Latest on the region’s Covid-19 recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More restrictions are being relaxed across the Middle East as the holy month approaches The number of Covid-19 cases in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region reached 19,271,165 on 15 March, according to Worldometers data collated by MEED. Countries in
WHO begins discussing when and how to declare end of pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The World Health Organization is looking at the criteria needed to declare an end to the emergency. Public health experts at the World Health Organization have begun discussing how and when to call an end to the global Covid-19 crisis, exploring
South African regulator approves Sinopharm COVID vaccine
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]South Africa's health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm. The country worst-hit by the pandemic in Africa in terms of reported COVID-19 infections and deaths, has used the Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson (J&J)
Responsive policies needed to support long Covid patients
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global community is coming to grips with what is now known as “long COVID”, presented as lingering symptoms post recovery from the Covid-19 virus. In recent months, many media outlets have shared tragic stories about people’s struggles with long
Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Omicron variant is“probably” now present in most of the world's countries and it would be a mistake to dismiss the COVID-19 strain as“mild”, said the head of the UN health agency (WHO) on Tuesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the
Pfizer Vaccine Shot Provides Partial Omicron Shield in Early Study
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Omicron evades immunity induced by Pfizer Inc.’s shot better than other Covid-19 variants, according to laboratory experiments that indicate a booster shot could help stop the highly mutated strain. In the first reported experiments gauging the effectiveness of Pfizer and BioNTech
WCM-Q Students Help Resolve Concern About Covid and Common Blood Pressure Medication.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have helped answer a question about the potential dangers posed by blood pressure medication for those infected with COVID-19. The trainee doctors all participated in a systematic review, which are used for evidence-based medicine and
SK bioscience and GSK start Phase 3 trial of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SK bioscience (SK) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical study of SK’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, GBP510, in combination with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant following positive interim Phase 1/2 results. The randomised, active-controlled global trial will
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers use hair cortisol test to measure stress levels of families during COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), in collaboration with Global TIES for Children and researchers at University of California Davis (Paul Hastings and Lindsey Partington) as well as Hashemite University in Jordan (Rana Dajani), have used a hair cortisol test
Covid-19: Bahrain approves world’s first Sputnik V vaccine booster shot.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following approval by the Clinical Trials Committee, Bahrain's National Medical Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (Covid-19) announced the formal authorisation of Sputnik V as a booster shot for those 18 and above who received their second dose of the Sputnik