COVID-19 coronavirus

WASHINGTON: Singapore is working on establishing a vaccinated travel lane (VTL) with the United States before the end of the year, said Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong on Thursday (Oct 7). Speaking at an event at the US…

ISTANBUL: Turkey logged 30,438 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Oct 6), the highest number of daily infections since Apr 30, health ministry data showed. Turkey recorded 236 deaths from the virus in the same period. Turkey's daily cases…

WASHINGTON: US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19 but has no symptoms and will participate in oral arguments next week remotely from his home, a court statement said on Friday (Oct 1). Kavanaugh, 56,…

SYDNEY: The premier of Australia's biggest state economy New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, resigned on Friday (Oct 1) after a corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether she was involved in conduct that "constituted or involved…

Brazil's Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac to other countries in South America and Africa, as the federal government has not ordered more of the shots.…

The record cases in Victoria come as the federal government on Thursday decided to phase out its emergency financial support for businesses impacted by the lockdowns, in line with its plan to end support to virus-impacted employees.…

NEW YORK: United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a requirement to be vaccinated for COVID-19, company officials said on Tuesday (Sep 28). Besides the 593 workers who refused to get vaccinated, another…

SINGAPORE: Those with a positive COVID-19 antigen rapid test (ART) result should be allowed to work from home if they are able to do so, read a tripartite advisory published by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Saturday (Sep 25).  If…

SYDNEY: Police in Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne prepared for a fourth day of anti-lockdown protests on Thursday (Sep 23) after more than 200 arrests a day earlier, while COVID-19 cases across the state of Victoria hit a daily…

MELBOURNE: Australia reported 1,607 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Sep 19) as states and territories gradually shift from trying to eliminate outbreaks to living with the virus. Victoria, home to about a quarter of Australia's 25 million…