ROME, JULY 5 2022 – Premier Mario Draghi’s government on Monday declared a state of emergency for drought in five northern Italian regions – Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Veneto. The government has set aside 36 million euros for these regions and is set to appoint a special …
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RIYADH, June 20, 2022 – Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus travel restrictions on Monday on its citizens traveling to Turkey, India, Ethiopia, and Vietnam, the state news agency SPA reported. Earlier this month, the kingdom lifted measures imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, including a requirement to wear, face …
NEW DELHI 23 January 2022 — India reported over 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fourth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was slightly lower than a day before, data released by the government on Sunday showed. India reported 333,533 new COVID-19 infections over the …
Hindu pilgrims gather to take a dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of “Makar Sankranti” festival at Sagar Island, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, January 14, 2022. PRAYAGRAJ, India, …
BENGALURU 11 November 2021 -Shares of Indian food aggregator Zomato Ltd jumped as much as 5.8% on Thursday, as investors looked past a wider quarterly loss to focus on its robust revenue buoyed by a strong food delivery business and a rebound in the restaurant sector. The Gurugram-based company, which …
New Delhi, 5 November 2021: With the administration of 30,90,920 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 107.63 Cr (1,07,63,14,440) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,08,50,694 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figures per the provisional report till 7 …
BENGALURU, Oct 9, 2021 – Two Indian drugmakers have requested permission to end late-stage trials of their generic versions of Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) promising experimental oral antiviral drug molnupiravir to treat moderate COVID-19, a week after Merck said its own trial had succeeded for mild-to-moderate patients. Merck earlier this year suspended …
Italy, 2nd July 2021 – It happened again. 19 people (8 women and 11 men, including 17 under 60 years) were given the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine instead of Pfizer, during the vaccinations that took place on Saturday 26 June at the Anticovid vaccination center in Nole, in Turin. A …
BENGALURU, 27 May 2021 – India has held several discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J, but there are no applications for approval pending with its regulators, the government said on Thursday. “Government offered all assistance to have them supply and or manufacture their vaccines in India,” the …
BENGALURU 22 May 2021 -India said on Friday it was working to alleviate a shortage of a medicine used to treat a rare fungal disease hitting COVID-19 patients as its healthcare system reels under a massive wave of coronavirus infections. Cases of mucormycosis, or “black fungus,” a potentially serious condition …