Sudan clash: Death toll reaches 270, over 2,600 injured
Fighting continued in Sudan as forces loyal to duelling generals fought for strategic positions in the city and accused one another of breaking the ceasefire hours.
Fighting continued in Sudan as forces loyal to duelling generals fought for strategic positions in the city and accused one another of breaking the ceasefire hours.
The states were also asked to focus on timely testing for early identification and ensuring adequate health infrastructure.
Indeed, WHO has upbraided the countries that are asking citizens to take yet another Covid-19 booster shot to mitigate the transmission of the virus.
On the International Day of Older Persons, “The older population continues to be highly vulnerable in the ongoing pandemic. Protecting them against the deadly COVID-19 virus should be our priority," said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region.
"The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to GISAID with a sample collection date (between 15 June-15 September 2021)," the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update on Tuesday. GISAID, which stands for Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, is an open-access database.
Globally 13,765,713 people have been infected with the virus while 589,192 people have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
China on Thursday reported only one new virus case, imported from overseas, and most of the country is classified as "low risk" for virus outbreaks.
Globally 13,516,656 people have been infected with the virus while 5,83,450 people have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
Globally 13,287,651 people have been infected with the virus while 5,77,954 people have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
India presented its 2nd Voluntary National Review (VNR) on Sustainable Development Goals at a virtual session of the High-Level Political Forum on Monday.
