Lam was set to announce further Covid restrictions later in the day after the city saw a "shocking" new record of over 600 infections on Monday

Government blames a resurgence of Covid-19 for a drop in deliveries of fresh produce from the mainland, as truck drivers were reportedly found to have the virus

Chinese scientists and health specialists stress the need for stringent controls, saying transmission risks are too high and that mass infection would put intolerable pressure on health systems

Outbreak in Baise is tiny by global standards, but latest curbs follow the country's 'zero-Covid' strategy to quickly contain any flare-ups to prevent a major spread of infections

Data from the Ministry of Health showed more than 5.7 million people aged 60 years or over had yet to receive any Covid vaccine by Saturday (February 5).

The PM told a budget committee meeting he has instructed ministers to work with local governments to double the number of booster shots being given to 1 million a day

Containers that usually take hours to process have been taking days for the past two weeks, the report said citing freight forwarders

India, which has the fourth-highest tally of deaths globally, recorded 400,000 deaths by July last year, but a new study suggests three million died of Covid-19 by that time

The line said it cancelled operations by Carnival Splendor from June-September 2022 and Carnival Spirit from June 2022-October 2023

Infections in Japan have surged since the start of the year as the Omicron variant has taken hold with about a fifth of cases in Tokyo

Ahead of a visit to Beijing, he said there were "substantial" financial, industrial, technological and human resource opportunities for Russia and China

The country has seen Covid-19 cases surge in recent weeks, forcing the government to roll out tougher curbs across much of the nation