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World Bank Increases its COVID-19 Assistance to Solomon Islands
HONIARA – With Solomon Islands’ COVID-19 situation having significantly worsened over the past several months – with over 14,000 confirmed cases and 141 reported deaths – the World Bank has approved an additional US$8 million in emergency…
Johns Hopkins-Led Study Finds Convalescent Plasma Can Be Effective Early COVID-19 Therapy
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today published final results of a nationwide multicenter study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that show plasma from…
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chairs a review meeting with key experts and officials…
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired a meeting with the key experts and officials of the country on the new ‘XE variant’ of COVID-19. While reviewing the cases of COVID-19 in the country, he…
Tunisia: New US$400 Million Financing to Help Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19
WASHINGTON — The World Bank today approved US$400 million in additional financing for the Tunisia COVID-19 Social Protection Emergency Response Support Project which aims to help about 900,000 vulnerable Tunisian households, or 30% of the…
UQ partners with Moderna to use mRNA technology to research global public health threats
The University of Queensland has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with biotechnology company Moderna to research and develop vaccines to tackle the world’s greatest global public health threats.…
Brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
The findings, published in Nature, reveal tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell. This new insight into the damaging effects of COVID-19 will contribute to our overall understanding of how the disease…
Kazakhstan becomes the first country outside Russia to authorize Sputnik M vaccine for adolescents
New Delhi - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) today announced that the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan has authorized the use of Sputnik M Russian vaccine for adolescents aged 12-17.…
Sputnik V is Most Used Vaccine in Mexico City, Over 3 Million People Already Given the Russian…
Moscow – Sputnik V is playing the key role in the vaccination campaign in Mexico’s capital with over 3 million citizens of Mexico City already administered the Russian vaccine. The first component of Sputnik V (Sputnik Light) is also…
Sputnik V vaccine granted full permanent approval in Russia
Moscow – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus has been granted full permanent approval by Russia’s Health Ministry. It had…
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 166.68 Cr
With the administration of more than 61 lakh Doses (61,45,767) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 166.68 Cr (1,66,68,48,204) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
This has been…