A more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that was identified in South Africa has been detected for the first time on US soil, officials said Thursday.
US biotech firm Novavax said Thursday its two-shot Covid-19 vaccine showed an overall efficacy of 89.3 percent in a major Phase 3 clinical trial in Britain, and remained highly effective against a variant first identified there.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says schools in England will remain closed until at least early March instead of reopening in mid-February as originally planned.
The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, FDA head Enrique Domingo said on Thursday.
Israel said on Wednesday that it is closing its land crossings with Jordan and Egypt to travellers, in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
