Newly-appointed Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned that failure to lift pandemic restrictions will lead to 13-million strong hospital waiting lists.

A leading medical body has challenged the government over its decision to lift Covid-19 restrictions later this month by warning the pandemic outlook will get worse before it starts to improve.

The British health secretary said Tuesday that coronavirus infections in the country are expected to double in the next two weeks.

Every year, Americans celebrate their national Independence Day on the Fourth of July.

Leading doctors are urging the government to rethink its strategy of removing practically all Covid-19 measures and restrictions in just over two weeks.

The White House says it will send out special teams to hot spots around the United States to combat the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant as the country saw a rise of 10 percent in cases this week.

Iran has unveiled a homegrown recombinant vaccine called Noora for COVID-19, a day after it started the domestic production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

More than a dozen people have been injured as Lebanese protesters clashed with security forces in major cities, after the national currency plunged to a new record low on the black market.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has “solemnly” pledged to take his country out of its economic troubles deepened by the US sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic.

The US embassy in Trinidad and Tobago is mocked after saying it has donated 80 vials of COVID-19 vaccine to the island nation of 1.4 million people.