Nearly five million Britishers received a shot of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. However, nobody told them that they would end up facing travel restrictions due to this.

UK travellers who took AstraZeneca Covid vaccine barred from travelling: Reports

While local authorities are urging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible, Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has assured that coronavirus vaccinations will not be made compulsory in the country.

'Not going down this road': Merkel says vaccines not compulsory in Germany

Taiwan's Foxconn and TSMC said on Monday, they had reached deals to buy 10 million doses of Germany's BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine, putting the total cost of the highly politicised deal at around $350 million.

Taiwan's Foxconn, TSMC reach deal to buy BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

A real-world study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), based on vaccination and hospitalisation data from Tamil Nadu Police (frontline workers) has reaffirmed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing death.

Vaccines are best defence against preventing COVID-19 death: ICMR-TN police study

People who have been vaccinated against influenza may be partly protected against some severe effects of coronavirus, a new study has revealed. After analysing 75,000 Covid patients, researchers observed reductions in stroke, deep vain thrombosis (DVT), and sepsis.

Influenza vaccines can protect you against some severe problems caused by Covid: Study

Adding to the fear of another possible outbreak, Australia announced its first coronavirus-related death in Sydney. This death has come as Sydney is battling to control the widespread of the Delta variant which has also been labelled as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Sydney records first Covid-related death as Delta variant surges through Australia

Keeping in mind the rapid spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus, Israel’s government has decided to offer a third shot of the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults.

COVID-19: Israel set to offer booster shot of Pfizer vaccine against Delta variant

Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Worst of COVID-19 is yet to come for Africa: WHO

Adding to US President Joe Biden’s request to the nation, America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has claimed that 99.2 per cent of recent Covid deaths have been of unvaccinated people.

Nearly 99.2% of coronavirus deaths in US were unvaccinated, claims Anthony Fauci

In a bid to protect the animal species, San Diego Bay Area Zoo is vaccinating its population of big cats, bears and ferrets against the deadly coronavirus. The animals will be inoculated using an experimental vaccine that has been donated and developed by veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis in New Jersey.

Oakland zoo begins vaccinating animals against Covid using experimental vaccine

While speaking at a party meeting, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has assured that the government will be able to secure enough doses to vaccinate everyone against coronavirus before November's mid-term election.

Nepal PM promises vaccines for all before November election

Even as India-made Covishield is not on European Medicine Agency's (EMA) list that is used for EU green pass, it has become the collateral damage in the inter-EU tussle in the bloc, over the bid to allow Chinese and Russian vaccines for travellers.

Covishield becomes collateral damage in the inter EU tussle over Chinese vaccines

The world stopped in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic hit, and many countries went into total or partial lockdowns. However, that led to disruption of lives and the downfall of the economy.

How to link vaccine certificate to passport? WION explains

As Russia struggles to control the spread of coronavirus in the country, Moscow has been using homemade vaccine, Sputnik, to protect locals against the deadly virus.

Chinese vaccine inadequate, Sputnik may not be approved: Italian PM

South Africa's opposition organises 'super spreader' march to demand covid vaccines

Considering the increasing awareness about vaccines against coronavirus, Russia’s Kremlin has warned people that those who do not get vaccinated might get discriminated against in workplaces.

People without vaccines will have lack of job options, warns Russia's Kremlin

If you are also planning to swing your arm to reduce the pain after getting a jab of the coronavirus vaccine, you might want to rethink it. A vaccine "hack" went viral on the short-video sharing app, TikTok, and then on other social media platforms in which people are swinging their arms like a windmill to decrease the pain one experiences after getting the covid jab.

Windmill dance? Medical experts laugh at 'silly' post-vaccine 'hack'

When the coronavirus broke out and took over the world, former US President Donald Trump talked about how drinking industrial bleach might be a solution to the deadly virus.

'Donald Trump drank bleach to cure Covid', claims man behind 'magic cure'

A millionaire Canadian couple had chartered a private plane to an island to skip coronavirus vaccine queue. The vaccine they were injected was meant for elderly indigenous people.

Millionaire couple who manipulated vaccine queue fined C$2,300

Concerned about the slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations, Pakistani authorities have decided to take drastic measures, including blocking people’s cellphone service in two provinces and suspending the salaries of some government employees who have not been vaccinated.

Unvaccinated in Pakistan? You might lose your cellphone service

In order to make sure the residents of the United States are safely vaccinated against the variants of the deadly coronavirus, the authorities have sealed a deal of buying 200 million doses of the Moderna vaccine.

US signs deal to buy 200 million doses of Moderna coronavirus vaccine

A few weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin assured that the country will not make coronavirus vaccines mandatory, the capital city Moscow has ordered a contradictory order due to a 'dramatic' case rise.

Moscow makes vaccines mandatory, ahead of Biden-Putin meet

A little after the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a delay in relaxing the COVID-19 restrictions, the government has opened vaccines for people aged 21 and 22.

UK opens vaccines for 21-22 year olds, fearing rise of Delta variant

AstraZeneca’s recent study of its monoclonal antibody treatment has revealed that it failed to prevent the symptomatic coronavirus in people who had been recently exposed to the virus.

AstraZeneca's antibody fails in protecting exposed patients from COVID-19