To ensure affected patients get better care, the WHO has come up with a ‘clinical case definition’ of ‘post-Covid condition’, stating that it occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed Sars-CoV-2 infection, usually three months from its onset with symptoms, lasts for
The health ministry on Friday said that Malaysia has granted conditional approval for the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech (22UAy.DE) to be used as a booster shot. The approval allows the vaccine to be used only on adults aged 18 and above, at least six months after
Health officials in Africa are confident and hopeful that the first-ever malaria vaccine ‘Mosquirix’ approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will "dramatically change" the way the continent of 1.3 billion people combats the lethal disease. John Nkengasong Director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and
On Wednesday, The World Health Organization (WHO) said the approved vaccination against malaria should be widely given to African children, potentially marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually. The WHO recommendation is for RTS,S - or Mosquirix -
On Tuesday, New Zealand said that it will start using COVID-19 vaccine certificates as proof of inoculation at large events and other high-risk settings from next month, as the country battles the spread of the Delta variant. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, on Monday abandoned a long-standing
According to the World Bank, evidence suggests that young children are less likely to come in contact with COVID-19 and given the “safe" school reopening experiences in various countries prior to vaccine development, education systems do not need to wait for widespread vaccination before returning
The number of Covid-19 cases may have come down last month but the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) recorded over 122 dengue cases and 69 confirmed cases of chikungunya in the last week of September alone. September saw the highest number of confirmed and suspected cases
Nicaragua has authorised two Cuban-made coronavirus vaccines to be used in the Central American nation, the Cuban state-run pharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday. Cuban scientists have developed three vaccines against COVID-19, all of which are waiting to receive official recognition from the World Health Organization. BioCubaFarma
Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Monday, Australia's Delta outbreak appears to have levelled off, with more than half the country in extended lockdowns and vaccination rates starting to approach national targets, Hunt said 80% of Australians will have had their first COVID-19 jabs this week,
‘’The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic came as a surprise to many health experts, who had thought that this form of virus was eliminated. The outbreak started in December last year and cases grew exponentially over the next few months.Chronic heart failure (HF) is
