The public inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has started its work in a process that will lead to key government ministers, officials and scientific advisors giving evidence in public.

…But Xi’s relentless efforts to rid China of the coronavirus are taking a huge economic toll….

The EU’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said on Thursday that it had given the green light to two vaccines that target the omicron variant of COVID-19.

China has announced a lockdown for the 21.2 million residents of Chengdu, one of its largest cities, as authorities battle a new COVID-19 outbreak.

…the closest we’ve had yet to a serious attempt at post- Covid satire. At its centre are the Gladneys, both ordinary American family and…

Over 4.5 mln people have been infected with coronavirus over the past week, more than 13,000 have died.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia has increased by 46,321 over 24 hours with 92 deaths registered, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday.

Japan on Wednesday reported 169,800 new coronavirus cases.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized a revamped version of the COVID-19 booster shot from the two big pharmaceutical companies providing the vaccine in the US, Moderna and BioNTech-Pfizer.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia has increased by 37,067 over 24 hours with 94 deaths registered, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Tuesday.