The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, and AstraZeneca for use in the country, paving way for further vaccination.

British regulator approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Six cases of a mutant strain of coronavirus that first surfaced in the UK, have been detected in the country. All six patients have recently returned from the UK, where cases have spiralled within days.

News Alert: Six UK returnees test positive for Mutant Strain

Superstar of the Telugu film industry Ram Charan on Tuesday revealed that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Charan shared a statement about his diagnosis on Instagram and shared that he has no symptoms and is in home-quarantine.

Ram Charan tests positive for COVID-19

Russian health officials have registered more than three million infections since the start of the pandemic, putting the country's caseload at fourth-highest in the world.

Russia admits its COVID death toll three times higher than official figure

Mainland China reported 27 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 28, up from 21 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in its daily online bulletin that 12 of the new cases were imported infections originating from abroad.

China reports 27 new COVID cases vs 21 a day earlier

Once the Drug Controller General India (DCGI) and scientists give the green signal to vaccine manufacturers in India, India will begin a mammoth exercise to inoculate the first group of 30 crore citizens.

India to conduct genome sequencing to detect new virus

India on Monday logged 20,021 fresh Covid-19 infections taking the total number of cases to 1,02,07,871, along with 279 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of fatalities to 1,47,901, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

India logs 20,000 COVID-19 cases, 279 deaths in 24 hours

South Korea detected its first case of the variant of coronavirus which was first found in Britain. Now, the government has stepped up efforts to contain further spread of the new variant, with officials vowing to speed up efforts to initiate a vaccination programme.

South Korea steps up vaccine efforts after detecting coronavirus variant from UK

People suffering from long COVID, or simply the persistence of coronavirus symptoms, are now reporting new symptoms. Long COVID remains elusive, with scientists attempting to understand why symptoms last longer in some people.

New 'long COVID' symptoms may include stench of fish and burning

The World Health Organization reported that the overuse of antibiotics to treat the coronavirus — sometimes unnecessarily — has caused the sexually transmitted infection to find a new way to thrive, reports The Sun.

‘Super Gonorrhea’ on the rise due to Covid-19: WHO

This year has taught mankind a lot, from making work from home normal to learning to bake everything from scratch, COVID-19 has also forced many people to become their own hairstylists. Watch report.

Pandemic helps people embrace their natural hair

France could be on its way to impose its third nation-wide lockdown if the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. The country’s health minister on Sunday said that another lockdown could be on its way, with more cases expected in the aftermath of Christmas.

France could impose another lockdown as coronavirus cases rise

A fire killed at least seven people and injured several others on Saturday at a private hospital that was treating coronavirus patients on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Deadly fire hits Egyptian hospital treating Covid patients

New strains of COVID-19 have stirred new fears among people. After the UK reported a new strain which is more contagious than the original, countries have stepped up measures to identify and isolate.

Britain set to infect 2,500 people with COVID-19 for research

Salman Khan wishes to keep his 55th birthday extremely low-key, keeping the pandemic in mind and has urged his fans to do the same. The actor, on Sunday, said that this year`s celebration will be muted due to the pandemic and urged fans to follow Covid-19 norms.

Salman Khan urges fans to follow COVID-19 norms on his birthday

India's COVID-19 national task force held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the new strains of coronavirus, first of which was spotted in the United Kingdom. They discussed strategies to detect and contain the new variant, which is more contagious than the first, which showed up in Wuhan first.

India's coronavirus task force carves out plan to detect, isolate new strains

Europe has launched a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale as part of efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. A swath of EU nations begin vaccinating their most vulnerable groups Sunday as a reputedly more contagious coronavirus variant spread internationally.

Europe begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads fears

Health officials in Canada's Ontario have said that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the province.

Canada confirms two cases of coronavirus variant first seen in UK

Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province.

Canada's Ontario finds two cases of virus variant first seen in UK

A 96-year-old living in a care home in central Spain became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday, in an event broadcast by national television.

96-year-old is first Spaniard vaccinated for Covid-19

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that the country intends to vaccinate a quarter of its population against COVID-19 within a month. Netanyahu claimed that with mass inoculation, he hopes the country could return to normalcy.

Israel to inoculate quarter of its population against coronavirus in a month, says Netanyahu

Covid-19 is scary. It can make people incredibly sick or even kill them. Long Covid is even worse. In this particular condition, symptoms of the disease persist for two-three months -- even after the patient has tested negative for the virus.

New research suggests coronavirus causes a storm in the brain

At least 15 people have died in recent weeks on the South African side of the Beitbridge border with Zimbabwe in lengthy queues that have been slowed by coronavirus screening, television news channel eNCA said on Friday.

At least 15 dead in delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border

The mutant Wuhan virus is spreading. From the United Kingdom & South Africa to Israel & Australia, mutated virus strains have been discovered in multiple parts of the world. What about India? Palki Sharma Upadhyay has a report.

Gravitas: Tracking Wuhan virus mutations

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