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Cube tightens restrictions amid surging COVID-19 cases

02:04 Cuba has imposed new restrictions and a curfew in Havana to contain the surging spread of COVID-19.The move aims to reduce international arrivals and reinforce local protocols to

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Inflatable costume may have led to COVID outbreak

00:23 The Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center in California says it thinks a holiday costume may have caused a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected 43 employees and 1 death.They b

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How the pandemic changed the way people live

02:05 As 2020 ends, COVID-19 vaccines are immunizing millions around the world, helping to bring an end to its spread. The pandemic’s destruction has claimed more than 1.7 million live

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Canada to introduce COVID test rule for international travel

Canada will now require anyone entering the country to obtain a negative Covid PCR test within three days before planned arrival. /Xinhua Canada will now require anyone entering the country to

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COVID-19: Mexico cancels its famous Christmas festivities amid surge

02:41 As the pandemic's second wave intensifies in many parts of the world, the holiday season is a major concern for authorities trying to keep infection rates down. In Mexico City, a

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First deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Latin America

02:17 The first deliveries of vaccines against COVID-19 have made landfall in Latin America to the relief of millions of the continent's inhabitants. But questions are being asked abou

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How COVID-19 changed the way we live

02:08 As 2020 ends, COVID-19 vaccines are immunizing millions around the world, helping to bring an end to its spread. The pandemic's destruction has claimed more than 1.74 million liv

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COVID-19: U.S. approves new all-in-one home test kit

02:29 COVID-19 testing systems are being put to the test as cases rapidly spread around the world.But in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has just approved a new all-in-one k

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Activists raise awareness of child abuse in Colombia

In Colombia, activists gathered and spread-out thousands of children’s toys in Bogota’s Bolívar Square to raise awareness of child abuse across the country. Take a look at

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States and cities in the U.S. reimpose restrictions

As infections of COVID-19 surge past 11 million throughout the U.S., and with cases on the rise in 48 states, governors and mayors across the country are imposing restrictions to

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Indigenous designs make their way to masks in global markets

02:31 As face masks become the abiding symbol of the new normal, for many they are also becoming accessorized parts of their wardrobe.And in Mexico, adapting to that has also allowed i

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Child marriages spike during COVID-19 pandemic

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, a staggering rise in child marriages have spread through India. UNICEF estimates that at least 1.5 million girls under the age of 18 are married in t

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Universities ready for students to return as COVID-19 spreads in U.S.

02:52 Class is back in session atcolleges and universities across the U.S.That's meant new policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus but also thousands of new COVID-19 cases. C

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Uzbekistan announces second lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise

Uzbekistan introduced second lockdown from July 10 to August 1 in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the country's Special Republican Commission to Co

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Beijing steps up community-level anti-epidemic measures

Beijing has strengthened community-level disease prevention and control in response to the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases. All 177 communities i

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 180,000 mark: Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent reached 183,474, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Sunday. The Africa CDC in its

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Cuba controls COVID-19, but the risks remain

02:00 Cuba, with a population of more than 11 million people, is keeping the spread of COVID-19 in check. The island has fought the pandemic with success to this point.Most of the appr