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A long queue of people snakes down a road for a mobile specimen collection station for Covid-19 testing in Hong Kong’s Tung Chung district on February 10, 2022, as authorities scrambled to ramp up testing capacity following a record high number of new infections. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)

Hong Kong leader says city ‘overwhelmed’ by Omicron wave

February 14, 2022

French 'freedom convoy' underway to Paris

French police mobilised as “Freedom Convoys” converge on Paris

February 11, 2022

A medical staff member wearing protective gear holds a coronavirus sample of a resident at a drive-through screening and testing facility at the port city of Karachi. Rizwan TABASSUM - AFP

Portugal to drop coronavirus test requirement for arriving passengers

February 4, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an event marking the 300th anniversary of Russian prosecution service, at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on January 12, 2022. (Photo by Alexey VITVITSKY / various sources / AFP)

Vladimir Putin says Russia has two weeks to prepare for Omicron wave

January 12, 2022

A medical worker prepares a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine after Israel approved a second booster shot for the immunocompromised, people over 60 years and medical staff, in Tel Aviv, Israel January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israeli study shows five-fold antibody rise with fourth coronavirus jab

January 4, 2022

India extended Covid vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 on Monday after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year’s devastating outbreak.

India begins vaccinating teens as Omicron fears rise

January 3, 2022

Qatar suspends leave for healthcare staff amid coronavirus surge

December 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo

Kroger grocer nixes coronavirus benefits for unvaccinated employees

December 14, 2021

Bayern Munich said Thursday that star midfielder Joshua Kimmich would not return to action until January as he recovers from lung damage caused by Covid-19.

Joshua Kimmich out until January after coronavirus-related lung damage

December 9, 2021

Measles vaccines are displayed at Ebolowa regional hospital, in Ebolowa, Cameroon, Dec. 9, 2019. (Moki Edwin Kindzeka-VOA)

Cameroon launches vaccination campaign to contain measles outbreak

December 4, 2021

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at her farewell event in Berlin on Thursday. Clemens Bilan-EPA, via Shutterstock

Angela Merkel implores Germans to get vaccinated in farewell message

December 4, 2021

Namibia has warned that more than 268 000 doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are at risk of being destroyed, some as early as next week, due to a slow uptake by citizens.

Man in Italy wears fake silicone arm to get vaccine certificate

December 4, 2021

Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga returned to the capital Harare on Saturday after spending four months in China, according to Bnnbloomberg.ca reports.

Zimbabwe says it’s prepared for Omicron variant

November 28, 2021

Kenya will require people to show vaccination certificates from December 21, and is planning a 10-day mass inoculation campaign from November 26, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement issued late Sunday.

Kenya to bar unvaccinated people from public places

November 22, 2021

FILE - A man wears a mask while walking outside the entrance to the Yaounde General Hospital in Yaounde, March 6, 2020.

Cameroon says workers reject coronavirus vaccines

November 18, 2021