Health

Seoul: The South Korean health authorities have been allowed to immunize those aged 30 and over with the unused shots of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday.Such citizens will be able...

Beijing: The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 30 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 18 in Jiangsu Province, four each in Henan and Hubei, three in Hunan, and one in Yunnan, the National Health Commission said in its daily...

Islamabad: To strengthen its campaign against the alarming spike in the COVID-19 spread in the country, Bangladesh has planned to sign an agreement with China for vaccine co-production, reported Pakistani daily The Nation, citing Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul...

New Delhi: Central government may prioritize children with underlying risk factors first when the vaccination against Covid-19 rolls out for the pediatric age, a top government official has said. However, the vaccination for children can start only after immunizing...

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the third dose of both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against COVID-19 for immunocompromised people.“The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and...

Seoul: South Korea reported 1,987 more cases of the COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 218,192.The daily caseload was down from 2,222 the previous day, but it hovered...

Beijing: The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 38 in Jiangsu Province, 10 in Hubei, seven in Hunan, and three each in Henan and Yunnan, the National Health Commission said in its daily...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 1107 covid cases and 67 deaths in the past 24 hours taking the total tally in the state to 9,91,182 with 6697 fatalities.‘The recovery in the state rose to 9,73,579 while the active cases further declined...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh recorded 43 new Covid-19 cases and 71 recoveries in the past 24 hours, State Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal said here on Thursday.Currently, the number of active cases in the state dropped to 490, which...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh logged 27 new Covid-19 cases and 63 recoveries in the past 24 hours, Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal said here on Wednesday.Besides, 12 districts --Aligarh, Amethi, Chitrakoot, Etah, Firozabad, Gonda, Hathras, Kasganj, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Shamli...