MAY 20: In early 2020, the country sealed its borders to try to insulate itself from the pandemic. Its leadership has so far rejected outside medical support. ...

MAY 13: Six people died after suffering a fever with one testing positive for Omicron, state media reported on Friday. It said 187,000 people with a fever were being...

BEIJING, May 11: Since a new kind of acute hepatitis of unknown origin among children was first reported last month in Britain, around 300 cases have been reported in over...

APRIL 27: Covaxin, made by Bharat Biotech, has been granted emergency use permission for the six-12 age group, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted. It is already administere ...

APRIL 26: The Chaoyang district reported 26 cases over the weekend - the highest number so far in Beijing's latest surge. Long queues outside supermarkets and shops were seen...

KATHMANDU, April 20: In a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health and Population has directed authorities at 16 border points used...

APRIL 21: Tests show the woman was infected with two different variants - Delta in late December and then Omicron in January. This shows that even if you have...

GENEVA, April 15: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 500 million, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, as o ...

APRIL 14: It is manufactured by Valneva, using more traditional technology - similar to how polio and flu shots are made. It contains a whole copy of the virus...

APRIL 7: The research found people with severe Covid, and those infected during the first wave, had the highest clot risk. This highlights the importance of being vaccinated again...

GENEVA, March 31: SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is likely to keep evolving as transmission continues globally, but its severity will reduce due to immunity acquired by...

China's zero-Covid policy has been among the strictest approaches to tackling the pandemic anywhere in the world. But a recent surge in infections is forcing it to reconsider ...

LOS ANGELES, March 22: Experts warned that the United States may see another rise in COVID-19 cases in the next few weeks as the new Omicron subvariant continues to spread...

MANILA, March 18: The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia into extreme poverty in 2021, as 9.3 million jobs disappeared, compared with a baseline no-COVID scenario, said...

WASHINGTON, March 14: Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. "I've had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am...