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Read more about England tests door-to-door in a bid to hunt for new coronavirus variant on Business Standard. Authorities want to reach the 80,000 residents of eight areas where the variant, first identified in South Africa, is known to be spreading

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Read more about Global Covid-19 cases top 103.3 mn, death toll at 2,236,559: Johns Hopkins on Business Standard. The US is the worst-hit country with the worlds highest number of cases and deaths at 26,307,963 and 443,186, respectively, according to the CSSE

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab register maximum deaths in past 24 hours

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Brussels has implicitly accused AstraZeneca of giving preferential treatment to Britain in the delivery of its vaccine, at the expense of the EU.

State’s plea based on expert opinion

Read more about Brazil neighbours limit travel to halt new Covid-19 strain from spreading on Business Standard. The Brazilian variant was first identified in four travelers who had been in Brazil and were tested at an airport outside Tokyo, Japan

Read more about New Covid-19 strains could prolong second wave of infections in Africa: WHO on Business Standard. According to the WHO, the 501 Y.V2 variant that was initially discovered in South Africa is behind the unprecedented spike in infections in the continents second-largest economy

Read more about WHO team to begin face-to-face meetings with China experts, visit hospitals on Business Standard. The team members had spent the past two weeks in a required quarantine, during which they had been communicating with Chinese officials by videoconferences to lay the groundwork for field visits