In a significant move, India has sent covid relief assistance to Bangladesh & Indonesia. The development shows India's comeback as a supplier of medical products as impact of 2nd wave of covid crisis subsides.

India sends Covid relief to Indonesia, Bangladesh

According to a Twitter spokesperson, the company temporarily suspended Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene account at the microblogging site on Monday evening after she shared misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.

US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account temporarily suspended for vaccine misinformation  

All citizens of Saudi Arabia will have to compulsorily complete two doses of Covid vaccines if they wish to travel abroad, from next month. Starting from August 09, any Saudi citizen planning to travel abroad will have to be fully vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus.

Saudi: Two doses of vaccine compulsory for international travel, and much more

Facebook on Saturday defended itself against US President Joe Biden's assertion that the social media platform is "killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story.

Facebook says it should not be blamed for US failing to meet vaccine goals

Top US scientist Anthony Fauci on Saturday blasted commentators who sound an anti-vaccination theme, saying America might still be battling smallpox and polio if today's kind of misinformation existed back then.

US might 'still have polio' if media back then opposed vaccine, says Fauci

The daily pace of COVID-19 vaccinations has increased in about a dozen countries due to the arrival of the more contagious Delta variant and governments expanding their vaccination drives, a data analysis by Reuters found.

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

First, there were fake vaccines. Now bogus coronavirus immunisation certificates are being offered for sale in the Mexican capital, aimed at people travelling to countries that require proof of inoculation.

Fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates for sale in Mexico

With the aim to tackle vaccine misinformation, White House has increased pressure over the Big Tech companies in the Silicon Valley. The White House has singled out 12 people, who are being dubbed as the 'disinformation dozen’ as they seem to have been responsible for a great deal of misinformation being circulated about COVID-19.

White House increases pressure on Big Tech firms to act on vaccine misinformation 

W.H.O has warned against vaccine cocktails, but Angela Merkel and Justin Trudeau have endorsed it. They have even inoculated themselves with different vaccines.

Should you mix and match vaccines?

Gravitas: Should you mix and match Wuhan Virus vaccines? Is it safe?

A record number of people in France booked vaccination appointments on Monday night after President Emmanuel Macron announced new measures designed to push more people to get vaccinated.

Record number of people make vaccine appointments in France as Macron announces new measures

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

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

Cuba on Friday approved its home-grown Abdala vaccine for emergency use, the first Latin American coronavirus jab to reach this stage and a possible lifeline for a region trying to battle a killer pandemic with modest means.

Cuba approves emergency use of home-grown COVID-19 vaccine

Senegal, the EU, the United States, several European governments, and other partners, signed an accord in the capital Dakar on Friday to finance vaccine production in the West African state.

Senegal, EU and US sign deal for new vaccine-production plant

The World Health Organization on Friday, July 9, said that there was a "likely causal association" between coronavirus vaccine using mRNA technology and "very rare" heart inflammations.

WHO sees 'likely' COVID-19 vaccine link to rare heart inflammation

Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they would seek regulatory authorization for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine. It comes after initial data from an ongoing trial showed a third shot pushed antibody levels five to 10 times higher against the original coronavirus strain and the Beta variant, first found in South Africa, compared to the first two doses alone, according to a statement.

Pfizer-BioNTech to seek authorization for 3rd Covid shot: statement

Fiji has announced plans to make the coronavirus vaccine compulsory for all workers as it battles a runaway outbreak of the Delta variant, with the prime minister issuing a blunt message: "no jabs, no job".

'No jabs, no job': Fiji to make vaccine compulsory

In a phase-one clinical trial that began on Monday, researchers at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom gave the first doses of a potential HIV vaccine to volunteers.

HIV vaccine trial begins at Oxford after 40 years since the first reported case of AIDS

Israel agreed on Monday to provide about 700,000 expiring doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine to South Korea, the Haaretz newspaper reported, citing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Israel and South Korea agree to COVID-19 vaccine exchange: Report

Israel has recorded a drop in the efficacy rate of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE in preventing the deadly coronavirus infections, reveals Health Ministry data. Also, a decline in protection against serious cases and hospitalization is considerably milder.

Israel sees steep drop in Pfizer vaccine efficacy rate

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday that the COVAX system will be given an ultimatum this week to provide the country's portion of coronavirus vaccines, even though all outstanding payments to the global vaccine-sharing plan have been made.

'Either send us the vaccines or give us our money back': Venezuela to COVAX

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

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