UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation vaccinated as soon as possible.

Gaza will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday after Israel approved the transfer through its border with the Hamas Islamist-run territory, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

South Africa will administer its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shot alongside health workers.

Sixteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Nearly 4,000 Indonesian firms, many of them textile companies, have signed up to take part in a proposed scheme that would allow the private sector to purchase Covid-19 vaccines procured by the government and inoculate their staff.

The minimum age for Covid-19 vaccination will remain 40 for now, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday that his government will present a complaint at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday about the unequal access to COVID-19 vaccines globally.

India has detected both the South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants and people returning from those countries may be tested more aggressively, health officials said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokeswoman said today.

Thirteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Australia’s regulator on Tuesday approved the AstraZeneca vaccine as its second for use against Covid-19.

The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.

The government has changed its original plan and will administer the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine eight weeks after the first dose.

The Serum Institute of India will ship the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada in less than one month, Serum’s chief executive said on Monday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will judge this week how fast England can exit COVID-19 lockdown after vaccinating 15 million of its most vulnerable people, but the health minister said death and hospital admission numbers were still too high.

Eleven people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

India has offered Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh Armed Forces, said Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami today.

A Pakistani lab will soon receive Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for commercial sale, a company official said on Sunday, making Pakistan one of the first countries to market shots privately as it scrambles to secure supplies.

Despite the recent debate regarding the efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against South African Covid-19 variants, WHO has assured the world --in their recent recommendations -- that the vaccine is still very safe for use. With inoculation picking up pace in Bangladesh, it’s important to address some of the burning questions regarding the vaccines. If you wondered how long you will be immune to Covid-19 after getting vaccinated, you’re not alone. Can we ever return to the old normal of mask-free existence and no social distancing? While the answers are not simple, there’s light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel.

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said he shared concerns about the level of access given to a World Health Organisation Covid-19 fact-finding mission to China, echoing criticism from the United States.