Thailand has changed its vaccine policy to mix China's Sinovac with the AstraZeneca vaccine in a bid to boost protection.

In Iraq, at least 50 people were killed and dozens injured in a fire caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital.

An Australian apartment block on Tuesday was placed under strict lockdown with police posted outside to curn Covid outbreak.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has criticized the country’s bureaucracy over the lack of initiatives and waiting for his instructions before acting.

British PM Boris Johnson said he was appalled at racial abuse targeting England's football stars, after they lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy.

The European Union has hit its target of delivering enough coronavirus vaccine to cover 70 percent of the adult population.