DRC declares the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people and killed six. The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people in the eastern province of North Kivu and killed six of them.

Spike in infections is India’s biggest crisis since Prime Minister Modi took office in 2014A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who are part of the forum told Reuters news agency.

WHO has given emergency use approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine The World Health Organization has listed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the agency announced, the fifth jab to be given the status meant to expedite countries’ own approval of shots.

Ocean Viking pulled the migrants to safety four days ago from two rubber dinghies.A charity boat has sailed towards Italy’s Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers’ boats, while the Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island.