Covid

Employees of the Tunisian community saw them carry a coffin of a COVID-19 victim in the regional hospital during the coronavirus infections.Jdidi Wassim | SOPA pictures | LightRakete | Getty ImagesAfrica, where less than 2% of the…

PeopleImages | E + | Getty ImagesLONDON - When the coronavirus pandemic first emerged in early 2020, governments quickly put out information on what symptoms to look out for, little knowing then that much of the transmission was…

Covid-19 vaccines from Chinese companies Sinopharm (left) and Sinovac arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia on June 8, 2021.Sovannara | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesAmong the countries with both high vaccination…

Public health officials say the prospect of overlooked virus deaths tied to the nation’s prisons, jails and immigration detention centers carries particular risks. It is challenging, the experts say, to prepare prisons for future epidemics…

The highly transmissible Delta variant is now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the United States, outperforming the alpha variant, according to Covid-19 modeling data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Delta,…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on the Coronavirus-Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference at 10 Downing Street on March 18, 2021 in London, England.Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool | Getty ImagesLONDON - British Prime…

MOSCOW - President Vladimir V. Putin urged Russians to get the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday - his largest comment to date on the matter - as his country scrambles to contain a vicious new wave of the disease.Speaking at his annual…

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that most Americans should be comfortable gathering together safely on Independence Day weekend, citing high Covid vaccination rates and low virus infection rates in many parts of the country.However,…

An employee of the German biopharmaceutical company CureVac will demonstrate research on a vaccine against the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in a laboratory in Tübingen on March 12, 2020.Andreas Gebert | REUTERSCureVac plans to continue…

The US surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC on Wednesday there was reason to hope that people who received the one-off Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may be protected against the Delta variant of the virus.Murthy pointed to…