Coronavirus Global Update

China puts several cities in lockdown

Covid-19 pandemic anniversary

Second WHO vaccine hub for poorer countries

Hong Kong orders compulsory testing for all residents

Australia re-opens international border

Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid

Canadian police say they're in control of the truckers protest

Six African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology

Chinese police search for possibly infected migrants

China piles pressure on Hong Kong's Covid response

Novak Djokovic: I will sacrifice trophies if told to get jab

US-Canada border crossing cleared of protestors

Canadian PM warns protesting truckers

China has given approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 drug

New Zealand police turn the sprinklers on

Protests in Canada continue at a key bridge which crosses the US border

WHO asks for billions to help solve pandemic

Canadian PM demands end to truckers’ protest over Covid restrictions

AstraZeneca vaccine: Oxford professor criticises EU decision makers

Thousands protest across Canada against Covid measures

Mandatory Covid vaccinations in Austria

South Africa makes its own version of Moderna vaccine

New Zealand plans to reopen borders

Cases rise at Beijing Olympics

Concern over pandemic waste

The British PM receives a report into parties during lockdown

Portugal votes as coronavirus hits economy

Beijing Olympics organizers optimistic despite rising coronavirus numbers

British scientists urge to do more to help poorer countries manufacture their own vaccines

A new record for cases in the Americas.

Study: majority infected with Omicron likely to be reinfections

Covid outbreak on Australian relief ship heading to Tonga

WHO chief warns of danger of assuming pandemic is ending

World's first Covid lockdown anniversary

BBC investigation reveals true number of deaths in Iran

Anti-coronavirus measures are re-imposed in Japan

South African frustration over Omicron research

British PM under attack in parliament for lockdown violations

Research in Israel shows fourth doses do not stop Omicron infections

China tells population to stop ordering from overseas

Djokovic deported from Australia

The Chinese city of Tianjin begins its third round of mass testing

Novak Djokovic: Australia cancels tennis star's visa

Two hospitals in Chinese city of Xi'an closed over lockdown failures

British PM admits attending lockdown gathering

WHO warns of spread of Omicron across Europe

Djokovic wins Australian Open vaccine battle

Mass testing takes place in the Chinese city of Tianjin

A weekend lockdown comes into force in India's capital, Delhi.

Another tennis player joins Novak Djokovic in detention in Australia

Australia denies Djokovic entry

Hong Kong announces strict new Covid rules

WHO angered by lack of vaccine sharing

Cases in India surge - almost tripling in a week

Vietnam urges China to ease tough Covid border restrictions

Omicron has become the dominant variant in France

WHO boss 'optimistic' Covid-19 can be defeated in new year

Chinese lockdown residents complain of lack of food

US records its highest ever number of daily infections

US slashes isolation period

New York City introduces extra vaccine mandates

Omicron travel disruption continues

England pushes Xmas day booster jabs

A Judge urges India to postpone elections.

Omicron is milder according to preliminary studies

Lockdown in northern China

Omicron becomes dominant variant in US

Switzerland imposes tough new restrictions

European countries introduce restrictions amid Omicron surge

WHO: Omicron spreads to 89 countries

Fewer serious illnesses and deaths from Omicron in South Africa

France restricts travel from the UK

Vigil held in the US for coronavirus victims

Covid passports drive increase in vaccinations, study finds

South Africa's president recovers from Covid symptoms

Brazilian judge rules that foreign visitors must show proof of vaccination

Formula 1 drivers urge people to get vaccinated, UK minister warns against Omicron and two zoo hippos test positive in Belgium

WFP says Coronavirus has created a hunger pandemic

The WHO urges rich countries not to hoard vaccines

Pfizer and BioNTech say three jabs can block Omicron

WHO says focus should be on Delta

Creator of vaccine warns about next pandemic

Omicron around since September

Omicron spreading twice as fast as Delta

Omicron variant takes hold in South Africa

Scientists breakthrough on AstraZenica vaccine

Governments tighten travel rules

Confusion over Omicron variant

WHO warns new variant poses a very high global risk

Israel imposes travel ban

European countries check Omicron cases

WHO meets to consider new variant found in southern Africa

Scientists discover new coronavirus variant

New Zealand to reopen to vaccinated citizens

US travel warning for European countries

WHO condemns the world's failure to act together to end the pandemic

A second night of rioting in the Netherlands

The Dutch justice minister condemns rioting in Rotterdam

Austria announces general lockdown

Germany's parliament approves stricter Covid restrictions

US hopes COVID-19 could be reduced to endemic illness early next year

Low-cost access to Pfizer's Covid pill

The UK extends boosters to 40-year-olds

Lockdown for unvaccinated people in Austria

WHO criticises global vaccine gap

Covid cases rise in Europe

Covid cases in Germany hit new record

New Germany lockdown warning

All UK health workers to be vaccinated

US borders reopen

US court temporarily blocks President Biden's plans for vaccine mandates for companies

The Netherlands Toughens Covid Measures

Pfizer new antiviral pill effective in high risk cases

Europe once again at epicentre of pandemic, warns WHO

US approves Pfizer vaccine in children aged 5 to 11

Infections spread through Chinese regions

Global Covid deaths reach new milestone

American Airlines cancels hundreds of flights due to staff shortages

New York faces shortage of emergency workers as thousands miss vaccine deadline

Western countries urged to share surplus vaccines

Moscow lockdown measures come into force

A Brazilian senate inquiry recommends criminal charges against the president

US imposes new travel rules

China restricts entry to the capital, Beijing, as outbreaks are recorded in the north of the country

