covid-19 Archives

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Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to Covid vaccine researchers

In the three years since COVID-19 first emerged, at least 7 million people have been killed worldwide. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to US Professors Katalin Kariko…

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Qatar registers new ‘EG.5’ Covid-19 variant

The comments on Thursday mark the first such public announcement of the emergence of the new coronavirus variant – also known as Eris – in Qatar. Qatar’s health ministry on…

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Could those with asthma have increased protection against severe Covid-19 infection?

Contrary to the previous information, the Yale research suggests that those with asthma can in fact suffer “less severe infections. Having asthma can increase protection against severe Covid-19 infection, a…

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Qatar-owned Harrods records tenfold surge in profits following pandemic slump

The world-renowned Harrods department store is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund with assets exceeding half a trillion dollars. The company that owns Harrods has reported…

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Study finds ‘possible link’ between diabetes and Covid-19

A total of 1.5 million deaths are also directly attributed to diabetes every year. One in 20 new cases of diabetes could be linked to Covid-19 infection, a new study…

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WHO updates Covid-19 strategy from emergency to prevention

Nearly 7 million people have died after contracting Covid-19 since it first emerged. The World Health Organisation has released its updated plan to combat Covid-19 in order to assist nations…

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Qatar official looks back on Covid-19 response as WHO declares end of global health emergency

The United Nations agency announced on Friday that Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency. Qatar’s health sector stood up to the challenges posed by Covid-19 from the start…

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Moderna says vaccine for cancer and heart disease could be ready by 2030

The urgency for vaccines at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak may have sped up the process of researching jabs for other diseases. A potential vaccine for cancer and heart…

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US report believes Covid-19 was likely caused by ‘Wuhan lab leak’

It is thought that discovering the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s origins will assist in fighting off or even preventing another pandemic. Covid-19 was most likely the result of a lab leak, a recently updated classified…

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