Health
Djokovic in limbo as lawyers battle over Australia entry ban
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday amid a storm of protest about a decision ...Macron’s blunt language on France’s unvaccinated causes furore
Reporting by TOE Correspondent in Paris | Editing by Shreejana KC President Emmanuel Macron burst into the presidential race with an explosive ...German hospitals hope Omicron – as milder variant – could ease burden
The Omicron coronavirus variant could ease pressure on the German health system if it turns out to produce milder illness, even though ...Sydney kicks off the New Year party in vintage style as South Africa offers Omicron ...
Australians bade farewell to 2021 with a traditional fireworks display over Sydney harbour as good news from South Africa – the first ...COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 if global vaccination increases, WHO says
The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end next year but the coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization’s Mike ...US lifts travel restrictions imposed on southern Africa
US President Joe Biden has formally announced he will lift a ban this week on travel from South Africa and other countries ...More than 60 percent of South America vaccinated
Some 63 percent of the population of South America is now fully inoculated, making it the most vaccinated region in the world, ...Malaysia lifts travel ban on 8 African countries
Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had first reported the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing ...South Korea authorises emergency use of Pfizer’s oral coronavirus treatment
South Korea authorised for emergency use Pfizer’s (PFE.N) antiviral pills targeting COVID-19 as the first of its kind to be introduced in South Korea, ...Case data, vaccine news mark small victories in Omicron battle
Two vaccine manufacturers said their shots offered protection against Omicron, as British data suggested it may result in proportionally fewer hospitalisations than ...














