India leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported, accounting for one in every three deaths reported worldwide each day, according to a Reuters tally.

The variant has already spread to other countries, and many nations have moved to cut or restrict movements from India.

Djokovic, 33, told reporters at the Rome Masters on Monday that the results showed there was a generational shift underway.

“If you are a parent who wants to protect your child or a teenager who is interested in getting vaccinated, today’s decision is a step closer to that goal,” Biden said.

Many states have imposed strict lockdowns over the last month while others have placed curbs on movement and shut cinemas, restaurants, pubs and shopping malls.

Tourists in the Everest scenic area in Tibet are also banned from visiting the base camp on the Tibetan side.

Families of the victims blamed the Afghan government and Western powers for failing to put an end to violence and the ongoing war.

The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines that have been given to hundreds of millions of people in China and elsewhere, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.

In a statement on Thursday, the IOC said that while committed to inclusion, it was currently reviewing its guidelines to take into account the "perceived tension between fairness/safety and inclusion/non-discrimination".

As India's deadly second wave of Covid-19 continues unabated, its total number of cases now stand at 21.49 million with 234,083 deaths.

Images from state TV channel PSM showed security services securing the scene of the incident in the capital Male.

Pharmaceutical industry's biggest lobby group warned that Biden's unprecedented step would undermine the companies' response to the pandemic and compromise safety.

India's Covid-19 crisis has been most acute in the capital, New Delhi, among other cities, but in rural areas - home to nearly 70% of India's 1.3 billion people - limited public healthcare is posing more challenges.

“I warned Bolsonaro systematically of the consequences of not adopting the recommendations of science to fight Covid-19,” Mandetta told the commission.

India, currently undergoing the world’s worst surge in Covid-19 cases, is attending the G7 as a guest and had been due to take part in meetings on Tuesday evening and throughout Wednesday.