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JERUSALEM: Israel will require all people arriving from the United States and 17 other countries to quarantine starting next week as the country grapples with a coronavirus surge. The Health Ministry issued a travel warning on Tuesday,…

Top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday he hopes regulators could as soon as next month start granting full approval for the use of Covid-19 vaccines, a move he said could spur unvaccinated Americans to get the…

JERUSALEM: Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, a world first in efforts to slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, a healthcare provider and Israeli…

CANBERRA: Australia's Victoria state said on Tuesday it will lift a strict lockdown after curtailing the spread of Covid-19, while neighbouring New South Wales faces an extension of restrictions after daily new cases spiked to a 16-month…

SEOUL: South Korea kicked off Covid-19 vaccinations for people aged 55-59 on Monday to speed up the pace of its inoculation campaign, as the country battles the fourth wave of infections. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations for people…

JERUSALEM: Four weeks ago, Israel was celebrating a return to normal life in its battle with Covid-19.After a rapid vaccination drive that had driven down coronavirus infections and deaths, Israelis had stopped wearing face masks and…

UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA: The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, warning that the variant, now in over 104 countries, is…

GENEVA: Rich countries should not be ordering booster shots for their vaccinated populations while other countries have yet to receive Covid-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to confirm July 19 as his so-called “terminus date” for an end to all legal lockdown restrictions in England, striking a note of caution ahead of the formal announcement on Monday…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people in England to "proceed with caution" when most remaining Covid-19 restrictions are lifted next week, saying the country could not instantly return to life as it was before the…