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15 countries request UN health agency board meeting.

Temperatures rise above 30 Celsius this week following a month of record-breaking heat.

The current outbreak is the first time that the virus has been passed from person to person in England.

A total of 23,371 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalised, with 3,969 of these in intensive care.

The UN health agency stressed the need to cut prices and dramatically increase access to the life-saving medicine.

There was "no evidence to support or demand changes" to its approval for children from 12 to 17 to be vaccinated with Pfizer shots.

The highly transmissible Delta variant has already been detected in a dozen countries in the Americas.

U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for at least a few days.

Brazil's health regulator on Sunday approved the urgent use of coronavirus vaccines made by Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

Brazil currently has 6 million doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine ready to distribute in the next few days.

Sweden had received around 160,000 doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's vaccine by January 10.

The new variant of coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected in Sweden.

UN health agency stressed that exercise was vital to physical and mental health, while sedentary behaviour can have serious repercussions.

Trump claims lives could have been saved had the U.N. health agency done a better job investigating the early reports coming out of China.

-No need to use COVID to score political points. You have many other ways to prove yourself,- Tedros said.

Scientists say it remains unclear how much climate change is reshaping the storm season.

The material provides new insight into the moon's geological history including the oldest evidence to date of lunar volcanism.

Teenagers and young adults are becoming prime targets for a new wave of cyber scams, a trend raising alarm bells across Southeast Asia.

Before global leaders address plastic pollution, a Japanese manicurist highlights the issue by incorporating it into her nail designs.

Here's a timeline of events between now and inauguration day.

In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.