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Dhaka: Sarah Gilbert, who led a team that developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, believes that  SARS-CoV-2 will likely recede into the background in the upcoming times. more
WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing ...

France introducing mandatory Covid testing for people flying in from China

Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement ...

France introducing mandatory Covid-19 testing for people flying in from China

Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement ...

2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’

New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health ...

Japan govt imposing mandatory Covid testing for arrivals from China: Reports

Tokyo: Mandatory testing for COVID-19 is being introduced by the Japanese government from December 30 upon arrival for travelers from China due to an increase in the number of confirmed c ...

China risks between 1.3 and 2.1 million deaths if it ends its zero-COVID strategy: Study

New Delhi: Analysis by Airfinity shows between 1.3 and 2.1 million lives could be at risk if China lifts its zero-COVID policy given low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of ...

China: Chongqing authorities say public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work as 'normal'

Chongqing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing have said public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work “as normal".

China COVID-19: Expert believes country may experience three winter waves

Beijing: A top Chinese official has said he believes China might be seeing the first of the three COVID-19 infection waves this winter.

South Korea reports 84,571 new Covid cases

Seoul: South Korea recorded 84,571 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 27,925,572, the health authorities said on Wednesday.