A huge mass testing operation is under way in Worcestershire after a small number of cases of the new South Africa coronavirus variant were detected in the county. Hundreds of residents have already ...

SERRANA, Brazil, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O), opens new tab is effective against the UK and South African variants, the vaccine's Brazilian ...

The current vaccines will still prevent severe illness and hospitalization. Since the emergence of several new COVID-19 variants across the globe, scientists have been racing to understand their ...

This browser does not support the Video element. BRUSSELS - The United States joined Canada, the European Union and several other countries in instituting travel restrictions on visitors from southern ...

Matthew Impelli is a Newsweek staff writer based in New York. His focus is reporting social issues and crime. In January 2023, Matthew traveled to Moscow, Idaho where he reported on the quadruple ...

The nation’s weekly COVID-19 case average is falling at a much faster rate than the number of tests taken, reports The COVID Tracking Project. Since Jan. 12, the seven-day case average has dropped by ...

Scientists in South Africa were the first to raise alarm bells about Omicron, alerting the WHO last Wednesday. But that doesn't necessarily mean the variant came from southern Africa, it's more of an ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] It has been confirmed that the COVID-19 plasma treatment developed domestically is effective against variant viruses as well. The Central Disease Control ...

Reason for concern, but not unnecessary alarm, researchers say. The first real-world study pitting COVID-19 variants against the Pfizer vaccine showed that the variant first detected in South Africa ...