Sri Lanka’s health minister, who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to stop surging coronavirus infections in the island, has tested positive and will self-isolate, officials said today. Pavithra Wanniarachchi had publicly consumed and endorsed a magic potion, later revealed to contain honey and nutmeg, manufactured by a sorcerer who […]
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Dramatic changes to radiotherapy treatments due to Covid-19
Dramatic changes were seen in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments for cancer during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in England. Much shorter radiotherapy courses were delivered, treatments were delayed where it was safe to do so and some increases were seen in order to compensate for reduced surgical capacity. Experts believe the changes […]
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Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown
Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city’s first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans anyone inside multiple housing blocks within the neighborhood of Jordan from leaving their […]
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India’s vaccine diplomacy in south Asia pushes back against China
India will give millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to South Asian countries in the next few weeks, government sources said on Thursday, drawing praise from its neighbours and pushing back against China’s dominating presence in the region. Free shipments of AstraZeneca’s vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, […]
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India’s Bharat Biotech seeks Bangladesh trial for Covid vaccine approved at home
India’s Bharat Biotech has applied to conduct trials in Bangladesh for its coronavirus vaccine recently approved for emergency use at home, a senior official at Bangladesh’s main medical research body told Reuters. If allowed to go ahead, this would be the first trial of any coronavirus vaccine in Bangladesh and […]
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India, ‘pharmacy of the world’, starts COVID vaccine shipments to neighbours
India started delivering coronavirus vaccines to its neighbours on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, flagging off a drive to garner goodwill in an often fractious region with the first shipment sent to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Bangladesh and Nepal said they expected deliveries on Thursday. The only neighbour […]
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Russia reports 21,734 new coronavirus cases, 586 deaths
Russia today reported 21,734 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 3,281 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 3,612,800. Authorities said 586 people had died overnight, taking the official death toll to 66,623.
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Two Australian Open players test positive for coronavirus
Two Australian Open players tested positive for coronavirus, health officials announced Tuesday, taking the cluster of cases associated with the Grand Slam tennis tournament to seven. The Victoria state health department said a total of nine people have tested positive while in quarantine ahead of the event in Melbourne, but […]
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India’s daily Covid-19 cases drop to 10,064, recoveries surpass 10.22 million
India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) came down to 10,064 on Tuesday, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. Though the total number of confirmed cases has gone up to 10,581,837, the active caseload has come down to 200,528, which is merely 1.97% of the […]
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Ice Cream in North China Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The deadly novel coronavirus has been detected in some samples of ice cream in northern China, forcing authorities to seize products that have been potentially contaminated. According to a report by Sky News, anti-epidemic authorities in Tianjin Municipality are now contact tracing people to identify those who have come into […]
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India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described as the “world’s largest […]
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The three mask-wearing errors you might still be making
We’ve been wearing face masks for the best part of a year now, whether on public transport, in stores, or at the office. But are you sure you’re using it correctly? A recent survey from the US highlighted some of the most frequent errors among face mask wearers, which could […]
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Top 10 states with the highest Covid-19 vaccine beneficiaries in India
India on Saturday inoculated close to two lakh people in a Covid-19 vaccination drive, touted as the world’s biggest by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The outbreak of the disease has torpedoed economies and tested the mettle of the public health system globally. A total of 3,352 sessions were held and […]
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Uttarakhand kick-starts Covid-19 vaccine roll-out across state
As the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive has kicked off across India, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday started the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in the state from Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) in Dehradun. Appreciating the health care workers in the state, the Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said, “I bow in […]
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Fast-spreading UK coronavirus variant could be dominant in U.S. by March, CDC says
A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first discovered in Britain could become the dominant variant in the United States by March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Friday. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, is believed to be twice as contagious as the current version […]