Health

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". more

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.

Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS

New York: Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other pandemics, UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to tackling HIV/AIDS, stressed ...

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.

Once again, US and Europe way ahead on daily calorie intake

New York: The number of calories per person consumed globally, increased by a full nine per cent on average last year, to 2,960 per day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sai ...

Cholera’s continued spread in Haiti a ‘worrying trend’

New York: As cholera continues to spread in Haiti, a $145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 per cent funded, the top UN aid official there reported on Thursday.

Countries held the line against malaria cases and deaths in 2021: WHO report

New York: Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable throughout last year, according to new data released on Thursday by the World Health Organizat ...

China finally rolls back strict COVID rules amid weeks of protest

Beijing: China has lifted the most severe COVID-19 policies amid weeks of protests against strict controls, media reports said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh plans to administer fourth COVID-19 booster shot from Dec 20

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is planning to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 in Dhaka on Dec 20, media reports said.

Gaps in surveillance, testing, sequencing and vaccination are continuing to create perfect conditions for a new COVID-19 variant of concern to emerge: WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new varia ...