Tag: coronavirus
WHO Experts Complete Quarantine Period In China: Spokesperson
An international expert team of the World Health Organization (WHO) will complete their 14-day quarantine, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson. ....
Amitabh Bachchan: The World Has Become A 'masked Wonder'
The world has become a masked wonder, feels Amitabh Bachchan. His observation comes at a time when masking up before stepping out has become the new normal amid the Covid pandemic. ....
Cancer Patients Too Can Take Covid Vaccine, Say Doctors
Cancer patients too can take Covid-19 vaccine, but under medical supervision, cancer specialists said ahead of the World Cancer Day on February 4. ....
Population Exposed To Covid Could Be Thrice The Tally: ICMR
The latest serosurvey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that nearly three times more Indians may have been exposed to coronavirus as compared to the country's current Covid-19 tally. ....
90 Per Cent Office Workers Cite Work-from-home Related Ailments
According to a recent survey, workers are sitting 20 per cent more than they did pre-pandemic, 9 out of 10 are experiencing real health problems, and the number of workers sitting for more than 8 hours a day has increased nearly 90 per cent. ....
France Reports Nearly 20,000 New Coronavirus Cases, 122 Deaths
France registered 19,952 new coronavirus infection cases and 122 related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by the Public Health Agency on Sunday. ....
Pandemic Affected Tourist Behaviour: Study
The pandemic has affected tourists' attitudes and behaviours in unforeseen ways, often subconsciously, said a new study. ....
UK PM Boris Johnson Under Pressure To Lift All Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to lift all COVID-19 lockdowns in two and a half months as lockdown-sceptic Tories called on him to commit to a timetable for easing the restrictions with a complete end to controls by the end of April. ....
Iraq Detects Infections With New Coronavirus Variant
Iraqi Minister of Health Hassan al-Tamimi said that the ministry detected cases of a new strain of coronavirus, while the ministry reported 2,798 new coronavirus cases in the country. ....
China Hid Wuhan Coronavirus Information From WHO Expert Team: Report
China's behaviour with the expert team constituted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the coronavirus (Covid-19) has led to more speculation about the virus that traces its origins to Wuhan in central China. Various news reports have made it clear that the WHO team worked under limitations and did not have access to all information it sought on the initial days of the outbreak. ....
