After local governments across India lifted all the pandemic related restrictions and even dropped the mandatory wearing of face masks, the country is once again witnessing an increase in the daily number of COVID-19 infections. [Read More]
A Chinese inactivated vaccine against Omicron variants was approved for clinical trials by the National Medical Products Administration on Tuesday. The vaccine, developed by the China National Biotec Group affiliated with Sinopharm, has been under [Read More]
A COVID-19 patient gave birth to a baby girl via a cesarean section in a designated hospital for treating COVID-19 cases in Shanghai on Sunday. With a weight of 3,340 grams, the baby girl was [Read More]
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,062,569 on Tuesday with 2,483 new cases registered during the past 24 hours in the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the seventh consecutive [Read More]
Israel’s active COVID-19 cases on Monday dropped by 2,833 to 27,477 cases, reaching the country’s lowest annual level, according to the Ministry of Health. This is the lowest number of active cases recorded in Israel [Read More]
The Biden administration will reportedly renew the push to secure funding for COVID-19 response when Congress returns from recess. “Congressional inaction is already taking its toll — from uninsured Americans suddenly having to foot the [Read More]
Lithuania’s government decided on Wednesday to lift the COVID-19-related legal regime known as “extreme situation,” which has been in force for more than two years. Lithuania has registered a steady decline in the number of [Read More]
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday trimmed its forecasts on sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in 2022 due to appreciation of the U.S. dollar, and suspended COVID-19 vaccine sales guidance due [Read More]
In a statement released Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the COVID-19 pandemic remains a “public health emergency of international concern,” a day before WHO statistics showed the global caseload passed the 500-million threshold. [Read More]
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tested positive for COVID-19, the government said in a statement on Monday. Draghi, 74, who is fully vaccinated, “is asymptomatic,” according to the statement. His schedule has been curtailed, [Read More]
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