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A son of Libya’s leader Muammar Qaddafi is suffering deteriorating health during the second week of a hunger strike to protest his detention in Beirut without trial, his lawyer said Friday. Hannibal Qaddafi is only drinking small amounts…

Several social media posts have surfaced expressing concern over the health of Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros after he showed signs of tiredness during the last Easter sermon at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the New…

Urgent action is needed to safeguard the future of Egypt’s pharmaceutical industry, a specialist has warned. Ahmed Galal, a leading figure in the industry, told Arab News the pharmaceutical sector faces significant challenges adapting to…

India told state governments on Tuesday (Dec 21) to be proactive and on the lookout for surges of the Omicron coronavirus variant after cases nearly doubled within a week across a dozen states. India, whose already creaking health system…

Sweden will require visitors from other Nordic nations to have a vaccine pass to cross the border as it tightens restrictions in the face of rising number of Covid-19 infections and worries about the Omicron variant, the government…

Indonesia started vaccinating elementary school children aged 6-11 against Covid-19 on Tuesday (Dec 14), becoming one of the few countries in Asia to start mass inoculations for young children. Vaccinations against the…

India reported its lowest tally of active Covid-19 cases in 18 months on Monday (Dec 13), but a sharp drop in the use of protective face masks is causing concern after a rise in the number of infections with the Omicron variant. Many…

The rush to open up has led to an unprecedented spike in hospitalisations and deaths that threaten to undo the progress the country has made so far in the pandemic. South Korea reported 6,320 cases each day on average in the past week,…

As numerous health facilities were demolished in the grueling war, the city council in Ar Raqqah launched a clinic in the Al-Kurd neighborhood. The poverty-stricken community in Ar Raqqah, who can’t afford to pay treatment expenses, was…

Sri Lanka's health authorities on Friday (Dec 3) said they have identified the first Omicron patient in the country. The Health Ministry said the new Covid-19 variant was identified in a Sri Lankan national who had recently returned from…