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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.

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 …

Crowded camps that are home to hundreds of thousands of refugees placed under lockdown after the alarming spread of the coronavirus. Bangladesh authorities have imposed a lockdown in five Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh after an alarming spread of the coronavirus, officials said. The shutdown will initially last for …

Bolivia’s immunization drive against COVID-19 is being hit by anti-vaccine misinformation that is stoking skepticism and leaving inoculation centers half empty, a challenge for the government facing a wave of new infections. Health workers and officials have raised concerns about low turnout at some vaccination sites, saying jabs are going …

Panama will temporarily close its border with Colombia beginning Thursday to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and tighten security, its government said, after Colombia reopened the land and maritime crossings on the border. Panama’s government said Colombia’s decision to reopen the borders “puts at risk the significant progress” that Panama …

Intense storms, persistent conflicts, and explosions of violence forced 40.5 million people to become newly displaced within their countries last year. Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record …

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 …

European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season, a move that could open the bloc’s door to all Britons and to vaccinated Americans. Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries approved a European Commission proposal from May 3 to …

Iraq registered, on Wednesday 4609 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,151,577, the health ministry said. It reported 40 fatalities to take its coronavirus death toll to 16,069. It also reported 5090 recoveries, its total reached 1,061,975. The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 457. So far, …

India recorded 4,529 Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, the pandemic’s highest single daily death toll in any country so far, the authorities said on Wednesday, as the virus spread into the country’s vast hinterlands. The previous deadliest day for a single country was recorded in the United States in January when …

Health authorities in Malawi have incinerated 19,610 expired doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, saying it will reassure the public that any vaccines they do get are safe. It is the first African country to publicly do this. The World Health Organization initially urged countries not to destroy expired doses …

A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors …

Israel says its soldier was injured in a mortar attack while aid trucks were crossing the Kerem Shalom border into Gaza. A convoy of international aid trucks that started rolling into Gaza through Karem Abu Salem, (Kerem Shalom), a border crossing with Israel, was stopped on Tuesday when Israel closed …

Iraq recorded 4,023 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1,146,948. In a statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Health stated that 34 new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 16,029. Meanwhile, 6,198 new recoveries were …

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 …

As visitors return, some business owners who suffered economically during the pandemic are eyeing the luxury market. For the past 14 years, Eleni Chrysikopoulou has raised her children selling trinkets to tourists. Her shop is well situated at the intersection of two main streets in the heart of Corfu town, …

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 …

The UN has warned that working more than 55 hours a week can lead to premature death from heart disease and stroke, urging companies to avoid “blurring the boundaries between home and work” as they adapt to a post-Covid-19 world. The United Nations (UN) analysis, conducted by the World Health …

Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in the South African mining city of Krugersdorp on Monday, when people over the age of 60 were called to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the first time. “It’s going to change our country for the better,” Caroline Nicholls, 64, a judge, …

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 …