Malaysia's government has issued a directive ordering all civil servants to use the legal spelling of the prime minister's name, after a court earlier squashed a detent
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker draws a dose of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine into a syringe during a vaccination campaign in Putrajaya, Malaysia. /VCG Malaysia on Saturday announced that it had
02:21 More than 454,000 Brazilianshave died fromCOVID-19 since the pandemic hit Latin America’s biggest countrylast year.At first, itwasthe elderly populationthat suffered the most.Now,
A new hybrid variant of the deadly coronavirus has been discovered in Vietnam that spreads through the air. This new variant is believed to be a combination of the two variants that were first de
People line up to receive the COVID-19 vaccines at a clinic in Blantyre, Malawi, on March. 26, 2021. /Xinhua The next phase of the fight against the COVID-19 in Africa should place emphasis on
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
Health workers collecting samples from a lady in India. /Xinhua The coronavirus strain circulating in India has been detected in three African countries, according to the head of the Africa Ce
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India is nearly 20 million on Monday, as a second wave of the virus is overloading hospitals and causing a shortage in much oxygen supply throughout the count
Brazil has surpassed 400,000 official coronavirus deaths amid warnings that new variants could fuel a tsunami of new infections. Brazilian scientists continue to blame the federal government’s slow r
Wu Zunyou, a chief epidemiologist with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. /CFPChina has detected the novel coronavirus strain that was found in Indi
VCG Israel has confirmed eight cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India, and believes the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is effective against to some extent.Seven of the eight infecti
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, July 3, 2020. /Reuters Director-General of Word Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom warne
01:22 A "double mutant" COVID-19 variant that emerged in India could bring about "increased transmissibility" or even "reduced neutralization" due to the specific mutations that it con
FILE PHOTO: Travelers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, England. /VCG Portugal on Friday lifted a ban on flights to and from the UK as it continues an easing of COVID-19 restrictions.Howev
A nurse receives a dose of the Sinovac's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, after Brazil health regulator Anvisa approved its emergency use at Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil Jan
A medical staff prepares to take COVID-19 test for the public. /CFP Researchers fear that the U.S. acted "too slowly" in monitoring the novel coronavirus due to its fragmented health system, a
A medical worker prepares to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Plant City, Florida, U.S., January 13, 2021. /Reuters Experts in the U.S. have warned that the loosened restrictions and