COVID-19

COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization in Europe warned Wednesday of a "further resurgence" of Covid-19 in early 2021, as it urged families to wear face masks during this year's Christmas gatherings. "There is a high risk of further…

WASHINGTON: The US set a new daily record of Covid-19 cases Tuesday, with more than 248,000 infections registered in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University virus monitor reported. In the same period, 2,706 new deaths were…

SINGAPORE: Singapore has approved Pfizer-BioNTech's novel coronavirus vaccine and expects to receive shots by year-end, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday, adding that he planned to be among the early vaccine recipients. The…

JOHANNESBURG: The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy, died in a South African hospital on Sunday, the government said in a statement without announcing a cause of death. Ambrose Dlamini, 52, had been hospitalised…

WELLINGTON: New Zealand hopes to open a travel bubble with Australia by April next year and is working to finalise the necessary anti-coronavirus border measures, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday. Ardern said New Zealand's…

PARIS: An experimental Covid -19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trial results, the French drugmaker said on Friday, a blow to efforts to fight the pandemic.…

DALLAS: Lillian Blancas was a fighter, a proud daughter of immigrants, part of the first generation in her family to attend college and a lawyer in El Paso, Texas, who was on the brink of fulfilling her dream of becoming a judge.…

Wuhan in China has been identified as the epicenter of the outbreak, specifically a wild life animal meat market. The virus was initially named nCOV because the strain is completely new and has never been encountered by humans. …