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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,663,202 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) said […]

Tokyo stocks finished higher on Friday after the U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. applied to the Japanese health ministry for permission to produce and sell its COVID-19 oral treatment drug, which lifted the low […]

Sri Lanka on Friday faced a nationwide power failure due to a breakdown in the transmission lines, resulting in businesses coming to a standstill. The power outage which occurred since Friday noon resulted in engineers […]

As virologists and epidemiologists around the world are grappling to understand the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, some Australian experts say panic won’t help solve the problems and stronger international health cooperation would be the […]

The export value of Japan’s agriculture, forestry and seafood products logged the largest ever monthly increase of 14.9 percent in October boosted by the robust shipment to the United States and China, local media reported […]

Australia’s peak immunization body has advised against changes to the country’s COVID-19 booster vaccine rollout in response to the Omicron variant. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly said on Friday that the Australian Technical Advisory […]

US President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast. From next week, international travellers to the US, including […]