A World Health Organisation (WHO) team investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China. The latest development has come amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

WHO investigators to scrap interim report on probe of coronavirus origin

The US Senate is expected to begin debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as soon as Thursday. The Democratic-controlled Senate is scheduled to reconvene to consider a motion to launch 20 hours of debate on the massive bill.

US Senate expected to begin debating coronavirus package on Thursday

Global police organisation Interpol said on Wednesday that police in China and South Africa had seized thousands of fake COVID vaccines. Interpol warned that this may well be 'tip of the iceberg'.

Fake coronavirus vaccines seized in China and South Africa, says Interpol

RIO DE JANEIRO — COVID-19 has already left a trail of death and despair in Brazil, one of the worst in the world. Now, a year into the pandemic, the country is setting another wrenching record.

Brazil’s Covid crisis is a warning to the whole world, scientists say

African countries have now started the COVAX-AIDED vaccination drive as efforts to inoculate the world's poorest nations.

African countries begin COVAX-AIDED vaccination drive

The Centres for Disease Control & Prevention has sent out a stern warning of the possibility of the 4th wave of COVID-19 infections in the United States. This has come at a time when the National Public Health Institute has given the green signal to Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

Despite vaccines, CDC warns of a 4th wave of COVID-19 in US

While the world fears vaccine inequity could slow down the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, wealthy countries are politicising and wasting vaccines. Europe bought 400 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines and is now wasting the life-saving drugs.

Why are wealthy European countries wasting AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs?

A 29-year-old American man who has fathered dozens of children by offering sperm donations online has said that the demand has risen during the coronavirus pandemic.

Demand has risen during Covid pandemic, says sperm donor 'who has fathered 35 children'

Sri Lanka on Wednesday faced criticism over its plan to bury Muslim coronavirus victims on a remote islet. Colombo banned burials of Covid victims in April, despite evidence they would not spread the virus.

Sri Lanka's plan to bury Muslim Covid-19 victims on islet sparks outcry

Kenya received over a million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, while Rwanda said it was the first in Africa to secure shots from Pfizer, as efforts to inoculate the world's poorest nations accelerated.

Kenya calls first vaccines 'bazookas', Rwanda secures Pfizer shots

Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 1,641 deaths in 24 hours from Covid-19, health authorities announced, as the country endures a further worsening of the pandemic.

Brazil reports record 1,641 Covid deaths in 24 hours

An explosion on Wednesday rattled a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam, shattering windows but causing no injuries in what police called an intentional attack.

Explosion at Dutch Covid test centre appears intentional, police say

The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 114.4 million on Tuesday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University

Can a fourth wave of COVID-19 be prevented?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday received a coronavirus vaccine injection in the war-torn east, saying there was nothing to fear and urging others to follow his example.

Ukraine's Zelensky receives coronavirus vaccine in war-torn east, urges others to follow suit

Vaccine inequity continues to plague the world struggling to cope with coronavirus infections. Now, the world's richest countries have bought a billion doses of vaccine in excess.

As threat of vaccine inequity looms, here's how India is helping the world heal

Both Donald and Melania contracted and recovered from Covid-19 during the 2020 presidential campaign.

Former Prez Trump quietly got vaccinated

In just a matter of weeks, two variants of the coronavirus have become so familiar that you can hear their inscrutable alphanumeric names regularly uttered on television news.

Virus variant in Brazil infected many who had already recovered from Covid-19

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday banned the government from unprecedented usage of mobile phone data to track carriers of coronavirus. The court referred to the tracking measure as a grave infraction of citizens' civil liberties.

Israel's Supreme Court restricts usage of coronavirus smartphone tracking

The United States has officially authorised Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, making it the third approved vaccine of the county. It is the first single-dose vaccine to be available in the US.

US approves Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The Indian government has announced the price for the Astra Zeneca vaccine little more than $3 per dose. How much the other countries are paying for the same vaccine?

What are countries paying for the Covid-19 vaccine?

India is all set to start phase-II of its vaccination drive from March 1. But, before it begins, there are a lot of questions on everyone's mind.

India: Vaccine prices capped at over 3.4$/dose

The next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin from March 1 and registration on the Co-WIN2.

Registration for next phase of Covid vaccination in India to open at 9 am on Monday

Pope Francis is all set to pay a four-day historic visit to Iraq from March 5 until March 8. The trip is going ahead despite the security risks and the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis to visit Iraq from March 5th-8th

Germany on Sunday classed France's Covid-battered Moselle region as a high risk area for virus variants, triggering tougher entry requirements at the border between the two neighbours.

Germany to tighten Covid controls at French border

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