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JOHANNESBURG: Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa, the health ministry said on Saturday. Neighbouring South Africa earlier this week said it would…

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, who is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, has been granted medical parole because of his ill health, jail authorities said on Sunday. Zuma, 79, was sentenced in…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lifted travel restrictions from 11 countries including India on Friday, local media reported. The country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revised its international travel list and removed 11 countries from…

GENEVA: The highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 is expected to become the dominant strain of the virus over the coming months, the world health organization said on Wednesday. Delta, which was first detected in India, has now…

JOHANNESBURG: Six people have been killed and 219 arrested amid escalating violence during rioting that broke out following the imprisonment of South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma, police said Monday. Army soldiers will be…

NKANDLA, SOUTH AFRICA: Hundreds of supporters of former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma remained camped outside his home on Sunday vowing to render the country ungovernable if he is jailed. After historically sentencing him to a…

LONDON: The Delta variant of Covid-19 continues to spread in the UK with a further 50,824 cases logged on Friday, marking a 46 per cent increase over the previous week, according to health officials. While the infections are rising,…

Johnson & Johnson said late Thursday that its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine generated strong, persistent activity against the Delta and other highly prevalent variants. Data showed that the durability of the immune response lasted…

PARIS: France is adding Russia to its “red list” of countries from which travels are banned unless it is for urgent reasons as they are struggling with virus surges and worrisome variants. French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal…

WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a universal vaccine that protected mice not just against Covid-19 but also other coronaviruses while triggering the immune system to fight off a dangerous variant. While no one knows which virus may…