CHICAGO: New government rules that halve the isolation period for asymptomatic coronavirus infections lack safeguards that could result in even more infections as the United...

Several US states have reported increases of about 50% in pediatric admissions for Covid-19 in December. New York City has experienced the most dramatic rise,...

The first known case in the United States identified on Dec 1, in a fully vaccinated person who had traveled to South Africa. The Omicron...

BEIJING: A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day today, with many unable to leave their homes...

It's not a moment too soon for the French government, which is facing the highest recorded infection rates since the pandemic began but trying to...

TOKYO: Japan's government is not considering an immediate change to current Covid-19 restrictions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said today, a day after community transmission...

MOSCOW : Russia’s health ministry will register a new Sputnik M vaccine for use for children aged 12-17 later today, with shots expected to be...

GENEVA : As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe Covid-19 disease, countries should prioritise sharing vaccine doses with the Covax programme to...