Beijing (AFP) Shirley Shi has received three offers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 — through her hometown, her Beijing residential area and her office area —...
Paris (AFP) Just four percent of scientific research published on Covid-19 is relevant to Africa despite the continent containing close to a fifth of humanity, according...
Tokyo (AFP) Japan began vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as it rolled out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until...
Washington (AFP) US biotech firm Moderna said Friday it was seeking clearance with regulators around the world to put 50 percent more coronavirus vaccine into each...
Doctors in France are treating a critically ill patient infected with the South African coronavirus variant, four months after he recovered from Covid-19, in what...
WHO vaccine experts said on Wednesday the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be used for people over the age of 65, and also in settings where variants...
Berlin (AFP) German Covid-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said Wednesday it has started production at its new facility in Marburg, expected to significantly boost the EU’s vaccine...
Sydney (AFP) New coronavirus variants are forcing Australia and New Zealand to rethink already-stringent quarantine rules for overseas visitors, even as their systems are replicated around...
France on Saturday reported a fall in new COVID-19 infections and in the number of patients being treated in hospital, slightly easing pressure on the health...
The United Kingdom, already the cradle of the well-known, more contagious variant of the virus that causes Covid-19, has discovered a new mutation affecting certain...