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BRUSSELS — Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine produced by U.S. biotech firm Novavax has been underwhelming in the European Union’s main countries in the early rollout, so far undermining hopes …

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Monday cancelled a long-standing requirement for people to wear protective medical masks in public, citing the improving situation with COVID-19 and the need to support …

PARIS — France lifted most COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, abolishing the need to wear face masks in most settings and allowing people who aren’t vaccinated back into restaurants, sports arenas …

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern provxjmtzywince and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading "stealth Omicron" variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since …

Those who are over the age of 60 or immunocompromised are especially at risk for severe COVID-19 disease. As provinces across Canada ease more of their pandemic-related restrictions, there are …

WASHINGTON — Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at the U.S. Children’s National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she …

Former U.S. president Barack Obama announced Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. "I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise," he said …

BEIJING — China’s government responded Suxjmtzywnday to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business centre of Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, and restricted access …

BEIJING — The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s northeast tripled Sunday and authorities stepped up anti-disease controls by suspending bus service to Shanghai and ordering …