Saudi king receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine Saudi King Salman has received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the NEOM economic zone, the state news... Published 09 Jan, 2021 07:05am
WATCH: German bakery's syringe cakes help the Covid medicine go down A German bakery is celebrating the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine with syringe-shaped cakes. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:57pm
Spain's Covid-19 tally rises by 25,456 in biggest jump since October Spain has added 25,456 coronavirus cases to its tally in the biggest one-day jump since October, health ministry ... Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:26pm
Denmark limits travel from all countries to try to check virus Denmark will restrict travel from all countries from Jan 9, and has advised against going abroad, to limit the ... Published 08 Jan, 2021 09:52pm
London declares emergency over 'out of control' coronavirus “We are declaring a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point,” said Mayor Sadiq Khan. Published 08 Jan, 2021 08:48pm
Denmark developing digital Covid-19 'vaccine passport' The passport may be rolled out in the first months of this year to be accessed through the Danish public health website. Published 08 Jan, 2021 08:05pm
Iran leader bans import of US, UK Covid-19 vaccines, demands sanctions end Iran could obtain vaccines “from other reliable places”, said Khamenei. Published 08 Jan, 2021 07:30pm
Cyprus goes into new lockdown from January 10 as Covid surges People will be allowed to leave home just twice a day for buying groceries or medicines and taking exercise. Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:55pm
Sindh reports 1,005 new cases, nine more deaths The report added that 733 of the new cases were from Karachi. Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:12pm
Malaysia PM to announce new Covid-19 measures as deaths hit daily record Friday’s death toll of 16 took total Covid-19 fatalities to 537. Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:10pm
England and Scotland to require travellers to show negative Covid tests Passengers arriving by boat, plane or train will have to take a test a maximum of 72 hours before departure. Published 08 Jan, 2021 04:34pm
In Japan, wider Covid-19 curbs heighten risk of double-dip recession The govt has resisted calls from some experts for wider curbs because of the economic pain they would cause. Published 08 Jan, 2021 03:52pm
Bhutan reports first Covid-19 death Bhutan has reported 767 cases of the coronavirus, having conducted a little over 300,000 tests. Published 08 Jan, 2021 02:40pm
China study says Wuhan Covid infections 3 times higher than official figure Researchers estimated that as many as 168,000 Wuhan residents were infected with the virus. Published 08 Jan, 2021 01:30pm
Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant The study is preliminary and has not yet been reviewed by experts. Published 08 Jan, 2021 11:35am
Islamabad, AJK and GB collectively report 173 coronavirus cases, 5 deaths GB reported no deaths during the last 24 hours. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:56am
KP reports 307 Covid cases, 8 deaths Balochistan has reported 14 cases. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:54am
Punjab records 676 virus cases, 18 deaths The provincial total has risen to 143,511 while the death toll is 4,221. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:48am
Pakistan reports more than 3,000 Covid recoveries A total of 453,828 people have recovered from the virus. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:46am
Clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine completes this week The trial started in September 2020. Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:01am
Brazil passes 200,000 Covid-19 deaths as cases hit daily record Brazil is at least three weeks away from beginning its vaccine campaign, according to the government. Published 08 Jan, 2021 09:05am
WATCH: Japanese cheerleaders lift commuters' spirits amid pandemic 
