The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Friday called upon governments t
Coronavirus infections in Russia hit a new record on Thursday, as the country’s authorities reported 28,145 new confirmed cases -- the highest daily spike in the pandem
FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Jean Castex at a past function in Paris, France, on July 3, 2020. /Xinhua The COVID-19 vaccine will be free for all French citizens, Prime Minister Jean Caste
The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom has hailed as "incredible" the deve
VCG Image Morocco on Thursday extended its health state of emergency until 10 January as it continues its fight against COVID-19.The North African country has been under the state of emergency
VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Kenya has reached 86,383 after the ministry of health reported 1,253 new cases on Thursday.Kenya continues to see a steady ballooning o
FILE PHOTO: Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during an interview in New York, May 10, 2018. /VCG Photo Persons living with disabilities are among the worst
VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa stood at 2,196,257 on Thursday with a death toll of 52,490, according to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.D
Steve Bruce, manager of Newcastle United speaks with Jonjo Shelvey and Sean Longstaff of Newcastle United following the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Newcastle United at Selhurs
The UK's independent healthcare regulator has approved the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for use.It will be rolled out next week."The government has today accepted the recommendation from the inde
A newborn baby is given a dose of the drug AZT, preventative medicine to reduce the risk of HIV passing to him from his mother, who is HIV positive. /Getty Images A strawberry-flavoured tablet
VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa stood at 2,163,284 on Monday, according to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.The data also shows t
VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose to 83,316 on Sunday as the health ministry reported 711 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.The East African country's caseload h
00:35 The novel coronavirus rampant around the world is not from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, but a mutation from northern Italy, top German virologist Alexander Kekule said on T
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Kenya climbed to 82,605 after the ministry of health announced 949 new cases on Saturday. /VCG The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Ken
The United Kingdom is scheduled to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation, the Financial Times
Iran's Health Ministry on Saturday reported a slump in coronavirus infections, saying that 89 of 160 cities were out of the designated high risk category. /VCG Iran's Health Ministry on Saturd