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GENEVA: The Omicron variant has been reported in 57 nations and the number of patients needing hospitalisation is likely to rise as it spreads, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO, in its weekly epidemiological…

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday ordered frontline workers and tourism staff to be given a third booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine next month, part of a bid to reopen the travel industry and revive the economy.…

WASHINGTON: US health advisers endorsed a booster of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Friday, citing concern that Americans who got the single-dose shot aren't as protected as those given two-dose brands. J&J told the Food…

TAIPEI: President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan's first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose approval critics say has been…

JAKARTA: Indonesia has authorised the Covid-19 vaccine made by Moderna Inc for emergency use, Penny K. Lukito, the chief of the country's food and drug agency, said on Friday. Indonesia will receive four million doses of the Moderna…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases by 50% ever since the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) eased restrictions late last month, reported Dawn. As many as 1,714 people contracted the virus…

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KATHMANDU: Nepal approved on Thursday the emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of China’s Sinopharm, a government official said, the second vaccine cleared after Oxford-AstraZeneca's product. The move paves the…

BERLIN: Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday they have finalized an agreement to supply the European Union with another 200 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine. The US and German companies said in a statement that the doses come on top…

TOKYO: Japan on Sunday formally approved its first Covid-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide inoculations within days, but months behind the US and many other countries. Japan's health ministry said it had approved the vaccine…