MANILA: The Philippines will receive one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines next month provided by Japan, its ambassador to the Southeast Asian...
MANILA: The Philippines will receive one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines next month provided by Japan, its ambassador to the Southeast Asian...
MUMBAI: India's western state of Maharashtra is training thousands of health workers in how to care for children afflicted with COVID-19 as a...
SYDNEY: Australia reported a slight rise in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, while officials in several states tightened movement curbs and pushed for vaccinations...
MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has prolonged restrictions on movement and businesses in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces until mid-July, and retained stricter...
MUMBAI - At least half of Mumbai's under-18s have been exposed to COVID-19 and have antibodies against it, raising some hopes for levels...
SYDNEY: Australia decided on Monday to make vaccinations mandatory for high-risk aged-care workers and employees in quarantine hotels after a surge in COVID-19...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from landing in the city from July 1 in order...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday announced a 150 billion ringgit ($36.22 billion) aid package, including cash aid and wage...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's food and drug agency has recommended the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech for children aged 12-17, the country's COVID-19...
SHANGHAI: The giant Baihetan hydropower plant on the upstream branch of China's Yangtze river has begun generating electricity for the first time on...
BANGKOK: Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday it was on schedule to meet its commitments for supplying coronavirus vaccines in Southeast Asia, after some...
TAIPEI: Taiwan reported on Monday its lowest daily rise in domestic COVID-19 infections in 1-1/2 months, as the island's outbreak stabilises, although the...
DHAKA - At least seven people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late...
NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday to overcome their hesitancy and get COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible,...
BANGKOK: Faced with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, the Thai capital on Sunday announced a ban on indoor dining and gatherings of...
MELBOURNE: Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 110...
New Zealand will extend the COVID-19 alert level in the capital Wellington for two days, as authorities said on Sunday there is still...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will extend a national lockdown beyond Monday to curb the spread of COVID-19, state news agency Bernama reported on Sunday,...
