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From children who have lost both parents to those living in poverty or forced into marriage, the COVID-19 pandemic has made life harder for India's most vulnerable children ⤵️ aje.io/4vevdz
Indonesia cancels Hajj again amid concerns over COVID aje.io/kw4tm5
Greece launches mass vaccination campaign for refugees, months after the first shots were rolled out to the wider population in early January aje.io/wq2ata
Chinese public health leaders say they hope to inoculate 80% of the country’s 1.4 billion population by the end of 2021 aje.io/yedbct
Africa faces ‘rising threat’ of a COVID third wave, says WHO aje.io/a7kybt
The Biden administration says it will share a stockpile of 25 million unused vaccine doses with the world.
An Israeli court extends Dr. Hussam Abu Safia's detention for six months, citing a “security threat,” despite legal teams arguing he was just doing his job as director and paediatrician of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israel’s military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah is under way and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas.
Hamas calls Israel’s strikes a ‘treacherous’ attack on defenceless Palestinian civilians, accusing it of trying to overturn the Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu says he acted due to stalled truce talks.
Report says at least 308 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air attacks across Gaza. The number of people killed so far included 154 in the northern part of the territory.
Israel's ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza has left roughly a million Palestinian children 'living without the basic necessities they need to survive,' according to UNICEF.
Israeli forces continue attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, while the US launches air strikes on Yemen after Houthi rebels vow to resume targeting Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea over Gaza's total blockade.
Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi has condemned US’s attacks on Yemen and said the Trump administration has “no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy”.