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Singapore, Sep 20 : Singapore on Sunday reported 1,012 new cases of Covid-19 infection, bringing the total tally in the country to 77,804.Of the new cases, 919 were in the community, 90 in migrant worker dormitories and three were imported cases, Xin…

London, Sep 20 : Another 29,612 people in the UK have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 7,429,746, according to official figures released Sunday.The country also recorded another 56 coronav…

London, Sep 19 : Booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines will soon become necessary for people to gain maximum protection against Covid-19, US top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday, after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel …

London, Sep 19 : After facing backlash for its coverage of origins of the Covid pandemic, the much acclaimed scientific journal — The Lancet has now published an ‘alternative view’ from 16 scientists.The international team of health experts, in the …

San Francisco, Sep 19 : Anti-vaccine activists flooded Facebook to sow doubt about the Covid-19 vaccines, overwhelming efforts to stop them even as the company told the world that it was not responsible for vaccine hesitancy, according to a new repor…

Washington, Sep 19 : Monoclonal antibodies are high in demand for Covid treatment in the US, especially in those who reject the vaccine against the infectious disease, prompting the Joe Biden administration to impose new limits on orders for the drug…

Beijing, Sep 19 : China reported 43 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, all in Fujian province amid a resurgence of the virus, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.Also reported were 23 new imported cases — nine in Yunnan, three each in…

Colombo, Sep 19 : Sri Lankan authorities have received 4 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines as a mass inoculation program against Covid-19 is presently underway in the island nation.The vaccines arrived at Colombo’s Bandaranaike Internat…

Sydney, Sep 19 : Studying bats’ responses to SARS-CoV-2 may provide key insights into how and when to best use existing therapies for Covid-19, and to develop new treatments, suggests a review.The review, published in the journal Science Immunology, …

Dhaka, Sep 19 : Bangladesh has received another 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group.A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Chinese vaccine doses landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International…