COVID-19

The coronavirus wave has brought India's hospital system to its knees with severe shortages of oxygen and critical drugs.

There are more than 70 issues on the WHA agenda, including antimicrobial resistance and patient safety.

Michael Flynn claims COVID-19 was made to 'gain control of society'

The study comes as COVID-19 cases caused by the India variant rises in Britain

The Oxford Economics analysts said the pandemic unemployment benefits may be a factor limiting labor supply.

The global pandemic has killed over 3.4 million people worldwide since the virus first emerged in late 2019, according to an AFP compilation of official data.

In Paris, demand for tickets to a Renaissance sculpture show was brisk at the world's most visited museum, the Louvre.

More than 120 hospitals with Covid-19 patients experienced power disruptions.

The La Liga Santander title will be determined on the final matchday of the season this weekend.

The pandemic has claimed more than 3.3 million lives worldwide, with one of the worst outbreaks in India.

Brazil could have secured more Pfizer doses faster, but Bolsonaro's government refused an offer last August to purchase more than 70 million of them.

The WHO said Friday that even the vaccinated should keep wearing masks in areas where the virus is spreading.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking with Payne, renewed US criticism of the original WHO investigation.

A variety of incentives are being offered across the country to convince the undecided, including beer, donuts or tickets to sporting events.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has also threatened to step up attacks, warning that "if Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it".

Latest figures gathered by AFP from official sources showed almost 160 million confirmed cases worldwide by 1600 GMT Wednesday.

Australian and New Zealand app Menulog last month moved toward treating its Australian delivery riders as employees

Outside of India, it said that Britain had reported the largest number of Covid cases caused by the variant.

The United States remains the worst-hit nation in the world, with the highest number of known fatalities and infections.

Pfizer is expected to deliver 250 million doses across the EU during the second quarter of this year

Spain is still imposing numerous safety protocols in relation to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

The vaccine makers say patents are not the key factor impeding faster production.

With support from most wealthy nations, the Covax programme, backed by the World Health Organization, is meant to share vaccines with the poorest nations.

The team behind the research said that they were not able to study the effect of the South African variant

Goldman Sachs became the latest large bank to announce concrete plans to return staff to downtown New York.

Vaccinations are key in keeping the virus' transmission low, but as inoculations have slowed in recent weeks

In the United States, under-18s have accounted for 277 deaths in total

With two-thirds of its 1.3-billion people under the age of 35, India is an overwhelmingly young country, but its youth have never been called on to shoulder such huge responsibilities.

Around 9,000 Australians are believed to be in India, where hundreds of thousands of new coronavirus cases are being detected every day and the death toll is soaring.

In India cases have soared by around eight million since the end of March