MILAN: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has gained dominance in Italy, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Friday, releasing...
MILAN: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has gained dominance in Italy, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Friday, releasing...
LONDON: The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England is estimated to have risen to 1 in 65 people in the week to July...
ATHENS: Greek authorities warned the public against unnecessary movement on Friday and said there was a high risk of wildfires during a "dangerous"...
KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, is to undergo a week-long partial lockdown starting Saturday to curb the spread of the coronavirus Delta...
MOSCOW: Russia sought to reassure international partners on Friday that an incident which briefly knocked the International Space Station (ISS) off course had...
The European drugs regulator on Friday approved a ramp-up in production of active substances used to make COVID-19 shots at Moderna's sites in...
NAIROBI: Kenya's health minister said on Friday the government had suspended all in-person meetings and public gatherings to try to contain COVID-19, whose...
NICOSIA: Cyprus on Friday said children aged 12 to 15 would be included in a mass inoculation programme to curb the spread of...
HANOI: Vietnam's health ministry issued an urgent appeal on Friday for private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients as the Southeast Asian country battles...
Moscow - Moscow on Friday abolished a widely-flouted requirement for people to wear gloves in public places and shops as daily coronavirus cases...
MANAVGAT, Turkey - The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a...
SYDNEY - Australia will have to vaccinate 80% of its adults against COVID-19 before it can consider reopening its border, Prime Minister Scott...
NEW DELHI - The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Friday it had partnered with an industry body to expand the reach...
MOSCOW - Trials mixing a first dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine with AstraZeneca's shot revealed no serious side effects and no...
TOKYO - Japan decided on Friday to expand states of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host Tokyo and the western prefecture of...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday approved the imposition of lockdown measures in the capital region, in a bid to contain...
In pandemic-pummeled Florida, angry parents clashed with Broward County school board members this week over whether their children will be forced to wear...
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is calling for state, local and U.S. territorial governments to provide $100 payments for every newly vaccinated American...
