China ends 2021 with worst COVID-19 week since taming original epidemic
BEIJING: China ended its final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local COVID-19 cases for any seven-day period since subduing the country's first...
Australia relaxes testing rules amid Omicron surge
SYDNEY: Australia sought to relieve pressure on overrun Covid-19 testing facilities today by narrowing its definition of close contacts of infected people and relaxing requirements...
Mexico cut vaccine order with China’s CanSino by over half, say sources
MEXICO CITY: Mexico earlier this year slashed its Covid-19 vaccine order with CanSino Biologics by more than half when it became clear that the Chinese...
Australia seeks to ease Covid-19 test rules as cases hit records
SYDNEY: Australia will seek to make urgent changes to Covid-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged and the country's most...
UK’s daily Covid infections hit record high of 129,471
LONDON: Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new...
‘We have more work to do,’ Biden says, pledges more Covid tests
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden yesterday pledged to ease a shortage of Covid-19 tests as the Omicron variant threatened to overwhelm hospitals and stifle travel...
China local symptomatic Covid cases rises for a fourth day as Xian outbreak expands
BEIJING: China's local symptomatic coronavirus cases rose for a fourth consecutive day today, with Xian city reporting more infections in a flare up that has...
New Zealand drops its Covid-19 elimination plan as Delta persists
WELLINGTON: New Zealand today abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in its biggest city Auckland, and will instead look to...
United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers who refused COVID-19 vaccines
NEW YORK: United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a requirement to be vaccinated for COVID-19, company officials said on...
Australia’s federal govt to cut Covid-19 income support
SYDNEY: Australia’s federal government will wind down emergency funding for people who lost work during Covid-19 shutdowns as vaccination rates increase across the country, putting...