Oman crosses 100,000-mark in seven months
Muscat: The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oman crossed the 100,000-mark on Sunday — 224 days and nearly seven months
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‘I wanted to be part of the solution’
Muscat: The world is waiting for a vaccine against COVID-19 as many companies are racing against time to come out
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Trump ‘much better’ but not yet out of the woods
US President Donald Trump posted a video Saturday from the hospital where he is battling Covid-19, saying he was improving
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India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to
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Trump to spend days at military hospital
US President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, an extraordinary
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Virus deaths rise above a million in ‘agonising’ global milestone
GENEVA: The global coronavirus death toll rose past a million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim statistic
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Moscow extends school holiday over COVID-19
MOSCOW: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin extended an upcoming school holiday by a week on Tuesday to limit the spread of
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100m extra vaccine doses for poorer countries
Up to 100 million additional doses of any eventual COVID-19 vaccines will be secured for delivery to poorer countries in
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UK eyes tougher Covid-19 restrictions
The British government is mulling tougher restrictions in England to tackle a swiftly accelerating second wave of the novel coronavirus
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India coronavirus cases pass 6 million
India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on Monday as it surged closer to the United States as the most-infected nation,
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Do masks help boost Covid immunity?
Paris – Could the mask — already seen by many scientists as the most effective shield against Covid-19 — have
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Drive-through PCR testing at Muscat Airport
Muscat: Oman Airports, in partnership with Chinese company BGI, is setting up Covid-19 testing facilities at Muscat International Airport, Salalah Airport,
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Tunisia reports highest single-day corona cases
TUNIS: Tunisia on Saturday confirmed 1,087 new cases of the coronavirus, the North African country’s highest single-day caseload since March.
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Third phase of national sero survey begins tomorrow
Muscat: The third phase of the national serological survey will begin on September 27, the Ministry of Health said in
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WHO warns 2 million virus deaths possible
Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization has
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India’s coronavirus infections surge to 5.82 million
India’s coronavirus case tally surged to 5.82 million after it recorded 86,052 new infections in the last 24 hours, data
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SC live: May consider partial lockdown of hotspot areas
Muscat: Dr. Ahmed Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, member of the Supreme Committee on COVID-19, on Thursday said the
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Airlines look to Covid tests that give results in minutes
European airlines are pinning hopes on pre-flight Covid-19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore
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Oman reports 628 new cases, 10 deaths
Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced 628 new cases of Covid-19 in the Sultanate, taking the total confirmed cases
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Some Mexicans ‘prefer to die at home’
By the time 61-year-old Mexican mechanic Martin Urdiain finally decided to go to the hospital to seek treatment for the
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Johnson starts to shut down the UK again
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday tell people to work from home and will impose new restrictions on
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