S. Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases surpass 90,000
With the cases rising by more than 30,000 in a day, the government issued an apology for failing to control a spiraling omicron variant outbreak.
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Pandemic’s end predicted for 2023
A team of analysts from Lanzhou University estimates that the pandemic is likely to end globally in late 2023, with infections worldwide reaching at least 750 million.
Hong Kong lowers Sinovac jab-taking age to 3 amid raging 5th wave
The decision comes as the city battles a raging fifth wave of coronavirus infections fueled mainly by the Omicron variant.
A grim milestone: Global Covid cases cross 400 million
According to Johns Hopkins University, the total death toll from the virus exceeds 5.7 million.
Variant of omicron variant spreading in Japan, world
BA.2 was detected in Africa around November last year and spread to Europe and Asia
Rejected by New Zealand, pregnant reporter turns to Taliban for help
Her home country has prevented her from returning due to a bottleneck of people in its coronavirus quarantine system.
China rushes to develop an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine as doubts grow over local jabs
Beijing's pandemic strategy proved effective at preventing the large number of deaths suffered in some Western countries. But it has left China isolated from the rest of the…
China’s homegrown virus pill could offer a pivot from Covid zero
Experimental drug proxalutamide inhibits a male hormone known as androgen, which some researchers believe could be tied to the risk of developing severe Covid
South Korea considers emergency response plan as daily infections soar
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum urged health authorities to beef up containment measures, saying the country is facing a major hurdle in its move back toward normalcy, with Seoul in…
People who refuse Covid-19 vaccination could be barred from restaurants, resorts, says Duterte
The President said he would support restaurants refusing to serve unvaccinated people