Maria Van Kerkhove

GENEVA: China's Covid-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalisations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on…

LONDON: Two vaccine manufacturers said their shots offered protection against Omicron, as British data suggested it may result in proportionally fewer hospitalisations than the Delta coronavirus variant, supporting conclusions reached in…

WASHINGTON: United States health officials said that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a…

GENEVA: The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization is calling on governments to exercise "extreme caution'' in fully lifting restrictions aimed to curtail the spread of Covid-19, warning that transmission will increase as…