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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine protects children against rare COVID-19 complication - CDC

Published On: January 9, 2022 09:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

Jan 9: Two doses of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine are highly protective against a rare but often serious condition in children that causes organ inflammation weeks after COVID-19 infections, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said on Friday.

About 200 dead in attacks in northwest Nigeria, residents say

Published On: January 9, 2022 07:03 AM NPT By: Reuters

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 9: An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwesternNigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday.

Fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands camp along Thai border river

Published On: January 8, 2022 02:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

THAI-MYANMAR BORDER, Jan 8: Thousands of Myanmar villagers are living under makeshift tents alongside a river that borders Thailand, fearful of returning to homes which they said had been bombarded by military air strikes but reluctant to seek refuge across the frontier.

Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots

Published On: January 8, 2022 07:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SEATTLE, Jan 8: Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 soared in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, according to government data released Friday on the only age group not yet eligible for the vaccine.

India reports over 1 lakh new COVID-19 cases, Omicron tally crosses 3000 mark

Published On: January 7, 2022 03:22 PM NPT By: Republica

NEW DELHI, Jan 7: India reported 1,17,100 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 7.74 percent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.

India confirms first Omicron-related death as COVID-19 cases jump

Published On: January 6, 2022 07:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Jan 6: A diabetic man who died in the western state of Rajasthan was India's first fatality from the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry said on Wednesday, adding that overall infections had doubled to 58,097 over the past four days.

France reports record 271,686 new COVID-19 cases

Published On: January 5, 2022 04:43 PM NPT By: Republica

PARIS, Jan 5: France reported on Tuesday 271,686 new cases of COVID-19 detected in the last 24 hours, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. According to data released by the French Public Health Agency, a total of 20,186 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized and 3,665 of them are in intensive care.

Kazakhstan government resigns after violent protests over fuel price

Published On: January 5, 2022 01:05 PM NPT By: Reuters

ALMATY, Jan 5: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after a fuel price increase in the oil-rich Central Asian country triggered protests in which nearly 100 police were injured.

U.S. reports nearly 1 mln COVID-19 cases in a day, setting global record

Published On: January 5, 2022 12:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

Jan 5: The United States reported nearly 1 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily tally of any country in the world and nearly double the previous U.S. peak set a week ago as the spread of the Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing.

WHO sees more evidence that Omicron causes milder symptoms

Published On: January 5, 2022 07:54 AM NPT By: Republica

GENEVA, Jan 5: More evidence is emerging that the Omicron coronavirus variant is affecting the upper respiratory tract, causing milder symptoms than previous variants and resulting in a "decoupling" in some places between soaring case numbers and low death rates, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.