Canada has said it regrets a “misunderstanding” after China lodged a formal complaint over a diplomat’s order of a custom T-shirt displaying the word Wuhan, over the emblem of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.

Canadian diplomat's T-shirt logo, a stylised 'W', angers China

President Joe Biden met with 10 moderate Republican senators on Monday (February 01) to discuss their proposal to shrink his sweeping $1.9 trillion U.S. COVID-19 relief package, even as Democrats prepare to push legislation through Congress without Republican support.

Biden meets Republicans as Dems push ahead on aid

Less than three million foreign tourists visited India in 2020, a dip of around 75 per cent as compared to the previous year, due to travel restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

COVID-19 travel restrictions: Less than 3 million foreign tourists visited India in 2020, says the government

COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. The figures are based on the intimations received from the states till January 22.

Covid-19: Over 160 doctors killed due to virus in the country, says government data

The United Kingdom detected the South African variant of coronavirus among 11 people with no history of travel to the regions where the variant is currently circulating.

UK finds South African coronavirus variant among 11 people with no travel history

Japan is expected to extend a state of emergency on Tuesday to fight the spread of COVID-19 for Tokyo and other areas, three sources with knowledge of the legal procedures said on Monday.

Japan expected to extend COVID-19 state of emergency

A spokesperson for the World Health Organization on Monday said that 90 per cent of the global coronavirus vaccinations have been administered in high-income countries so far.

WHO says 90% coronavirus vaccinations administered in rich countries

Protesters briefly disrupted a coronavirus vaccination center in Los Angeles, US media reported on Saturday. The protesters converged on the vaccination center carrying signs demanding end of lockdowns and promoting anti-vaccination conspiracy theories gathered.

Protesters disrupt COVID vaccination centre in Los Angeles

British centenarian Captain Tom Moore, who raised millions of pounds for the health service by walking laps of his garden, has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his daughter said on Sunday.

Britain's Captain Tom hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — As a dangerous variant of the coronavirus first discovered in South Africa sickens and kills thousands across the country, Jan Matsena has shown up every day to stock the shelves at a Cape Town supermarket, terrified that he too will catch it.

As virus variants spread, ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe’

Following months of interdisciplinary research assessing tens of thousands of lung cells infected with the novel coronavirus, scientists have created one of the most comprehensive maps to date of the molecular activities that are triggered inside these cells at the onset of the viral infection, an advance that may lead to the development of new drugs to combat COVID-19.

Scientists decode how coronavirus damages lung cells within hours

China on Sunday, reported the biggest daily jump in new coronavirus cases in six days. This jump is driven by increase in a northeastern city. There were 92 new confirmed cases in mainland China on January 30, said China's National Health Commission.

China reports biggest daily surge in new coronavirus cases

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a sweeping order requiring the wearing of masks to protect against the spread of Covid-19 on virtually every form of public transportation throughout the country.

US health agency to require mask-wearing in all public transportation

The European Union on Friday over threats to restrict vaccine exports to Northern Ireland. This followed after the UK voiced "grave concerns" over the proposed move.

EU backtracks on restrictions on COVID vaccine export to Northern Ireland

Pakistan has extended the travel restrictions on several countries, including the UK, till February 28 to contain the spread of the deadly variant of the coronavirus amidst a second wave of infections.

Pakistan extends travel restrictions on six countries including UK till Feb 28

The novel coronavirus has, of late, gained an ability to mutate. And has become a bane for the entire human race. It's the 29th of January, and a total of 58 countries have reported mutated strains of the virus.

How coronavirus mutations are changing the pandemic

Experts from the World Health Organisation visited a Wuhan hospital Friday as the fieldwork began in a closely watched coronavirus origins probe that will take in a food market presumed to be "ground zero" of the pandemic.

WHO coronavirus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

Eleven people have died of Covid-19 following an outbreak at a care home near Madrid which may be linked to the so-called British variant of the virus, officials said Friday.

Eleven die in Spain care home outbreak, UK strain suspected

Originally thought to mainly affect the respiratory system, researchers now know that the symptoms of Covid-19 are numerous and varied. Severe cases of Covid-19 might impact the quality of a man's sperm, thus possibly impacting his fertility, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Reproduction.

Coronavirus may damage sperm quality, reduce male fertility: Study

A shortage of COVID-19 vaccines has forced Paris and two other regions that together account for a third of the French population to postpone giving out first doses, a source familiar with the discussion, and health officials, said on Thursday.

Vaccine shortage halts COVID-19 first shots in Paris region, source says

WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog has found that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which drew national attention last year when the Trump administration fired its director, has been used for the past 10 years as a “slush fund” to cover expenses unrelated to its core mission of fighting health threats like Ebola, Zika and the coronavirus.

Millions meant for public health threats were diverted elsewhere, watchdog says

The vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech retains its effectiveness against coronavirus mutations in variants that have emerged recently in Britain and South Africa, the firms have said.

Pfizer says Covid vaccine effective against UK, South Africa mutations

Germany is banning most travellers from countries hardest hit by coronavirus variants in order to stop the strains from reversing recent progress on lowering infections.

Germany to ban travel from coronavirus variant countries

The European Union has so far approved vaccines from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as well as from US company Moderna.

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine supplies to EU nations lower than expected

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