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  • Cambodia battles COVID surge
    Cambodia is in the grip of its worst outbreak of the Coronavirus since the pandemic began more than a year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, warning that the Southeast Asian nation...
  • COVID will affect world for years to come - study
    Even though life is beginning to return to some semblance of normal in parts of the world thanks to the success of vaccination efforts, a new report finds that the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to...
  • Denmark discontinues AZ Vaccine
    Denmark will stop administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Wednesday.In a statement, the Danish Health Authority emphasized that the shot's benefits outweigh the risks...
  • Exercise could help COVID recovery
    Regular physical activity may substantially reduce the risk of COVID-19–related hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death, suggests an observational study of nearly 50,000...
  • Work at a factory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing.
    China mulls mixing vaccines to improve efficacy of jabs
    CHINA: China is considering the mixing of different COVID-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, a top health expert has told a conference.Authorities have to "...
  • Medical workers treat a COVID-19 patient at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.
    Over 52.2% of Brazil's ICU COVID patients are under 40
    BRAZIL: The number of COVID-19 patients under 40 in intensive care in Brazil surpassed older groups last month, a researcher said Sunday, amid a deadly surge driven partly by a new coronavirus...
  • Right to equitable access to vaccination
    The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed profound inequalities in people’s access to healthcare and medicines across countries; the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is a glaring example.As of April 7,...
  • Got vaccinated ? Still wear your mask – experts
    As more people get vaccinated — and more proof, albeit still inconclusive, emerges that the COVID-19 vaccines more than likely inhibit the spread of the coronavirus — it feels as if the light at the...
  • Brazil’s COVID surge sparks regional fears
    Almost a year ago to the day, the jungle city of Manaus grabbed international headlines after a flood of COVID-19 deaths forced gravediggers to dig mass burials – catapulting the city into the centre...
  • Lockdowns in many countries as infections surge
    Fresh lockdowns and curfews have been imposed on tens of millions of people from India to Argentina as COVID-19 infections surged again and vaccine rollouts were hampered by shortages and fears of...
  • J&J scales back vaccine shipments
    Johnson and Johnson is scaling back shipments of its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine by 86% next week as it grapples with manufacturing issues at a major plant in Baltimore.The government has allocated...
  • COVID-19 vaccines: Women experience more side effects
    Reports of COVID-19 vaccine side effects support what many have anecdotally observed: women shoulder the bigger burden.Among nearly 7,000 reports processed through the Centers for Disease Control and...
  • More COVID drugs identified via X-Ray sources
    A team of researchers, including scientists from the MPSD, has identified several candidates for drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus using the PETRA III X-ray light source at the German Electron...
  • India supplied 64.51 m doses to 85 countries until April 9 – Indian HC spokesman
    The Indian High Commission Spokesperson said that in line with its commitment to collectively fight COVID-19 pandemic, India has supplied 64.51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines until April 9 to 85...
  • Avurudu brings Sri Lankans together, but authorities have advised people to observe all health precautions
    Don’t ‘gift’ COVID to your loved ones this season
    An important factor of the hour was highlighted by Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera addressing the press conference held at the Health Promotion Bureau in Colombo last Thursday. Addressing...