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The B.1.617 Covid-19 variant spreading in India appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being "of concern at the global level", Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's lead on Covid-19, says. SOUNDBITE
At the start of his appearance at the UK's Covid-19 inquiry, Prime Minister and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is "deeply sorry... to all of those who lost loved ones, family members, through the pandemic." SOUNDBITE
Boris Johnson leaves a public inquiry into his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after attending the first of two gruelling days in the witness box. The former British prime minister apologised for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the pandemic but defended his government. Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism from former aides for alleged indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the crisis. IMAGES
Images of locked down compounds and queues for Covid testing in Beijing. China currently faces its highest amount of Covid cases since the pandemic began, official data showed Thursday. IMAGES
Fresh waves of Covid-19 cases show that the pandemic is "nowhere near over", the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns, adding: "As the virus pushes at us, we must push back." SOUNDBITE
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimates -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic -- including lives lost to its knock-on effects -- finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis. SOUNDBITE
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