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Hard-won gains at risk as Delta variant spreads- WHO
Published On: July 31, 2021 08:32 AM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA, July 31: The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others
Published On: July 31, 2021 07:41 AM NPT By: Associated Press
KATHMANDU, July 31: In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.
India reports most new COVID cases in three weeks
Published On: July 30, 2021 12:07 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, July 30: India reported 44,230 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the most in three weeks, the latest evidence of a worrying trend of rising cases that has forced one state to lock down amid fears of another wave of infections.
Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens
Published On: July 30, 2021 10:21 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JERUSALEM, July 30: Israel’s prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated.
Factbox: Countries make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory
Published On: July 30, 2021 07:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
July 30: A sharp upturn in new coronavirus infections due to the highly contagious Delta variant and a slowdown in vaccination rates have pushed governments to make COVID-19 jabs mandatory for health workers and other high-risk groups.
Analysis: Pandemics & protests: Unrest grips developing countries
Published On: July 29, 2021 09:46 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, July 29: From Tunisia and South Africa to Colombia, social unrest is sweeping through developing countries, a reminder of income inequalities that have deepened during the COVID-19 crisis.
Bhutan fully vaccinates 90% of eligible adults within a week
Published On: July 28, 2021 11:24 AM NPT By: Associated Press
GAUHATI, India. July 28: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90% of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry said Tuesday.
Final death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98
Published On: July 27, 2021 01:34 PM NPT By: Reuters
USA, July 26: Remains of the last person still listed as missing in the collapse of a Florida condominium tower on June 24 have been recovered and identified, bringing the final confirmed death toll to 98, Miami-Dade County officials said on Monday.
At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast -U.N.
Published On: July 27, 2021 07:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA, July 27: At least 57 people drowned on Monday after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the central Mediterranean, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government
Published On: July 26, 2021 11:03 AM NPT By: Reuters
TUNIS, July 26: Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of parliament, a move his foes labelled a coup that should be opposed on the street.
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