Health

Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates – UN agency heads

New York: The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that less than two per cent of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries compared to almost 50 per cent in high-â€‘income nations. more

Spanish doctors call for vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 after three deaths reported

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Spanish doctors called on regional authorities to accelerate the immunization of pregnant women following three reported cases of fatalities from COVID-19 in the categ ...

Thai authorities planning to mix Oxford's AstraZeneca with China's Sinovac vaccine amid rising COVID-19 cases

Bangkok: Thailand authorities have decided to mix Oxford's AstraZeneca with China's Sinovac vaccine to combat rising COVID-19 cases in the country.

One dose of Sputnik V reduces mortality rate in people aged over 60 by 70-80 pc, reveals study

Buenos Aires/Sputnik: Even one dose of the Sputnik V or AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus reduces the mortality rate in people aged over 60 years by 70-80 percent, a study the ...

91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR

New York: UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same.

Bangladesh: Authorities clear homegrown Bangavax coronavirus vaccine for clinical trial with conditions

Dhaka: The Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has decided to allow the Bangavax vaccine, a coronavirus vaccine produced by Bangladeshi company Globe Biotech, to be tested on human ...

COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO

New York: The number of new COVID-19 cases reported to the UN health agency has declined for seven weeks in a row, in what the top official there called on Monday “the longest seque ...

Two doses of COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against hospitalisation from Delta variant: PHE

London: New analysis by PHE shows for the first time that 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against hospitalisation from the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant, Public Health Engla ...

WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists

New York: Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in ...

Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines approved in the Maldives

Authorities in the Maldives have given emergency use approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson--both of them are already approved by the World Health Organization ...