The number of babies born in China fell again last year, official data showed Monday, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party's ambitions to boost national wealth and influence with a workforce that has been shrinking ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Tonga's main island will go into lockdown for a week after the South Pacific nation reported its first case of the coronavirus, the government said Monday.
Nov 1, 2021
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A year-and-a-half into the coronavirus pandemic, the world has still done far too little to respond and has failed to learn from its mistakes, a global health monitor said Tuesday.
Oct 26, 2021
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More than six billion doses of anti-COVID vaccines have been given around the world, according to an AFP tally Wednesday based on official sources.
Sep 22, 2021
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Europe may have fully vaccinated almost half of its population against COVID-19, but the richer countries are far outstripping the poorer ones.
Aug 31, 2021
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Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned.
Jul 24, 2021
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Coronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43 percent in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Jul 15, 2021
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Senegal, the EU, the United States, several European governments, and other partners, signed an accord in the capital Dakar on Friday to finance vaccine production in the West African state.
Jul 10, 2021
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Russia on Tuesday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll and Australia locked down major cities as the highly infectious Delta strain has caused mayhem around the world.
Jun 29, 2021
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Morgan Stanley became the latest big financial firm to require employees to be vaccinated at some company offices as corporate America adjusts workplace rules to the reopening US economy.
Jun 23, 2021
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