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Spanish study finds mixing Pfizer, AstraZeneca jabs effective

Spanish study finds mixing Pfizer, AstraZeneca jabs effective

May 19, 2021, 5:04 pm

OVIEDO, Spain – Vaccinating coronavirus patients who have received the AstraZeneca jab with the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective, according to preliminary results from a Spanish study published Tuesday. The small clinical trial led by Spain’s Carlos III Health Institute found that mixing… Read More

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip rises to 213

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip rises to 213

May 19, 2021, 8:01 am

GAZA CITY, Palestine – The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the start of the offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 213, including 61 children and 36 women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry said Tuesday the number of injuries also climbed to… Read More

Covid-19 cases spike in 15 Indonesian provinces

Covid-19 cases spike in 15 Indonesian provinces

May 18, 2021, 2:33 pm

JAKARTA – Fifteen Indonesian provinces, most of them located in Sumatra, have reported a rise in active coronavirus cases, chief of the Committee for Covid-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN), Airlangga Hartarto, has said. "But if we look at (the data), the weekly cases in… Read More

Gaza death toll now 212, including 61 kids

Gaza death toll now 212, including 61 kids

May 18, 2021, 2:30 pm

ANKARA – The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 212, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday. The grim figure includes 61 children, 35 women and 16 elderly people, the ministry said in a statement, while 1,400 people have been injured… Read More

UK set for reopening amid concerns over Indian virus variant

UK set for reopening amid concerns over Indian virus variant

May 18, 2021, 8:05 am

LONDON – Major sectors of the UK society are set to reopen on Monday as coronavirus restrictions are further eased across England, Wales, and parts of Scotland. Northern Ireland will review its measures later this week. Despite growing concerns over the spread of highly contagious Indian variant… Read More

Prison cases hike Thailand 1-day Covid-19 tally to 9.3K

Prison cases hike Thailand 1-day Covid-19 tally to 9.3K

May 17, 2021, 3:58 pm

BANGKOK – Thailand hit a new daily record with the discovery of nearly 10,000 new Covid-19 cases on Monday after massive infections were found in the prison system, official data showed. The country reported 9,635 new cases, including 6,853 infected in the prison system, according to the Center… Read More

India variant can 'spread like wildfire' among unvaccinated

India variant can 'spread like wildfire' among unvaccinated

May 17, 2021, 1:55 pm

LONDON – British Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned Sunday that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can "spread like wildfire" among those who haven't had a jab. The variant is "becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country" such as Bolton and Blackburn, he told Sky… Read More

Covid-19 cases across globe up by over 658K in past day: WHO

Covid-19 cases across globe up by over 658K in past day: WHO

May 17, 2021, 1:52 pm

GENEVA – More than 658,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 162.17 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday. As of 16:02 Moscow time on May 16, as… Read More

UN security body meet on Palestine ends with no concrete outcome

UN security body meet on Palestine ends with no concrete outcome

May 17, 2021, 1:38 pm

WASHINGTON – UN Security Council (UNSC)'s open debate on the tensions between Israel and Palestine amid the former's attacks in Gaza ended with no concrete outcome. This third session of the top UN body this week came after the US’s two moves to block a joint statement that would condemn… Read More

Israel hits health center in Gaza

Israel hits health center in Gaza

May 17, 2021, 10:01 am

GAZA, Palestine – Israel on Sunday bombarded a health facility in Gaza with two missiles, an official statement said. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, the missiles hit the Al-Daraj Martyrs Health Center, majorly damaging the structure and rendering it inoperable. The… Read More

Covid-19 nurses deal with patients’ mental health, too

Covid-19 nurses deal with patients’ mental health, too

May 16, 2021, 7:31 pm

ANKARA – While nurses continue to tirelessly work at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus, they treat not only patients’ bodily health but also their state of mind. “Nurses use a holistic approach while treating patients, which means not only supporting them physically but also… Read More

New Delhi lockdown stretched until May 24

New Delhi lockdown stretched until May 24

May 16, 2021, 6:42 pm

NEW DELHI – The ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in India's New Delhi has been extended by a week until May 24, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday. Kejriwal told the media that Covid-19 cases are showing a downward trend in Delhi and people were recovering from the infection. "We don't want the… Read More

More than 677K Covid-19 cases detected worldwide over 24 hours

More than 677K Covid-19 cases detected worldwide over 24 hours

May 16, 2021, 5:27 pm

GENEVA – The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection worldwide has surpassed 161.51 million, increasing by more than 677,000 over the past 24 hours. According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO) published on Saturday, the number of fatalities has increased by… Read More

18 US states, some businesses ending Covid-19 mask mandates

18 US states, some businesses ending Covid-19 mask mandates

May 16, 2021, 3:11 pm

WASHINGTON – Eighteen states in the United States and some major-label businesses have announced plans as of Saturday to drop public mask mandates either immediately or in the weeks to come, but other states such as California, New York, and New Jersey are moving forward with caution. Many… Read More

Over 1.4B coronavirus vaccine jabs administered across world

Over 1.4B coronavirus vaccine jabs administered across world

May 16, 2021, 3:07 pm

ANKARA – More than 1.4 billion coronavirus vaccine shots have so far been given worldwide, figures by the Our World in Data showed on Saturday. China is the most vaccinated country with 366.91 million jabs, according to the website data. It is followed by the US with more than 268.4 million… Read More

More than 1.4B coronavirus jabs administered worldwide

More than 1.4B coronavirus jabs administered worldwide

May 15, 2021, 2:52 pm

ANKARA - More than 1.4 billion coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine jabs have been administered worldwide, according to the Our World in Data website. China is the most vaccinated country with 366.91 million jabs, said the site, followed by the US with more than 266.5 million. India has… Read More

China's probe lands on Mars

China's probe lands on Mars

May 15, 2021, 1:57 pm

BEIJING – The lander carrying China's first Mars rover has successfully touched down on the red planet early Saturday morning Beijing Time. It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth. Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched from… Read More

About 10K Palestinians forced out of strife-torn Gaza

About 10K Palestinians forced out of strife-torn Gaza

May 15, 2021, 1:47 pm

ANKARA – The United Nations (UN) on Friday estimated that about 10,000 Palestinians have had to leave their homes in Gaza "due to the ongoing hostilities" amid an Israeli offensive. "They are sheltering in schools, mosques, and other places during a global Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)… Read More

2nd year of pandemic may be deadlier: WHO

2nd year of pandemic may be deadlier: WHO

May 15, 2021, 1:40 pm

GENEVA – The second year of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus infection may result in a higher death toll than the first one, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a briefing in Geneva on Friday. "Covid-19 has already cost more than 3.3… Read More

Overall Covid-19 cases worldwide drop 20%, but not in Asia

Overall Covid-19 cases worldwide drop 20%, but not in Asia

May 15, 2021, 1:34 pm

MOSCOW – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection worldwide has increased over the past seven days by 5.1 million, according to TASS’ calculations, but it is almost 20 percent less than the week before when the world registered a record high number of infections since the… Read More