Ireland's third COVID-19 lockdown will be extended by a month, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Tuesday, blaming a virus variant first identified in the UK for decision.
Feb 23, 2021
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Moscow announced Saturday it had registered its third vaccine against the coronavirus and promised to introduce the jab to the Russian population by March.
Feb 20, 2021
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Thirty-one people have died in an outbreak of plague that erupted in northeastern DR Congo three months ago, health officials and experts said on Friday.
Feb 19, 2021
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Canada's largest city asked the Ontario provincial government on Wednesday to extend a lockdown order to at least March 9.
Feb 17, 2021
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The leading EU country for Covid vaccinations, Malta, on Tuesday credited the bloc's joint procurement for its success, but stressed moves need to be made to counter worrying virus variants.
Feb 16, 2021
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South Africa said Tuesday it would offer its doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine to the African Union (AU) after scrapping their use due to efficacy concerns.
Feb 16, 2021
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Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive.
Feb 15, 2021
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Britain on Monday began mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals from high-risk countries as New Zealand identified its first cases of the UK strain from the outbreak that forced its largest city into lockdown.
Feb 15, 2021
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed back Friday against critics of the country's slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout, saying vast vaccination centers set up last year will be full to capacity by April.
Feb 12, 2021
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Japan will start coronavirus vaccinations next week, its prime minister said Wednesday, but it is scrambling to secure suitable syringes so doses won't go to waste.
Feb 10, 2021
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