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Geneva, Sep 9 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an extension of a global moratorium on Covid-19 booster doses, with an aim to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population.”A month ago, I called for a glo…

Berlin, Sep 9 : Germany’s Minister of Health Jens Spahn and Lothar Wieler, President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, have reiterated the importance of people getting vaccinated against Covid-19.The number of unvaccinated p…

New York, Sep 9 : People whose diets were based on healthy plant-based foods such as fruits and vegetables had lower risks of getting Covid-19 and of having severe disease after infection, finds a study.Although metabolic conditions such as obesity a…

United Nations, Sep 9 : India and Colombia have signed a memorandum of understanding on space cooperation and pledged to cooperate in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.The document was signed by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Meenaksh…

Washington, Sep 9 : The true number of US Covid-19 cases by the end of 2020 was likely more than 100 million, said a new study by researchers at Columbia University.”At the end of last year, you may recall hearing news reports that the number of Covi…

Washington, Sep 9 : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 222.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.59 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.56 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Thurs…

New York, Sep 9 : As more campuses reopened during the second week of September in the US, pediatric cases of Covid-19 have seen upticks again, though mask mandates are observed in some schools and regular tests are carried out in areas of coronaviru…

Washington, Sep 9 : Imported frozen food may play a role in the emergency of SARS-CoV-2 in China, said a recent research conducted by British and Chinese scientists and published in US magazine Science.The researchers reviewed the SARS-associated cor…

Tehran, Sep 9 : Iran’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 26,854 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 5,210,978.The pandemic has so far claimed 112,430 lives in the country, after 538 new deaths were registered in the past …

London, Sep 8 : It was September 6. In Pakistan it is observed as Defence Day in remembrance of the 1965 Indo-Pak war that lasted for 17 days. However, as numerous former military men and strategic analysts were appearing on television channels compe…