A year of Covid jabs but treatments lag behind
After a year of vaccines aimed at preventing Covid, treatments for people infected with the virus are few, with most restricted to hospital use and extremely pricey
More variants but delta still dominates
A new variant of Covid-19 detected in South Africa known as B.1.1.529 has caused flight bans and a scramble to determine vaccine efficacy, but will it overtake delta as the dominant strain of the virus?
Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses
The global death toll from Covid-19, which has passed five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries
What next for Covid after five million deaths?
Covid-19 has killed more than five million people since the WHO reported the outbreak of the disease in December 2019, and experts say the pandemic's future path will depend greatly on vaccinations
Covid-19: How vaccines work against the Delta variant
The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is a cause for global concern with studies showing it is more contagious and resistant to vaccines than other forms of Covid
Europe badly lags US in jabs-in-arms race
The World Health Organization has rebuked Europe for its its sluggish Covid vaccine rollout and an AFP tally shows the continent is badly lagging behind in the jabs-in-arms race
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Can ‘health passports’ kickstart global travel?
From digital certificates to "health passports", countries across the globe are hoping to relaunch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status
Global Covid vaccination push gets a shot in the arm
A plan to ensure Covid-19 vaccines reach the world's poorest can finally swing into action after the World Health Organization recently approved the AstraZeneca jab
Covid vaccine rollout urgent as new strains take hold
The international spread of more infectious coronavirus strains has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say
Global death toll nears 2 million as WHO battles new virus strains
The worldwide death toll from coronavirus is approaching two million, with Europe topping 30 million infections and WHO experts working on advice to fight new, more contagious strains of the disease