Day: April 24, 2021

Coronavirus vaccines remain out of reach in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, marking the first anniversary of the COVAX dose-sharing facility.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he was looking at what he could do to help India, where the coronavirus pandemic is entering a deadly new phase with which its health services are struggling to cope.

East Jerusalem was on edge just after midnight on Saturday as Palestinians faced off with Israeli police in nightly Ramadan clashes that sparked rocket fire by militants in the Gaza Strip and protests in Palestinian towns across the occupied West Bank.

Amid a shortage of Remdesivir in hospitals all over the country, the Union government has said that 25 new manufacturing sites for the production of the anti-viral drug have been approved and production capacity has now been ramped up to 90 lakh vials per month.

For the first time, medical researchers have uncovered a way to prevent and reverse damage caused by broken-heart syndrome, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

A latest research has claimed that Covid-19 survivors—including those not sick enough to be hospitalised—have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus.

Facebook has said it will start testing ads on Instagram Reels in India and other markets as it looks to help brands better engage with relevant audiences.

Thieves who had stolen vials of Covishield and Covaxin from a hospital in Haryana returned the vaccines 12 hours later.

A glacier burst has been reported near the India-China border in Sumna village of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli Garhwal district. However, no loss of life or damage has been reported so far.

The Covid-19 pandemic has cast a dark shadow over the life and health of the population across the globe.