Covid: Travel misery continues as 1,500 more flights cancelled
Coronavirus pandemic More than 1,500 flights across the globe were scrapped on Sunday, bringing more misery for travellers planning…
Ghana’s Covid restrictions: Unvaccinated must get jabs on arrival
Coronavirus pandemic Ghana is introducing some of the world’s strictest Covid travel rules, by banning any adult who has…
Covid: Dutch partial lockdown to tackle surge in infections
Coronavirus pandemic Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced Western Europe’s first partial Covid lockdown of the winter, with…
Molnupiravir: First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK
By Jim Reed Health reporter The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines…
Covid: US opens up to fully vaccinated travellers
Coronavirus pandemic The US is easing its coronavirus travel restrictions, reopening to passengers from the UK, EU and other…
Unlocking: India states start reopening amid dip in Covid cases
India coronavirus lockdown Major Indian states that have been virus hotpots are easing restrictions as Covid case numbers continue to…
Covid: White House defends Dr Fauci over lab leak emails
Coronavirus pandemic The White House has defended the president’s top coronavirus adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, amid scrutiny of his recently…
Covid: China’s Sinovac vaccine gets WHO emergency approval
Coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved China’s Sinovac Covid vaccine for emergency use. It is the second…
Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say
Vietnam has detected a Covid variant that appears to be a combination of the Indian and UK variants and can…
Covid: China hits back as US revisits Wuhan lab-leak theory
Coronavirus pandemic China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab. US President Joe…