Health

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Moderna vaccine proves to be better The mRNA vaccine of Pfizer and BioNTech might…
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Aug 5 (Reuters) - The daily covid cases have reached a new high in six months in the United States, with more than 100,000 cases being reported across the country as the Delta variant hots Florida and states with low vaccination rates.…
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Hundreds of thousands of people in China were in lockdown on Friday as the country battled its worst Covid-19 outbreak in months, while Japan -- a week into the Olympics -- extended its state of emergency due to surging infections. The…
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Twenty-five cases of the new Indian coronavirus variant “Delta” were reported in many hospitals of Islamabad. Smart lockdown has been imposed in many areas starting today Monday morning. The areas affected by the new variant and lockdown…
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Pakistan recorded above 3 percent Covid positivity rate in the country for the third consecutive day on Friday as another 1737 cases were registered from across the country. According to the NCOC, 25 people succumbed to the the pandemic…
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday revealed plans to lift most of England's coronavirus restrictions, including face masks and social distancing from July 19, urging personal responsibility rather than government edict. His…
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The positivity rate in Pakistan has dropped drastically in the last few weeks but in the last 24 hours, the country saw a major decline in the cases with just 663 positive cases, 27 deaths, and a ratio of 1.69%, the lowest in eight months,…
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Pakistan has been reporting fewer coronavirus cases for two weeks. The positivity ratio seems to fall with cases declining after the third wave had taken over the country drastically. According to the statistics released by the National…
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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, the UN said Friday. A fresh report…
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The members of the Abu Dhabi ruling family will be participating in the administrative trial of China’s Sinopharm vaccination for children aged 3-17 stated by an Emirati media officer. The trial will be monitoring the response of the…
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Almost a fifth of Covid patients without symptoms went on to experience conditions consistent with long Covid a month after their initial diagnosis, according to a huge study published Tuesday. The analysis by non-profit FAIR Health…
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At least five polio workers were shot dead in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, officials said, in the area’s second attacks on vaccinators in less than three months. The workers were gunned down in three separate locations within hours in a…
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Pakistan has reported less than 1,000 cases in the past 24 hours for the first time since February 15, as per the data released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) A total of 35,039 tests were conducted across the country…
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The NCOC, National Command, and Operation Center have decided to speed up the process of vaccinations of citizens against Covid-19 in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. In a tweet, Asad Umar, Chief NCOC mentioned that they will be…
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G7 leaders will agree to expand global Covid vaccine manufacturing to provide at least one billion doses to the world through sharing and financing schemes, Britain said Thursday. The announcement came after the United States said it…
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