Delhi Capitals, the current table topper of Indian Premier League 2021, have departed for UAE on Saturday (August 21) to play the remainder of the 14th edition of IPL.

Delhi Capitals leave for UAE for remaining leg of Indian Premier League 2021

Iran's ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday his government will prioritise tackling Covid and accelerating vaccinations ahead of an economic revival, as he defended his cabinet choices before parliament.

Iran's Raisi says tackling COVID-19, reviving economy priorities

Sri Lanka announced a nationwide lockdown Friday, bowing to intense pressure from medical experts as coronavirus infections overwhelmed hospitals, morgues and crematoriums.

Sri Lanka locks down as COVID-19 deaths surge, hospitals overflow

India has become the first country to approve the world's first DNA shot against the coronavirus. India's drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine for adults and children aged 12 years and above. It is the second homegrown covid-19 vaccine for India. Also the first approved covid-19 vaccine for children older than 12 in the country.

Big boost to India's vaccination programme, vaccine approved for over 12-year-olds

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic organisers on Saturday (August 21) announced several national Paralympic Committees had withdrawn from the Games, while one more positive COVID-19 case was detected amongst Paralympic athletes already residing in Japan.

Several more countries withdraw from Paralympics, new COVID-19 case among athletes

The Tokyo Paralympics will be held under "very difficult" circumstances, organisers said on Friday, with hospitals in the host city overstretched as Japan battles its worse wave of COVID-19 infections, driven by the Delta variant.

Paralympics: Organisers say situation 'very difficult' as hospitals stretched by COVID-19 cases

Christian Pulisic will miss Chelsea's Premier League trip to Arsenal after testing positive for the coronavirus, Blues manager Thomas Tuchel said Friday. The United States forward missed Chelsea's open training session on Wednesday, and is not available for Sunday's game at the Emirates Stadium as he self-isolates.

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic out of Arsenal match after positive COVID-19 test

Sydney extended its two-month-old lockdown for another month and introduced a partial curfew Friday, as Australia's largest city struggled to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Sydney extends lockdown, imposes partial curfew

The Paralympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Friday as virus cases hit fresh records nationwide just four days before the Games begin. Japan's daily infections topped 25,000 for the first time on Thursday, with the number of severe cases also higher than ever as the nation battles a fifth wave driven by the more contagious Delta variant.

Paralympic flame in Tokyo as virus surges days before opening

Joe Biden has said that he, along with his wife, Jill Biden, plan on getting a booster shot. He further said that he is comfortable doing so while millions remain unvaccinated because America has “provided more to the rest of the world than all the rest of the world combined”.

Joe Biden says he and first lady Jill Biden plan on getting COVID-19 booster shot

New Zealand's coronavirus outbreak grew to 31 people and spread to capital Wellington. The first case in the outbreak emerged in Auckland on Tuesday as the government put the entire country into a level-4 lockdown, which means the highest level of restrictions.

New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak spreads to capital Wellington

Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, was initially developed as a treatment for those who had already been exposed to the disease.

AstraZeneca hails trial results for COVID-19 treatment

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a coronavirus vaccine booster shot on Friday, as the country began administering them to people aged 40 and over amid a spike in infections.

Israel's PM Bennett receives COVID-19 booster shot as infections surge

A clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Health and Human Services has revealed that convalescent plasma did not prevent disease progression in a high-risk group of COVID-19 outpatients when administered within the first week of their symptoms.

NIH trials reveal that convalescent plasma did not stop COVID-19 progression

New Zealand reported a breakthrough Thursday in tracing the source of a Covid-19 outbreak that plunged the nation into lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying it should help "stamp out" the virus.

New Zealand says it has solved COVID-19 outbreak 'puzzle'

The US is witnessing an alarming spike in new Wuhan Virus cases. New infections have spiked by 700% since July. ICU units in 5 states are over 90% full. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas | COVID Pandemic: 5 US States could run out of ICU beds

A recent study suggests that two doses of COVID-19 vaccine remains the best way to protect against the Delta variant. As per the study, the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab offers the same high protection as the Pfizer-BioNTech after four to five months.

COVID-19 vaccines still effective against Delta variant, says study

The Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled for a second year over virus "complexities", Formula 1 said Wednesday. The race was due to take place at Suzuka on October 10, but F1 said the Japanese government had pulled the plug due to the country's pandemic situation.

COVID-19: Japanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year over virus

Former world number one Simona Halep says she is no longer afraid of COVID-19 after getting vaccinated and has called on others within the sport to get the vaccine to allow tennis to ease health and safety restrictions.

Tennis: Vaccinated Simona Halep says no longer afraid of COVID-19

The new travel advisory of Level 2, which is considered as safe, came in the wake of the significant improvement in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in India.

COVID-19: The US eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2

The Japanese government is set to extend its state of emergency soft lockdown measures in Tokyo and other regions to September 12 and expand the curbs to seven more prefectures, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday.

Japan to extend COVID-19 state of emergency lockdown to September 12 - NHK

Sri Lanka's president on Monday demoted the health minister who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to battle COVID-19, as coronavirus infections and deaths hit record highs.

Sri Lanka axes health minister over COVID-19 misinformation as outbreak grows

A top doctor in China's fight against the coronavirus is under investigation for plagiarism, weeks after making a social media post questioning the country's zero-tolerance strategy to control the pandemic.

'China's Fauci' probed for plagiarism after questioning COVID-19 policy

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Delhi Capitals leave for UAE for remaining leg of Indian Premier League 2021

Iran's Raisi says tackling COVID-19, reviving economy priorities

Sri Lanka locks down as COVID-19 deaths surge, hospitals overflow

Big boost to India's vaccination programme, vaccine approved for over 12-year-olds

Several more countries withdraw from Paralympics, new COVID-19 case among athletes

Paralympics: Organisers say situation 'very difficult' as hospitals stretched by COVID-19 cases

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic out of Arsenal match after positive COVID-19 test

Sydney extends lockdown, imposes partial curfew

Paralympic flame in Tokyo as virus surges days before opening

Joe Biden says he and first lady Jill Biden plan on getting COVID-19 booster shot

New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak spreads to capital Wellington

AstraZeneca hails trial results for COVID-19 treatment

Israel's PM Bennett receives COVID-19 booster shot as infections surge

NIH trials reveal that convalescent plasma did not stop COVID-19 progression

New Zealand says it has solved COVID-19 outbreak 'puzzle'

Gravitas | COVID Pandemic: 5 US States could run out of ICU beds

COVID-19 vaccines still effective against Delta variant, says study

COVID-19: Japanese Grand Prix cancelled for second year over virus

Tennis: Vaccinated Simona Halep says no longer afraid of COVID-19

COVID-19: The US eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2

Japan to extend COVID-19 state of emergency lockdown to September 12 - NHK

Sri Lanka axes health minister over COVID-19 misinformation as outbreak grows

'China's Fauci' probed for plagiarism after questioning COVID-19 policy

'China's Fauci' probed for plagiarism after questioning COVID-19 policy