India records 10,273 fresh Covid cases, 243 deaths
New Delhi, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) India reported further decline in fresh Covid infections at 10,273 cases in a span of 24 hours. A total of 243 new Covid related deaths have also been reported in…
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Global Covid caseload tops 434 mn
Washington, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 434 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.94 million and vaccinations to over 10.47 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
No penalty for people without masks in private four-wheelers
New Delhi, Feb 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Saturday said people travelling in private four-wheeler vehicles will no longer be challaned for not wearing face masks. The order released by the Delhi…
K’taka witnesses slide in Covid cases, reports 514 infections
Bengaluru, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Covid-19 cases in Karnataka on Saturday came down to 514 against 1,073 discharges and 19 deaths, officials said. The positivity rate for the day stood at 0.84 per cent while the…
Delhi reports 440 fresh Covid cases, 2 deaths
New Delhi, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The national capital on Saturday reported marginal decline in the number of new Covid cases as it recorded 440 fresh infections against 460 cases on the previous day. The fresh…
Kerala reports 3,262 new Covid cases
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala on Saturday reported 3,262 Covid-19 cases, while the test positivity rate was 7.81 per cent said a statement from Health Minister Veena George. There were 7,339 recoveries taking the total…
US short of money to fight future Covid variant
Singapore, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Biden administration has told the Congress that the US does not have enough money to fight future coronavirus variants, stockpile vaccines or make further technological breakthrough in this regard, local…
Philippines logs 1,223 new Covid cases, 3,660,020 in total
Manila, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,223 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,660,020. The DOH said, 128 more…
Pakistan records 1,207 new Covid-19 cases
Islamabad, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has recorded 1,207 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Saturday. With the new infections, the overall number of confirmed…
Young, healthy adults died from Covid due to ECMO shortage: Study
New York, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic…
Covid vax effectiveness declines after 6 months without boosters: Study
New York, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine may substantially decline after six months if booster shots are not taken, according to a new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The…
S.Korea reports 166,209 new Covid cases
Seoul, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea reported 166,209 more Covid cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 2,831,283, the health authorities said Saturday. The daily…
India records 11,499 fresh Covid-19 cases, 255 deaths
New Delhi, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Saturday reported a further decline in Covid-19 cases with 11,499 infections in the past 24 hours against 13,166 cases registered in the previous day, the Union Health Ministry…
New Zealand reports 13,606 new cases of Covid
Wellington, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Zealand reported 13,606 new community cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the new community infections, 9,262 were in the largest city Auckland….
Malaysia reports 30,644 new Covid cases, 57 deaths
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Malaysia reported 30,644 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 3,367,871, according to the health ministry. There are 257 new imported cases, with 30,387 being…
Global Covid caseload tops 432.8 mn
Washington, Feb 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 432.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.93 million and vaccinations to over 10.46 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
Covid cases in Karnataka at 628, 15 deaths reported
Bengaluru, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka logged 628 new Covid cases against 1,349 discharges on Friday, while there were 15 more deaths, against 1,692 discharges and 19 deaths on the previous day. The number of total…
New Covid cases in Kerala come down to 3,581
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Covid pandemic’s third wave seems to be in its last stages in Kerala, as on Friday, the state saw 3,581 new cases, while the test positivity rate stood at 8.12…
Covid entering endemic phase, but annual vaccines will be needed: Moderna
Washington, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the number of Covid cases are declining in several parts of the world, US drug maker Moderna has said that the pandemic will end in 2022, yet annual vaccinations…
4.7 mn Covid shots destroyed in UK over fears of blood clot risk
London, Feb 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid fears of over blood clot risk, about 4.7 million Covid vaccine doses were wasted in the UK by the end of October 2021, according to a government report. According to…