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 11,419,529 people have been infected with the virus while 5,33,780 have died due to it.
Globally 11,240,943 people have been infected with the virus while 5,30,137 people have died due to it.
Globally 10,842,615 people have been infected with the virus while 5,20,785 people have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
Globally 10,668,410 people have been infected with the virus while 515,694 people have died due to the virus according to Johns Hopkins University.
Globally, 10,450,628 people have been infected with the virus while 5,10,632 have died due to it according to Johns Hopkins University.
