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USA's Texas is in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis as major cities - Houston, Austin and San Antonio - witness nearly overflowing hospitals and intensive care units with thousands infected by the Delta variant of coronavirus admitted in the healthcare facilities in a week. more
China punishes dozens of officials for failing to implement Covid measures

Beijing: China has taken disciplinary action against more than 40 local officials for failing to control Delta variant outbreak as administration grapples to contain the worst outbreak of ...

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 remain stable, or even increase, seven months after infection: Study

Barcelona: The levels of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein remain stable, or even increase, seven months after infection, according to a follow-up study in a cohort of healt ...

Beijing authorities impose travel restrictions to keep COVID Delta strain away

Beijing: Authorities in Chinese capital Beijing are trying to keep the spread of Delta strain away by imposing travel restrictions from COVID-19 hotsports to the city.

As daily caseload in US avg above 100,000, Fauci warns more suffering amid vaccine hesitancy

Baltimore: White House’s chief medical adviser and top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned “more pain and suffering” as daily caseload in the US is ave ...

China returns to mass lockdowns, testing after Delta variant detected in several provinces

Beijing: The Delta variant of coronavirus that is responsible for increasing Covid19 caseload across the world and claiming more lives than the initial strains of the pathogen last year h ...

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 booster jabs

NewYork: The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until “at least the end of September” to enable the world&rsq ...

Australia further restricts international movement due to coronavirus : Reports

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Australians who live overseas will now be required to provide "compelling reasons" for returning to their place of residence after visiting as the country fu ...

WHO accused of 'appeasement' after it says Covid19 vaccines 'Halal' and 'Sharia compliant'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drawn flak after it issued a clarification on social media that Covid-19 vaccines are "halal" and "permissible according to Sharia l ...

Over 100,000 more people will be dead by the end of Olympics: WHO chief

Tokyo: As the Olympic Games 2020 kickstarted on Wednesday, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged people around the world not to forget our real ...