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By Associated Press THE ANKARA: Turkey became the latest country to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination programme, starting with health care workers in hospitals across the country. Thursday’s start of the nationwide inoculation program came a day after Turkish authorities gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the vaccine …

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday (January 11, 2021) welcomed China’s announcement regarding the entry of the team probing the COVID-19 origins. The WHO team of international experts tasked with examining the COVID-19 origins will arrive in China on January 14, reported the Reuters news agency. The WHO …

Philadelphia: An international team of researchers have found that medications to treat high blood pressure do not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study, led by researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled …

COPENHAGEN: Denmark is developing a digital “vaccine passport” for people who have received a Covid-19 vaccine, a move that may enable them to travel to countries where such documentation is required during the pandemic. “It is expected that there may be requirements from other countries to present vaccine documentation upon …

The State on Thursday reported 761 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases to 9,24,898. With seven deaths, the toll rose to 12,131. This is apart from 19 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons. As many as 812 persons were discharged on Thursday, taking the total …

How quickly do I need a second Covid-19 vaccine shot? The first Covid-19 vaccines in the U.S. require two doses a few weeks apart. People should get some degree of protection within two weeks of the first shot, with the second shot bringing about the vaccine’s full protection. For the …