India crosses 150,000 Covid-19 deaths: Here’s where other worst-hit countries stand
With 150,114 deaths thus far due to the disease, India is only the third country, after the United States and Brazil, to cross the 150,000...
Saudi Arabia to lift entry ban linked to new coronavirus strain on Sunday
According to the SPA news agency, the country will resume international flights and reopen borders from 11:00 a.m. (8:00 GMT) on Sunday. [caption id="attachment_12113" align="alignnone"...
Chinese team in Nepal makes a peace offering to PM Oli. He doesn’t bite
China wants the PM Oli-led government to rescind the presidential order dissolving parliament and has offered to use its influence with the rival faction led...
Sydney bans New Year crowds as coronavirus cluster grows in Australia
The decision to tighten restrictions comes as a cluster of cases on the city’s northern beaches grew to 126 and a lockdown for several suburbs...
Saudi Arabia extends suspension of international flights by another week
Saudi Arabia has extended the suspension of all international commercial flights and entry into the Kingdom through land and seaports for another week in view...
1 million Americans vaccinated against Covid-19: Official
In a call with reporters, Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor of the government’s Operation Warp Speed, said that the objective of immunizing 20 million people this...
Britain, Swiss firm Roche say Covid-19 tests can detect mutant virus
Public Health England said that rapid lateral flow tests being deployed in the country’s mass-testing programme can identify the variant. Britain and drugmaker Roche on...
Singapore detects one case of more contagious Covid-19 strain
The presence of a more contagious Covid-19 strain could pose a challenge to Singapore, which has been lauded for its success in quelling the pace...
Families of Italian Covid-19 victims seek $122 million from government
The civil lawsuit, which the plaintiffs presented to a Rome court, is against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Health Minister Roberto Speranza and the governor of...
Moderna anticipates its Covid-19 vaccine to safeguard against new mutated virus
Based on the data to date, Moderna expects that the vaccine-induced immunity from the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine would be protective against the variants of the...