World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with

British Second World War veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, who inspired the nation in lockdown by raising millions for the NHS, has died aged 100. His family announced his death

Dubai on Monday launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate. This was under the directives of Vice President and

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among a host of well-wishers across Britain willing record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom Moore to pull through after the centenarian was admitted to hospital with Covid-19.

The EU says UK-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca will now supply an additional nine million Covid vaccine doses by March, after days of criticism of the bloc’s vaccination programme. Commission President

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing Covid-19 in a large global trial against multiple variants, giving health officials another weapon to

Johnson & Johnson has said that its single-dose vaccine is 66% effective in preventing Covid-19 in a large global trial against multiple variants, giving health officials another weapon to tackle

Novavax Inc has said its coronavirus vaccine is 89.3% effective in preventing Covid-19 in a trial conducted in the United Kingdom, and is nearly as effective in protecting against the

A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has begun meeting with Chinese scientists on Friday. The WHO said the group plans to visit

After opening itself to New Year’s revellers, Dubai is now being blamed by several countries for spreading the coronavirus abroad, even as questions swirl about the city-state’s ability to handle

Samuel Ortom, the Governor of Benue State has tested positive for COVID-19 and was confirmed on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase. Akase in a statement which was

More than 100,000 people have died in the United Kingdom after contracting the coronavirus, figures from the government showed Tuesday. Britain is the fifth country in the world to record

Mauritius on Tuesday commenced a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign, with medical staff at ENT hospital, the main treatment centre, being the first to be immunised. Three teams of health workers

The EU has warned it will tighten rules on exports of Covid vaccines, amid a row with AstraZeneca over a cut in planned supplies to the 27-member bloc. Health Commissioner

Moderna’s Covid vaccine appears to work against new, more infectious variants of the pandemic virus found in the UK and South Africa, say scientists from the US pharmaceutical company. Early

A group of Cuban medics, including five doctors and nine nurses, have arrived in Mozambique to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. They will be stationed in hospitals in the capital,

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has tested positive for COVID-19, a development that comes as his country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date. López Obrador,

New Zealand has reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months, although there was no immediate evidence the virus was spreading in the

A major British doctors’ group says the UK government should “urgently review” its decision to give people a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine up to 12 weeks after