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Covid cases in Europe up again after 10 weeks of decline: WHO

WHO's regional director says the number of cases rose by 10pc, driven by increased mixing and easing of social restrictions.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 03:49pm

Supports for Turkish workers expire as Covid-19 measures lifted

Economists say lifting of the layoff ban will likely lead to a sharp rise in the number of unemployed.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 03:15pm

Russia posts record virus deaths for third day running

The country is battling a surging outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant.

Updated 01 Jul, 2021 03:19pm

Israel scrambles to curb jump in Covid infections

Authorities are racing to vaccinate children and are considering tighter travel restrictions at the country’s main airport.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 02:20pm

Tokyo mom creates Covid-19 vaccination database amid information vacuum

The 36-year-old decided she had the skills to help ease concerns amid a lack of clear direction from officials.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 02:00pm

After early Covid-19 response, Australia stuck in vaccine slow lane

Australia's inoculation programme is mired with problems after changing medical advice, public political fighting, weak messaging.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 01:45pm

Indian drugmaker seeks approval for its 3-dose Covid-19 vaccine

Indian drugmaker Zydus Cadila says it has applied for emergency use approval of its 3-dose vaccine that showed efficacy of 66.6pc.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 01:30pm

Japan likely to extend Covid-19 curbs in Tokyo as infections rise

New infections in the Olympics' host city rose to 714 on June 30, the highest in more than a month.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 01:15pm

Indonesia to bring in emergency measures after spike in Covid-19 cases

Indonesian president says he is certain that "we can suppress Covid-19 transmission with cooperation of the nation."

Published 01 Jul, 2021 01:06pm

Pakistan records more than 1,000 Covid infections after a gap of 6 days

The country's infection tally now stands at 958,408.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 11:30am

Drap gives emergency approval for Moderna's Covid-19 jab

The Ministry of National Health Services has also issued guidelines for the use of the vaccine.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 11:07am

117 Covid cases detected in KP, 33 in Balochistan

KP reports four coronavirus-related deaths.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 10:47am

Punjab reports 121 Covid cases, 8 deaths

The province’s infection tally has risen to 346,301.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 10:45am

Islamabad, AJK and GB collectively report 144 Covid cases, 3 deaths

Coronavirus claims two lives in Islamabad, one in AJK.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 10:40am

Pakistan reports 836 Covid recoveries

The country has recorded a total of 904,320 recoveries thus far.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 10:36am

Indonesia emergency Covid-19 curbs to be effective July 2-20: minister

The country has reported a series of record daily Covid-19 cases over recent weeks.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 10:15am

Covid-19 vaccine from Germany's CureVac just 48pc effective

The outcome had been expected after poor interim data was released earlier this month.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 09:24am

Bangladeshis confined at home in strict lockdown

The government says the South Asian nation of 168 million people is seeing an “alarming and dangerous” rise in cases.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 08:52am

Sydney Delta outbreak grows, cases in community stoke worries

Australia's New South Wales state authorities said they were still finding a significant number of new Covid-19 cases.

Published 01 Jul, 2021 07:15am

Covid-19 cases worsen in Latin America, no end in sight: health agency

Published 30 Jun, 2021 10:53pm

CAA extends curtailment of inbound international flights till July 15

Inbound flights were curtailed to 20 per cent of the actual summer schedule on May 05.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 10:10pm

Indian AstraZeneca vaccine not approved for EU: agency

Even tiny differences in the manufacturing conditions can result in differences in the final product, regulator says.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 09:53pm

Portugal sees biggest daily jump in Covid-19 infections since mid-February

Health authorities have blamed the rise in cases on the Delta variant.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 09:20pm

Sindh reports 622 new Covid-19 cases, 24 more deaths

A total of 14,520 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 08:40pm

Finland to give Covid-19 vaccines to children at risk of severe infection

71.6 per cent of the 5.5 million Finns have now received one vaccination dose and 22pc two doses.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 08:00pm

Malaysia to receive vaccines donated by Japan, US this week

Published 30 Jun, 2021 07:30pm

Russia Covid-19 deaths hit new record as country battles highly-infectious Delta variant

Published 30 Jun, 2021 06:38pm

Thailand buys 5 million doses of Moderna coronavirus vaccine

Thailand's vaccinations strategy so far has relied heavily on the AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech's vaccines.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 05:45pm

Covid-19 rising among children as Indonesia's crisis grows

Weekly child deaths from Covid-19 rose to 24 last week from 13 in the previous week, says head of Indonesia's paediatric society.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 05:10pm

Russia reports record virus deaths for second day in a row

The country is grappling with a spike of infections spurred by the highly infectious Delta variant.

Published 30 Jun, 2021 04:30pm