DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar on Monday required all travelers from China to present negative COVID-19 tests before entering the country. A statement by the Health Ministry said the new regulation will be applied regardless of the traveler’s vaccination status and that the test must have been taken within 48 hours prior to the departure […]...
ISTANBUL / NEW DELHI (AA) – India launched a probe after authorities in Uzbekistan on Thursday said that 19 children in the country had died because of side effects of a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Ajay Kumar Jain, a top official of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department in India’s […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has defended its decision to dump the ‘zero-COVID’ policy as the world’s most populous nation moves to fully open for international travel. Hua Chunying, the spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said the country’s “focus” on the COVID-19 response “has shifted from ‘infection prevention’ to ‘health protection a...
NEW YORK (AA) – The US is considering new coronavirus precautions for travelers from China because of a surge in cases there, according to media reports. Bloomberg News cited US officials who raised concerns about the transparency of data coming from China about new cases. American officials said that they were considering new travel pre...
SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir (AA) – Inshah Bashir in Indian-occupied Kashmir repeats: “Where ever there is hope, there is life” to get inspiration to fight the challenges life has thrown at her despite her physical disability. Bashir, 28, is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir women’s wheelchair basketball team. She recently got a national [...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The number of children facing dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a statement, UNICEF said that around 20.2 million children are now under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease compared to 10 milli...
Banjul, Gambia (AFP): A Gambian parliamentary committee has recommended that an Indian pharmaceutical company be banned and prosecuted over the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney failure. “The government should pursue legal action against Maiden Pharmaceuticals for exporting contaminated drugs to The Gambia,” the sele...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): A Malian mother who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last year has returned home with her infants, Health Minister Dieminatou Sangare shared. “Joy and satisfaction to see them in good health. The mother and babies are doing well and have arrived safe and sound in Mali,” she said in a […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A new study has found a World Health Organization (WHO) authorized oral vaccine for the type 2 poliovirus to be safe which develops 99% protective neutralizing antibodies in previously unvaccinated newborns. Scientists at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), an internati...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Fifteen children have died from the deadly measles disease in war-torn Yemen this year, according to the UN children’s agency. In a statement, UNICEF said around 1,400 children in seven Yemeni provinces, including the southern Aden province, “were suspected of having measles” in the period between January and Ju...
