Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus laments 'dangerously short-sighted' cycle of spending vast sums to curb outbreaks but not preparing for the next epidemic

Leaders hail moment of unity and hope across the continent; Hungary, Germany and Slovakia start vaccinating

Network says at least 266,000 have gotten the shot; Health Ministry doesn't collect data in real time during Shabbat; Israel 2nd globally in number of vaccinated per capita

Communist Party leaders praise themselves for largely curbing spread of COVID-19, whose origins they have sought to cast doubt on since it emerged last December in Wuhan

Jamal Haddad accused of 'endangering public security and causing sedition and public disorder'

Chezy Levy says no shortage of vaccines, believes lockdown will last longer than 2 weeks; asks public to obey regulations even if they don't have faith in the government

Antibody treatment could be used to reduce deaths in nursing homes if immediately deployed upon discovery of infection; 10 people injected so far upon exposure to pathogen

Moscow continues to resist imposing lockdown; excess death rates suggest true toll of the pandemic is far higher than authorities will admit

Critics say government became complacent as nation hit by deadly resurgence of infections

An infectious disease expert says the new UK virus variant is likely more transmissible, increasing the need for speedy vaccination campaigns