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COPENHAGEN: The number of new coronavirus cases has risen in Europe after six weeks of decline, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. “Last week, new cases of Covid-19 in Europe grew nine per cent to touch a little over one million. This ends a promising six-week decline in new …

A group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries have supported India for supplying Covid-19 vaccines to different developing and least developed nations. During a discussion at the WTO (World Trade Organisation), a group of Latin American member states including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay have also expressed their …

“Infosys is looking at partnering with health care providers to vaccinate employees,” the company said. Bengaluru: Information Technology major Infosys Ltd and consulting and outsourcing services provider Accenture Plc said on Wednesday they would cover COVID-19 vaccination costs for their employees in India, as the country expands its massive vaccination …

British finance minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday to do “whatever it takes” to steer the economy through what he hopes will be the final months of COVID restrictions. Below are highlights of what he has said in his speech plus announcements already made by the Treasury: THREE PART PLAN …

Leading global IT and professional services company Accenture will cover the cost of Covid-19 vaccination for all its 200,000 employees in India as well as their dependents who are enrolled on the company’s medical benefits programme. “For employees who are eligible and choose to receive the Covid-19 vaccination, Accenture will …

A key member of the Maharashtra government’s Covid task force has accused the Union health ministry of delaying the vaccine rollout among the general public and “putting the lives of people at risk”. The remark comes as the state reported a fresh breakout of cases amid fears of a mutant …

Two Canada-based researchers on Wednesday urged governments to delay administering the second dose of Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, which they said had an efficacy of 92.6% after the first dose, as it was not significantly beneficial in the short term. Danuta Skowronski and Gaston De Serres said their findings were derived …

German Health Minister Jens Spahn told reporters in Berlin Wednesday that the B117 coronavirus variant now accounts for 22% of all new infections in the country. Two weeks ago, the number of cases resulting from the mutation first discovered in the UK was just 6%. Officials fear that despite a …

Image Source : AP Covid: Hotel quarantine comes into force in the United Kingdom, All British and Irish citizens and UK residents who arrive in England after being in a high-risk Covid country now have to quarantine in hotels, officials said. All British and Irish citizens and UK residents who …

Image Source : AP New study suggests Covid-19 presence in France in November 2019 A study on serum samples of over 9,000 French adults has suggested that the novel coronavirus might have been present in the country as early as November 2019, as some sampled between that month and January …