A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland was headed toward a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday viewed as a test of attitudes toward Muslims.

Swiss look set to approve ban on facial coverings

The remote Pacific territory of New Caledonia, one of the few places on the planet to have avoided Covid-19, has recorded its first cases of coronavirus. The territory will now go into strict lockdown after detecting nine cases, local officials said Sunday.

Covid-free New Caledonia record first cases of coronavirus

The European Union has come out in support of Italy's decision to block the supply of the AstraZeneca Vaccine to Australia on Saturday. The EU internal market commissioner said that the block has to make sure that the company deliver what it expects.

Italy bans the supply of the AstraZeneca Vaccine to Australia

China is planning to set up Covid vaccination stations to inoculate Chinese citizens abroad. It on Sunday also said it is ready to work with the International Olympic Committee to help provide vaccines to Olympic athletes for upcoming events.

China says is ready to provide vaccines to Olympians

Scientists in the United Kingdom have identified 16 cases of a new COVID-19 variant, health officials announced on Friday. According to Public Health England, those who tested positive and their contacts have been traced, and have been advised to isolate.

New coronavirus variant infects 16 in United Kingdom

Canada on Friday (local time) approved Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. This is fourth such vaccine that has been cleared by Canada. The country has also brought forward deliveries of millions of Pfizer doses.

Canada approves Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

Despite having one of the highest risks of dying from Covid-19, about twice that of white Americans, Black Americans remain one of the least vaccinated racial or ethnic groups, with data showing that only 5.

Black people need better vaccine access, not better vaccine attitudes

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday got vaccinated against COVID-19. The leader received the first dose of the vaccine at a state-run hospital in Himachal Pradesh.

Dalai Lama receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Dharamsala

As many as 18,327 new COVID-19 cases and 108 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry informed on Saturday. The country`s overall COVID-19 cases tally has reached 1,11,92,088, including 1,80,304 active cases while the death toll has mounted to 1,57,656.

India registers 18,327 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths in last 24 hours

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern France went back into lockdown Saturday, while health officials stepped up their nationwide vaccination campaign to make up ground after a slow start.

France extends weekend lockdown to northern region

The findings of a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are expected in mid-March, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

WHO: Will not scrap the interim report on COVID-19 origin

Democrats in the United States Senate on Friday claimed that they were successfully able to resolve differences pertaining to unemployment aid part of $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill.

As Democrats in US Senate reach compromise, Biden's new coronavirus bill back on track

English health authorities have tracked down a previously-unidentified person who tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 first identified in northern Brazil, and said there were no signs the person had spread the virus.

UK finds missing case of Brazil variant, claims no sign it has spread

Germany Saturday started selling new at-home Covid-19 test kits for which people flocked to supermarket chain Aldi to snap them up on the first day. According to multiple reports, stocks sold out within hours.

Germany starts selling new at-home Covid-19 test kits

The US Senate has broken an impasse on the Covid relief package, setting the $1.9 trillion bill on a likely path to passage. Democrats had struggled to keep Senator Joe Manchin's support for expanded unemployment aid in the sprawling measure, and he threatened to side with Republicans in the evenly divided chamber.

Senate impasse broken, US Covid relief bill now back on track

Scientists in Oregon have spotted a homegrown version of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that first surfaced in Britain — but now it's combined with a mutation that may make the variant less susceptible to vaccines.

In Oregon, scientists find a virus variant with a worrying mutation

COVAX, the international vaccine campaign co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners, has so far delivered more than 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to 20 countries.

COVAX delivers over 20 million doses to 20 nations

Mink carcasses that were hastily buried after a mass culling sparked by fears about a mutated coronavirus strain are causing pollution, Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency has said.

Minks culled over coronavirus in Denmark said to be polluting environment

The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50% of adults are overweight, a global study found on Thursday.

Obesity a driving factor in COVID-19 deaths, global report finds

China has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to help treat Covid-19. The government's National Medical Products Administration used a special approval procedure to green-light the three products, which "provide more options for Covid-19 treatment".

China approves sale of traditional medicine products to treat Covid-19

Cyprus will open its doors from May 1 to British tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid. The Mediterranean island's vital tourism industry had otherwise been devastated due to the coronavirus pandemic -- with arrivals slumping to 631,609 in 2020 from nearly four million in 2019.

Cyprus opens doors to vaccinated British tourists

Japan will extend a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area by a fortnight, officials said Friday, less than five months before the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics.

Japan to extend virus state of emergency in Tokyo area

Modified vaccines designed to protect against emerging coronavirus variants will get fast-track approval under a pact announced on Thursday by medicines regulators in Britain and four other countries.

UK and others agree to fast-track adapted Covid vaccines

China is consistently using social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook to attack the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a state-backed disinformation campaign to undermine critical reporting by Western media of the human rights abuse of Uighur minorities in Xinjiang province.

China using social media to discredit BBC in state propaganda campaign, says Australian think tank

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