-19 after cluster infections were reported at their base, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.The new cases raised the number of infections reported at …

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Russia stole the formula for the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and used it to help create its own Sputnik jab, UK Ministers have been told, The Sun reported. Security services have said that they have proof that one of Russi…

Washington, Oct 11 : A salmonella outbreak that sickened 109 people in 14 US states has been linked to the seafood sold in Colorado’s capital city of Denver, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.”No deaths have been reported but …

Seoul, Oct 11 : Samsung Electronics said on Monday it has partnered with some high-profile filmmakers to produce movies with its Galaxy smartphones as the South Korean tech giant aims to better promote its mobile devices among budding creators.Samsun…

Dhaka, Oct 11 : As vulnerable countries are exposed to public health risks from weather pattern consequences of climate change, Bangladesh has been urged to build a stronger health system in order to cope with an increase in climate-sensitive disease…

Washington, Oct 11 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 237.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.85 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.45 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Mond…