The WHO said the $600 million scheme would enable low- and middle-income countries to close the dramatic gap in testing for the new coronavirus... Sep 29
Unlike laboratory-based molecular tests that have been the staple of health authorities in the pandemic, antigen tests do not require machines to process.... Sep 23
Tough border restrictions to keep the coronavirus under control have led to a 97.5% plunge in international travel in the region, according to the ... Sep 17
Israel is among the countries battling a new spike, announcing a three-week lockdown from Friday when people will not be allowed more than 500 ... Sep 15
The impoverished North, whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak - has not confirmed a single case of the disease ... Sep 12
Scientists found swine fever in a dead wild boar near the German-Polish border in the eastern state of Brandenburg, the German agricultural ministry said.... Sep 11
LG Electronics' PuriCare Wearable, which comes in one size and weighs as much as a pair of ski goggles, features two fans and high-efficiency ... Sep 10
The WHO Western Pacific Region is home to more than a third of the world’s older people- 240 million people aged over 65 years, ... Sep 04
This is a report by Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.... Sep 03
The over all world pandemic situation has not yet come to a plateau with many countries having the second wave and economies been compromised due ... Aug 31
The contaminated bathroom was directly above the home of five people confirmed a week earlier to have Covid-19.... Aug 27
More than 23.65 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 811,895 have died... Aug 26
Right around 30 potential immunizations are at present being tried on people over the globe in anticipation of closure a pandemic.... Aug 19
Almost 30 potential vaccines are currently being tested on humans across the globe in hope of ending a pandemic.... Aug 19
A 68-year-old woman in the central Chinese province of Hubei, where the novel coronavirus first surfaced in December, tested positive on Sunday... Aug 17
Novavax, SK bioscience and Republic of Korea intend to partner for manufacture and supply of vaccine for global markets including South Korea... Aug 14
Research by Michael Barber, a former adviser to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Idris Jala, who did a similar job for Malaysia's Najib ... Aug 07
US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said it was unlikely his country would use any vaccine developed in either country... Aug 04
COVID-19 China Updates: The bulk of 57 new domestic cases were found in the far northwestern Xinjiang region... Jul 27
Official news agency KCNA described the case as "a person who is suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus returned on July 19 ... Jul 27
The U.S. billionaire's foundation gave $3.6 million in May to SK Bioscience to accelerate the development of Covid-19 vaccines.... Jul 27
An old-school, shoe-leather investigation showed the virus had jumped from a night-club visitor, to a student, to a taxi driver and then ... Jul 27
The International Air Transport Association said international air traffic may not return to pre-Covid levels until 2024.... Jul 23