Hundreds of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday and gathered illegally in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with police.

Two Sumatran tigers were recovering at a Jakarta zoo after being infected with coronavirus, Indonesian officials said Sunday, as they probed how the critically endangered animals got sick.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the data underscored that the Delta variant, the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States, is highly contagious. The White House, however, maintained that the view of the CDC is that breakthrough cases among vaccinated people are "rare."

Israeli pharmaceutical Oramed is attempting to accomplish just that, and is poised to start its first clinical trial in early August, CEO Nadav Kidron told AFP in an interview.

A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said, marking their 50th successful operation on conjoined twins.

France said on Thursday it failed to understand why it was exempt from a new rule allowing fully-vaccinated European Union citizens to enter England without having to quarantine.

Indonesians with autoimmune diseases face their own set of pandemic challenges

Amid the still-lingering stigma against HIV/AIDS patients, Indonesia aims to introduce an HIV prevention drug, known as PrEP, in a pilot project in selected cities later this year.

New York's Metropolitan Opera will require audiences and performers to be fully vaccinated for its upcoming season, the house announced Tuesday amid debate in the United States about mandatory vaccinations.

Chinese researchers reported the findings from a study of blood samples from healthy adults aged between 18-59 in a paper published on Sunday, which has not been peer reviewed.

Even though the government has imposed a work-from-home policy for nonessential workers, some companies and institutions are running as usual. 

Vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus, and those most at risk are still the unvaccinated, according to interviews with 10 leading COVID-19 experts.

The issue came to prominence after Spanish synchronized swimmer Ona Carbonell expressed anguish in an Instagram post at having to travel to Tokyo without her husband and son, Kai, who is nearly one, because under pre-Games travel rules they would have had to stay in quarantine in a separate hotel.

In Tunisia's Mediterranean resort of Sousse, exhausted medics struggle to stem surging coronavirus deaths, desperately monitoring oxygen supplies beside patients' beds, while on the beach tourists relax in the sun.

With extended lockdowns forcing millions of Mumbai's white-collar professionals to work from home, many dabbawalas, or Indian lunchbox delivery men, have been struggling to feed their own families since April last year.

Indian tax authorities on Thursday raided a prominent newspaper and a TV channel that have been critical of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, triggering accusations of intimidation.

India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old boy succumbed to the disease earlier this month, the health ministry said.

Meatpacker JBS SA (JBSS3.SA) said on Thursday it will give away beef, pork and chicken for the next year to 50 U.S. families that participate in company-sponsored vaccination clinics over the coming weeks.

The Indonesia Pasti Bisa (Indonesia certainly can) campaign on social media seeks to lift spirits amid the country’s COVID-19 case spike. It claims to be a “collective effort” to help those affected by the virus.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) research, based on a study of 1,442 healthcare workers, was published in Lancet Microbe on Thursday.

Belly fat, the bane of many people’s existence. Some would go the extra mile to lose it — sometimes to extreme lengths. But most experts agree that when it comes to losing weight, one should be mindful and patient and understand that it is an ongoing process.

With Indonesia recording unprecedented COVID-19 cases and deaths, many are turning to well-meaning but unproven and potentially dangerous tips and remedies being shared on social media among a jaded and weary public.

Researchers found that antibodies generated by the vaccine work less well against the variant than a previous coronavirus strain, while Gamma may also be able to reinfect people who had previously had the virus. 

The European Parliament vote was another sign of souring ties between the EU and China, already hit by a round of tit-for-tat sanctions over the rights issue that effectively blocked the ratification of a long-negotiated investment deal.

Scents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. 

Utrecht University researchers performed swab tests on 310 pets from 196 households in which a person had been infected with COVID-19 within the last 200 days.

The upbeat assessment came as the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus variant first spotted in India could fuel a new wave of cases in Europe.

The Biking Bandits, a Soweto-based cycling crew, hosted a "Homies Night Ride".

The "world-first" innovation involves a dentist fitting magnets and locking bolts to the patient's upper and lower molars, allowing the jaws to open only two millimetres.

Below are views from China's health experts about the effectiveness of home-grown vaccines against the Delta, which is becoming the globally dominant variant, and virus preventive measures China is taking.