What is the beta variant? Here's what we know so far

Japan moves to ban foreign visitors to limit spread of heavily mutated strain

New rules mean workers must show they are vaccinated, have tested negative, or recovered from Covid.

Auckland and the neighbouring region of Northland are likely to stay in level 4 lockdown for another two weeks

There are quiet concerns in parts of Europe about the Covid beta variant, which was discovered in South Africa.

Portugal, Spain and Germany became the latest EU countries to tighten travel restrictions amid concerns over the fast-spreading Delta variant.

Scotland's Covid-19 rules are changing at the weekend - but for many, the lifting of lockdown has been "paused".

France will confer a special honour on health workers who die from Covid while fighting the pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.

The Biden administration, siding with some world leaders over the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, came out in favor of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines.

The European Commission is getting ready to launch legal proceedings against vaccine producer AstraZeneca, according to six EU diplomats.  The Commission raised the matter at a meeti…

Hospitals are struggling to cope as a highly infectious COVID variant ravages the country. There are questions over vaccine efficacy, and one expert says other strains "will escape."

France’s largest stadium, the Stade de France, opened on Tuesday as its largest Covid-19 vaccination centre. Some 1,500 people made appointments for a jab at the venue to start a drive that health au…

Public-health experts say the cards may soon become passports to resume everything from travel to dating. The U.S. has no central database for immunizations and an incomplete patchwork of state records.

France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that is causing record numbers of cases on the other side of the Channel,…

Researchers said results highlight the need to continue with face coverings, social distancing and handwashing alongside vaccine programmes

Any new virus that emerges has to be able to compete with the "best of class," and right now that is delta, the WHO's Dr. Mike Ryan said.

Worried about the rapid spread of the Delta variant, governments are nudging, and in some cases, pushing, people to get vaccinated by introducing restrictions to daily life for those without a Covid-19 shot.

UK News: NEW DELHI: Covid cases in India may be on a steady decline but several countries across the world are now grappling with a renewed surge in cases.

Boris Johnson is expected to announce a delay to the next phase of England's reopening on Monday.

Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine was effective in children aged 12 to 17 in a new study, a finding that could clear the way for a second shot for use in adolescents.

From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadership

Indian manufacturers also stoke anger by increasing Covid vaccine prices

There are "good reasons" for keeping the new variant out of the UK, scientist Prof Mark Walport says.

The World Health Organization has launched the biggest vaccination campaign in human history, with the aim of distributing doses to 190 countries and limiting the risk of dangerous mutations. But the project is a race against time.

The French president rebuffed his advisers in January and opted against more restrictions, betting that inoculation would curb the pandemic. Instead, a new wave of infections is battering France.