Coronavirus pandemic

Precautionary move reflects low levels of COVID-19 in the UK and the availability of other vaccines, experts say.

BBC says scientists have flagged evidence that Indian variant of virus spreads more quickly than its original version.

Jens Spahn hails progress in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic, but warns against lifting restrictions prematurely.

Authorities ban doctors from talking to reporters and direct oxygen manufacturing units to stop supplies to NGOs.

Pakistan’s economy needs to grow by 5% next year, new Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin tells Bloomberg.

Former leader was fined an equivalent of $730 for failing to register at a restaurant or have his temperature taken.

South Asian nation battling ferocious second COVID wave added 1.57 million cases and over 15,100 deaths this week alone.

Extension of state of emergency will leave a margin of less than two months before the July 23 start of Tokyo Olympics.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation says COVID killed nearly 6.9 million compared with the reported 3.2 million.

Brazil’s police said crackdown on drug trafficking was justified but residents denounce ‘execution-style killings’.

The move reverses a previous decision to restrict the AstraZeneca COVID shot to people above 60 years of age.

Delivery of COVID jabs set to begin in May to give Olympians time to be fully vaccinated before July 23.

Cocktail of factors, from poverty to a crumbling public health system, push Peru atop global per capita death rankings.

An Indian doctor describes a typical day during COVID, including turning away patients because there aren’t enough beds.