Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-emphasises equitable distribution of the vaccines among rich and poor countries

Nation's third-largest city saw a woman testing positive for UK strain despite undergoing isolation

Staff rescue 7 other newborn infants

Coercive population control is not reproductive health care, says envoy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked to military about blocking unstable president from nation's nuclear arsenal

Woman hid meetings with a male friend for fear her family would think she was having an affair

Decision follows president's tweet that none of his supporters will be 'disrespected'

While 50% of high-income countries are vaccinating, 0% of low-income countries are, says organisation's Covax lead

391 victims have been evacuated to temporary relief centres in four provinces

Mayor Sadiq Khan warns hospitals could be overwhelmed in the wake of a new, more infectious strain of Covid-19

The republic reports 10,617 new cases overnight, with 233 deaths recorded. 

The vaccine doses now contracted by the European Union is enough to cover 80% of its population

Govt rejects international pleas, recommendations to allow burials in line with Islamic custom