Pedestrians in the Shibuya shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 2021. /AFP The Japanese government plans to impose a "short and powerful" state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and
Fearing that the double-mutant India strain of coronavirus could be resistant to vaccines, British Health Minister Matt Hancock has announced travel restrictions for pe
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A recent surge in COVID-19 cases could see major parts of Japan slide back into states of emergency with authorities in Tokyo and Osaka looking at renewed curbs to stop
VCG Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Monday announced that the island nation would seek to acquire the Chinese-manufactured Sinopharm vaccine alongside three other vaccines to be used d
A woman wearing a face mask walks in Havana, Cuba, March 26, 2021. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua) Cuba registered 1,037 cases and 13 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death tol
A South African health worker is inoculated with a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on February 17, 2021. /Gianluigi Guercia/VCG The number of confirmed COVID-
FILE PHOTO: A local isolation ward for patients with COVID-19 in Machakos, Kenya, July 28, 2020. /VCG The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Kenya surpassed the 2,500 mark on Monday as th
FILE PHOTO: A patient developing a severe form of Covid-19 is treated in the Covid-19 ICU at Lyon Sud Hospital, in Pierre-Benite Near Lyon. /VCG The number of coronavirus patients in intensive
FILE PHOTO: Toronto Police officers patrol on bicycles in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. /VCG Police in cities in Canada'smost populous province, Ontario,on Saturday declined to implement random st
A sign points to a COVID-19 screening station at Kayelisha Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. /VCG The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the rising rates of new COVI
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 Africa has n
FILE PHOTO: Fans wave Swiss flags at an alpine skiing World Cup race in Crans Montana, Switzerland, February 21, 2020. /AP Switzerland on Wednesday further relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions as
FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machakos town in eastern Kenya, on August 3, 2020. /VCG The number of reported coronavirus-related deaths in Kenya is closing in on the 2,400
HO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus./Getty Images Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in
The European Union must shoot for a more ambitious COVID-19 recovery plan than the landmark 750 billion euro stimulus agreed last summer after the epidemic's first wave
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