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Shanghai has reported no new cases of COVID-19 outside quarantined areas in two districts, raising hopes the tide is turning in its battle against...

Global COVID-19 deaths on weekends have been higher compared to weekdays during the pandemic, a study has found. Researchers accepted that reporting delays could be...

The border is opening and New Zealand is shaking up its domestic COVID-19 restrictions, hopeful its deadly Omicron wave is passing. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...

A World Health Organisation spokeswoman says the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is a long way off, citing a rise in cases in its latest...

Figures showing a global rise in COVID-19 cases could herald a much bigger problem as some countries also report a drop in testing rates,...

Britain's government says all remaining COVID-19 measures for travellers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement that unvaccinated people be tested before and after...

China's government has responded to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business centre of Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million...

New Zealand is shuttering its much-loathed quarantine hotel regime, downsizing from 32 hotels to four by July. Known locally as managed isolation and quarantine or...

The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing six million - underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third...

All government-mandated coronavirus restrictions in England have been lifted, including the legal requirement for people who test positive for COVID-19 to isolate at home. Officials...