Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors.

The number of fatalities caused by the coronavirus infection worldwide in 2022 has surpassed one million, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva on Thursday.

…Conservative leadership contender Rishi Sunak on Thursday issued a scathing criticism of the UK government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that scientific advisers…

…North Korea has identified four suspected coronavirus cases in a border region with China, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared “victory” over Covid …

Japan on Thursday reported 220,955 new coronavirus cases.

Russia recorded 43,919 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily number since March 13, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Thursday.

…Leaders representing headteachers, warned that staff and pupil absence in areas where Covid -19 infection rates had been higher would result in “uneven” grade outcomes…

The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter when more virus cases are expected.

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she tested negative for the virus over the weekend.