Virus

Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is working to isolate and analyze a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four…

Portuguese president tests positive for coronavirus

  LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for coronavirus and cancelled all public…

Malaysian king declares state of emergency to fight virus

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's king Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a surge in coronavirus…

Palace says first COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in February will be 65k doses from Sinovac

Roque says PHL to get a total of 25 million vaccine doses from Sinovac in 2021 (Eagle News) – Malacanang…

Gorillas at San Diego zoo test positive for Covid-19

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- At least two gorillas at California's San Diego Zoo have caught the coronavirus, the…

WHO rules out Covid herd immunity this year

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Scientists at the World Health Organization warned Monday that mass…

Over half a million under lockdown as Beijing outbreak spreads

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than half a million people were placed under lockdown in Beijing on Monday as…

Malaysia imposes virus curbs, warns hospitals at ‘breaking point’

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia will impose strict new curbs in over half the country to fight a coronavirus…

China says WHO coronavirus experts to visit from Thursday

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19,…

Galvez says first COVID-19 vaccine doses for PHL set for delivery by February 20

  (Eagle News) -- Philippine vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr., said that the first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in the…

Pacific’s Micronesia records first Covid-19 case

KOROR, Palau (AFP) -- The remote Pacific nation of Micronesia recorded its first case of Covid-19 on Monday, ending its…

What we do and don’t know about new Covid mutations

  by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The emergence in Britain and South Africa of two…

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