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Viral disease killing felines on 'cat island' Cyprus
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» NICOSIA - A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of a cat carrier at a veterinary clinic in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.
A Covid tale of two presidents
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - More than two years into the pandemic, a second US president has tested positive for Covid.
WHO 'strongly recommends' Pfizer's Covid pill
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalisation.
Pfizer says Covid pill 89% effective
AFP, Published on 05/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: Pfizer said on Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat Covid-19 had shown it is highly effective.
Merck seeks US authorization for Covid treatment pill
AFP, Published on 11/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - US pharmaceutical giant Merck on Monday applied for emergency use authorization of its oral anti-Covid drug in the United States, a major step towards finding a simple pill to treat the disease.
India's scammers profit from Covid misery
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» NEW DELHI: From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders and recycled personal protective equipment, India's coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers, with sometimes deadly consequences.
A desperate and determined diaspora scrambles to help India breathe
AFP, Published on 30/04/2021
» SINGAPORE - Seema Devgan has all but abandoned her day job, as she and a loose collection of overseas volunteers scramble to locate desperately needed supplies for Covid-19 stricken family, friends and strangers in India.
Bodies pile up as Covid overwhelms India
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» NEW DELHI - Bodies of Covid victims lay burning Tuesday in funeral pyres cramming New Delhi's sidewalks and car parks amid an explosion of new cases, as foreign aid began arriving to surging hotspot India in efforts to keep the pandemic at bay.
India's Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» MUMBAI, India: As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers of coronavirus drugs after the hospital treating her ran out of supplies.
English pubs to reopen, India battles record surge: virus world update
AFP, Published on 12/04/2021
» LONDON: Britain was to partially lift coronavirus restrictions Monday, reopening shops, gyms, pub gardens and hairdressers, while India moved to ban exports of a virus treatment drug as a record surge of cases overwhelms its healthcare system.