The new&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;strain that&nbsp;was first detected in UK&nbsp;has now spread to 50 countries,&nbsp;the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The U

UK Covid strain has spread to 50 countries: WHO

The new&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;strain that&nbsp;was first detected in UK&nbsp;has now spread to 50 countries,&nbsp;the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The UN&nbsp;health agency further added that&nbsp;a similar South African-identified strain has now reached 20 countries.&nbsp;It also noted that the third new coronavirus&nbsp;variant found in Japan has raised concerns that it&nbsp;may impact immune response and needs further investigation.

The new coronavirus strain that was first detected in UK has now spread to 50 countries, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The UN health agency further added that a similar South African-identified strain has now reached 20 countries. It also noted that the third new coronavirus variant found in Japan has raised concerns that it may impact immune response and needs further investigation.

President Joe Biden is set to sign 10 executive orders to boost the fight against Covid which has ravaged the United States. These include, accelerated vaccination and 

President Joe Biden is set to sign 10 executive orders to boost the fight against Covid which has ravaged the United States. These include, accelerated vaccination and increased testing. The emergency legislation will be used to increase production of essentials like masks.
The aim is to give 100 million vaccine doses by the end of April, and reopen most schools safely within 100 days. Vaccine centres will be established at stadiums and community facilities. There will be more funding for state and local officials to help tackle the pandemic, and a new office will be established to co-ordinate the national response.
The Defense Production Act will be used to speed up production of personal protective equipment and essential supplies needed for vaccine production.
The US is the worst-hit country with more than 406,000 lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 24.5million have been infected so far.

Bangladesh received two million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield from India as a gift, the country&rsquo;s senior minister said on Thursday. 'In

India has handed over 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh under grant assistance, a senior minister said on Thursday. The vaccines were given to Bangladesh at a crucial time when the number of coronavirus cases in the nation continues to rise and has reached 529,687 till Thursday.&lsquo;India has come with gifts of vaccines&rsquo;, Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said as Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami handed him over the vaccines. Health minister Zahid Maleque joined the function during which Momen termed the New Delhi initiative as a proof of true friendship between Bangladesh and India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to get vaccinated for Covid-19 in the second phase of the immunisation programme, the Hindustan Times has reported quoting govern

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to get vaccinated for Covid-19 in the second phase of the immunisation programme, the Hindustan Times has reported quoting government officials. The second phase of vaccination is likely to start in March or April. All the chief ministers, MPs and MLAs above 50 will also receive vaccines in the second phase, reports said. In his meeting with the chief ministers before the vaccination drive, PM Modi had strictly warned anyone against jumping the queue.

The government in Seychelles has opened the country for tourism, in the first phase to those visitors who have taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and a negative R

Seychelles is now open for global tourists after staying shut for months due to the pandemic.&nbsp;
In the first phase only visitors who have taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and a negative RT-PCR test taken 72 hours before the journey will be allowed, according to an official statement.
&nbsp;The Seychelles Islands is currently open to Indian visitors through private jet transfers only. Also, like tourists from elsewhere, Indian travellers will be also be required to submit a negative COVID.&nbsp;
Visitors who haven&rsquo;t taken the complete dose of vaccination or not travelling via private jets, will not be permitted entry into Seychelles.&nbsp;This will be in force until mid-March once Seychelles has vaccinated a large majority of its adult population.&nbsp;

India has reported at least 600 adverse event following Covid immunisation from across the country in the past five days. The figure, the govt says, is one of the lowes

India has reported at least 600 adverse event following Covid immunisation from across the country in the past five days. The figure, the govt says, is one of the lowest in the world. So far, 10 people have been hospitalised in six states due to reported adverse event following Covid immunisation, of which seven have been discharged. The country has vaccinated over 8 lakh healthcare workers against Coronavirus disease till Wednesday evening. A total of 4 healthcare workers have died since the start of the vaccination, but the govt said three of these have not been found to be related to the vaccine effect.

According to the Ministry of Health, as on Sunday morning, there are 81,84,083 confirmed coronavirus cases in India, of which 5,70,458 are active cases.


