While acknowledging the declining cases of COVID-19 in the state, Thackeray said that the pandemic is not over yet. "COVID-19 has not gone, it's still here.

Health administrators have taken heed of trends in the United States, where a record number of children have been hospitalised as the coronavirus Delta variant, first found in India, has surged through unvaccinated populations.

The minister said he invited UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Sajid Javid to visit India and discussed with him a roadmap for a new health dialogue between the two countries.

COVID-19 has not been untouched by the polarisation of politics in America with the Democrats and Republicans drawing clear lines on their stance towards the vaccines.

COVID-19 has not been untouched by the polarisation of politics in America with the Democrats and Republicans drawing clear lines on their stance towards the vaccines.

The endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus, very different from the epidemic stage when the virus overwhelms a population.

But the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan isn’t one of them. By the end of July, it had fully vaccinated 90% of its adults. Despite having few doctors and nurses, across just three weeks in the summer it delivered a second vaccine dose to nearly every adult…

The e-commerce giant had in August ordered all U.S. employees to wear a mask at work regardless of their vaccination status due to the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of COVID-19.

According to Singapore's travel guidelines, passengers from India can skip quarantine provided they submit proof of vaccination via an app like CoWin.

According to Singapore's travel guidelines, passengers from India can skip quarantine provided they submit proof of vaccination via an app like CoWin.

The employees have till January 4th to comply or submit an exemption

The French government is planning to introduce a legislation to make vaccination compulsory for attending events and travelling through trains.