Russia Marks Highest-Ever Covid-19 Death Toll for Second Day
Russia recorded its highest-ever daily death toll from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic on Wednesday, the country's Covid-19 task force said.
Russian Companies Scramble to Meet Mandatory Vaccination Deadline
Businesses across Russia are racing to inoculate their employees against the coronavirus in order to meet new rules on mandatory vaccinations.
Dozens dead as fire rips through Iraq COVID ward
Blaze at Nasiriya hospital’s coronavirus ward is the second to hit a COVID unit at an Iraqi hospital in three months.
Curfews return in Spain as infections soar in young people
Spanish regions are bringing back curfews as well as restrictions on socializing and nightlife to contain a sharp rise in coronavirus infections as the fast-spreading delta variant races through the country's unvaccinated young people.
COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as Delta variant rips around the world shows ‘disappointing inequality’:...
The COVID-19 Delta variant is traveling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a new spike in cases and deaths, but it’s exposing a ‘hugely uneven and inequitable’ global gap in vaccine supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Pfizer to meet US officials over COVID vaccine booster
US chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has said it is too soon for the government to recommend a third booster shot.
Sydney lockdown likely to be extended after ‘shocking’ COVID numbers
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the lockdown will need to be extended unless she sees a "dramatic turnaround" in Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak.
Korea imposes toughest social distancing measures in capital area
The government has imposed its toughest level of social distancing measures in Seoul and its surrounding areas starting Monday to tackle a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
