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Omicron’s mildness a ‘mistake’, COVID itself not getting milder, warns UK expert-
By PTI LONDON: The reduced severity of the Omicron variant is good news for now, but it is the result ...
Does vaccination affects periods? Study offers reassurance on COVID shots-
By PTI WASHINGTON: One of the first studies to track whether COVID-19 vaccination might affect women’s periods found a small ...
Israeli ministry urges nixing travel ban amid Omicron surge-
By PTI TEL AVIV: Travellers from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries should be cleared for landing ...
China’s Xi’an city cancels foreign flights due to COVID-19 resurgence-
By PTI BEIJING: China’s popular tourist city of Xi’an has suspended international passenger flights following a major COVID-19 outbreak, the ...
Spike in cases hits US schools, hospitals; more frontline workers test positive-
By PTI LOS ANGELES: California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps ...
Polish PM calls Facebook ban on far-right party undemocratic-
By PTI WARSAW: Poland’s prime minister on Thursday criticized as undemocratic a Facebook ban imposed on a far-right party for ...
British PM Boris Johnson calls out anti-vaccine ‘mumbo jumbo’-
By PTI LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday hit out at anti-vaccine groups who spread “mumbo jumbo” on ...
Pakistan President Arif Alvi test COVID-19 positive for second time-
By PTI ISLAMABAD; Pakistan President Arif Alvi said on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus for the second ...
Justice Ayesha Malik to be Pakistan’s first woman Supreme Court judge-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday moved closer to appoint the first woman judge of the Supreme Court after a ...
Huge, quick 'tsunami' of new COVID-19 cases overwhelming health systems around the world: WHO chief
WHO chief cautioned that while the Omicron variant appears to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, ...
