In an effort to battle the deadly coronavirus, Cambodia began offering a third-dose booster shot against COVID-19 on Sunday. Switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, 500,000 to one million frontline workers and their family members in seven provinces bordering Thailand will be among the first to receive the vaccine.

Cambodia begins booster shots to fight COVID-19

Congolese authorities said Sunday the coronavirus epidemic had eased in many parts of the country but remained worrying in the economic capital of Lubumbashi where not wearing a mask will now be punishable by up to seven days in jail.

COVID-19 epidemic eases in parts of DR Congo

When Diego started going out again to meet friends he never expected to be among a growing number of young Mexicans hospitalised by a highly contagious Covid-19 variant driving another wave of infections.

COVID-19 variant 'no joke,' young Mexicans warn from hospital

America's hopes of returning to some semblance of normal life this summer have been hindered by the delta variant. The latest wave of Covid-19 in the US has particularly swept up greater numbers of American children.

COVID-19: Schools begin reopening in the US

Greater numbers of American children are being swept up in a wave of coronavirus infections driven by the Delta variant, causing renewed anxiety for parents and a bitter political fight as schools prepare to reopen within weeks.

Delta variant fuels concerns for children's health in Florida

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff on a recent trip to Scotland tested positive for the coronavirus, his Downing Street office said.

UK PM Johnson will not isolate after staff member tests COVID positive

Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with Covid-19 as the fully vaccinated, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Unvaccinated people twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19: Study

In a recent development, it has been revealed that the Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 indicate that the people vaccinated against coronavirus disease may transmit the highly contagious strain as easily as the unvaccinated, Public Health England said.

COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission

New South Wales recorded its worst-ever daily increase in COVID-19 infections as 319 new cases were reported. Also, the state recorded five deaths. Three out of which were linked to an outbreak at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney’s west.

NSW records worst ever day of COVID-19 pandemic

Indian government has given Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine approval for emergency use in the country, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a tweet on Saturday.

J&J single-dose COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency use approval in India 

As per the projections by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the world will see 5.3 million reported deaths and 12 million excess fatalities by December as the delta variant drives a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Global COVID-19 deaths estimated to reach 5.3 million by December

Half of the US population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the White House said Friday, as inoculations rise in response to the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus.

White House says 50% of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19

In a bid to curb the growing COVID-19 cases, the Australian government has expanded its ban on Australian citizens leaving the country to include people who are ordinarily residents in another country.

Australians living abroad could be banned from leaving if they return

Sydney reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases and five virus deaths Thursday, as authorities expanded the lockdown in Australia's largest city to neighbouring regions.

Sydney posts record COVID-19 cases as lockdown is widened

Moderna stated in an earnings call on Thursday that its two-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is still effective for six months, but that consumers would likely require booster doses before winter to battle the delta version.

COVID-19 vaccine 'remains durable' with 93% efficacy through 6 months: Moderna

The number of COVID-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday, an AFP count showed, as the pandemic surges around the world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where the Australian city of Melbourne locked down again.

COVID-19 cases top 200 million worldwide as Delta variant poses threat

Fully vaccinated passengers from France returning to Scotland, Northern Ireland and England will not need to quarantine. As per UK's widespread changes to the traffic light system for travel, France is being moved from amber-plus to amber.

International travel update: Fully vaccinated passengers from France will not need to quarantine in UK

Tokyo on Thursday reported another massive jump in COVID-19 cases as the government expanded restrictions to eight more regions just days before the Olympics ends.

Covid cases in Tokyo at record high as government expands restrictions

US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Wednesday (local time) said that Covid-19 cases may double as variant worse than Delta could be coming. "If America's current COVID-19 surge continues unabated into the fall and winter, the country will likely face an even more deadly strain of the virus that could evade the current coronavirus vaccines, Fauci told McClatchy, reported Axios.

COVID-19 cases may double in US as variant worse than Delta could be coming, says Fauci

Experts from Nutrition International, a Canadian not-for-profit organisation, emphasised that a mother’s breastmilk is like a vaccination that nourishes the baby lifelong.

‘Must debunk fake news, myths on breast-feeding causing COVID-19' 

Indonesia passed the sad milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, according to data from the country's health ministry, with the Southeast Asian nation responsible for one in every five deaths globally.

Indonesia becomes epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, second in region to top 100000 deaths

According to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of official US state data, less than 1% of fully vaccinated people experienced a breakthrough infection lately, a CNN report said.

Less than 1% fully vaccinated may get a ‘breakthrough’ Covid infection: Report

Tokyo Olympics organisers reported on Tuesday 18 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since July 1 to 294. Meanwhile, a Tokyo hospital director warns that Tokyo is on the edge of facing a medical collapse if more beds to treat COVID-19 patients are not secured immediately.

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 18 new Games-related COVID-19 cases

Nepal is currently witnessing a resurgence of the Coronavirus infections in the region, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant. The latest outbreak has pushed the country's fragile health care system to the brink of collapse.

Nepal: Hundreds to rush get shots amid vaccine shortage

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