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LONDON: The UK's health service on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the deployment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, manufactured and deployed in India soon after as Covishield. Brian Pinker, 82, became the first…

TEHRAN: Iran has detected its first case of infection by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, state TV reported on Sunday. The announcement comes as the variant spreads around the globe less than a month after scientists alerted…

LONDON: Britain’s Covid-19 booster vaccine rollout is to be extended to people aged between 40 and 49, officials said on Monday, in a bid to boost waning immunity in the population ahead of the colder winter months. Currently all people…

TEHRAN: The Iranian capital Tehran has held its main public Friday prayer service for the first time in 20 months, after it was halted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers said beforehand that all health protocols would be followed to…

SYDNEY: Britain will send four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Friday, as his country raced to halt a deadly virus outbreak. The Australian leader said the planes delivering Pfizer…

TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen received her first dose of the island's domestically developed coronavirus vaccine on Monday, launching its rollout to the public. The vaccine, made by Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp., was given…

TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday reported over 600 daily Covid deaths for the first time, ahead of tightened curbs to contain the spread of the virus. The country also registered 36,736 new infections in 24 hours, taking the total since the…

CANBERRA: The Australian government says Moderna next month will become the third Covid-19 vaccine available in Australia. Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, said the Australian vaccine regulator approved the Moderna shot on Monday for…

SYDNEY: Australian officials on Friday warned Sydney residents to brace for a surge in Covid-19 cases after the country's largest city logged record infections for the second straight day despite a weeks-long lockdown to stamp out an…

CANBERRA, Australia: Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, went into a sixth lockdown on Thursday, with a state government leader blaming the nation's slow Covid-19 vaccination rollout. Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane,…