The former health minister says this will be worse than the Covid-19 pandemic.

With demand for Covid-19 vaccines dwindling, the partners are now working out how best to use the remaining cash – a significant sum in global health – alongside the donors who originally pledged it.

Britain is holding an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after Britain recorded one of the world's highest death tolls.

Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but Covid-19 is here to stay, WHO has said, even if it no longer represents an emergency.

It foresees 'a bumpy road to a more predictable pattern'.

The poll is Japan's first official comprehensive probe into the prevalence of 'hikikomori', or 'shut-ins' – a phenomenon affecting a broad swathe of society, from teens to the elderly.

While people and businesses continue to rely on Zoom 'as the world transitions to life post-pandemic', the Silicon Valley-based firm is seeing customers cut back on spending.

The draft contains a number of measures to ensure the world's response to the next pandemic is not only more robust, but more equitable.

With the peak of the pandemic behind, countries worldwide are starting to loosen the reins on surveillance, testing and vaccination for the disease which has claimed more than 6 million lives so far.

During the pandemic, many deals governments made with pharmaceutical companies have been kept confidential, giving them little scope to hold drugmakers accountable.

The former prime minister says he resorted to several tough measures which paid off in the end.

US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona describes the test results as 'appalling' but says they are a call for action.