People hit the streets in Italy’s largest cities to protest the government’s COVID-19 pandemic policies.

In the wake of steep rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant, thousands of nurses on Thursday staged nationwide protests against working conditions in hospitals across the US.

The waiting list for public hospitals in England hit six million for the first time at the end of November 2021.

India reported 141,986 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the most since the end of May, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus overtakes the Delta version in the cities.

Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest US education district, canceled classes for a second day on Thursday amid a walkout by teachers demanding tougher COVID-19 protection measures, although city officials insisted schools are safe.

Homelessness affects hundreds of thousands of households in Britain, and has become even more serious during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Austria’s decision to impose a fourth nationwide lockdown and mandatory vaccinations has led to huge demonstrations across the capital Vienna. Tens of thousands take to the streets of the Austrian capital ahead of the nation’s fourth general lockdown affecting the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.

The British government was unprepared for a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, failed to learn from simulation exercises and was distracted by its departure from the European Union, the government's spending watchdog said on Friday.

Using data from death certificates, the top US public health agency estimates that 100,306 people died between April 2020 and April 2021, compared to 78,056 deaths reported the year prior.

US top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci has warned about “breakthrough infections” among those vaccinated for the Covid-19.