Covid

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk amid concerns over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pyongyang, North Korea May 15, 2020, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

N Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown

A traveller receives a test for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, outside the international terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, 29 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Analysis

Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass Covid checks

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No death from Covid for 18 days straight

Zero death from Covid for 15th consecutive day
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Zero death from Covid for 15th consecutive day

A person presenting with symptoms gets tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a drive up testing center in Columbus, Ohio, US, 2 December, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says

A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site inside a residential compound under lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
Global Economy

New tests to decide Shanghai reopening as Beijing stocks up

A Covid-19 patient is being carried to hospital in Europe. Photo: UNB
Coronavirus chronicle

Nearly 80% of EU's population estimated to have been infected with Covid

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Global Economy

China lockdowns drag on earnings of chipmakers, industrials

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Global Economy

Asia growth slows on commodities, Covid and rising interest rates

Nurses react as they treat a COVID-19 patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Europe

World’s longest known Covid infection lasted for 505 days in UK patient

A medical worker in a protective suit walks past a line of people waiting to take nucleic acid test at a locked down residential area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 7, 2022. REUTERS/David Stanway
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai doubles down on strict lockdown enforcement in Covid fight

A man wearing a face mask is seen at Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, China May 21, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Hopes rise in Shanghai's battle against Covid as two districts report no new cases

People wearing protective face masks enjoy a stroll along a skywalk bridge as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Coronavirus chronicle

Study shows 99% on Indonesia's most populous island have Covid antibodies