People arriving from a list of 10 countries will not be allowed entry into Oman; under the latest decision passed by the Supreme Committee to deal with COVID-19. The move, which comes into effect from 12 a.m. on Feb. 25 (Thursday), was taken by the country’s supreme committee to deal with coronavirus; headed by Interior […]
Argentina’s health minister resigned following reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to Covid-19 vaccines to which they were not entitled. Gines Gonzalez Garcia said in a letter posted on Twitter that individuals were able to sidestep proper procedures for vaccinations due to “unintended confusion” in his office while he […]
Australia has kicked off its COVID-19 vaccination program a day ahead of schedule, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and an 84-year-old World War II survivor among the first Australians to receive the first dose of their coronavirus jabs. Morrison and Jane Malysiak were injected with the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech […]
Pakistan’s economy is stabilizing and moving towards a positive direction despite the COVID-19 pandemic, says Prime Minister Imran Khan. In a brief speech at a Roshan Digital Account ceremony in Islamabad, the premier highlighted the ruling PTI government’s success stories in the economic sector. He said Pakistan has paid off foreign loans worth Rs20 billion […]
EL SALVADOR- The president from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele announced that the Centro American country will receive the first batch of vaccines against the coronavirus this Wednesday. These vaccines were developed by AstraZeneca, (a British–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company) and the University of Oxford. Through his Twitter account, the Salvadoran president explained that the […]
At least three people in Guinea have died from Ebola and an additional four people have been confirmed to be infected, according to the country’s health authorities. The cases announced by the health ministry on Sunday are the first since the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaged the country, alongside Liberia and Sierra Leone, five years ago. […]
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 coronavirus vaccines, a donation by the Chinese government. Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga were at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in the capital; Harare, in the early hours of Monday for the arrival of the doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China. “It has not been lost […]
Head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar announced the registration of the COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. He said that the government will start registration of COVID-19 vaccination for citizens over the age of 65 in March. Pleased to announce that registration for getting covid vaccine is now open for all citizens […]
New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland will go into a three-day lockdown beginning just before midnight Sunday following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move after an urgent meeting with other top lawmakers in the Cabinet. She said they decided to take a cautious approach until […]
The Australian state of Victoria will lockdown for five days in a bid to curb the spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant; meaning the Australian Open will go without fans. Authorities have identified 13 new cases tied to an employee of a quarantined hotel in Melbourne; who tested positive for the so-called United Kingdom […]