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School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling “catastrophic outcomes” from the COVID-19 pandemic, write the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, and Mark Lundell, World Bank Country Director. more
No evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: Study

New York: A large observational study suggests that treatment with the antimalarial drug chloroquine or its analogue hydroxychloroquine (taken with or without the antibiotics azithromycin ...

First human trial of COVID-19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response

New York: The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in humans, accor ...

Unable to smell your morning cup of coffee: Study says it may indicate you may have COVID-19

London: The UK has joined the US, Europe and the World Health Organisation by including loss of smell or taste as an officially recognised symptom of Covid-19 – thanks in part to an ...

Coronavirus impact on world’s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat

New York : The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new UN indepen ...

Govt reimposes lockdown in PoK as 20 fresh COVID-19 cases surface

Islamabad: Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in  Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), government officials said  the decision to suspend relaxations in lockdown was “need of the h ...

COVID-19: Moderna announces positive interim phase 1 data for its mRNA Vaccine 

New York/IBNS: Moderna, Inc. a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for pa ...

WHO chief warns of long road to travel as COVID-19 risk remains high

Geneva/Xinhua: The majority of the world's population remains susceptible to COVID-19 and there is a long road to travel as the risk remains high, the chief of the World Health Organi ...

Chinese mainland reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported three new imported COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,707, the National Health Commission said on Tuesda ...

China's Hubei reports 1 new COVID-19 case

Wuhan/Xinhua: One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported in central China's Hubei Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said on Tuesday.