World virus cases fall for third week: WHO
The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21 per cent in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19...
Sweden ends testing, UK to scrap iso rules
Authorities in Sweden, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates have announced an easing in coronavirus restrictions as the global number of...
US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000
The US death toll from COVID-19 has hit 900,000, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000 - propelled in part by the wildly contagious...
World-first COVID-19 human challenge trial
The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 has been conducted in the UK and found to be...
Denmark scraps most COVID-19 restrictions
Denmark has became one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 ‘more infectious’
The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and...
Too soon to treat COVID-19 like flu: WHO
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is on track to infect more than half of Europeans but it should not yet be seen as a...
US hospital rate up in unvaxxed young kids
Hospitalisations of US children under five with COVID-19 soared in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, according to government data...
WHO warns of Omicron ‘storm coming’
The World Health Organization's European head has warned countries to brace for a "significant surge" in COVID-19 cases as Omicron spreads, and advised the...
Omicron ‘raging through the world’: Fauci
US health officials have urged Americans to get booster shots, wear masks and be careful if they travel over the winter holidays, with the...