Pakistan government has warned people to follow COVID-19 precautionary guidelines and get vaccinated as the country has confirmed the presence of the UK strain of novel coronavirus.

Pakistan confirms presence of new UK strain asks people get vaccinated

Pune has been confirmed as the venue for the three-match One Day International series between India and England, after getting a nod from the Maharashtra state government.

Pune to host three-match ODI series between India and England

COVID-19 impact in Russia: For the poor in Moscow who have no shelter over their head, finding a place to live is a matter of life & death. A charity in Moscow said the number of people who have sought refuge in shelter homes has gone up by 300%.

COVID-19 Impact: Homelessness spikes in Russia!

Britain bid farewell on Saturday to Captain Tom Moore with a nationally televised funeral for the 100-year-old war veteran who became a global hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic.

Britain says farewell to pandemic hero Captain Tom Moore

China is stopping anyone without proof of being COVID negative and that of absence of a particular antibody. This antibody forms in a patient when he takes a COVID vaccine.

Taking COVID vaccine may prevent you from entering China: Report

The more contagious British variant of the coronavirus is now the dominant strain in Belgium, authorities said Friday, as they explained why infection numbers have again started to rise.

British Covid variant becomes dominant in Belgium

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking for options in venues for hosting the Indian Premier League 2021 as Mumbai being a single host is not workable due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in and around the city.

BCCI considering 4-5 venues for IPL 2021 after COVID-19 surge in Mumbai

A large nationwide study has found important differences in the two major ways in which children have become seriously ill from the coronavirus, findings that may help doctors and parents better recognize the conditions and understand more about the children at risk for each one.

New findings on two ways children become seriously ill from the coronavirus

Bulgaria has decided to temporarily stop Covid jabs for non-priority groups due to shortages caused by AstraZeneca's failure to stick to supplies and deadlines. "AstraZeneca won't fulfil its engagement to deliver 142,437 doses by the end of February," Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said Thursday.

Bulgaria blames AstraZeneca for suspending Covid jabs-for-all

China`s National Medical Products Administration said on Thursday that it had approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for public use, increasing the number of domestic vaccines approved in China to four.

China approves two more domestic COVID-19 vaccines, increasing number to four

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) European branch said Thursday that patients experiencing post-Covid or long Covid symptoms needed to be heard to and understanding long-term consequences should be made a priority by health authorities.

WHO urges actions for 'long COVID' sufferers

While countries like India are sending free vaccines to poorer nations, there are companies like Pfizer which are bullying governments. The US-based company Pfizer is holding governments to ransom, interfering with their legislation, and even demanding military bases as guarantee.

How Pfizer tried to bully Argentina and Brazil in exchange for vaccines

Viruses similar to the strain that causes Covid-19 can survive on commonly-worn fabrics for up to three days, a new research has found. For the study, scientists at De Montfort University in Leicester looked at how coronavirus behaves on three fabrics commonly used in the healthcare industry.

Coronavirus survives three days on fabric, study finds

The 35 member LDC group (Least-developed countries) has come out to support the India-South Africa proposal for waiver on IPR or intellectual property rights for COVID vaccine patents.

At WTO, LDC group backs India-SA proposal for waiver of IP rights on COVID vaccines

Ask Lucia DeClerck how she has lived to be 105, and she is quick with an answer. “Prayer. Prayer. Prayer,” she offers. “One step at a time. No junk food.” But surviving the coronavirus, she said, also may have had something to do with another staple: the nine gin-soaked golden raisins she has eaten each morning for most of her life.

This 105-year-old beat COVID. She credits gin-soaked raisins.

India's central government on Tuesday claimed that it had found two specific variants of coronavirus circulating in three states - Maharashtra, Kerala, and Telangana.

Two highly mutated variants of COVID detected in three Indian states

Crises differ between countries according to the different viewpoints and ideologies of each country, whether these policies are designed and planned to reach a goal.

Opinion: Oman will record India sending vaccines in golden letter

Scotland recently announced that its vaccination drive has successfully reduced the risk of hospitalisation for COVID-19 patients. According to the data, both Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were effective in limiting the scope of severe infections.

COVID-19 vaccines tremendously cut risk of hospitalisation, Scottish study finds

The Union Health Ministry informed on Monday that 3,07,238 people, including healthcare and frontline workers, were vaccinated on Monday, the 38th day of vaccination, which was conducted across 36 states and Union Territories (UT) of the country till 6 pm.

India: Over 3 lakh beneficiaries receive 2nd vaccine dose, tally reaches 1.14 crore

It's been exactly one year since a quiet and nondescript town in Italy became the centre of the world's attention. The first case of COVID-19 in Italy was reported here and soon a nationwide lockdown was imposed. But how has the sleepy Italian town fed in the year of the pandemic?

Your Story: One year of COVID-19 in Italy, what has changed in Codogno?

The United States are all set to reach the grim milestones of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths. US President Joe Biden plans a candle-lighting ceremony to mark deaths.

Coronavirus Update: US nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths.

A nation numbed by misery and loss is confronting a number that still has the power to shock: 500,000. Roughly one year since the first known death by the coronavirus in the United States, an unfathomable toll is nearing — the loss of a half-million people.

A ripple effect of loss: US COVID deaths approach 500,000

UK PM Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Britain planned to offer first shot of coronavirus vaccine to all adults by end of July. His comments came ahead of a planned announcement on cautious reopening of the economy.

COVID-19: Britain aims to vaccinate all adults by July end

Canada will provide mandatory swab tests at over a hundred land crossings on its border with the US from Monday, authorities said. Canada on Saturday listed over 840,000 Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 21,000 deaths.

Canada to provide Covid swab tests at US border

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