International,Health/Medicine

Madrid, Jan 14 (IANS) The Spanish government has agreed to offer a booster dose against Covid-19 to everyone aged over 18 in an effort to stop the further transmission of the virus.Previously the booster jab had only been available for…

Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 319.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.52 million and vaccinations to over 9.55 billion, according to…

Santiago, Jan 14 (IANS) Chile's Health Ministry has said it registered more than 7,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, after detecting 7,291 infections in one day, the highest figure in seven months.The new cases pushed the country's total…

Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) The US has taken more actions to contain the new Covid-19 surge, including offering more free test kits and "high quality masks" to Americans.President Joe Biden announced on Thursday his administration would make…

Zagreb, Jan 14 (IANS) In the previous seven days, Croatia has recorded over 48,600 new Covid-19 cases, the highest weekly caseload since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at a government…

Yangon, Jan 14 (IANS) Myanmar reported 42 more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, bringing the tally to 63, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.The Ministry on Thursday said Omicron was found in 32 samples of returnees…

Paris, Jan 14 (IANS) French Health Minister, Olivier Veran has announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19.He had taken both a self-test and an antigen test, after presenting mild symptoms. On Wednesday, he was alerted by the French…

Ljubljana, Jan 14 (IANS) Slovenia has launched a massive three-day vaccination campaign to curb the fast spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The three-day vaccination campaign was launched by Slovenia on Thursday. Until Saturday,…