Coronavirus LIVE: The coronavirus cases in India jumped to 11,210,580 with 18,716 new infections reported across the country, according to Worldometer. The death toll meanwhile reached 157,791 with 98 fatalities ….. Read More
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Hope for British holiday-makers as Spain announces vaccine passport pilot scheme
Spanish holidays may soon be back on for Brits if a vaccine passport test scheme is successful. The country’s tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto said Spain wanted to be a ….. Read More
Coronavirus | India records 18,327 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rise again
The COVID-19 active caseload has increased to 1,80,304 which now comprises 1.61% of the total infections India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,92,088 with over 18,000 fresh cases being reported in ….. Read More
From RIL to Capgemini, India Inc gears up to vaccinate employees
India Inc is gearing up to bear the cost burden to vaccinate employees against Covid-19 in a bid to bring back normalcy in operations and earn some goodwill. ….. Read More
Ahmedabad: Uptick in takers for vaccine in AMC limit
The second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive – for senior citizens and those aged between 45 and 59 years with serious comorbidities – in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation jurisdiction has ….. Read More
‘Unacceptable’: Ukraine slams Slovak PM over territory swap ‘joke’
Slovakia”s prime minister has apologised after saying he would hand over a Ukrainian region to Russia in exchange for COVID-19 vaccines. On Monday, Slovakia became the second EU member after ….. Read More
UK to fast-track COVID-19 vaccines modified to combat new variants
The UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Switzerland plan to fast-track the approval of vaccines against new coronavirus variants. The aim is to get modified versions of COVID-19 shots approved more ….. Read More
COVID-19 vaccine optimism supports oil market recovery: Kuwait minister
The oil market is being supported by optimism that COVID-19 vaccinations will assist a global economic recovery, state news agency KUNA reported Kuwaiti Oil Minister Mohammad al-Fares as saying on ….. Read More
Kenya receives 1 million COVID-19 vaccines, courtesy of COVAX
Kenya has received just over 1 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the first batch from the global COVAX initiative that was created to ensure that low- and middle-income ….. Read More
Vaccine passports, COVID’s next political flashpoint
Written by Max Fisher (Matina Stevis-Gridneff contributed reporting from Brussels.) The next major flashpoint over coronavirus response has already provoked cries of tyranny and discrimination in Britain, protests in Denmark, ….. Read More