Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine provided a strong shield against hospitalization and more severe disease in cases caused by the contagious delta variant in Israel in recent weeks, even though it was just 39% effective in preventing …
Kazakhstan’s doctors confirmed 6,119 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, which is the highest number since the start of the pandemic. The number of infections has reached 516,117, the interagency commission for preventing the COVID-19 …
Turkey's new coronavirus cases have doubled in just over two weeks to 9,586 on Thursday, its highest since May 19, with 52 related deaths according to an official tally that prompted a warning from the health minister. "We have …
Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi sacked Tunisia's health minister, the premier's office said, as spiralling coronavirus cases weigh on the North African country's swamped health system. Faouzi Mehdi's sacking came days …
Turkey's daily coronavirus cases rose to 8,780 on Tuesday, nearly double a low water mark touched earlier this month, while 46 new related deaths were logged, according to the government tally. Infections remain well down from a …
Iran on Monday imposed a week-long lockdown on the capital, Tehran, and the surrounding region as the country struggles with another surge in the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported. The lockdown — the nation's fifth so …
Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued on Sunday new restrictions in a bid to curb the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant as Israel sees a slight increase in serious cases over the weekend. The new regulations …
Turkey reported 7,680 new COVID-19 cases, 66 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Sunday. As many as 5,835 more patients recovered from COVID-19, the ministry said. The country also has administered nearly …
Azerbaijan will send 40,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to Kyrgyzstan as humanitarian aid, Trend reports on July 16. Some 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were sent from Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan …
Over the past day, doctors in Kazakhstan have identified 5,648 new coronavirus cases - 334 more than the day before, which is the highest figure in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of cases has reached 477,754, …
Russia’s Sputnik Light single-component coronavirus vaccine has been registered in Kazakhstan, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Thursday. "RDIF announces registration of the Russian Sputnik Light …
Another batch of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has been delivered to Uzbekistan from Russia in the amount of 90,000 doses, according to the Uzbek Ministry of Health. The delivery included 70,000 doses of the first component and 20,000 …
Kazakhstan recorded 5,314 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily number since the beginning of the pandemic, the government’s interagency commission on coronavirus response said on Thursday. The total number of cases has …
Kazakhstan’s doctors recorded 4,375 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, 682 more than a day earlier, setting a record high in the country since the start of the pandemic. The total caseload has hit 466,792, according to the …
The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency, Zarina Doguzova, suggested setting up a Russian-Egyptian contact group to constantly monitor the situation with Russian tourists, the agency said in a statement. On Tuesday, Doguzova …
The number of Delta variant COVID-19 cases in Turkey has risen to some 750 from 284 seven days ago and overall cases climbed 20% at the weekend compared to a week earlier, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. "These increases have …
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, will start production of the Russian coronavirus vaccine at the company's facilities in September, the fund said …
Quarantine restrictions introduced in Uzbekistan on July 1 for 12 days have been extended until the sanitary-epidemiological situation improves, press secretary of the republic’s Health Ministry Furkat Sanaev said on Tuesday. …
At least 58 people were killed by a fire at an Iraqi coronavirus hospital on Monday, a health official said. The fire raged through late Monday at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriya, about 200 miles south of Baghdad. Crowds …
Over the past day, doctors in Kazakhstan have identified 3,899 new coronavirus cases - 204 more than the day before, which is the highest figure in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of cases has reached 458,724, …
