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In eye of storm: South Africa closes borders amid rising coronavirus cases

South Africa will close border posts with neighbouring countries for entry and departure as cases surge due to the new coronavirus variant, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced

South Africa to store Covid-19 vaccines from India at secret place

The South African government will store the 1.5 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that it will receive from India in the next few weeks at a secret place because of the risk of theft

New coronavirus variant found in travellers from Brazil: Japan govt

A ministry official said studies were underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly-infectious variants first found in Britain and South Africa

South Africa says to get 1.5 million vaccines from Serum Institute of India

A million jabs to be delivered in January and the remainder the following month

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid yet to reach these places and might never

Tracking evolutionary process of new variants, 1 in 50 people in England infected last week, Grammys a victim of an unprecedented surge in Los Angeles, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 variants found in the UK, South Africa spread around the world

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is not enough information to determine whether the new variants could undermine vaccines

Japan reports first case of new Covid strain that emerged in South Africa

The first case of the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa has been confirmed in Japan, the Japan Times reported

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Infection rate highest in Kerala currently

India spotted a 'super-spreading' strain months ago, mutations explained, lockdown weddings, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Mutated coronavirus variant from South Africa found in UK: Health minister

South Africa's health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there

UK identifies new South African coronavirus variant, tightens lockdown

Like the UK variant identified earlier, the new variant of the novel coronavirus is also driving a massive resurgence of the disease in South Africa

Five nations ban flights from South Africa over Covid-19 variant

At least five countries have suspended flights from South Africa after a coronavirus variant was recently discovered

J&J has applied to South Africa for registering coronavirus vaccine

The US firm's vaccine candidate is one of at least four Covid vaccines being trialled in South Africa, along with candidates being developed by Novavax, AstraZeneca and Pfizer

South Africa declares second wave of coronavirus infection as cases surge

South Africa has declared a second wave of coronavirus as the number of cases surged with the per day infections exceeding 6,000

Second South African player tests Covid positive, warm-up game called off

South Africa on Friday called off their inter-squad warm-up match ahead of the England series after a second player from their 24-member squad tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19

Cipla posts net profit of Rs 665 cr in Q2, income from ops grows 15%

The company's prescription biz grew 14% YoY supported by continued traction in the Covid portfolio

India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid Covid drug production

VIENNA (Reuters) - India and South Africa want the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property rules to make it easier for developing countries to produce or import COVID-19 drugs, a letter https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W669.pdf&Open=True to the WTO shows.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: World economy to shrink 4.5% this yr, says OECD

The better view reflects the strong economic pickup in recent months and the vast injection of public resources

IBSA expresses 'frustration' over slow pace of progress on UNSC reform

The three countries, in a joint statement, strongly called for expediting reform of the UNSC, saying any failure to do so may have serious implications for international peace and security

Whatever the calculation, India's Q1 GDP contraction is severest among all

Irrespective of whether it is sequential or year-on-year, the inference remains the same; South Africa's 50% contraction is "annualised" and is incomparable to India's 24% fall

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is South Africa becoming a failed state?

China's vaccine frontrunner says its shots are safe, Canada flight cancelled over child without mask, Auto stocks bounce back in Europe and other pandemic-related news across the globe