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A quick look at the major Covid-19 developments across the world

In this edition of the podcast, we will brief you on the major coronavirus related developments across the world

India records over 6,500 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs, death toll at 4,167

Confirmed cases surge past 145,000; fatality rate down from 3.3% to 2.87%

Countries with declining Covid-19 cases could face 'second peak', WHO warns

Mike Ryan warned that a second peak or wave could come during the normal influenza season, "which will greatly complicate things for disease control"

Covid-19: WHO halts trial of hydroxychloroquine, awaits more safety data

"It's important to continue to gather evidence on the efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine," WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said at a press briefing in Geneva

Covid-19 crisis: WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine on safety concerns

Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by Donald Trump and others as a possible treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus

Continue hydroxychloroquine as preventive therapy against Covid-19: ICMR

So far, only high-risk individuals, including asymptomatic health care workers, were given the drug along with household contacts of Covid patients

World coronavirus dispatch: Over 100,000 cases globally in less than a day

From 'world's best restaurant' reopening as cheeseburger joint, to need for office space diminishing, and World Bank's new chief who is a crisis expert - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Britain's AstraZeneca to make bn Covid-19 vaccine doses if tests succeed

Drugmaker says it had signed the first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University.

Covid-19: China is on 'massive disinformation' campaign, says Trump

Trump, who has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, claimed that it was the "incompetence" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe

World coronavirus dispatch: The pathogen is changing in unknown ways

From first execution in US since the coronavirus outbreak, to what Facebook is doing to get people to workplace, and how to socialise safely - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19 crisis: Donald Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding

My administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organisation. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste, Trump wrote in his three-page letter.

WHO states agree to independent probe of UN agency's coronavirus response

Resolution addresses controversial issue of the origin of the virus, which first emerged in China late last year

US response to coronavirus 'incompetent': China hits back at Trump

Beijing's spokesperson defends WHO after Donald Trump accused UN agency of toeing to China

World coronavirus dispatch: Now, Donald Trump threatens to quit WHO

From 265 mn likely going hungry in 2020, to how Wuhan residents are dealing with hope, fear and grief, and peril of lifeguarding in the time of Covid-19 - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Donald Trump writes a scathing letter to WHO, calls it 'China's puppet'

Trump says WHO was against the imposition of a ban on travel from China in late January

World coronavirus dispatch: WHO has a lot of answering to do at annual meet

From first 'socially distanced' concert, to how France lost its weapons to fight pandemics, and the disparity in household chores laid bare by Covid-19 - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19: India backs nations seeking independent probe into WHO's response

European nations and Australia have been gathering support for an "impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation" of "the WHO-coordinated international health response to Covid-19"

Great social divide: A new normal post Covid-19

Economic and social activities will come out from slumber in the coming weeks

US Senator's plan to tackle China mentions India as strategic partner

The prominent suggestions are moving manufacturing chain from China and deepening military-strategic ties India, Vietnam and Taiwan

India coronavirus dispatch: How to make India truly self-reliant, confident

From reviving a broken economy, to implementing personal and public health measures, and why it's important to know if Covid-19 spreads through sewage - read these and more in today's India dispatch