Shares in pharmaceutical companies fell sharply after the US government threw its weight behind global plans for a patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines to boost their production and distribution around the world. Shortly after the US declared its support for the intellectual property (IP) waiver, which...
Nepal is struggling to contain an explosion in Covid-19 cases, as fears grow that the situation in the Himalayan country may be as bad, if not worse, than in neighbouring India, with which it shares a long and porous border. Following...
European leaders are lifting restrictions across a lockdown-weary bloc as they take what Italy’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, has admitted is a “calculated risk” that accelerating vaccination campaigns will keep stubbornly high infection rates in check. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, will...
India has suffered its worst day yet of the pandemic, as both new Covid-19 cases and deaths broke previous records and crematoriums in Delhi became so overloaded with bodies that they are being forced to build makeshift funeral pyres on spare...
Nearly 1 million emergency food parcels have been given to children during the pandemic, figures show, sparking concern that poorer families are “shouldering the burden” of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19. Ministers are being urged to “reset” the social security system as new...
Londoners may be subjected to local lockdown restrictions if new variants of Covid-19 continue to spread despite mass surge testing in parts of the capital, scientists have warned. The London boroughs of Lambeth, Wandsworth, Southwark and Barnet have set up additional testing facilities to...
The air is thick with the smell of paint and toolboxes are stacked on the floor inside Cutting Edge Hair Design in Old Harlow, Essex. Owner Emma Stillwell, 37, decided to use the enforced closure during the latest lockdown to spruce...
France is facing a medical crisis as infection rates threaten to soar out of control. On Friday, the country recorded over 46,000 new Covid cases and 304 deaths from the killer virus. At the same time, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) saw...
India’s biggest cities braced for stricter lockdowns and other Covid-19 curbs on Saturday after infections hit a six-month high, as a month-long surge continued in the country third worst hit by the pandemic. India’s richest state, Maharashtra, accounted for more...
Up to six people or two households are now allowed to meet in outdoor spaces or in private gardens as England moves into the next phase of the government’s roadmap for easing lockdown. The change in rules – which also switches from a...
