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WUHAN: A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown that would last 76 days.

LONDON: Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

LONDON: An Indian-origin expert at the University of Birmingham has led an international study that finds that patients’ chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operative hospital care.

UNITED NATIONS: The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic step to rid the world of its deadliest weapons but strongly opposed by the world’s nuclear-armed nations.

PARIS: The French government has said that people should start using surgical masks in public instead of fabric ones for better protection from COVID-19 transmission.

DUBAI: The UAE health ministry on Thursday approved Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, state media reported, as infection levels hit a record and only weeks after vaccine trials began in the United Arab Emirates.

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS: The US rejoined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in one of the first official orders of the Joe Biden presidency, reversing a key foreign policy decision his predecessor Donald Trump took last year after accusing the UN health agency of incompetence and bowing to Chinese pressure over the …

LONDON: Two British Sikh men in their 20s have been charged following what in Southall, west London.

GENEVA: The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago.

LONDON: First turbaned Sikh member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi, on Tuesday raised the issue of National Investigation Agency (NIA) sending notices to a number of people who are associated with the farmers’ andolan at New Delhi in India.