Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci on Wednesday warned about the potential emergence of “two Americas” amid the spread of the Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2. Speaking to CNN, Fauci highlighted the disparity in vaccination rates in different regions of the United States to express his concern over the spike in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases. ....

Russia has registered its highest single-day coronavirus deaths since the beginning of the pandemic early last year, the country's official monitoring and response centre said. ....

Pakistan has continued to report major decreases in the number of daily Covid-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said. ....

Rocket fire targeted a US military base in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, state media reported on Tuesday. ....

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the first two jabs authorised for emergency use against Covid-19 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), produce immune responses that are both strong and potentially long-lasting, finds a study. ....

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a tool to evaluate the public health effectiveness of contact tracing solutions, according to a statement. ....

Nepal on Monday launched a digital visa system to replace its 45-year-old hand-written visa regime. ....

The UK is "very likely" to ease Covid measures and people will be able to go back to life "as it was before Covid" on July 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. ....

The US is set to witness an explosive outbreak of the Delta Covid variant in a month's time, if people are not fully vaccinated, warned Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and a public health scientist. ....

More than 30 per cent public health workers have reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), because of the prolonged demand for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ....