Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns

The US is expanding its vaccination push to children as young as 12

Global death toll and coronavirus cases as of May 14 at 1000 GMT, based on AFP tallies

The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.

The mood also darkened in Japan where the coronavirus state of emergency took in another three regions just 10 weeks before the Olympics, while campaigners submitted a petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Games to be cancelled.