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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Covid-19 pandemic: Australia’s ‘baby boom’ and US pledges 7.5 lakh vaccine doses to Taiwan

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Give Covaxin only for second dose to 18-44 age group: Delhi govt directs private hospitals

Delhi govt said the direction will be applicable till further orders were issued. On Thursday, Delhi health department had issued the same order to all govt Covid vaccination centres.

Reliance seeks govt authorisation to import 20 lakh doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

Reliance Foundation said the imported Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be administered within the organisation only and not at all be used for commercial purpose.

Covid-19 pandemic: Rising cases in China’s Guangzhou, Canada to mix vaccines due to shortages

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Delta or B1.617.2 variant of Covid now dominant in UK, comes with risk of hospitalisation

London: The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant...

Find the origin of Covid or face another pandemic, top US experts warn

Almost a year and a half after the new pathogen was first detected spreading in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, the precise origins of the virus remain obscure.

US to study ‘still-unexamined evidence’ to probe if Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan lab

In a statement, President Biden said while two elements of the intelligence community 'lean' toward the scenario that the virus emerged from human contact with infected animal, another points to a 'lab accident'.

Why the new US hunt for origin of Covid virus could come up empty again

Joe Biden’s order reopens a rift with Beijing, which has impeded previous international investigations and punished foreign governments for suggesting it has something to hide.

‘Lowering’ of BBC’s standards, and ‘perpetual’ dance of war over Gaza strip

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Covid-19 pandemic: More patients dying in Africa, Nepal faces shortage of beds and oxygen

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.