Coronavirus Latest News
-
What will it take for the world to cooperate on Covid-19 vaccines and passports?
If Covid-19 vaccines are the “silver bullet”, then is it not striking how difficult it is to shoot it? And if there is universal agreement that no one is safe…
-
Coronavirus: Hongkongers flock to beaches, swimming pools as venues reopen after four months
Hongkongers flocked to beaches and swimming pools as they reopened after four months of social distancing-related closure on Friday, with queues also forming at other leisure venues across the city.…
-
Coronavirus variants rampage through California’s Silicon Valley despite vaccination efforts
A California community that has been a bellwether of the coronavirus pandemic’s rampage across the United States warned on Thursday that the number of cases of more contagious Covid-19 variants…
-
Coronavirus recovery: vaccine success can help make up for prevention failures
More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the multi-speed global race to vaccinate populations around the world is now setting the stage for the next challenge of returning to…
-
The world’s poorest countries are at India’s mercy for vaccines. It’s unsustainable | Achal Prabhala and Leena Menghaney
This is what happens when a third of humanity depends on one manufacturer for Covid jabs. We need to waive patents now As the UK’s vaccination programme was “knocked off…
-
Variants v vaccinations: what the dueling trends mean for Covid in the US
As vaccine distribution picks up speed, dangerous variants are circulating widely. Here’s what we know The United States is once again seeing a rise in Covid-19 cases. The vaccination campaign…
-
Coronavirus: Hong Kong logs 19 new infections; 300,000 Pfizer-BioNTech shots land in city for vaccination relaunch
Hong Kong reported 19 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, after the city’s vaccination drive was given a boost with the arrival of 300,000 BioNTech doses for the programme’s relaunch next…
-
UK politicians vow to oppose use of ‘discriminatory’ Covid-19 passports
Prime Minister Boris Johnson risks triggering a major backlash among members of the ruling Conservative Party if his UK government opts to use so-called Covid-19 passports to help reopen the…
-
Coronavirus: South Korea faces heat over slow vaccine roll-out as Covax gamble backfires
South Korean authorities are facing a backlash for relying on global vaccine-sharing scheme Covax for a bulk of its Covid-19 shots as shipment delays threaten to slow the country’s inoculation…
-
‘We want to deliver’: Covid vaccine delays hit vulnerable Melbourne tower residents
Community health groups have nurses, GPs and locals ‘ready to go’, but a lack of deliveries has forced them to cancel vaccination clinics Australian government meets just half of aged…