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People in Beijing's Chaoyang district -- the Chinese capital's most populous -- queue up to get coronavirus tests as the capital city enters its third day of mandatory testing. Under its zero-Covid policy, China has used lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions to stamp out infections. IMAGES
A man in Bangalore is among the first in India to get vaccinated in the world's biggest coronavirus vaccine programmes. The Indian government has given approvals to two vaccines -- though one is yet to complete clinical trials -- aiming to inoculate around 300 million people by July. IMAGES
A coronavirus testing centre in Delhi is busy as India reported that the number of virus cases in the country had passed six million. The pandemic is raging across the vast South Asian nation, with 6.1 million infections according to the health ministry and on course to pass the United States in the coming weeks as the country with the most cases. IMAGES
The number of new coronavirus cases for the past week has "exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says at a virtual briefing, while reiterating that taking a "comprehensive approach" is the best way to rein in the virus. SOUNDBITE of a WHO virtual press conference
"We are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around," warns top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci as he testifies before the Senate. SOUNDBITE
India now has more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. Authorities say a total of 15,685 people have died after another 385 fatalities were added to the toll in 24 hours. ANIMATED CHART
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