Free beer, free doughnuts, savings bonds, government officials and businesses are teaming up to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. President Joe Biden wants 70 per cent of adults to have received at least one shot by Independence Day on July 4 and overcoming vaccine hesitancy is key to reaching the goal.

Free beer and doughnuts to promote vaccines in US

India has given emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 antibody-drug cocktail developed by Roche and Regeneron, expanding its arsenal of drugs to battle a massive second wave of infections.

India approves Roche/Regeneron antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19

In a bid to make the country completely covid-free, the UK government will be offering a third shot of the coronavirus vaccines to everyone aged above 50 in the autumn.

UK: Locals above 50 to be given third dose against coronavirus in autumn: Reports

Setting a record, the US has now successfully vaccinated over one hundred million people against the deadly coronavirus, White House pandemic response coordinator Jeff Zients reported.

US: 100 million Americans fully vaccinated against coronavirus

With just a day left for starting vaccination for those aged between 18 and 44, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan said that the shots ordered by the southern Indian state had not yet arrived and there was uncertainty about when they would arrive.

Vaccine shortage: Jabs for those aged above 18 unlikely from May 1 in Tamil Nadu

Pfizer/BioNTech said on Friday they have asked European regulators to authorise their Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, a move seen as a crucial step towards achieving herd immunity.

Pfizer/BioNTech seek Covid jab approval for 12-15-year-olds in EU

As India gears up to launch its vaccine programme for 18-45-year-olds from May 01, a US Senator has urged the pharmaceutical companies to come forward and expand access to their vaccines in order to help India come out of the Covid crisis.

US senators urge Pfizer, J&J, Moderna to help India in Covid crisis

Every day, as more people get their COVID-19 shots, millions of syringes, needles and tiny vials are thrown away globally. Vaccinating the entire population of the United States for example, would require so many needles they would stretch around the earth 1.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout keeps waste workers busy, environmentalists worried

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday announced a "close down" in the south Indian state for 14 days from Tuesday night to control COVID-19 surge. Shops selling essential items and groceries will be allowed to remain open between 6 am and 10 am.

COVID-19: 14 days of lockdown in Karnataka starting April 27 night

The Madras High Court has lashed out at the Election Commission over the conduct of Assembly polls amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee reprimanded the Election Commission for failing to ensure COVID-19 safety norms during political rallies.

Madras High Court raps election body for political rallies during Covid second wave

A nurse in Germany has admitted to swapping coronavirus vaccine for a saline solution in six cases after she dropped a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The nurse is now under investigation after she confessed to the crime to a colleague, who then raised the issue on Sunday.

Germany: Nurse swaps Pfizer vaccine with saline to hide her fault

As the country is struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a jab of a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus.

Sisi gets vaccinated against coronavirus as Egypt records 912 new cases

The UK has successfully vaccinated more than half of the country’s total population with the first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus. As per the data revealed, the authorities have successfully vaccinated more than 33,508,590 people, and the country’s population is estimated to be around 66,796,807.

UK vaccinates more than half of population with first jab against coronavirus: Report

Rides to jabs: Disneyland Paris turns into Covid vaccine centre

Some cities in India offered gold nose rings in exchange for getting vaccinated against coronavirus, Russian states offered ice-creams. A man in New York, however, came up with a unique and interesting idea.

High-ly suggested: NYC organises 'joints for jabs' to fight coronavirus

Germany would support legal action against AstraZeneca for under-delivering Covid-19 vaccine doses to the EU, but the priority now should be on securing the jabs, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday.

Germany says AstraZeneca lawsuit 'not priority' for now

World number one Ashleigh Barty said she was one of a few players offered admittance to a COVID-19 vaccine through a WTA Tour activity at a competition in South Carolina recently.

Through WTA Tour initiative, Ashleigh Barty among players to get COVID-19 vaccine in US

Residents of some parts of China that are grappling with tight supplies of coronavirus vaccines have not received their second doses in time, but the crunch will ease by June as production is being stepped up, a health official told state media.

Some parts of China battle tight supply of COVID-19 vaccines

European countries prepared on Wednesday to resume deliveries of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and speed up the rollout after Europe's drug regulator backed the shot.

European countries to resume J&J COVID vaccine deliveries

Denmark's health authority said on Wednesday it expects to announce its decision on how to proceed with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine next week pending f

Denmark to decide on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot next week

When Ghana received 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from India last month, it hit a frustrating roadblock: it had not trained enough staff to distribute them. The country was still rolling out shots received in late February from the global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX, and didn't have the capacity to expand that operation, according to the head of Ghana's immunisation programme.

Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge

The government in the Indian capital Delhi has announced a six-day lockdown, starting at 10 PM Monday (April 19) night until 5 AM Monday (April 26) morning to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

COVID-19: Delhi CM announces total lockdown for six days

A prominent Covid-19 denier and conspiracy theorist has died from the virus after holding two gatherings at his home in Norway. Norwegian Hans Kristian Gaarder died in the town of Gran, roughly 40 miles north of Oslo, on April 6, with subsequent tests showing he had coronavirus.

Man who said Covid was a hoax dies from virus after hosting illegal parties

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