The restriction will take effect late Tuesday and remain in place until May 20 

The restriction will take effect late Tuesday and remain in place until May 20 

While much of the world remains hunkered down, the band Six60 has been playing to huge crowds in New

Jamaica's latest restrictions to curb spread of COVID-19, including cancelation of funerals and buri

Prime minister shuts down country's largest city for 72 hours after British variant discovered

Consensus on need to prioritize boosting vaccinations/

The case is the first possible community-spread transmission since mid-November

Matt Hancock says new variant spreads more easily than original strains and Britain's three-tiered s

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

South African President continues, curfews and reinstates restrictions to try to curtail a resurgenc

Frenchman living in England Brings COVID-19 variant to Tours

At 28 days virus-free, Victoria officially eliminates COVID-19, but caution remains

Nearly third of day's new cases are in Europe

Jamaica begins new curfew hours as part of continued effort to curb spread of COVID-19/

The countries are trying to control the spread of the virus in their biggest cities

PM says troops will replace private security personnel at riskiest points of entry

US president asserted New Zealand was experiencing a huge surge in cases; Jacinda Ardern countered t

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from ot

Raging floodwaters have driven more than 650,000 people to flee their homes this year

South Africa has nearly 530,000 cases

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

Nation tops 50,000 new cases for first time since pandemic's start

Threat of disputes is exposing cracks in what was meant to be a stronger North American fortress of

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

Importation of new cases has raised concern after the country reported a halt in all local transmiss

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appoints high-ranking military official to oversee quarantine faciliti

China reports 11 new cases

But its borders remain closed to international travel  

With total number of cases and deaths soaring, Brazil's president expresses regrets - but says it's

Prime minister credits success in limiting spread of virus to go hard, go early' strategy

Fed chair Powell and Treasury chief Mnuchin hold hope for relief in the coming months

Health officials continue to warn about threat of resurgence if lockdowns are eased too quickly

Meanwhile, authorities in southern province of Sindh extend closure of all educational institutions

The Jordanian citizen had flown back nearly two weeks ago from Italy on a plane with around 100 pass

As of Monday, the continent of 1.2 billion people has just six confirmed cases of COVID-19  three i

The infected person had come from Iran through Bahrain, the report added

Lee Man-hee is revered by his followers as the "Promised Pastor" who will take 144,000 people with h

Iran appears to be the epicenter for coronavirus in the Middle East

The turmoil-hit country lacks quarantine facilities and protocols, trained health care personnel and

Virus spreads in Middle East, South Korea, Italy 

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

The company said in a statement Sunday that it plans to wind down sales, engineering and design oper

China says its efforts to stem the spread of virus are showing results

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

As the death toll from the COVID-19 virus continues to mount within China, the world is beginning to

As the virus continued to spread Thursday, the World Health Organization said it's still too early t

The World Health Organization is appealing for $675 million to prevent the global spread of the dead

On a poor continent where health care capacity is limited, early detection of any outbreak is crucia

Vast majority of cases and fatalities are still in China

Travel bans to limit the spread of the coronavirus could lead to a worsening of the epidemic worldwi

'IAmNotAVirus' is trending in France, as Asians say they're being increasingly stigmatized

Passenger arriving in Gaborone aboard Ethiopian Airways flight from China on Thursday was immediatel

Experts say various forms of new virus are often transmitted from animals to people