UN health agency under intensifying pressure for new, more in-depth investigation

Republic logs 53 new cases in ‘major setback in our journey to recovery’, says Multi-Ministry Task Force on Covid-19 co-chair

Move comes after 3 of its people die of virus following infection surge in Southeast Asian nation

Most common health issues are problems with patients’ kidneys and lungs

Daily capacity restricted to 13,000 people, about half of the normal level

16-year-old on the mend following cardiac arrest from lifting weights within a week of appointment

Cause of confrontation between officers, armed person barricaded inside house unknown

Heat-tolerant vaccine formulations developed by biotech firm Mynvax, Indian Institute of Science trialled in mice, hamsters

It is 6th vaccine endorsed after AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Pfizer, Vero Cell and Moderna

But researchers say any jab still better than none, add that having boosters for inactivated vaccines may raise protection

They join Sydneysiders already deep into weeks-long restrictions

Unusually heavy rains also inundate neighbouring Luxembourg, the Netherlands

However, bloc allows entry by vaccinated travellers from any non-European Union country