35pc of adult population fully vaccinated against Covid
28 people have tested positive for Covid-19, from a sample size of 2,315 tested in the last 24 hours representing a 1.2pc positivity rate. Of...
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Shanghai escalates Covid lockdown restrictions
Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as a Covid surge continues in China’s financial capital. New measures include...
Shanghai: China reports three dead in latest Covid outbreak
China has reported the deaths of three people from Covid in Shanghai for the first time since the financial hub entered lockdown in late March....
Covid: Blood clot risk higher for six months after having virus
After a Covid infection, there is an increased risk of developing a serious blood clot for the next six months, a study from Sweden suggests....
48 Covid-19 cases reported
Covid-19 positivity rate remained at a low of 0.7pc after 48 people tested positive from a sample size of 6,684 tested in the last 24...
Close to 6000 flights cancelled globally
More than 6,000 flights have been canceled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, as the highly infectious Omicron variant swept...
COVID-19: WHO says countries can now use one or two courses of J&J vaccine
Countries “can now consider” using one or two courses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, otherwise known as the Johnson & Johnson, or J&J shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday. The one-dose schedule...
Next pandemic could be more lethal, warns jab creator
Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert,...
African leaders, health experts criticize imposition of travel bans over Omicron
Last week, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa announced the detection of a new variant of the SARS-COV-2, the virus that...
Covid: US to lift travel ban on 8 November
The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November. Under new rules announced by...