Health

Seoul: South Korea reported 5,567 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Monday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 528,652.The daily caseload was slightly down from 5,817 in the previous day, but it...

Ottawa: There is community spread of the Omicron variant in Canada and new Covid-19 cases are expected to jump soon, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said on Monday."We are seeing community transmission, possibly in its early stages,...

Kabul: The Afghan Public Health Ministry launched a campaign on Monday to give polio vaccination doses to millions of children under the age of five, the ministry said."The campaign is the last polio vaccination drive in 2021. It will...

Paris: The Netherlands approved the recommendation of the Health Council to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against Covid-19, the cabinet said in a statement."Children aged 5-11 can now be vaccinated against coronavirus," it said.The vaccination of healthy children aged...

New Delhi: India has recorded 8,503 new Covid-19 cases and 624 deaths, during the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.According to a bulletin issued by the Ministry, the total caseload rose to 3,46,74,744, while the...

Pune: The lowest minimum temperature of 4.5°C was recorded at Churu in west Rajasthan, the IMD said on Thursday.For the past two days, the western state of Rajasthan has been recording chilling temperatures.Night temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C...

Wellington: New Zealand on Thursday launched a smoke-free action plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than five per cent for all population groups by 2025.The plan called Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan has six...

Hamirpur (HP): HIMCARE, a free health-related scheme of the Himachal government has helped an aged woman Roshni Devi of Chhatarkalan village of Bhoranj sub-division, who was admitted to the women's ward of Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College Hospital, Hamirpur...

Houston: The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been found in wastewater in Houston, the largest city in the south-central U.S. state of Texas, confirming the local spread of the new strain, city officials said.The city has detected the Omicron...

New Delhi: The national capital will not go into lockdown again if the trajectory of the witnesses of the COVID-19 case surge amid the threat of Omicron variant, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Monday.The minister added that...