Coronavirus
Finding COVID-19’s origins is a moral imperative – WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the…
China declares ‘decisive victory’ over COVID-19
BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) - China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts…
Chances of new wave of COVID low in China in coming months -CDC official
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The possibility of a large new wave of COVID-19 is relatively low in the coming months in…
World should ‘calm down’ about China COVID variants – Chinese scientist
By Farah Master and Jennifer Rigby HONG KONG (Reuters) - The world should "calm down" about the possibility of new COVID-19 variants…
Updated COVID vaccines prevented illness from latest variants -CDC
(Reuters) - The updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE and Moderna helped prevent symptomatic infections against the new XBB-related subvariants,…
Roche launches new test to detect fast spreading Omicron sub-variant
ZURICH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Roche has launched a new PCR test to detect a fast-spreading sub-variant of the Omicron variant of…
China says peak COVID infections exceeded 7 million daily, deaths more than 4,000 daily
HONG KONG, Jan 25 (Reuters) - China's daily new COVID-19 infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day around…
China reports almost 13,000 new COVID-related deaths for Jan. 13-19
BEIJING, Jan 22 (Reuters) - China reported almost 13,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in hospitals between January 13 and 19, adding to…
China making ‘enormous progress’ on vaccinating elderly: WHO
GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's director of immunisation on Friday praised China for making quick progress on vaccinating…
China plays down COVID outbreak with holiday rush at full tilt
By Liz Lee and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - People across China crowded into trains and buses for one of…
China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since…
Israel says has not found a link between Pfizer COVID shot and stroke
JERUSALEM, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Israel has not identified any evidence linking strokes to an updated coronavirus vaccine made by U.S. drugmaker…