Covid update: USA to help boost India's vaccine production; Oxford jab row

From India's vaccine production set to get a boost from the Quad grouping, to the storm surrounding the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab growing more fierce - here are the top news updates on the pandemic. As per reports, USA, Japan, and Australia will help expand India's vaccine production. Meanwhile, as more countries suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine over fear of a possible side-effect of deadly blood clots, the European Union drug regulator said that the jab's benefits outweigh the risks. It added that a probe is underway, even as AstraZeneca ruled out increased risk of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. Watch the full video for the other updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.