Kyiv city has recorded 906 new coronavirus cases in the past day, bringing the total number to 119,392.

Russia on Wednesday reported 22,850 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 4,320 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,471,053, the world’s fourth largest.

China has accused Boris Johnson of engaging in “groundless conjecture” after he suggested that coronavirus could have spread from people grinding up the scales of pangolins.

Korea will not achieve herd immunity against coronavirus until November this year, health authorities here warned Tuesday.

…debt-for-equity swap with bondholders. In its accounts for 2019, published on Wednesday, the casual dining chain also warned that the coronavirus crisis had “a significant impact on the liquidity of the…

President Vladimir Putin has on Wednesday ordered the mass vaccination of Russians against coronavirus amid reports of a slower-than-expected initial rollout.

A group of Russian researchers have uncovered a way to protect human cell culture from coronavirus using snake venom enzymes.

Anti-COVID vaccination during the January holidays went as planned, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said Wednesday, adding that, between January 11 and 14, the regions of Russia will receive 600,000 more doses of vaccine.

— Brazil officials said the CoronaVac vaccine developed in partnership with Sinovac Biotech Ltd. was 50.38% effective in preventing coronavirus cases, a number that meets the threshold required by global regulators for approval but that’s well below the 78% figure announced last week.