health

Israel requires Covid tests for children aged three and up

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israel is to require Covid tests from next week for children as young as three to…

New restrictions in Finland as Covid cases hit record

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- Limits on public gatherings will be tightened in the Finnish capital as the country's infection rates…

Russia registers record 808 daily virus fatalities: official tally

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Thursday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic,…

China partly shuts world’s third busiest cargo port over virus case

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Authorities in China have suspended operations at a terminal in the world's third busiest cargo port…

Fake news and mistrust leave Bulgaria lagging in Covid jab race

by Diana SIMEONOVA / Rossen BOSSEV SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- It's getting close to lunchtime and a Covid-19 vaccination centre…

Australia’s capital Canberra to enter virus lockdown

CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's capital Canberra was ordered into a seven-day lockdown Thursday, after a single Covid-19 case was…

Spain approves human trials of homegrown virus vaccine

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's medicines agency approved Tuesday a first round of clinical trials on humans for a Covid-19…

US health authorities urge pregnant women to get Covid vaccine

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US health authorities urged pregnant women on Wednesday to get inoculated against Covid-19, arguing that…

WHO mass-testing three potential Covid-19 treatments in “Solidarity Plus” trial

https://youtu.be/lfHZgpj36hI The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve…

California mandates Covid vaccines for all teachers

by Huw GRIFFITH LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- All teachers in California will have to be vaccinated against Covid-19…

China approves first mixed-vaccine trial as Delta spreads

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's drug regulator has approved the country's first mixed-vaccine trial, a company involved in the study…

Australian Olympic athletes face ‘cruel’ 28 days’ quarantine

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A group of Australian Olympic athletes were Wednesday facing 28 days in quarantine on return from…

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