Health

Beijing, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chinese mainland has reported 56 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday. Of the new local cases, 44 were reported in…

The Hague, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued advice on the emergency use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill called Paxlovid. The European Union (EU) drug regulator on Thursday said the medicine, which…

Washington, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines be preferred over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due…

Rome, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italy began the process of vaccinating healthy children aged 5 to 11 years. The country has already vaccinated more than 85 per cent of children aged above 12 years. The vaccination…

Rome, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italian President Sergio Mattarella has urged for open, constructive multilateralism, calling it the “only way” to tackle challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. He made the remarks on…

Helsinki, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finland has ordered compulsory PCR tests for arrivals from high-risk areas to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.The policy took effect immediately. From next Tuesday people arriving from…

Abuja, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 80 deaths have been reported across Nigeria following the spread of Lassa fever in the most populous African country so far this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease…

Tehran, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education has reported 2,500 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s total infection to 6,165,454. The pandemic also claimed 63 lives in the past 24 hours,…

Nicosia, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The coronavirus pandemic caused a 50 per cent drop in tourist arrivals in Cyprus in 2021 compared to 2019, the last year before the onset of Covid-19, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas…

Yangon, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 527,714 in Myanmar after 211 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health….

Colombo, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka’s health authorities have said that vaccine cards had been made mandatory for all local and foreign tourists who were visiting religious sites in the country in order to prevent…

London, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fuelled by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, Britain registered a record number of daily coronavirus cases for the second day in a row. A total of 88,376 new cases…

United Nations (New York), Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has said in his end-of-year press stakeout that he is determined to address the deficits in the governance of both pandemics and international…

Ottawa, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, is expected to see intensive care capacity reach unsustainable levels in January 2022 without an “immediate circuit breaker” to stem the spread of Omicron variant, according…

Cairo, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Egypt has approved the administration of a third Covid-19 vaccine booster shot for those who received their second shot at least six months ago, according to a statement by the country’s…

Copenhagen, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has urged people to exercise caution this holiday season, as the region is now coping with two highly transmissible coronavirus strains that…