Search result for COVID

A new study reveals that frontline Covid nurses face increasing mental health difficulties.
The CANDID project was financed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and co-led by academics from the University of Dundee and Edinburgh Napier University. They polled over 400 critical care nurses (CCNs) and 200 RDNs from facilities in Scotland, England, and Wales. 45 we...

'Dangerously unprepared' for the next crisis, the world is: Defining the Red Cross
On Monday, the Red Cross issued a warning that the world is still "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, highlighting the potential for future health crises to overlap with increasingly frequent climate-related disasters. Despite three "brutal" years of the COVID-19 e...

More illnesses, the Japanese worry, will result from downgrading Covid to flu.
According to media reports from Saturday, millions of people in Japan are at long-term risk of contracting the deadly Covid-19 virus if the government downgrades its legal status from pandemic to seasonal flu. Japan Today notes that this spring, teachers, health professionals, and other residents...

French tech startups are bullish despite the country's sluggish economy and constant barrage of cyberattacks.
French startups are confident in their future despite the present economic climate, job losses in the technology industry, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. Study findings from EY and France Digitale, published on Tuesday, show that nearly 40% of French start-up CEOs a...

After Covid subvariants eradicate Evusheld, the CDC warns those with compromised immune systems to be particularly vigilant.
On Friday, the CDC issued a statement warning those with compromised immune systems to avoid contact with Covid because to the virus's knockout of a crucial antibody therapy by dominant omicron subvariants. According to the CDC, when avoiding crowded indoor settings is not an option, people c...

WHO believes Covid is still a worldwide emergency, but the pandemic may be over by 2023.
On Monday, as the world entered its fourth year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO declared that the situation remained a global health emergency. In spite of this, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, expressed optimism that the globe would emerge from the pandemic's emerg...

The final day of RC72 saw historic agreements and record attendance
The 72nd session of the Regional Committee for Europe (RC72), which included a record number of ministers, nongovernmental organization representatives, youth delegates, and international partners, concluded today after three days of discussions and deliberations that will further shape the work ...

Over $1.5 billion has been invested in India's healthcare industry so far in 2018.
Despite fears that the Covid-19 outbreak may hamper investment activity, analysts say the opposite is true. According to o3 Capital managing director Mohit Khullar, who spoke at the CII Hospital Tech Conclave 2022, the amount of private capital invested in the healthcare industry increased from $...

France's Covid-19 vaccine program for kids under 5
To combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the French government has begun vaccinating children younger than five who belong to specified high-risk categories. Le Parisian reports that on Thursday night, the French government's public health agency, the DGS, notified doctors and nurses that ...

The media's coverage of the "many negative effects of Covid vaccinations" is uninformed and inaccurate. Department of Health
On Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said that media reports suggesting that officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) admitted that there are "many side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines" are false. A recent new...

The initial shipment of Pfizer's Covid-19 pills has arrived in South Korea.
On Thursday, Pfizer started shipping its antiviral Covid-19pills to South Korea for use on individuals with moderate or severe symptoms. To combat what could be another outbreak of diseases caused by the highly contagious omicron variety, health officials have hailed the Paxlovid pills as a poten...

Response Strategies Developed by China and Korea Against COVID-19
After receiving a report from the Central Disease Control Headquarters titled "The COVID-19 Trend in China and Response Plan," the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ) discussed the implications of the epidemic (headed by Korea Disease Control and Prevention...

The end of the 75-day long "COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav"
The 'COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav', which has lasted for 75 days, ends today. Special COVID-19 vaccination drives were arranged by all States and UTs on July 15, 2022, in a "mission mode," with the goal of increasing the number of adults who receive the precautionary dosage ...

South Korea will extend its quarantine period for people with Covid.
On Friday, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said that South Korea would extend the current seven-day quarantine mandate for Covid-19 patients for four more weeks. This is because to concerns that easing the obligation could hasten a reappearance of the virus. Han stated in a virus response meeting tha...

When new cases of COVID-19 appear, South Korea increases its booster injections.
As new cases of COVID-19 start popping up all throughout South Korea, health officials there are deciding to offer booster doses to everybody aged 50 and up. The 40,226 new cases recorded on Wednesday were the biggest daily increase in over two months, despite constant numbers for both hospitaliz...

For the purpose of justifying its recent restrictions on Chinese tourists, South Korea has released some startling Covid figures.
On Tuesday, South Korea responded to criticism that its Covid limitations for Chinese tourists amount to "discrimination" by noting that more than half of its imported cases originate in China. Deputy head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Seung-ho Choi told CNBC that u...

One who fights for the health and happiness of people of all ages
Japan has been an active partner of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a staunch advocate of universal health care for all people everywhere for quite some time. Japan is providing funding to help countries improve their health care systems, combat the spread of bacteria that are resistant t...

Among the Most Widely Used Information and Communication Technologies in Japan in the Year 2021
For as long as anybody can remember, people have looked to Japan as a source of technological inspiration. As a result of the global impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, Japan's R&D environment has become more challenging. Because of the worldwide chip scarcity and the constant desire for new...

According to a leading German virologist, the COVID-19 pandemic is over
Christian Dorsten, a well-known German virologist, believes that the coronavirus pandemic has ended and that COVID-19 is now an endemic disease. And Justice Minister Marco Buschmann called for the final restrictions to be lifted.
The COVID-19 pandemic is over because it is now an endemi...

COVID-19 infections in China have risen to 37 million in a single day.
According to one report, the coronavirus infected up to 248 million people in China during the first 20 days of December.
According to government estimates, hundreds of millions of Chinese people were likely infected with COVID-19 in the first nearly three weeks of this month.