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The World Health Organization on Friday recommended extending the use of a reduced dosage of Pfizer’s (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 years old.

Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have proven highly effective at preventing Omicron-related hospitalisations, according to three new studies by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Covid-19 deaths and cases update in Sri Lanka.

The Portuguese Minister of Health, Marta Temido, clarifies matters relating to the virus

Karachi, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan has reported more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest daily number of infections since the pandemic began, as the South Asian nation imposes new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant. At least 7,678 cases in the past 24 hours pushed the positivity ratio to 12.93 percent – the highest ever in the ...

When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed outside even for exercise. Children were banned from playgrounds, and the economy virtually stopped.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today warned that there is a risk of rapid COVID-19 spread in the country due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.

Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are most at risk from the disease.

Sri Lanka has detected 160 new cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.529), says Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura University.

The spread of the Omicron variant is pushing Covid towards being an endemic disease that humanity can live with, although it remains a pandemic for now, the EU's drug watchdog said Tuesday.