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Covid comeback seen in parts of US as funding runs...
Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as the BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in...
Kenya says over 800,000 Covid jabs have expired, b...
Kenya announced on Wednesday that nearly 840,000 Covid-19 vaccines received through donations had expired, blaming hesitancy and...
Moderna says infant Covid vaccine succeeded in tri...
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday said it was pursuing regulatory approval for its Covid vaccine in children aged six months to...
First cruise ship in three years docks in Tunisia
A cruise ship docked in a Tunisian port on Wednesday for the first time since 2019, carrying over 700 passengers and rare good new...
Shanghai warns against 'panic' as Covid cases moun...
Shanghai authorities on Wednesday called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fe...
Ukraine's tuberculosis progress 'stopped in one da...
As Ukraine struggles to cope with the immediate casualties of Russia's invasion, there are fears the war will also ruin the countr...
The scientists helping farmers kick the chemical h...
In a field in western France, the small purple and white flowers quivering among tender shoots of wheat are a clue that this is no...
New Zealand to ease domestic virus restrictions
New Zealand will relax its strict Covid-19 rules this week because case numbers have peaked and the population has high levels of...
Hong Kong's top scientsts urge shift from Beijing'...
Hong Kong's top scientists urged the government on Tuesday to transition from China's zero-Covid strategy before the next outbreak...
Hong Kong's top scientsts urge shift from Beijing'...
Hong Kong's top scientists urged the government on Tuesday to transition from China's zero-Covid strategy before the next outbreak...
China locks down city of 9 million as virus ripple...
China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases on Tuesday, as the...
'Perfect storm': Europe Covid rise due to fewer cu...
Covid-19 is again surging in Western Europe due to a "perfect storm" of governments lifting restrictions, waning immunity and the...
Socceroos coach fined for breaching Covid-19 isola...
Football Australia said Monday they have fined coach Graham Arnold Aus$25,000 (US$18,500) for breaking self-isolation rules after...
Hong Kong to lift ban on flights from nine countri...
Hong Kong will resume international flights from the United States, Britain and seven other countries, the government said Monday...
Hong Kong to lift ban on flights from nine countri...
Hong Kong will resume international flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain in April, city leader Carr...
China reports two Covid-19 deaths, first in more t...
China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, its first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an Omicron outbreak...
China reports first two Covid-19 deaths in more th...
China reported its first two Covid-19 deaths in more than a year on Saturday, the National Health Commission said, both coming in...
Myanmar to reopen to international tourists
Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign t...
Kyiv psychiatric home puts brave face on war
Sometimes, when war makes the walls of her Kyiv psychiatric hospital shudder, head nurse Oksana Padalka hides so she can cry.
Shenzhen eases lockdown as pandemic gnaws at China...
China's southern tech powerhouse Shenzhen has partially eased lockdown measures, after President Xi Jinping stressed the need to "...
Irish PM's White House meeting goes virtual after...
President Joe Biden and Ireland's prime minister Micheal Martin canceled plans to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day together in the Wh...
China to 'stick with' zero-Covid strategy, Preside...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday the country will "stick with" its zero-Covid strategy, state TV reported, as the wor...
South Korea reports record Covid cases amid Omicro...
South Korea reported a record of more than 600,000 coronavirus cases Thursday, with authorities saying the country was near the pe...
Hong Kong's Lam mulls easing Covid rules as public...
Hong Kong's leader said Thursday she was mulling easing some of the city's coronavirus restrictions due to waning public tolerance...
Morgues overflowing as Hong Kong suffers deadly Co...
Workers in PPE gear in Hong Kong carted the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated shipping containers on Wednesday, as t...
Hong Kong to close off beaches after mainland Chin...
Hong Kong will close most of the city's beaches, leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday, after photos of maskless residents enjoying sun...
South Korea hits record 400,000 plus cases amid Om...
South Korea reported more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a new record, as the country continues to ease restriction...
China boosts bed spaces as Omicron outbreak spread...
China has moved to free up hospital beds as officials on Wednesday reported thousands of new cases from an Omicron-led coronavirus...
'Safe' New Zealand to reopen borders early
New Zealand will scrap its strict border controls early because the country's world-leading pandemic response has made it "a safe...
Millions under lockdown in China as virus surges
Tens of millions of people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases prompted the return of mass tests a...
Hazmat suits and panic buying: pandemic images ret...
A Shanghai pedestrian swarmed by hazmat-clad health officials, police tape wrapped around entire blocks, and panic buying at a She...
Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as virus...
Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases returned mass tests and hazmat suited...