Coronavirus pandemic

Indian PM urges every eligible person to get vaccine in an effort to rid the country of the new coronavirus.

Interior Minister Samir Mobeideen and Justice Minister Bassam Talhouni resign after violating COVID restrictions.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis says hard-hit country cannot wait for EU approval for Russia’s Sputink V shot.

Iran will receive several million more doses of foreign vaccines while advancing work on promising local candidates.

Jacinda Ardern announces seven-day lockdown in Auckland after authorities detect a community case of unknown origin.

PA health ministry says intensive care units for COVID-19 patients have reached 95 percent occupancy in the West Bank.

Juan Carlos Zevallos is latest government official in South America to resign over coronavirus vaccine scandals.

After months of downplaying deadly disease, government officials have urged people to take precautions and wear masks.

Included in the legislation are $1,400 direct payments to individuals and $400 a week unemployment benefit until August.

The governing party denies accusations that packed rallies are spreading COVID in some of Turkey’s worst hit regions.

We will not get back to our normal lives until the virus is eradicated in all countries, Italy’s economy minister said.

‘The greater crime would be not to do enough,’ a senior Canadian government official told Reuters news agency.

Democrats’ massive spending bill advances in Congress without Republican support despite Biden’s pledges of unity.

WHO chief urges countries to waive intellectual property rules, to allow others to make vaccines more quickly.