Moderna jab ‘protective’ against variants as global borders tighten
US biotech firm Moderna announced Monday that its vaccine should protect against alarming new coronavirus…
US detects first case of Brazil coronavirus variant
The first case of a coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Brazil has been confirmed…
Lawrence Wong: Increase in imported Covid-19 cases not due to more travellers
Singapore—Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday (Jan 25) that the recent increase in imported…
Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over
Border restrictions were being tightened around the world Monday in the face of an unrelenting…
Virus mutations down to chance, in more ways than one
The emergence of several, more infectious strains of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has worried governments…
Too early to draw Covid origin conclusions: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday it was too early to draw any conclusions from…
Wuhan marks a year since lockdown as Biden warns of 600,000 dead
The Chinese city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day…
Malaysia’s 3,631 new Covid-19 cases are the biggest daily increase
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia recorded 3,631 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (Jan 22), bringing the…
In tracking virus mutations, most countries flying blind
by Kelly MACNAMARA To monitor changes to the coronavirus that could supercharge the pandemic or…
Biden orders masks, travel clampdown in new war on Covid
By Sebastian Smith President Joe Biden on Thursday tightened mask wearing rules and ordered quarantine…