US Senator Rand Paul and Dr Anthony Fauci, one of the government's top public health experts, had a heated confrontation during a hearing Tuesday after Paul accused Fauci of lying to Congress about the role of the National Institutes of Health in supporting research in Wuhan, China.

‘If anybody is lying here, it is you’: Fauci and Paul clash on coronavirus origins

Coca-Cola Co will rely on its pandemic-tested strategy of focusing on bigger brands and doubling down on its supply chain to combat a potential impact from the Delta variant of the coronavirus, its finance chief said on Wednesday.

Coca-Cola leans on early pandemic lessons to prepare for Delta variant hit

As the coronavirus infections are increasing, owing to new variants, a minister has claimed that the reimposition of Covid curfews cannot be completely ruled out.

Reimposition of Covid curfews cannot be ruled out in France: Minister

The country’s hospitals are rapidly running out of essentials including oxygen cylinders. Hospital beds are rapidly running short too.

India extends help to Indonesia amid rising covid-19 cases

When the United States thought that it had managed to defeat the coronavirus, the moving seven day average of the new number of cases has now increased pretty much on a day-to-day basis for more than a week and all this has been blamed on the fastest spreading strain of COVID-19.

New York: COVID cases rise as Delta variant spreads

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has predicted a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, with nearly five times as many new infections by August 1.

Europe Covid infections to go up five times by August 1, says diseases body ECDC

In what comes as a shock, Catt Sadler, former E! Host, has contracted the Delta variant of COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated. Talking about the severity of the new variant of coronavirus, Catt warned her Instagram followers in a post and wrote, “I’m telling you this so that you understand that the pandemic is very much NOT over”, along with a photo of herself in bed.

TV host Catt Sadler infected with Covid Delta variant after getting fully vaccinated; read her post here

In a speech about COVID-19, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned, "Unfortunately...we are now in the early stages of a third wave.

COVID-19: WHO warns 'early stages' of third wave is here, amid Delta variant surge

Malaysia reported 11,079 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the most number of cases recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The country has been struggling to contain the recent outbreak driven by the emergence of new, more contagious variants despite much of the country being under a lockdown since June 1.

Malaysia records new high of 11,079 COVID-19 cases

Weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) labelled the Delta variant of coronavirus as a "variant of concern", the organisation’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had warned about the alarming increase of the ‘highly transmissible' variant.

Delta variant getting more dangerous and can soon be dominant, WHO Chief warns

Bollywood actor and entrepreneur Suniel Shetty, who lives in an apartment complex in Mumbai called ‘Prithvi Apartments’, has been sealed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after five cases of Coronavirus were detected in the building.

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty’s residential complex sealed as three Delta variant COVID cases detected

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that they would seek the FDA's approval for the third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to boost its efficacy, as the Delta variant is increasingly becoming a global dominant.

Pfizer-BioNTech to seek FDA approval for third dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Covid cases are rising rapidly in the United States as the highly contagious Delta variant dominates and vaccinations stagnate, data showed Wednesday. The seven-day average of new cases was 13,859 as of July 6, up 21 per cent compared to two weeks earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Delta variant now dominates US as Covid cases rise rapidly

Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 201 deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest single-day fatalities, a day after the country registered a record number of fresh cases.

COVID-19: Bangladesh sees record 201 single-day fatalities

COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly in the United States as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread at a time when the vaccination drive has become largely stagnate.

COVID-19 cases rapidly rising in US as Delta variant dominates

Myanmar authorities announced stay-at-home measures in parts of commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday, as the country reported its highest daily coronavirus caseload in months.

Stay-at-home orders in Myanmar's Yangon as Covid cases spike

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said that the highly contagious Delta variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, accounting for more than 51 per cent of Covid infections in the country.

CDC says Delta variant dominant in US, makes up more than half of COVID-19 cases

In a bid to further ease its travel curbs, Germany lifted a ban on travellers from India, the UK, and three other countries, where the delta variant of coronavirus has been found in the samples of COVID-19 patients.

Germany eases travel curbs, lifts ban on travellers from India and UK

President Joe Biden celebrated US Independence Day on Sunday with an upbeat assessment of a country he said is roaring back to post-pandemic life, even if COVID-19 has yet to be fully "vanquished.

Don't get me wrong, COVID-19 has not been vanquished: US President Joe Biden 

As the US is set to miss its target of vaccinating at least 70 per cent of the adult population by the Fourth of July, Joe Biden has expressed concern about the Delta variant of coronavirus in the country.

'COVID-19 on run but Delta variant is of concern': Joe Biden urges people to get vaccinated

Russia reported its fifth record for daily COVID-19 deaths in a row on Saturday, as countries around the world rushed to contain the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

Russia sets another Covid record as world battles Delta variant

The World Health Organization's Director-General has said that the world is in a very dangerous period of the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 resurges across the world

Saudi Arabia has suspended flights to three countries, including the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, to protect against a coronavirus variant, the interior ministry said Saturday.

Saudi suspends UAE flights due to virus variant

Europe's drug regulator has said the COVID-19 vaccines approved in the European Union offered protection against all coronavirus variants, including Delta, but called for active monitoring by vaccine manufacturers to stay alert.

EU-approved vaccines effective against Delta variant in bloc, says EMA

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