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People who test positive for the virus are routinely required to isolate themselves in hotels run by the military in New Zealand.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 05:40pm
The shots packaged by J&J's South African partner Aspen and already sent to Europe would be returned.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 05:05pm
A negative polymerase chain reaction test remains a requirement to travel to the United Arab Emirates' capital.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 05:00pm
Says the impact of the Delta variant in Pakistan shows that it spreads faster & increases chances of hospitalisation.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 04:30pm
Nigeria, Kenya and Niger will receive the first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines today.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 03:45pm
Calls upon people to wear masks at all public places and maintain physical distance.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 03:10pm
South Africa has been battered by three coronavirus waves, infecting at least 2,770,575 million people, killing 81,830.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 02:30pm
The combination boosts immunity to the same levels as two AstraZeneca shots, according to Thailand's health ministry.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 02:04pm
Published 02 Sep, 2021 01:49pm
Densely populated Kerala, on India's southern tip, accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the 47,092 new infections.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 11:15am
Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan report no new deaths.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 10:25am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reports 27 deaths, Balochistan reports none.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 10:22am
The province's infection tally now stands at 396,326 while the death toll has risen to 11,959.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 10:20am
The total number of recovered people has risen to 1,048,872.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 10:18am
The flight carrying the first 930,000 doses arrived at Taoyuan International Airport today morning.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 09:23am
Says it has submitted initial data for the use of a 50-microgram booster dose of its two-shot vaccine.
Published 02 Sep, 2021 08:05am
Say health system is in danger of being locked into a “permanent cycle of crisis".
Published 02 Sep, 2021 06:58am
Parental authorisation is required and vaccination isn’t mandatory.
Updated 02 Sep, 2021 12:14am
The "rare presence does not pose an undue risk to patient safety and it does not adversely affect the benefit", it says.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 11:05pm
The study shows the disease is a much bigger threat.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 10:25pm
The positivity rate was recorded at 7.7 per cent.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 09:45pm
The team works with the local coronavirus task force to deliver medicine at least five times a day, says its founder.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 09:05pm
Gaza now offers a chance to get $200 to anyone over 50 who gets inoculated against Covid-19.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 08:30pm
The Russian vaccine is administered in two shots and has a six-month shelf life, according to a Reuters report.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 07:50pm
Experts believe relaxations carry dangers with a low level of vaccination and a shortage of testing in Southeast Asian countries.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 07:11pm
Demand risk allowances, hazard pay and resignation of the health secretary.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 06:30pm
Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience ranking says European nations are the most resilient with a middle-ground strategy of immunisation.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 05:45pm
Starting next week, Singapore will allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated visitors from just two countries: Germany and Brunei.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 05:05pm
Authorities have shifted their focus to rapid vaccination drives and moved away from a suppression strategy to bring cases down.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 04:25pm
An analysis shows Florida health department changed the way it reported data to CDC, creating an 'artificial decline' in numbers.
Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:45pm