'This IS INSANE': Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. Read More
Doctors in India claim Covid variant is causing gangrene and deafness
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndian doctors claim the new Covid variant is giving people gangrene and hearing loss that older strains of the virus didn’t. Read…
Good Covid news: Fewer than 1,000 infected patients are in hospital
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCovid hospital admissions are still only a fraction of what they were at the peak of the second wave in January, according…
Covid deaths hit lowest levels since BEFORE pandemic took off
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWeekly coronavirus deaths in England and Wales at the end of May fell to their lowest levels since before the first lockdown…
Only 2% of hospital patients with Delta variant are fully vaccinated, new figures show
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust 2 per cent of people admitted to hospital with the Delta variant have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine Read More
Pets jabbed after scientists developed Covid vaccine for animals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s no shaggy dog story – pets are now being jabbed after Russian scientists developed the world’s first Covid-19 vaccination for animals. Read…
Lioness dies of COVID-19 at an Indian zoo
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lion has died from Covid-19 at an Indian zoo where eight others also tested positive for the virus. Read More
India cautiously starts to open up as coronavirus cases decline
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBusinesses in two of India’s largest cities are reopening as part of a phased easing of lockdown measures in several states Read…
COVID figures are 'evidence' of third wave, says former govt scientific adviser
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSir David King, a former chief scientific adviser to the government, said the current COVID-19 figures are “evidence of another wave appearing”. …
India battles surge in cases of rare deadly inflammatory syndrome striking children who caught Covid weeks after they have seemingly recovered
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndia is battling a surge in cases of a deadly inflammatory syndrome striking children who have caught Covid-19. Read More