Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative.
The first data on the UK Covid vaccine rollout suggests it is having a "spectacular" impact on stopping serious illness, researchers say.
Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world's first Covid-19 "human challenge" study, which will take place in the UK.
Scientists have identified another new variant of coronavirus in the UK with some potentially troubling mutations.
Schools do not appear to play a big role in spreading coronavirus, say UK researchers who have studied teacher and pupil absences during the pandemic.
Claims on social media that the Covid vaccine could affect female fertility are unfounded, experts have said.
The World Health Organization recommends using the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca even in countries tackling new variants of coronavirus.
Covid restrictions have made this year much tougher for young people already dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
Pet cats and dogs in the capital city of South Korea will be tested for Covid-19 if they show symptoms, the Seoul metropolitan government has said.
About one in three people recently given a Covid vaccine by the NHS report some side-effects.
