COVID 19

by Nina LARSON The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost two million, even as new deaths decreased, WHO statistics showed. In a fresh global update, the World...

by James Pheby with Nina Larson in Geneva and AFP bureaus The British government will announce fresh steps Tuesday to try and stop a coronavirus surge in England, as the World Health Organization warned that new cases worldwide soared to...

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA From Princess Diana to President Trump, everyone wants to visit the Taj Mahal, but in the middle of a global pandemic the bucket-list experience is just a little less special. As India's "monument to love" re-opened on Monday...

US President Donald Trump said Friday he expects enough Covid-19 vaccines "for every American" will be produced by next April, and that the first doses will be distributed immediately after approval later this year. Claiming "historic progress" with three vaccines...

by Mandel Ngan with Sebastian Smith in Washington US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a coronavirus vaccine may be available within a month -- an acceleration of even his own optimistic predictions -- but added that the pandemic could...

by Jalees Andrabi, with AFP Bureaus Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as a WHO envoy warned the pandemic was "still at the beginning". Global cases are rapidly approaching 30 million, with more than 935,000 known Covid-19...

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says US President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus amounts to "a life and death betrayal of the American people" after veteran journalist Bob Woodward reported that Trump admitted playing down the severity...

Singapore—Many have expressed concerns over foreign workers in Singapore, which was already an issue even before the coronavirus pandemic. Worries over the job security of PMETs (Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians) especially those no longer in their first youth, have...