New Zealand enters nationwide lockdown over one Covid case
New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months. The case was detected in...
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Highers and Nat 5s: Four things to look out for on results day
Pupils across Scotland are due to receive confirmation of their grades for their National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher qualifications. They’ll come in the form...
China: How Delta threatens a prized zero Covid strategy
One of those people travelling from Moscow had the Delta variant of Covid-19. After they left the plane, staff from the Nanjing Lukou airport swooped...
Covid and a coup: The double crisis pushing Myanmar to the brink
It’s a double whammy that has left Myanmar with no room to breathe – a military coup coupled with a pandemic that has killed thousands....
Singapore Eyes Starting Quarantine-Free Travel in September
Singapore aims to relax more virus curbs, including starting to allow quarantine-free travel in September, marking the first time it’s set out a timeline to...
Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to...
Covid: What do we know about China’s coronavirus vaccines?
Chinese vaccine producers Sinovac and Sinopharm have signed on to global vaccine sharing scheme Covax, which aims to distribute vaccines to poorer countries. The Global...
Covid vaccine: Thailand decides to mix jabs as cases spike
Thailand has changed its vaccine policy to mix China’s Sinovac with the AstraZeneca vaccine in a bid to boost protection. The decision comes after hundreds...
Indonesia faces oxygen crisis amid worsening Covid surge
Indonesia’s government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities. Hospitals say...
Delta plus variant: Can India prevent third Covid wave?
India is beginning to reopen after a second wave of Covid-19 infections devastated the country in April and May. But now experts warn that a...
