Health

Pascal Soriot, the company's chief executive for British drugs group AstraZeneca said that the Covid vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a winning formula regarding efficacy. At present, the…

It is expected that nearly 70,000 nursing home staffs and residents will be vaccinated by the end of February. The process will begin on January 11. The HSE has already drafted plans for the entire process. As per the plans,…

Prime Minister Micheál Martin has expressed hope that Ireland will return to normal, albeit temporarily, by next May or June with the widespread use of the Covid vaccine. He added that a large segment of the population will be…

DUBLIN: For the second day in a row, more than a thousand COVID-19 cases were reported in Ireland. Today alone, the health department reported 1,296 new cases. With this, 85,394 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Ireland. The death toll from…

Within the past two days, Northern Ireland has confirmed more 20 Covid related deaths. Since the eve of Christmas, the Northern Ireland Department of Health had reported 998 positive cases. There have been a total of nearly 65,000…

DUBLIN: A new variant of COVID-19 found in the UK has been detected in Ireland, chief medical officer Dr. Tony Holohan confirmed. He said that further testing in the coming days and weeks will establish how many people have been affected…

DUBLIN: A new variant of COVID-19 that appeared in the UK has also been found in Ireland. Several new cases have been reported in the eastern part of the country, including Dublin. This was confirmed by a group of public health experts led…

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, was recently tested positive for Covid-19. As McConalogue became positive, all the ministers in the Irish cabinet went into observation. As a precaution, all ministers…

DUBLIN: Concerns are growing as the number of COVID-19 patients is rising even before Christmas. When the number of cases of COVID per day is almost 1000, the spike in deaths is also causing serious concern. CMO Dr. Tony Holohan…

London: Covid cases are on the rise in the UK after a new variant of Covid was reported. On Tuesday alone, Covid was confirmed in 36,804 people in the UK. This is the highest daily increase ever confirmed. This brings the total number…