Schools and stores reopened in parts of Europe on Monday, easing out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but the devastating outbreak raged on across the sub-continent and health experts declared the virus mutation in India a "variant of concern". A COVID-19 patient reacts while sitting on a bed...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 are seen as elderly people are inoculated amid...
eople who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are exempt from many restrictions in Germany from Sunday after the government passed new legislation to restore some freedoms. (FILES) In this file photo taken on October 10, 2020 people sit at a terrace overlooking the river Spree and the...
A Vietnamese woman died from COVID-19 in Laos on Sunday, according to state-run media, marking the first death from the disease in the impoverished communist country. Reclusive, landlocked Laos had appeared to escape the brunt of the pandemic in 2020, but a community outbreak uncovered last month...
The United States, which has reported the world's worst overall Covid-19 death toll, has "no doubt" been undercounting fatal cases, top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday. White House Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci (SAUL LOEB / AFP) The country has officially lost over...
Variant accelerating India's COVID explosion: WHO top scientist A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country's explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Saturday. World Health...
New COVID-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world's worst outbreaks, as EU pressure mounted on Washington to end vaccine export limits and offer a concrete plan to lift patents. "I call very clearly on the United States to put an end to export bans...
The government is determined to enforce strict testing and quarantine protocols to prevent the entry of the deadly coronavirus strain first detected in India. Passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on May 6, 2021 as the government implements stringent testing and...
A remote Japanese fishing town has sparked debate after spending coronavirus relief funds on a giant squid statue that cost nearly $250,000 in a controversial bid to boost post-pandemic tourism. This handout photograph taken on April 2, 2021 and received by AFP from the town of Noto on May 6, 2021...
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday announced initial data from a small clinical trial that showed its booster shots improved people's immune responses against key coronavirus variants of concern. (FILES) A file photo taken on April 22, 2021 in Monts, central France, shows vials of the Moderna...
India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday. A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit attends to a Covid-19 coronavirus...
President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday the novel coronavirus may have been made in a laboratory to wage "biological warfare," in the latest comments likely to strain Brazil's relations with China. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (EVARISTO SA / AFP) "It's a new virus. Nobody knows whether it was...
