United States passes one million Covid deaths
The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House.
President Joe Biden said the country was marking "a tragic milestone"...
Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO
The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
That is 13% more deaths...
Covid in Africa: Why the continent’s only vaccine plant is struggling
The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries "need to step up" and order doses from Africa's only Covid vaccine maker in...
Hepatitis detected in nearly 300 children worldwide
Nearly 300 probable cases of children with severe hepatitis have been detected in 20 countries worldwide, with some in South East Asia, the World...
How Covid-scarred Shanghai will finally exit lockdown
It's taken more than a month, but Shanghai's leaders now think the city's Covid outbreak is almost contained.
So they've ordered a mass clean-up -...
