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Is the COVID pandemic nearing an end? Experts weigh in on impact of omicron variant
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, ...
FDA authorizes AstraZeneca COVID antibody treatment for emergency use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca’s Evusheld. The vaccine maker’s COVID-19 antibody drug ...
FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.The U.S. ...
COVID continues to deepen poverty, entrenching inequality and threatening children’s rights like never before
As for child labour, the report said that the number of child labourers has risen to 160 million, a nearly ...
UK’s Omicron COVID variant cases nearly double in a day, total tally at 817-
By PTI LONDON: The number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Britain has nearly doubled in one ...
Ensure adequate stock of drugs used for clinical treatment of Covid, Centre tells states-
By PTI NEW DELHI: The Union government on Thursday asked states and Union Territories to ensure adequate buffer stock of ...
Vaccine makers racing to update COVID shots, just in case-
By Associated Press Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s ...
China grants emergency approval for its first Covid drug-
By AFP BEIJING: China’s drug authority has granted emergency approval for the country’s first specialised treatment against Covid-19, found in ...
India records 9,419 fresh Covid cases, 159 deaths; active infections increase to 94,742-
By PTI NEW DELHI: With 9,419 more people testing positive for Covid in a day, India’s infection tally rose to ...
23 test Covid positive at Tibetan settlement camp in K’taka
Bylakuppe is the second largest Tibetan settlement in the world outside Tibet after Dharamshala. It is located 80 kilometers away ...
