COVID-19

Bhutan remains focused on its tourism and hydropower sectors, which generate revenue from outside the country. Photo: Collected.
South Asia

Bhutan welcomes back tourists after Covid-19 with honey, turmeric and SIM cards

A person is tested for Covid-19 in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 20, 2021. Photo :Reuters
USA

Fraudsters likely stole $45.6 billion from US Covid unemployment insurance program

Govt job seekers get 39 month extension on age limit
Bangladesh

Govt job seekers get 39 month extension on age limit

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Coronavirus chronicle

Covid: WHO advises against use of two antibody drugs

Pedestrians wearing facial masks are reflected on an electric board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asian stocks extend rally despite growing China Covid concerns

FILE PHOTO: Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Coronavirus chronicle

‘Big boost’: Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid-19 vaccine gets green light

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

US CDC backs use of redesigned omicron Covid boosters

Study by Pfizer/BioNtech finds its Covid-19 vaccine 73.2% efficient in children
Coronavirus chronicle

Study by Pfizer/BioNtech finds its Covid-19 vaccine 73.2% efficient in children

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Health

Antibodies decline in 6 months of taking Covid booster: Study

N Korea's Kim praises military medics for frontline Covid fight in capital
Coronavirus chronicle

N Korea's Kim praises military medics for frontline Covid fight in capital

First lady Dr Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19
World+Biz

First lady Dr Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19

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China

Hacker offers to sell data of 48.5 mln users of Shanghai's Covid app

A motorist passes by a mural of frontline workers against coronavirus at RK Puram in New Delhi on July 25. Delhi’s Covid-19 recoveries have outstripped new cases on almost all days this month barring a few exceptions, after ramped-up containment and testing efforts over the past month or so. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
Coronavirus chronicle

Delhi to enforce mask mandate again after spurt in Covid cases