According to the Ministry of Health, as on Thursday morning, there are 1,06,10,883 confirmed coronavirus&nbsp;cases in India, of which 1,92,308 are active cases.&nbsp;
While 1,02,65,706 people have recovered, 1,52,869 deaths have been reported.&nbsp;
Among the states, Kerala&nbsp;has the most active cases, followed by Maharashtra and Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh.&nbsp;
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the United States&rsquo; stated re-engagement with the World Health Organization, saying supporting the health agency is 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the United States&rsquo; stated re-engagement with the World Health Organization, saying supporting the health agency is &ldquo;absolutely critical&rdquo; to combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said Washington joining the global vaccine initiative will boost efforts to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all countries.
"Supporting the WHO is absolutely critical to the world&rsquo;s efforts for a better coordinated response against Covid-19,&rdquo; a statement issued by the UN Chief's spokesperson on Wednesday said.
Guterres said now is the time for unity and for the international community to work together in solidarity to stop the virus and its shattering consequences.
&ldquo;With vaccines being a critical tool in the battle against Covid-19, the United States joining and supporting the COVAX facility will give momentum to efforts to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all countries,&rdquo; the statement said.
Angry at the WHO for its handling of the coronavirus, which he had termed &ldquo;China virus&rdquo; due to its origin in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Biden's predecessor Donald Trump had halted funding to the global health agency last year.

Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
The WHO's ass

Nobody should panic about getting access to a Covid-19 vaccine because everyone who wants one will get one, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
The WHO's assistant director-general Mariangela Simao said the UN health agency was working towards ensuring access to coronavirus jabs all around the world.
"No one needs to panic, because you're going to get a vaccine," said Simao, the assistant DG for access to medicines, vaccines and pharmaceuticals.
The WHO co-led Covax facility, a globally-pooled vaccine procurement and distribution effort, has struck agreements with five manufacturers for two billion vaccine doses.
It aims to secure vaccines for 20 percent of the population in each participating country by the end of the year, with funding covered for the 92 lower- and lower-middle income economies involved.

As several countries grapple with new, dangerous Covid strains, Oxford scientists are preparing to rapidly produce new versions of their vaccine to combat the new virus

As several countries grapple with new, dangerous Covid strains, Oxford scientists are preparing to rapidly produce new versions of their vaccine to combat the new virus variant, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. New, more infectious variants of Covid-19 have emerged in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, and have spread to many parts of the world. The team behind the vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca is undertaking feasibility studies to reconfigure the technology, the newspaper said. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that the nation's medicines regulator will be ready and able to give approval to new versions of Covid-19 vaccines designed to counter new variants of the coronavirus that may appear.

In a second purported incident of its kind in the country, a&nbsp;42-year-old healthcare worker in Telangana died on Wednesday, a day after he was inoculated with the a

In a second purported incident of its kind in the country, a&nbsp;42-year-old healthcare worker in Telangana died on Wednesday, a day after he was inoculated with the anti-coronavirus&nbsp;vaccine.&nbsp;Reports said the male worker was vaccinated on January 19 at Kuntala PHC in Nirmal&nbsp;district and&nbsp;developed chest pain before dying.&nbsp;However, the state government said it was not linked to the vaccine shot, even as the postmortem of the deceased is yet to be conducted. Earlier a ward boy at a government hospital in UP&rsquo;s Moradabad had died after taking Covid shot, but&nbsp;refuting the claims of his kin,&nbsp;the union health ministry had called his death a fake news.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Indian shuttler&nbsp;B Sai Praneeth&nbsp;has pulled out of the ongoing Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament after he tested positive for Covi-19, said the Badmint

Indian shuttler&nbsp;B Sai Praneeth&nbsp;has pulled out of the ongoing Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament after he tested positive for Covid-19, said the Badminton World Federation on Tuesday.&nbsp;Praneeth&nbsp;who&nbsp;is currently in the hospital for further observation and testing will remain there for the&nbsp;next 10 days,&nbsp;BWF&nbsp;informed. His roommate, Kidami&nbsp;Srikanth who was also participating in the event was also forced to pull out of the tournament. Srikanth's withdrawal comes as per the protocols laid down by the BWF. However, he has tested negative for the virus and is currently self-quarantining.&nbsp;

The iconic Empire State Building in New York seemed to 'pulse' with heartbeat red lights on Tuesday, as a tribute to those who lost their lives from the Covid-19 infect

