From Indian experts deliberating on how the emergence of new strains of the virus should affect treatment strategies, to possible vaccine fraud occurring in the United States of America - here are the top news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic. India's high-level task force on Covid said that there is no need to change treatment protocol following the discovery of a 'more infectious' virus variant in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, many Indian states are strengthening restrictions ahead of New Year festivities. In international news, the New York police is investigating whether a health care provider fraudulently obtained Covid vaccines. Watch the full video for the other updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.