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FRANCE: The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion (tn) in lost output, a report released Wednesday found. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s study found that emerging and developing…

CHINA: It is probable that China will reach 80 percent COVID-19 vaccines coverage by the end of this year, achieving herd immunity, the country’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said in a virtual speech at a health conference on…

US: The novel coronavirus disease likely developed naturally — jumping from an animal to humans, while the possibility of a leak is still not out of doubt, the director of the US National Institutes of Health has said. It is…

US: US President Joe Biden has accepted a Pentagon recommendation to remove US troops from Afghanistan by an August 31 deadline, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of Afghans gathered around…

People infected with the more transmissible delta variant have a viral load 300 times higher than those with the original version of the Covid-19 virus, a South Korea study has suggested. Researchers detected this higher load…

The Indian Government has authorized a needle-free COVID-19 vaccine developed by an indigenous pharmaceutical company. The vaccine was developed by Zydus Cadila. Unlike Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, which are based on using mRNA…

New Zealand is set to stay in COVID-19 lockdown until at least midnight Friday, New Zealand Herald reported without giving the source of the information. Auckland, which is the epicentre of the latest Delta variant outbreak, may…

India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against the coronavirus, in adults and children aged 12 years and above. The approval gives a boost to…

Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases.…

UK: The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will inspire terrorists and trigger an “explosion” of extremism and security challenges for the world, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned on Thursday. Speaking to the BBC, the Cabinet…