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An Israeli hospital administered fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses to a test group of health workerson Monday, in what it called the first major study into whether a second round of boosters will help contend with the fast-spreading Omicron variant. R..
The Chinese city of Xian has imposed tight curbs on outbound travel and commuting within the city, putting its 13 million residents in a lockdown as a new COVID-19 outbreak sees community cases tick higher. The daily count of domestically transmit..
Kuwait will require travellers arriving to the country to have the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot if more than nine months have passed since their vaccination, the government communication centre tweeted on Monday. Kuwait will also require incoming..
Senior health officials at the Ministry of Public Health say multiple local and international scientific studies show clear evidence that for the majority of people the protective immunity against infection obtained from the first two doses of the va..
A trial has begun for a new needle-free Covid-19 vaccine to protect against future variants of the virus. The vaccine, administered through a jet of air, has been developed by Prof Jonathan Heeney of Cambridge University and chief executive of DIO..
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has updated its Country Lists based on COVID-19 risk in its Travel and Return Policy. Qatar has Green, Red and Exceptional Red list. In Exceptional Red Llist there are two groups A and B. There are now four more c..
South Africa reported a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday in a fourth wave believed to be largely caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 26,976 new case..
COVID-19 infections are more likely to trigger rare cardiovascular complications such as heart inflammation and irregular heartbeat than vaccines, a British study showed on Tuesday, after scientists parsed data of about 38 million vaccinated people. ..
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) will open a vaccination center in Umm Salal to provide booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine for eligible individuals. According to the Director of Public Health at MoPH, Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al Thani, Qatar has..
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