Coronavirus

Poll: Majority of parents in US against school vaccine mandates

Aug 12, 2021 03:33

Most of parents in the United States are opposed with Covid-19 vaccination mandates at schools even after the FDA’s full approval of the existing vaccines, a new poll revealed.
Pfizer vaccine only 42% effective in July, study finds

Aug 12, 2021 00:35

A new study is raising concerns about effectiveness of mRNA vaccines like Pfizer, which has been effective against the fast spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 only 42 percent in US.
Leader: Foreign providers agreed to sell Iran vaccines only after domestic jab production

Aug 11, 2021 06:46

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says foreign providers of COVID vaccines initially reneged on their promises and refused sales to Iran, but changed course and started providing Iran with vaccines only after the country successfully managed to produce jabs against the deadly virus at home.
Meet Noora, Iranian COVID vaccine for +12 kids

Aug 11, 2021 12:05

Noora is another Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine which is now making a name for itself.
Students at risk as battle erupts over masks in US schools

Aug 11, 2021 11:59

As in-person instruction begins, or will soon begin, in school districts across the US amid surging Covid-19 cases fueled by the extremely transmissible Delta variant, battles have erupted over mask mandates—or the lack thereof.
Coronavirus in Iran: Nearly 7,000 patients at hospital ICUs

Aug 11, 2021 07:05

Of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran, around 7,000 are in the intensive care units of hospitals, putting pressure on the health personnel weary of having fought with the disease for a year and a half.
Rights groups say Myanmar military attacking medics, hindering COVID-19 response

Aug 11, 2021 03:56

Rights groups say Myanmar's military has killed more than two dozen medics and carried out hundreds of attacks against health workers in order to hamper the response to a resurgent outbreak of COVID-19 amid ongoing turmoil across the Southeast Asian country.
Coronavirus death toll in Iran tops 95,000

Aug 10, 2021 06:07

The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has risen to 95,111, with over 500 more Iranians succumbing to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Why herd immunity isn’t going to happen?

Aug 09, 2021 10:56

We are going to have to be comfortable with the idea that COVID-19 will be one of the many viruses that circulate.
Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission: England says

Aug 09, 2021 09:01

There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, scientists at Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.