New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for Covid-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement on Saturday. She will not be...
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Asian Games postponed as China battles Covid
The Asian Games due to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed indefinitely because of Covid-19, organisers said on...
Half of ‘uncounted’ Covid deaths occurred in India: WHO
LONDON: A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, which is being considered the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so...
Covid increases risk of blood clots for up to six months: study
People who have had Covid-19 have an increased risk of developing serious blood clots for up to six months after getting infected, even in mild...
Coups and Covid loom large at African Union summit
Heads of state gathered Saturday at the African Union headquarters to kick off a two-day summit as the continent reels from a spate of military...
Biden says nation weary from COVID but rising with him in WH
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden acknowledged that the pandemic has left Americans exhausted and demoralized but insisted at a news conference marking his first...
Covid: Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within weeks, WHO
The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have caught the Omicron Covid variant within the next six to eight weeks. Dr...
World rings in 2022 under COVID shadow
Many large parties and fireworks displays cancelled or scaled down due to a rise in coronavirus infections across the world. The year 2022 is here...
Kenya Covid infection rate increases to all-time high
Kenya’s coronavirus infections rate on Monday hit the highest level since the country recorded the first case of Covid-19 case in March last year, prompting...
COVID: US health expert Fauci warns omicron is ‘raging’ around the world
US top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci has urged Americans to get vaccinated and boosted. The United States is anticipating a rise in cases due to...