Pandemic

United Nations (New York):  UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has said that "the only way out of a global pandemic and out of this unjust and immoral situation is through a global vaccination campaign." The Secretary General was…

New York:  A team of scientists has identified coronaviruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 from two bats sampled in Cambodia more than a decade ago. The discovery described in the journal Nature Communications, along with the recent…

Bhubaneswar: Reform on pandemic preparedness and response is underway, but to end this pandemic and prepare for the next global health threat, Heads of State and Government must come together to make faster progress. In a six-month…

Manila:  The Philippines will soon allow the entry of fully-vaccinated foreign tourists from over 40 "green" or Covid-19 low-risk countries and regions, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Friday. Nograles, co-chair of the…

Brasilia:  All Brazilians aged above 18 will be eligible to get booster shots against Covid-19, Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said. "Thanks to the information we have from scientific studies, we have decided to extend the…

Kochi: With an ever enlarging market space, 'high' demographic dividend and a 'highly' skilled and trained workforce, India has been much better-placed than most other prominent economies to lead the global recovery from a pandemic affected…

New Delhi:  The Centre on Wednesday said that there was a need to accelerate the fight to meet the 2025 deadline to end TB in view of the setbacks suffered due to Covid-19 pandemic . "We have mere 37 months before the deadline to end TB…

London:  While Covid-19 spared neither young nor old, children were the worst affected as the pandemic disrupted their education and a normal childhood. There is growing international evidence of a large increase in the proportion of…

Lucknow:  Wiping out the pandemic blues, Lucknow, on Dhanteras, splurged like never before. The state capital spent around Rs 2,900 crore in a single day on Tuesday. According to jewellers association, more than 500 kilograms of gold…

New Delhi: Nine in 10 Indians believe that chatbots or robots can support their career better than human HR managers, as they grapple with various mental health issues in the pandemic, a new report showed on Wednesday. The percentage of…