Maria Van Kerkhove

GENEVA: China's Covid-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalisations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.The…

MONTREAL: Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of Africa is spreading. Canada was the latest country…

GENEVA: An expert group convened by the world health organization says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its…

Eleven Beijing Olympics-related personnel have been hospitalised with COVID-19 in the Chinese capital since Jan 23 out of a total 232 positive cases, Brian McCloskey,…

The wounds of COVID-19 keep reviving themselves as the vile variants keep emerging every now and then. The new year saw another variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, currently driving the third wave in and around the country. During a time…

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the veiled threats issued by Chinese authorities over freedom of speech ahead of the Beijing…

A day after Beijing reported its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and as it readies to host the Winter Olympics next month, strict new COVID-19…

WASHINGTON: United States health officials said that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge…

The new COVID-19 variant, which threatens to wreak havoc in South Africa, has led to considerable concerns about India's tour of the Rainbow Nation next month and…

They believe Covid-19 is a hoax and vaccines are unsafe or part of some crazy plot. Now, they’re falling ill and dying in large numbers.A self-described ‘natural healer’ and Islamic preacher who repeatedly told his followers that Covid-19…