LONDON: Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects...

JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday (Feb 17) dropped a "Green Pass" policy requiring proof of vaccination, recovery from COVID-19 or a negative test to enter some...

TAIPEI: Taiwan aims to ease its strict Covid-19 quarantine policy from next month as it needs to gradually resume normal life and re-open to the...

  HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported 2,071 new daily Covid-19 infections today, a new record, with 4500 preliminary positive cases, authorities said, as they battle...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported 1,347 new daily COVID-19 infections on Sunday (Feb 13), down from the previous day's record, but the spread, with 2,000...

TOKYO: Japan's biggest wave of Covid-19 cases to date is showing signs of peaking though authorities are extending virus curbs into next month to try...

STOCKHOLM: Sweden scrapped almost all of its few pandemic restrictions yesterday and stopped most testing for Covid-19, even as the pressure on the healthcare systems...

HONG KONG: Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as an Omicron-fuelled spike in new...

An intense storm continued to pound northern Europe early Sunday, causing coastal surges and forcing public transport to be canceled. Storm Malik struck the UK,...