A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck north-eastern Japan on Saturday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for the prefecture of Miyagi.
About one in three people in France, with a population of nearly 67 million, will be affected by tougher regional measures in place for the next four weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted the vaccination programme and route out of lockdown remain on track despite a shortfall in the expected supply of jabs.
Several European countries announced they would restart vaccinations with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) deemed it “safe and effective.”
Responding to President Joe Biden’s remark that he thinks the Russian president is a “killer,” Vladimir Putin on Thursday suggested the US leader should take stock of his own flaws and wished him “good health.”
The health authorities in Bulgaria announced Thursday they are tightening the restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus infections in the country. The infection rate in Bulgaria is an average 483 per 100,000 population which places the country ninth in the...
Rising numbers of coronavirus cases in several European countries underline the need to uphold public health measures even though vaccinations are ongoing, the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European office said on Thursday.
Nanocovax, Vietnam’s first locally-developed Covid–19 vaccine, is expected to be ready for use domestically by the fourth quarter of 2021, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday.