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  • Molnupiravir - produced by US pharmaceutical company Merck
    Countries line up to buy new Covid pill
    During the global scramble to secure vaccines, many countries in Asia-Pacific were slow off the mark. This time, they’re not making the same mistake.Countries around the region are rushing to place...
  • Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown
    Call for airlift of 240 million COVID-19 vaccines
    Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an immediate airlift of unused COVID jabs to countries in the global south.Brown, an adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), is pressing...
  • Mix-And-Match vaccines have big benefit - Study
    US: Mixing COVID-19 vaccines produces as much or more antibodies as using the same shot as a booster, according to preliminary results of a widely awaited US government-sponsored trial.The trial is...
  • WHO advisory group recommends COVID-19 booster shot for immunocompromised
    People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.The recommendation follows a...
  • People with physical symptoms of COVID-19 infection often screen positive for depression, as symptoms of infection often overlap with symptoms of depression.
    COVID-19 causes steep rise in depression, anxiety - Study
    FRANCE: Cases of depression and anxiety surged by more than a quarter globally during the first year of the pandemic, especially among women and young adults, a major study showed.In the first...
  • Moderna vaccines
    Moderna accused of supplying vaccines only to rich nations
    Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defense against Covid-19, has been supplying its shots almost exclusively to wealthy nations, keeping poorer countries waiting and...
  • Chinese vaccines
    China claims vaccine record
    China says it has provided more than half of all the Covid-19 vaccines manufactured globally.A video posted on social media by the Chinese Communist Party's youth league claims that over half the...
  • Over 11.8 million fully vaccinated in Sri Lanka
    With 13,431 doses of COVID 19 vaccines administered on Sunday (3), the total number of vaccine doses administered so far in Sri Lanka increased to 26,441,235.The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of...
  • US surpasses 700,000 COVID deaths
    Deaths in the United States from the coronavirus surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to a New York Times database, a milestone that few experts had anticipated months ago when vaccines became...
  • The donation of 800,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.
    US donates nearly 800,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines
    Nearly 800,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka this week to continue the fight against COVID-19, a gift from the American people. These safe and effective vaccines, donated by...
  • Six die of COVID at Karapitiya within 24 hours
    Six COVID deaths have been reported from the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital within the past 24 hours. During the same period, 23 COVID patients have been admitted to the Hospital, its Acting Director...
  • Pfizer tests pill that could prevent COVID Infection
    Pfizer announced Monday that it has started large-scale studies testing an oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 among people who have been exposed to the virus.The mid-to-late-stage...
  • INSEE steps up COVID-19 response programme
    The market leader for cement in Sri Lanka, INSEE Cement, has boosted its COVID response programme over the past couple of months to help the Nation to cope with the severe ongoing wave of the COVID-...
  • Masks in school beneficial - CDC
    Covid-19 outbreaks are far more likely in schools that don't require students and staff to wear masks, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.Two studies released...
  • Booster shots a windfall for vaccine makers
    Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus.How much the manufacturers...