Rochelle/Walensky worried about relaxation of measures and rise in travel as COVID-19 cases tick up

It is first reported increase in region after six weeks of decline

Prime Minister Suga says nationwide vaccination effort to begin in late February//

Upwards of 50,000 cases per day recorded over past week

All three major U.S. indices are trending positively

US health officials say Trump is hindering coronavirus care by blocking transition to Biden

Spain, France, and Colombia all surpassed one million confirmed cases of the coronavirus

Nearly third of day's new cases are in Europe

Havana said to have recorded 269 coronavirus cases last week, the highest tally since start of pande

European markets have begun the day in mixed territory

If a rebound in COVID-19 cases continues governments may consider regional or nationwide confinement

Gains in Europe and Asia shows investors confidence after EU recovery package deal, positive reports

India reported more than 20,000 new infections on Monday, and the U.S. has confirmed more than 40,00

The S&P/ASX in Sydney had the biggest losses in the region, plunging 2.5%, and  Japan's Nikkei index

China reports 11 new cases

All three U.S. indexes were trending downward in futures trading

The report by the semiofficial Mehr news agency came as Iranians voted in nationwide parliamentary e

We're encouraged by this trend, but this is no time for complacency,' Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sa

All schools and universities, including religious Shiite seminaries, were shut down in the holy city

But death toll on mainland rises to 2,118, along with at least 10 outside of China, including two pa

ISNA quoted an official in the country's Health Ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, as saying that 'some

Health commission confirmed 1,843 new cases, representing a drop from higher numbers of new cases in