The fact that the variant spreads so quickly and causes milder illness might soon expose enough people, in a less harmful way, to the SARS-COV-2 virus and provide that protection.

Kovinic showed great composure to forge ahead in the deciding set, resist a Raducanu fightback, and then move 5-3 ahead as the British youngster finally looked a little weary.

According to the Health Ministry, the countrywide death toll has now reached 11,632 and the number of active cases stands at 57,328.

Most of 2019’s deaths were caused by drug resistance in lower respiratory infections such as pneumonia, followed by bloodstream infections and intra-abdominal infections.

With production capacity tight, inventories low and geopolitics racking several producing regions, oil is hurtling towards $100, a level Goldman Sachs predicts will be breached by mid-year.

With Afghanistan's economy deep in crisis - billions of dollars in aid and reserves have been cut off and ordinary people have little money even for basics - enterprises like Noori's are struggling to stay afloat.

Governments have focused on hospitalisations to determine the need for restrictions but the data does not typically differentiate between people admitted because of Covid-19, and those who test positive on wards during routine checks.

Foreign powers have been reluctant to recognise the Taliban administration while Western nations led by the United States have frozen billions of dollars worth of Afghan banking assets and cut off development funding.

The researchers found that participants were significantly worse at recalling personal experiences, known as episodic memory, up to six months after infection.

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Cities should invest more in expanding green spaces and nurturing natural systems - not just to keep residents healthy and tackle climate-change risks but to boost their economies.

The government is struggling to tame retail inflation, which is running at a decade-high, amid surging commodity prices.

Authorities vowed to step up disinfection of overseas mail and are insisting postal staff handling it are fully vaccinated.

Spanish rules currently require people to have either a vaccine certificate, a PCR negative test or a certificate of having recovered from Covid.

Tonga police told the New Zealand High Commission that the confirmed death toll stood at two but with communications in the South Pacific island nation cut, the true extent of casualties was not clear.

France’s vaccine pass law, approved by parliament on Sunday, will require people to have a certificate of vaccination to enter public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas and long-distance trains.

Traders have started quoting higher prices for overseas shipments to cover higher demurrage charges, and prices for India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety of rice have risen to $380 per tonne, the highest in six months.

India’s capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have reported a big fall in Covid-19 infections in the past two days and most of those who contracted the virus have recovered at home, authorities said on Monday.

Sixth seed Nadal will face the winner of wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis and qualifier Yannick Hanfmann for a place in the third round.

Birju Maharaj, one of India's best known and most loved artistes, was from Lucknow's Kalka-Bindadin Gharana.