Live Coronavirus
An additional 504 people have died.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 01:40pm
The world’s second-most populous country is now expected to start a massive immunisation programme within weeks.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 12:01pm
GB recorded no additional fatalities for the ninth day in a row.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:35am
Balochistan recorded 37 new cases of the coronavirus and one additional fatality.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:30am
Punjab recorded 847 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths during the last 24 hours.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:25am
1,784 patients are currently in critical condition.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:20am
It was the first such operation since the outbreak of the pandemic last year in February.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 10:30am
The tally of doses distributed and the no of people who received the first dose are for both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 10:00am
The increase was within the government’s target of 5,000 or less per day.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 09:00am
The ban had been in place for the last two weeks amid fears of the coronavirus variant.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 08:00am
It brought the total cases to 63,244 with 962 deaths.
Published 03 Jan, 2021 07:05am
The government had previously said its national vaccination campaign would start on Jan 8, the latest date for any EU country.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 11:00pm
Health ministry says closure of ski resorts extended at request of regional chiefs and followed the advice of health experts.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 10:30pm
“The initial diagnosis is encephalomyelitis,” the health ministry said.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 10:00pm
Published 02 Jan, 2021 09:30pm
This is the fifth day daily cases have topped 50,000.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 08:45pm
“The Merry Widow” will open on Tuesday to masked audiences up to 75 per cent capacity.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 08:00pm
Such mass gatherings are banned across France to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 07:10pm
Published 02 Jan, 2021 06:25pm
Lebanon has recorded 183,888 coronavirus cases, including 1,466 deaths, since February.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 05:45pm
The Vatican has purchased a low temperature refrigerator for storing the vaccine.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 05:05pm
The provincial total has risen to 217,636 while the death toll is 3,594.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 04:25pm
Japanese officials have in recent weeks asked restaurants and businesses to close early and urged people to stay at home.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 04:02pm
India has set an ambitious target of inoculating 300 million of its 1.3 billion people by mid-2021.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 03:00pm
The national tally has risen to 3,212,637.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 02:20pm
It reports 1,856 new cases and two new deaths in 24 hours.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 01:46pm
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian bans dancing and singing at night clubs.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 01:15pm
The variant was detected in a 44-year-old woman returning to Vietnam from Britain.
Published 02 Jan, 2021 12:20pm
The national positivity rate was recorded at 5.8pc.
Updated 02 Jan, 2021 12:24pm
Published 02 Jan, 2021 11:20am
