Seoul: South Korea said on Thursday it would begin COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public in the third quarter but review the use...
Seoul: South Korea said on Thursday it would begin COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public in the third quarter but review the use...
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's health authorities on Thursday conducted further tests and began contact tracing efforts after two more cases of the South...
NEW DELHI - Indian farmers on Wednesday postponed a march to parliament on Feb. 1, the day of the government's budget announcement, following...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive next week, starting with front-line health workers, a government minister said on Wednesday. "God...
BEIJING: The city of Beijing tightened curbs on inbound travellers ahead of the peak Lunar New Year travel season kicking off on Thursday,...
KATHMANDU: The Himalayan nation of Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a...
Manila: A Philippine province has cancelled a decision to award $10 billion airport project to a consortium led by a Chinese state firm,...
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: A vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a government research institute is likely to be effective against the...
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down...
SYDNEY: Australia recorded a 10th straight day of no new local COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, allowing its most populous state of New South...
YANGON: Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it had signed deals with two domestic companies to purchase 18.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines produced...
New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the...
Colombo: A group of UN experts has criticised Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of Covid-19 be cremated, even it goes against...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season...
TOKYO: Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the...
Thousands of Indian farmers on tractors entered New Delhi Tuesday as the country marked its Republic Day, escalating protests against new agricultural laws...