Covid update: India-Israel creating voice virus test; PM Modi's vaccine message

Covid update: India-Israel creating voice virus test; PM Modi's vaccine message

From Indian and Israeli scientists collaborating on development of 4 breakthrough technologies to detect infection, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message over vaccine development - here are the top news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic.

With global cases crossing the 1.5 crore-mark, and the death toll around the world past 6 lakh, it has emerged that just 5 of the worst-hit countries account for half of the global infections and deaths.

These include the USA, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.

Pharma company Roche's CEO has said that the world should use test kits judiciously since demand is more than what the industry can supply.

Watch the full video for other updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.