India on Saturday reported 257,299 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 4,194. Total infections in the country stood at 26.3 million while the country’s total death toll was at 295,525, according to data from the health ministry.
Read More »COVID-19 death tolls are likely a “significant undercount”, WHO says
Official tolls showing the number of deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be a “significant undercount”, the World Health Organization said on Friday, saying up to eight million people may have died so far. Presenting its annual World Health Statistics report, the WHO estimated …
Read More »Last Flight To Evacuate Iraqis Stranded In India On Friday
The Ministry of Transport announced the date of its last extraordinary trip to evacuate Iraqi citizens wishing to return from India to the homeland. The Ministry of Transport said in a statement: “The Iraqi Airways will conduct on Friday (May 21, 2021) the fifth and final exceptional evacuation flight for …
Read More »270 doctors killed by second Covid-19 wave in India as overall medic death toll reaches almost 1,000
At least 270 doctors in India have died during the current wave of the pandemic, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Tuesday. The announcement came on the same day India’s confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 25 million. “The second wave of the pandemic is turning out to be extremely fatal …
Read More »Public Health Iraq: 500,000 People Vaccinated out of 40 Million
The Director of Public Health, Riyadh Abdul-Amir Al-Halfi, announced that: Only 500 thousand people received the vaccine out of 40 million, which represents 2% of the general population. He said in a press statement that: The quantities of the vaccine received in Iraq are not enough for everyone, but during …
Read More »Barcelona’s Picasso Museum celebrates 50th anniversary of painter’s donation
“It’s been 50 years since he gifted all the artworks that had remained in the house where his sister and mother lived on Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona: more than 1,400 pieces. It was a gesture of huge generosity towards the city he loved. This museum is one of Picasso’s …
Read More »+2400 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths in Iraq today
Iraq recorded 2,456 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 24 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 5,624 patients have achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in …
Read More »UK readies for major reopening but new variant sparks worry
Travelers in England were packing their bags, bartenders were polishing their glasses and performers were warming up as Britain prepared Sunday for a major step out of lockdown — but with clouds of worry on the horizon. Excitement at the reopening of travel and hospitality vied with anxiety that a …
Read More »India promises more vaccines as daily COVID-19 deaths stay above 4,000
Some Indian states said on Sunday they would extend COVID-19 lockdowns to help contain the pandemic, which has killed more than 270,000 people in the country, as the federal government pledged to bolster vaccine supplies. The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in India has risen …
Read More »Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges – gov’t document
Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgment of the alarming practice, which it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in remote areas. Images of corpses drifting down the …
Read More »COVID-19: 2767 new cases and 27 deaths reported in Iraq today
Iraq recorded 2767 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Friday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 27 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 5769 patients had achieved full recovery. The statement added that the cumulative count …
Read More »Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks
Mainland China reported seven new COVID-19 cases on May 13, including its first local transmissions in more than three weeks, the country’s national health authority said on Friday. Two of the new cases were local infections in the eastern province of Anhui, the National Health Commission said in a statement. …
Read More »India COVID cases above 24 million as mutant spreads across globe
India records 4,000 deaths and 343,144 infections in the last 24 hours amid reports that strain first detected in the country is spreading across the globe. The number of recorded COVID-19 infections in India has climbed above 24 million amid reports on Friday that the highly transmissible coronavirus mutant first …
Read More »Mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines safe, but increases side effects: Lancet study
Findings at this stage of study focus on reactions to the vaccine, not efficacy Mixing the doses of different types of two-dose coronavirus vaccines has been found to be safe but increased the frequency of mild to moderate symptoms, a new UK study has found. The COM-COV study, led by …
Read More »Iraq reported 4512 new coronavirus cases
The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment announced the registration of 5,043 recoveries, 4,512 cases of infection, and (28) deaths from Coronavirus, across all regions of Iraq during the past twenty-four hours. The Ministry indicated that the number of those who received vaccination during the past twenty-four hours reached (8774) …
Read More »WHO and global leadership failed to stop ‘preventable’ Covid pandemic, report finds
The Covid-19 pandemic was a “preventable disaster” made worse by “weak links at every point in the chain of preparedness and response”, an independent review panel has found. The damning report from the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), concludes: “Preparation …
Read More »COVID Variant First Detected in India Spreads to Nearly 50 Countries
A day after declaring the COVID-19 variant first detected in India as one of global concern, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that the variant has spread to 49 countries. The U.N. health agency’s new concern about the B.1.617 variant comes as India recorded 4,205 COVID-19 deaths, a new one-day …
Read More »Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Fitr amid COVID-19 measures
Wednesday is the final day of the fasting month of Ramadan in many countries. Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr – one of the holiest occasions in the Islamic calendar – while coping with coronavirus restrictions. Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites, declared Wednesday as …
Read More »Spain plans to allow Britons to enter without PCR test from May 20
Spain plans to lift its requirement for Britons to present a negative coronavirus PCR test upon arrival from May 20, provided that the infection rate in Britain keeps declining, the Spanish tourism minister said on Tuesday. “It will allow the opening of the British market so they can come to …
Read More »Dozens of bodies wash up on the banks of Ganges River in India
At least 71 bodies have been pulled from the banks of the Ganges River in eastern India, as a second Covid-19 wave ravages the country and engulfs its healthcare system. Local authorities are investigating and a postmortem of the bodies was carried out, but “due to heavy decomposition, we were …
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