The United States Food and Drug Administration stated on Monday that the third dose of Pfizer and BioTech Covid-19 vaccine would be available even for children from 12 to 15 years of age. It also shortened the interval for booster shot eligibility from six months to five months. Seeing the worsening situations, it even authorized the third shot for children aged 5 to 11 years of age who are immunocompromised. The FDA’s decision came following the rapid rise in the Covid-19 cases all across the globe including the U.S.A where the new Omicron variant is causing a big hazard with the numbe
The Philippines has witnessed the biggest Covid-19 surge of all time as the daily infections have reached two month high in January 2022. The Health Department says that the number of cases is likely to rise even more in the coming days after they found out that the highly contagious and mutated Omicron variant that is spreading steadily in other parts of the world has reached the country. Following the rapidly rising cases in the Philippines, its government has decided to expand its restrictions in Manila from Wednesday onwards. The Presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that the p
The weekly number of COVID-19 cases has crossed 10 million since last Sunday fuelled by the highly mutated Omicron variant that originated from Africa. The new weekly figure is double the previous record of 5.7 million that was seen during April last year. According to the estimate, almost twice the number of people were diagnosed Covid-19 positive in the past week due to the havoc created by the new highly contagious Omicron variant. The increasing number of cases has caused worry across the globe especially to the countries with a massive population such as the United Kingdom, the United St
The United States witnessed a massive air travel crisis on Saturday due to the worsening weather conditions in various parts of the country and the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant. The United States reportedly canceled 2,700 flights on Saturday accounting for more than half of the flights canceled worldwide. As per the tracking website FlightAware, most of the flights were canceled around 11 pm the night which was close to the new years’ celebrations at midnight. Furthermore, around 5,993 flights were delayed too in the U.S. According to the sources, the SkyWest airline w
The United Arab Emirates recently announced a travel ban on all its citizens who are not vaccinated and received the Booster shot amid the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic fuelled by the Omicron variant in the country. The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) stated that only the citizens who have received both doses of vaccination along with the booster shot would be allowed to travel by air, the booster shot is compulsory for the vaccinated citizens as per the country’s protocol. The air travel ban will commence on the 10th of January, 2022 and would go on
Passengers will be able to fly between India and Saudi Arabia, under the new air travel bubble agreement soon. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has said that this agreement will come into effect starting January 1, 2022. Traffic carried to/from India shall comprise of passengers originating from/destined to Saudi Arabia only, and similarly, traffic carried to/from Saudi Arabia shall comprise of passengers originating from/destined to India only. Air travel bubbles are temporary arrangements between two countries aimed at restarting commercial passenger services when regular international flights
The US and France have once again reported the highest single-day rise in Covid cases led by the spread of the more contagious Omicron variant. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, has expressed concerns over a surge in Covid-19 cases across the world. According to him, the Omicron and Delta variants of coronavirus combining to produce a "tsunami" of cases. The number of Covid-19 cases recorded, by WHO, worldwide increased by 11 per cent last week (December 20-26) compared with the previous week. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of Covid-19 in the US have so
A few weeks after easing Covid19 restrictions, South Korea is all set to reinstate stricter rules, which includes social distancing in public and also indoors. The new restrictions begin from January 2, wherein not more than four people who are not fully vaccinated can gather in one place. Restaurants, cafes and bars have been asked to shut by 9 p.m. and movie theatres and internet cafes by 10 p.m. Restaurant owners issued a series of statements protesting the decision which will see them make big losses, and will stage a rally next week. South Korea's daily coronavirus tallies continue
Tourists from Singapore will not be allowed to travel to Italy for leisure from 16 December until January 31 next year. The Italian embassy said its health ministry has moved Singapore and Brunei onto a list of countries deemed to be of higher risk of Covid-19 infections, but the embassy did not specify the reason for changing Singapore’s risk classification. In fact, Covid cases in Singapore have reduced in recent weeks, down from a high of more than 4,600 on October 27 to less than 500 a day this week. Only those travellers from Singapore will be allowed who are traveling for work, hea
Citizens in Canada have been advised by their government to avoid foreign travel over the Christmas holidays, saying the Omicron variant of Covid "makes us fear the worst," including soaring infections and travel disruptions. If the cases keep rising, public health restrictions will be imposed soon, while the travel advisory will be re-evaluated in four weeks. Covid testing of travellers at Canadian airports will be increased. Last year during the year-end holiday season, all arriving travellers to Canada were required to quarantine for 14 days. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told a n