FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge. /Getty Images The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe on Thursday said COVID-19 vaccin
Health officials say they have quarantined the residents of two high-rise buildings in the western German town of Velbert after several people tested positive with the
02:48 A unique experimentis bringing hope to a small town in Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.While less than eight percent of the country as a whole
FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG The number o
02:24 More than 120,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Cuba since the start of the pandemic with nearly 800 dead. The numbers are coming down, but health authorities
00:43 India passed 24 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day.Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarms of the o
A man receives COVID-19 vaccine in Beijing, January 30, 2021. /CFPChina can swiftly adjust and manufacture its inactivated vaccinesto fight new mutant COVID-19 variants
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday officially announced that three more prefectures - Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima - will be placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency due to a recen
FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG Kenya on Sun
VCG The number of COVID-19 in Africa has surpassed the 4.6 million mark as the continent continues efforts to contain the pandemic.According to the latest figures by the Africa Centres for Dis
Greece reopened private beaches on Saturday and will open museums next week, health officials said Friday as the tourism-dependent country gears up for a May 15 travel restart.Museums are to reope
Three staff members of Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's secretariat have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reported on Saturday.Oli has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, repor
The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potenti
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff in personal protective equipment wait to conduct novel coronavirus tests for people at Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, in Mumbai, India, April 18, 2020. /Xinhua India r
VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,610,171 on Friday as the continent continues its fight against the virus.According to the latest figures by the Africa Centres for Dis
A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 6, 2021. /Xinhua Over 10 million Turkish citizens have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the ongoing nation
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he supported the idea of a waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines as Russia registered its fourth virus jab called Sputnik Light.