Delta Variant

A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a person for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test, at a temple near Klong Toey slum community in Bangkok, Thailand, May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa
Bloomberg Special

Omicron cases are hitting highs, but new data puts end in sight

Data suggest hospitalisations are now decoupled from case numbers, and the variant causes less severe disease

People line up at a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing at a mobile testing van in New York City, US, August 27, 2021. Photo : Reuters
Global Economy

Delta variant likely slammed brakes on US economic growth in third quarter

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Coronavirus chronicle

50 contacts of new Delta variant traced in India

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: Study
Coronavirus chronicle

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: Study

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Bloomberg Special

In the 'yes, but' recovery, conviction is a curse

Grave diggers bury a man who, according to his son, died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as Senegal records more Covid-19 deaths, at the Christian Saint-Lazare Cemetery in Dakar, Senegal August 4, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Global Covid-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps the world

A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US, February 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Delta increases Covid-19 risks for pregnant women; Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine antibodies gone by 7 months for many

Students return to regular presence schooling, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
World+Biz

Defying Delta: Back to school goes better than feared

Labourers at a construction site in Shanghai, China. Picture taken July 12, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

World Bank says Delta variant slowing economic growth in East Asia and Pacific

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Coronavirus chronicle

China updates mass testing protocol to better cope with Delta variant

Covid-19 vaccines hold strong against Delta, protection waning in older adults
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 vaccines hold strong against Delta, protection waning in older adults

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicle

Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

Covid-19: Female deaths double that of males for the first time in Bangladesh
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid-19: Female deaths double that of males for the first time in Bangladesh