Highlights: Canada's health regulator approves Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine

Sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of Covid-19, according to a study led by an Indian-origin scientist which provides more understanding of how the novel coronavirus travels through the body, reports PTI.

I was really impressed to see how far you've come, how dedicated you're to combat COVID, how focused you're on helping humanity. It's not just commercial or nation first interest, you're really connecting with the world & helping all of us: Ambassador of Denmark to India F Svane https://t.co/zJwdb7QU9r pic.twitter.com/OzgmSwdt8H

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Odisha's Covid-19 caseload climbed to 3,22,299 on Wednesday after 386 people tested positive for the virus, while five fresh fatalities pushed the coastal state's coronavirus death toll to 1,789, a health department official said, reports PTI.

South Korea reported 686 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as it battles a third wave of infection that is threatening to overwhelm its medical system, reports Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s going to demonstrate his faith in Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine by being the first in the country to be inoculated, reports Bloomberg.

Indonesia reported on Wednesday 171 more deaths from the coronavirus, marking the Southeast Asian country's highest daily rise in fatalities and taking the total number of deaths to 18,171, data from its Covid-19 taskforce showed, reports Reuters.

Chairman&MD, Bharat Biotech made presentation to Foreign envoys, he stated that 33% of global vaccines produced in Genome Valley. PM said vaccines will be available for humanity, the industry will see his dream is realised. Hyd has largest FDA approved vaccine facilities: Sources https://t.co/zJwdb7QU9r

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Telangana: Foreign envoys take a tour of Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad where #COVID19Vaccine, Covaxin is being developed. pic.twitter.com/dGtktEMV8v

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Nearly 1,700 passengers on a Royal Caribbean 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore were told to stay in their cabins on Wednesday after a Covid-19 case was detected on board, forcing the ship back to port, authorities said, reports Reuters.

The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday a Chinese coronavirus vaccine tested in the federation of sheikhdoms is 86% effective, in a statement that provided few details but marked the first public release of information on the efficacy of the shot, reports AP.

The Covid-19 tally in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 2,33,785 with the addition of 461 new cases of the disease, an official said on Wednesday, reports PTI.

Germany’s daily coronavirus-related deaths rose the most since the outbreak began, highlighting the government’s struggles to contain the spread of the disease, reports Bloomberg.

Cumulative positivity rate is presently following a downward trajectory. Cumulative national positivity rate stands at 6.50% today. Daily positivity rate is just 3.14%. Higher volumes of testing eventually lead to low positivity rate: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare https://t.co/RN7PjOVOoL pic.twitter.com/KJiga1rRPz

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Actor Kriti Sanon on Wednesday said she has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine. The 30-year-old actor had recently returned to Mumbai after wrapping up the shoot for her upcoming film with her "Bareilly Ki Barfi" co-star Rajkummar Rao in Chandigarh, following which there were reports she had contracted the disease, reports PTI.

Twenty-two more people, including four army personnel and a health care worker, tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 16,437, a senior health official said here on Wednesday, reports PTI.