The iconic Empire State Building in New York was illuminated with heartbeat colour red lights on Tuesday, as a tribute to those who lost their lives from the Covid-19 infection.
The buildings lit up as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris used their first joint appearance in Washington D.C. to mark the loss of more than 400,000 American lives to COVID.
The Covid-19&nbsp;death toll in the United States continues to surge.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris held their first inauguration-related event in Washington on Tuesday night. They paid tribute to the thousands of lives lost to the Covid-19

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris held their first inauguration-related event in Washington on Tuesday night. They paid tribute to the thousands of lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic at a memorial held by the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall in Washington. Biden and Harris were accompanied by their spouses, the incoming first lady and gentleman Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff. There are 400 lights illuminating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in tribute to the more than 400,000 people who have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the US.

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in 

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in India' vaccine on Wednesday as grant assistance. The Hindustan Times has reported that 1.5 lakh doses of vaccine will reach Bhutan and another 1 lakh will be sent to the Maldives. Bangladesh is set to get 2 million doses of the Bharat Biotech vaccine as a gift from India. The external affairs ministry said supplies under grant assistance to Bhutan, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will begin from Wednesday in line with India&rsquo;s commitment to use its vaccine production and delivery capacity to help the world fight Covid-19.

Britain logged a record high in Covid deaths on Tuesday with 1,610 fatalities in 24 hours. This is the highest number of deaths in a day since the since the pandemic be

Britain logged a record high in Covid deaths on Tuesday with 1,610 fatalities in 24 hours. This is the highest number of deaths in a day since the since the pandemic began. The UK's total Covid-19 death tally now stands at 91,470. The only solace was the number of new cases continue to decline as a stringent lockdown announced earlier this month starts to have an effect. The country recorded over 33,000 new cases in 24 hours taking the total number of infections to nearly 3.5 million. The number of new cases over the last week was down around 22 percent. Britain is currently gripped by its third and deadliest wave of the virus, blamed on a new strain believed to be highly infectious.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territ

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territory reported its first case of infection.
The case was reported on January 18. The index case is a traveller who had come to Lakshadweep from Kerala's Kochi on January 4 by a ship.
The patient had reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and tested positive.

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has demanded the state government to allow healthcare workers to make a decision regarding which vaccine out of the two th

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has asked the government to allow&nbsp;healthcare workers to make a choice between the two available&nbsp;Covid-19 vaccines. A letter written to Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar mentions that resident doctors of six districts in the state feel they are being discriminated against. The resident doctors are concerned that they have been given Covaxin vaccine as the only choice, whereas other centres in Karnataka have been receiving Covishield. The concern has arisen because&nbsp;the clinical efficacy of Covaxin is yet to be established.&nbsp;

Doctors, nurses and other key workers who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot, the government said t

Amid multiple Doctor groups across the country expressing doubts over the&nbsp;indigenously&nbsp;made&nbsp;Covaxin, the Centre on Tuesday said&nbsp;health professionals&nbsp;who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot.&nbsp;NITI Aayog member on health Dr VK Paul, who is the head of government&rsquo;s Covid&nbsp;panel,&nbsp;said the reports of doctors and nurses refusing to take the jab is upsetting.&nbsp;Dr Paul said minor&nbsp;unfavourable&nbsp;effects are common after the jab and this should not discourage people from inoculation.

Maldives will become the first country to receive the Indian coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to 

Maldives will become the first country to receive India made&nbsp;coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to Oxford Astrazeneca's Covishield&nbsp;vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India.&nbsp; According to reports, the vaccine is being sent to cover frontline health workers and senior citizens. The consignment is to land in&nbsp;Mal&eacute; via an Air India flight.&nbsp;

Bangladesh will receive two million (20 lakh) doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from India as a gift on January 20th, the country&rsquo;s foreign ministry sa

Bangladesh will receive two million (20 lakh) doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield from India as a gift on January 20th, the country&rsquo;s foreign ministry said on its Facebook page. It added that &ldquo;a special flight of India carrying the consignment will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka&rsquo; on Wednesday. The ruling Awami League party posted on Twitter that Bangladesh is set to get two million (20 lakh) doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which would be in addition to 30 million doses that the government has contracted for with the Serum Institute of India.

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