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For the first time in months, Izhaar Hussain Shaikh is feeling somewhat optimistic. The 30-year-old ambulance driver in Mumbai has been working tirelessly ever since the city became the epicentre of another catastrophic COVID-19 surge. Last month, he drove about 70 patients to the hospital, his cellphone constantly vibrating with calls.

India reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases on Monday, but daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts said the count was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas where the virus is spreading fast.

The number of coronavirus positive patients detected in Sri Lanka crossed the 145,000 mark today (18) as another 2,456 new Covid-19 cases had been detected yesterday (17).

Sri Lanka, which defeated terrorism, with a unique mix of firmness and compassion, has the spiritual and material wherewithal to defeat the pandemic too

Singapore warned on Sunday that the new coronavirus variants, such as the one first detected in India, were affecting more children, as the city-state prepares to shut most schools from this week and draws up plans to vaccinate youngsters.

Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday giving 65 million people a measure of freedom after the gloom of a four-month COVID-19 lockdown.

As new variants of COVID-19 emerge, people are wondering if they should wait until a more efficacious vaccine is available

2,269 Coronavirus cases and 24 new deaths were reported in a third wave that is ravaging the country.

One of the many persistent falsehoods spread on social media about the vaccines for COVID-19 is that they cause infertility.

India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day on Thursday, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, though the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.