Despite another spike in daily infections, Australia's first recorded death from the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 was announced on Monday. However, regulators resisted implementing new restrictions, claiming that hospitalization rates remained low.    The death of the man, who was in...

The global spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued unabated, prompting health experts to caution that the fight top end the infections caused by the Covid-19 variant is still long way away.   On the other hand however, two pharma companies have claimed that...

On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a bill aimed at combating human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region.   The law prohibits imports from Xinjiang and punishes those who are involved in forced labour in the province. The proposal is Washington's latest attempt to alleviate...

The fifth wave of a pandemic due to the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain is assuredly beginning in Germany, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has said. He recalled that several cases of omicron infection have already been reported in Germany. "We have to assume that Germany will no...

Israel said on Tuesday that it will offer a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to older people, amid growing concerns about the spread Omicron variant of the coronavirus.   The fourth shot was recommended by a panel of experts from the Health Ministry of the country. Prime Minister Naftali...

China has chastised the United States for sanctioning eight Chinese technology firms. Beijing fears that the United States is breaking trade norms and impeding scientific progress. Liu Peng, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the United States, remarked on the latest US penalties. China has...

The coronavirus strain Omicron has become the most common in London, according to Kevin Fenton, the British capital's chief public health officer. "According to our most recent analysis of preliminary data, 'omicron' cases account for more than half of the cases being investigated in London. (This...

Over 500 million people could face extreme poverty because of the coronavirus, WHO and the World Bank said. The pandemic resulted in the "worst economic crisis since the 1930s" and has stalled progress on universal access to health care, forcing people to spend their life savings on treatment,...

A three-shot course of their Covid-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variation in a laboratory test, BioNTech and Pfizer have said.   The companies said that this indicates that booster shots may be necessary for protection against infection from the newly found version....