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Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta. (Representational image: PTI)

'Delta variant in 135 countries, COVID cases could exceed 200 million...

Cases from India, Indonesia and Thailand accounted for 80 per cent of new cases being reported from the region

5 Aug 2021 1:51 PM IST

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

After suspending EUA request, Brazil now shelves import authorisation...

Bharat Biotech will continue to work diligently with Anvisa, to complete the regulatory approval process for Covaxin

29 July 2021 12:13 PM IST

While children in the northern hemisphere are on their summer holidays, in eastern and southern Africa, an estimated 40 percent of school-age children are currently out of school. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP)

'This can't go on': UN calls for COVID-closed schools to reopen ASAP

Schools should be the last to close and the first to reopen, said James Elder, spokesman for the UN Children's Fund

28 July 2021 11:08 AM IST

Bharat Biotech on July 23 said it terminated the MoU it entered with Precisa Medicamentos and Envixia Pharmaceuticals LL.C for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for Brazilian market. (Representational image: AFP)

Brazil scraps Covaxin's EUA application after Bharat Biotech...

Termination of the MoU came after the deal with the Brazilian Government for supply of 20 million doses of Covaxin...

27 July 2021 10:28 AM IST

The NHS staff has 45,300 more workers in 2021 compared to 2020 to fight the pandemic. (Representational image: ANI)

UK health workers to receive 3 per cent pay rise

Earlier this week, the UK lifted almost all COVID-19 restrictions as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown

22 July 2021 11:02 AM IST

The joint investigation into Pegasus identified at least 180 journalists in 20 countries who were selected for potential targeting between 2016 to June 2021. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Pegasus: French prosecutors open probe into alleged spying on French...

Around 30 journalists and bosses in the French media were allegedly targeted by Moroccan security services

20 July 2021 6:35 PM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

France allows visitors with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine

Several other EU countries already accept the Indian version, which is notably used in the U.K. and around Africa

17 July 2021 6:01 PM IST

Debris of houses and trees surround houses in Schuld, Germany, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two days before the Ahr river went over the banks after strong rain falls causing severals deaths and hundreds of people missing. (AP)

Death toll from Europe floods tops 150 as water recedes

In addition to worst-hit Germany and Belgium, southern parts of the Netherlands also have been hit by heavy flooding

17 July 2021 1:25 PM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

Europe floods: search for missing goes on as toll tops 90

The flash floods this week followed days of heavy rainfall which turned streams and streets into raging torrents that...

16 July 2021 1:04 PM IST

A medical official administers a rapid antigen test to a patient at Pharmacy Servais in Jodoigne, some 45kms south-east of Brussels on July 12, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Is it possible to contract two Covid variants at once?

Belgium researchers claimed that the risk of a double variant infection might be underestimated

13 July 2021 11:23 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

UK PM Boris Johnson to set out plans for end of lockdown on July 19

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid will announce the plans for an end to all legal lockdown restrictions from July 19 to...

5 July 2021 5:02 PM IST

Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta. (Representational image: PTI)

COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

Hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with...

1 July 2021 9:53 AM IST