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Washington, Sep 28 : US State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and will quarantine for te next 10 days.Taking to Twitter on Monday night, Price said: “After experiencing symptoms for the first time …

New York, Sep 28 : New York State announced on Monday that eligible New Yorkers could get Covid-19 booster doses with the launch of a new dedicated website for the purpose.In a letter to the state health commissioner, the New York State Clinical Advi…

Yangon, Sep 28 : Myanmar reported 1,282 new Covid-19 cases with a daily test positivity rate of 7.2 per cent, bringing the tally to 459,436 cases in the country on Monday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.The death toll has increa…

Addis Ababa, Sep 28 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,275,465 as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African …

Washington, Sep 28 : US President Joe Biden on Monday received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on camera at the White House.”Boosters are important, but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” Biden said before gettin…

Dhaka, Sep 28 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina turns 75 on Tuesday, and the government will organise a mass Covid vaccination programme to mark the occasion.Announcing the programme, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said: “Th…

New York, Sep 27 : Covid infection in breastfeeding women produces virus-neutralising antibodies that remain in their milk for up to 10 months, finds a new study.The study led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York showed tha…

Washington, Sep 27 : Pfizer is soon expected to submit data to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding safety of its mRNA Covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, media reports said.”It’s a question of days, not weeks,” Pfizer chief execu…

Washington, Sep 27 : The world will return to normal life as Covid-19 will end in a year, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said, while stressing the need for annual Covid jabs.”Within a year I think we will be able to come back to normal life,” Bourla wa…

Seoul, Sep 27 : South Korea will begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to pregnant women and younger children starting from October 18 as part of its efforts to inoculate more people amid little signs of letup in the fourth wave of the pandemic, heal…