YANGON: Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the...
YANGON: Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it had signed deals with two domestic companies to purchase 18.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines produced...
New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the...
Colombo: A group of UN experts has criticised Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of Covid-19 be cremated, even it goes against...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season...
TOKYO: Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the...
Thousands of Indian farmers on tractors entered New Delhi Tuesday as the country marked its Republic Day, escalating protests against new agricultural laws...
New Zealand's borders will remain closed for most of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but the country will pursue travel...
MANILA: The Philippines has confirmed domestic transmission of the new, highly contagious British variant of the coronavirus, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to abandon...
CHENNAI, India - I ndia's government will pay tribute on Tuesday to ordinary workers - millions of whom have lost their jobs due...
NEW DELHI - Pfizer Inc will pursue its request for India to approve its COVID-19 vaccine if the government commits to buying shots,...
Kathmandu: Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was thrown out of the country's ruling Communist party on Monday, his opponents said, in...
SHANGHAI: China reported a climb in new COVID-19 cases driven by a spike in infections among previously symptomless patients in northeastern Jilin province,...
SEOUL: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc has filed an application seeking approval of its coronavirus vaccines to be used in South Korea as the country...
SYDNEY: Australia on Monday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use but warned AstraZeneca's international production problems mean the country would need to...
MELBOURNE: Searing heat scorched southeastern Australia on Monday, stoking bushfires near the city of Adelaide and driving crowds to the beaches on an...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Monday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the community in months in a 56-year-old woman, but said close...
