Coronavirus pandemic

Canadian couple charged with flying to rural, First Nations settlement and posing as residents to take vaccine.

Medical professionals warn hospitals overwhelmed amid lack of ICU beds and shortage of healthcare workers.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran hopes to begin purchases and start joint production...

The rate of new cases was ranked highest in the world last week, and Portugal’s health system is...

Violent unrest flares again in towns and cities across the Netherlands over COVID-19 restrictions.

More than 300 firms to work together to help the hundreds of thousands of sailors stuck due to COVID-19 restrictions.

News comes as President Joe Biden reinstates travel bans for most non-US citizens from several countries.

Almost 500 people arrested in three days of unrest, with anger rising over lockdown measures.

Surge in infections and hospitalisations is overwhelming health system in capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state.

UN’s human rights experts says gov’t policy a violation of human rights and could ‘foment existing prejudices’.

The pandemic wiped out 114 million jobs and 8.8 percent of global working hours, equal to 255 million jobs, in 2020.

US biotech firm plans trials of a booster shot against the virus strain first discovered in South Africa as precaution.

Women’s needs are often being put last in pandemic response strategies, women leaders told virtual WEF meeting.

The drugs giant said it is giving up on the two COVID vaccine candidates following poor results in early-stage studies.