More than 100,000 people protested in Australia, France, Italy and Greece on Saturday, sparking clashes with police as they railed against COVID-19-19 measures and government sanctions against the unvaccinated aimed at prodding more people into getting jabs.

Big protests mark global anger at COVID-19 restrictions

Iceland, one of the first nations in the world to lift all Covid restrictions for vaccinated tourists, on Friday announced new curbs following a spate of infections.

Iceland reimposes COVID-19 restrictions after cases surge

Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned.

Lebanon can't handle next COVID-19 wave: hospital chief

In a new revelation, it has been discovered that a longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine makes the body's immune system stronger.

Eight-week gap preferable for Pfizer jab antibodies

Sydney's fast-growing COVID-19 outbreak has become a "national emergency," said state leaders as Australia's largest city reported another record number of new infections.

Sydney outbreak a 'national emergency' as COVID-19 cases surge

Thy sky over the National Stadium in Tokyo exploded in indigo and white as fireworks marked the start of the opening ceremony for the Olympics on Friday, celebrating the world's best athletes set to compete amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Olympics-Fireworks get Tokyo's no-frills opening ceremony underway

With Delta variant infections spiking across the United States, growing numbers of Republican officials and lawmakers have joined the chorus of support for coronavirus vaccinations, swatting aside conspiracies that have left millions of Americans unprotected.

As COVID-19 surges, more US Republicans urging vaccinations

The data also showed that 212,732,730 adults (above the age of 18) have received at least one dose of the vaccine while 167,310,628 adults have been fully immunised against the coronavirus disease in the EU.

COVID-19: More than 50% people in Europe fully vaccinated, claims EU

Daily contact testing will be rolled out to workplaces in Britain's food sector so staff, who have been 'pinged' by the COVID-19 app can keep working if they test negative rather than isolating, the government said on Thursday.

UK to launch daily COVID-19 tests in food sector to tackle 'pingdemic'

Peruvian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled an alleged criminal ring that had charged as much $21,000 per bed for seriously ill COVID-19 patients in a state-run hospital, aggravating care in a country hit by one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of the virus.

Peru arrests state hospital workers for charging COVID-19 patients $21,000 per bed

As a result of COVID-19, 1.5 million children worldwide have lost a parent, custodial grandparent, or another person who cared for them, according to a collaborative study published in The Lancet.

A silent tragedy: 1.5 million children worldwide lost a parent or caregiver due to COVID-19, says study

Expressing optimism, US President Joe Biden said that young children would soon become eligible for COVID-19 inoculations. Speaking at a televised town hall in Cincinnati, hosted by CNN, Biden said that children under 12, who are currently ineligible for the three coronavirus vaccines, could get shots by August or later in the fall.

Biden says children under 12 could be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines soon

YouTube said on Wednesday it had removed videos from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's channel for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, becoming the latest tech giant to pull his pandemic pronouncements.

YouTube says it pulled Bolsonaro videos for COVID-19 misinformation

Scientific advisers have warned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he should be prepared to act in the first week of August to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed by the end of that month with Covid cases spiraling out of control.

Scientists warn that UK COVID-19 restrictions could return after three weeks

China is blocking the World Health Organization's call for a new investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, which includes looking into whether it leaked from a lab, claiming that there is no proof for the theory and that it violates common sense.

COVID-19: Wuhan lab leak study — China opposes virus origins probe

From Wednesday, people who want to go out to cinemas, museums, sporting matches and other cultural venues in France will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test.

France now launches a 'health pass'. Here is what you should know

The director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the president Anthony Fauci has said that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is responsible for more than 80% of new infections in the country.

Delta variant behind over 80% of new COVID-19 cases in US: Anthony Fauci

US Senator Rand Paul and Dr Anthony Fauci, one of the government's top public health experts, had a heated confrontation during a hearing Tuesday after Paul accused Fauci of lying to Congress about the role of the National Institutes of Health in supporting research in Wuhan, China.

‘If anybody is lying here, it is you’: Fauci and Paul clash on coronavirus origins

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine was given the all-clear to travel to Tokyo for the Olympics on Wednesday after being placed into Covid-19 safety protocols this week.

NBA star Zach LaVine gets Olympics all-clear after Covid-19 scare

Coronavirus cases among Olympic contenders and their support staff are on the rise and around 15% of those are unvaccinated. This is leading to admonitions from medical experts about potential far-reaching consequences.

Tokyo Olympics: Situation worsens amid raging COVID-19 pandemic as cases rise to 67

Rating agency Crisil Ratings Wednesday said collection ratios in securitised pools have seen a dip during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency said unlike in the first wave, the decline in the second wave has not been as sharp for two reasons - localised restrictions limited the impact on business activity, and lack of moratorium from lenders meant that borrowers could not postpone their debt repayments.

Securitised pool collection ratios dip during second Covid wave: Crisil

Japan has become the first country to grant approval to Ronapreve antibody treatment for COVID-19. The antibody treatment was created by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche and is intended for treating patients with mild to moderate coronavirus symptoms.

COVID-19: Japan becomes first country to approve Roche's antibody cocktail treatment

At a height of 21.16 metres, 3.5 meters higher than the previous record holder, the world's new tallest sandcastle was unveiled in Denmark last week. The sandcastle built in Blokhus in northwest Denmark broke the Guinness World record on Friday (July 2), previously held by a sandcastle made in Germany in 2019 which was 17.66 metres.

World's tallest sand sculpture built with COVID-19 theme

America's Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy on Sunday expressed concern over the "significant increase" in COVID-19 cases in the US, especially among the unvaccinated population, urging people to get vaccinated and assuring them that the current set of vaccines are highly effective against coronavirus.

Rise of COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated population concerning: US Surgeon General

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