Highlights: West Bengal reports 53 new Covid-19 deaths, 3,107 fresh cases

The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday reported 3,176 more novel coronavirus infections and 70 additional deaths.

Indonesia reported 3,307 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 203,342, data from the country’s Covid-19 taskforce website showed. There were also 106 new deaths in Indonesia overnight, taking the toll to 8,336, the highest in Southeast Asia, reports Reuters.

Safety of a prospective vaccine for Covid-19 comes 'first and foremost', the World Health Organization's (WHO's) chief scientist said on Wednesday, as a trial of a candidate from AstraZeneca was paused, at least temporarily, due to concerns over side effects, reports Reuters.

The Union health ministry on Wednesday said that number of people recovered from Covid-19 in India has surged to 3,398,844, further improving the recovery rate to 77.77%, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.69%, reports PTI.

With 2,479 new Covid-19 cases reported in Telangana as of Tuesday, the total number of coronavirus cases in the State have risen to 1,47,642, according to the state government. 2,485 patients have recovered while 10 deaths were reported during the same, reports ANI.

Five women and as many men succumbed to Covid-19 in Puducherry on Wednesday while 341 more people contracted the virus, pushing the death toll and tally to 374 and 18,084 respectively. Out of the total cases, 4,770 were active while 12,967 patients have been recovered and discharged so far, reports PTI.

Fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp that had been placed under lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos on Wednesday, reports AP.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the sudden lockdown that was induced in the wake of Covid-19 crisis has proved to be a death sentence for the unorganised class. He termed the lockdown imposed by the Central government as anti-people, reports ANI.

As many as 728 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Rajasthan, taking the total number of cases in the state to 94,854 which includes 15,761 active cases nearly 78,000 recoveries and 1,171 deaths, reports ANI.

728 new COVID-19 positive cases and 7 deaths reported in Rajasthan. Total number of cases now at 94,854 including 15,761 active cases and 1,171 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/dBng2oRiFH

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While Indonesia has recorded more deaths from the coronavirus than any other Southeast Asian country, it also has seen by far the most fatalities among medical workers in the region, leading to concerns about the long-term impact on the nation's fragile healthcare system, reports AP.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is banning social gatherings of more than six people in England in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19, reports Bloomberg.

The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany increased by 1,176 to 253,474, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The reported death toll rose by nine to 9,338, the tally showed, reports Reuters.

As per the Union health ministry's dashboard, India on Wednesday logged 89,706 cases and 1,115 deaths due to Covid-19, taking the tally and death toll to 4,370,128 and 73,890 respectively. The active cases have climbed to 897,394 whereas nearly 3.34 million have recovered so far.

Nine leading US and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic, reports Reuters.

New York will require kindergarten through 12th grade schools to disclose the number of students and staff testing positive for Covid-19 and may force colleges with more than 100 cases to switch to remote learning, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.