ZURICH: Switzerland proposed on Friday further steps to relax coronavirus restrictions, although the government said the situation remained "fragile" with the country facing...
ZURICH: Switzerland proposed on Friday further steps to relax coronavirus restrictions, although the government said the situation remained "fragile" with the country facing...
NAIROBI: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday extended a nationwide overnight COVID-19 curfew for 60 days to battle a third wave of infections...
ROME: Italy will be placed under a nationwide lockdown over the Easter weekend for the second year running, the government said on Friday,...
MANILA: When Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic trash in the...
BANGKOK: Thailand delayed the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine scheduled to start on Friday with its prime minister and cabinet members taking the...
TOKYO: Coronavirus cases in the Greater Tokyo area are showing signs of creeping up, Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said on Friday, raising...
SEOUL - South Korea will extend social distancing rules with a ban on private gatherings of more than four people in a bid...
LOS ANGELES - Movie theaters in Los Angeles County, the biggest movie-going market in the United States, could be allowed to open as...
BRUSSELS - AstraZeneca cut its supply forecast of COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union in the first quarter to about 30 million doses,...
Malaysia made use of its emergency powers on Thursday, bypassing parliament to impose new laws on fake news two years after the act...
CAPE TOWN - The South African government's agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses includes an option for an...
LISBON - Nearly two months into a lockdown imposed in mid-January to tackle what was then the world's worst coronavirus surge, Portugal's government...
WASHINGTON - Direct deposits from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday will come as...
Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine was 96% effective in preventing cases caused by the original version of the coronavirus in a late-stage trial conducted...
CHICAGO/FRANKFURT - Johnson & Johnson's chief scientist said the company expects to produce up to 3 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine next...
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE will exceed their original global production target for COVID-19 vaccines by as much...
The European Union's drugs regulator on Thursday recommended conditionally approving Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, as the bloc seeks to speed up...
MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday the economy should be reopened soon, calling for a quick vaccination of millions as the...
