Hyderabad: The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 5,24,41,495 and killed over 12,89,753 people across the world. More than 3,66,77,514 people have recovered so far.
The US is the worst-hit nation with cases more than 1,07,08,728 and fatalities over 2,47,398.
Coronavirus infections are continuing to soar in India’s capital as the country heads into a festival weekend that sees large gatherings.
Developers of Sputnik V, Russia's experimental COVID-19 vaccine, announced that early, interim data from a large trial suggests the shot appears to be 92 per cent effective.
Meanwhile, a senior U.S. government official complained that the World Health Organization has not shared enough information about its planned mission to China to investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus.
Brazil’s health regulator authorized the resumption of large-scale clinical trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by a Chinese company just over a day after shutting the test down.
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