A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them three times more resistant to serious illness than thrice-vaccinated people in the same age group, Israel's Health Ministry said. The ministry also said …
Uzbekistan allowed the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 against coronavirus, Nurmat Otabekov, Deputy Head of the Service for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, said on Thursday. …
A Saudi woman has given birth to 5 sets of twins in a natural childbirth, a local newspaper has reported. The 34-year-old woman, who became a mother 12 years ago, gave the birth at the King Salman Armed Forces Hospital in …
The incidence of the coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan over the past month has increased almost 20-fold due to the spread of the Omicron strain, Kazakh Health Minister Azhar Giniyat said at a meeting of the government on Tuesday. …
The first case of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus was detected in the Chinese capital, Beijing, yesterday, the city's Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. "On January 15, at 19:29 (14:29 Moscow …
Turkey on Thursday reported 75,564 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 10,271,240, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 153 to 84,278, while 51,675 more people recovered in …
Turkey recorded 77,722 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, its highest daily figure of the pandemic, data showed, while the health minister said the Omicron variant would reduce the severity of the pandemic due to a lower hospitalisation …
Saudi Arabia recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic on Wednesday. There were 5,362 new cases recorded from the previous 24 hours, pushing the total number of recorded cases to …
Central Asian neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan reported jumps in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as both countries said the Omicron variant of the virus was now spreading on their territories. Kyrgyzstan reported its first cases of …
Uzbekistan is tightening pandemic restrictions as the first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus was confirmed in the country, the Uzbek Health Ministry said. A foreign citizen who arrived in Uzbekistan on Friday was confirmed to …
Israel opened its borders for foreign citizens vaccinated against coronavirus with a number of drugs, including the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, the country's Foreign Ministry said. "To enter Israel, all foreign …
Researchers in Tokyo are developing a “dream” COVID-19 vaccine that offers lifetime efficacy, in what would be a game-changer as the fight against the coronavirus drags on into its third year, The Japan Times reports. …
Within the framework of the scientific cooperation platform, Turkey plans to supply the TURKOVAC coronavirus vaccine to Azerbaijan, head of the Turkish Health Institute Erhan Akdogan said. "We are also working to provide the …
An Israeli hospital administered fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday to a test group, as the country considers approving the measure for vulnerable populations in a bid to outpace a surge in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. …
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett entered quarantine on Sunday after his daughter tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the prime minister's office said in a statement. Bennett's wife and other children tested …
National Hockey League (NHL) players will not take part in the men's ice hockey tournament at the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The NHL announced that it will opt out because of the "regular-season …
Turkey’s domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine Turkovac has received emergency use approval, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Wednesday. Koca was speaking at the production facility of the vaccine, as he said public …
The Israeli Cabinet ministers approved the reduction in physical presence to 50% in places of work in the government and public sector. As part of the decision, ministry director generals and independent subsidiary unit …
The Israeli cabinet approved recommendations by health officials to add the U.S., Canada and eight other countries to a list of banned travel destinations due to the spread of the omicron variant. The decision is slated to take effect …
The Israeli Health Ministry has recommended adding 10 new nations to the list of “red” countries under no-fly rules due to high COVID-19 infections rates. The countries are the United States, Italy, Germany, Belgium, …