Coronavirus cases in eastern Europe surpass 20 million

US officials say the Pfizer vaccine looks effective for children

The WHO says 100,000 health workers have died

WHO says jab inequity means pandemic will drag on

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused of crimes against humanity

EU sends emergency aid to Romania

EU hits vaccine export milestone

Former UK Prime Minister urges emergency vaccine airlift to Africa

Russia registers a record number of daily deaths

Italian dockers strike over Covid rules

Lateral flow tests more accurate than first thought

US to open borders for vaccinated travellers

AstraZeneca trials a new antibody cocktail

Protests in Italy over health pass

Russia breaks its own pandemic record

Japan’s PM pledges to end Covid crisis

Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle drug'

What causes Covid toe?

UN: Pandemic has severe toll on child mental health

New Zealand changes strategy

Systems crash causes Israel Green Pass delay

US passes 700,000 Covid deaths

Australia to end strict travel ban

Britain finishes its furlough scheme

Vitamin A treatment trial for Covid loss of smell

Record deaths in Russia

Australia restrictions to ease

France to double vaccine supplies to poorer countries

India to restart vaccine exports

Portugal has world's highest vaccination rate

US pledges another 500 million vaccine doses to poorer countries

The US pledges to vaccinate 70% of the world

US eases travel restrictions

WHO head in Afghanistan

Italy vaccine demand spikes

Hundreds arrested in Australian anti-lockdown protests

Austrian Government sued

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

EU warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'

President Putin will go into self-isolation after cases of coronavirus were detected in his entourage

UK recommends vaccines for younger teenagers

Plans ditched for vaccine passports in England

Former French health minister under formal investigation

Biden widens vaccine mandate

Dr Anthony Fauci encourages third Pfizer dose

China vaccinates almost a billion people

Vietnamese man jailed for spreading Covid

Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Argentina abandoned minutes into the game

Paralympics end - 'still overshadowed by Covid'

Decision on jabs for UK children due in days

EU ends bitter row with AstraZeneca

The WHO appeal for more vaccines to be donated to Central American countries

World leaders urged to come up with Covid strategy

EU reaches vaccination milestone

WHO warns of 230,000 winter deaths in Europe

Australia logs a record number of new cases

China denies US claims on Covid origins

AstraZeneca 'does raise the risk of blood clots'

NZ to stick with 'zero Covid' policy

Vaccine protection ‘wanes within six months’, says UK study

President Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated

Taiwan rolls out homegrown vaccine

Delta variant forces NZ to rethink strategy

Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters

Sydney extends lockdown and puts two million under curfew

Covid vaccines still effective against Delta variant

New Zealand battles first Delta outbreak

WHO fears Afghanistan surge

Canada calls pandemic election

Soldiers help to enforce Covid restrictions in Sydney

Russia releases worst pandemic death numbers

China says it won't co-operate with new WHO investigation

Australian capital goes into a snap lockdown

The number of Covid deaths in Iran may be double the official figure

Vaccines look set to become mandatory for US military

French show health passes for bars and restaurants

Tokyo Olympics hailed as a success despite pandemic

Bangladesh launches major vaccination drive

Italy launches COVID "green pass"

WHO urges delay in booster jabs to help poorer nations

Long Covid rare in children

Mass testing in Wuhan

A new outbreak in China reaches Wuhan

US eviction ban could leave millions homeless

China hurries to contain new outbreak

Japan extends restrictions as cases rise

World leaders discuss pandemic-hit schooling

US announces tougher rules to combat a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases

Tokyo registers highest daily figure of new infections

The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa eases some Covid restrictions

Australian PM calls anti-lockdown protests 'selfish'

Biden warns of a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'

Tokyo Olympics begin a year late

China rejects second WHO probe into Covid origins

Health pass needed in France to visit museums and cinemas

India's excess deaths 'could be ten times official figure

Is England's 'freedom day' safe?

British PM to self-isolate in U-turn

First Covid case in Tokyo's Olympic village

Face masks become mandatory again in LA

23 million children miss out on routine vaccines due to pandemic

Olympic hotel in Japan reports Covid-19 cluster

Iraqi hospital fire kills 80

Covid vaccine: Thailand decides to mix jabs as cases spike

Being infected by two variants at the same time

The Netherlands reimposes restrictions

No fans to greet Olympic torch

Tokyo Olympics: fans to be banned

India's health minister resigns

'Uncharted territory' ahead as England plans to drop restrictions

Israel races to unload vaccine surplus

Thousands protest in Brazil against Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic

Emergency restrictions enforced in Indonesia as Covid-19 infections rise

Australia to halve international arrivals to fight Delta strain

New restrictions in Indonesia

UN: Pandemic has devastated tourism

Russia records its worst official Covid figures since the start of the pandemic.

Australia ponders new restrictions as the Delta variant spreads

Ibiza prepares to open nightclubs

Thousands leave Dhaka ahead of lockdown

Week-long lockdown imposed in parts of Sydney

Study reveals impact of long Covid

New Zealand: Covid alert level raised in the capital

Infections in India drop below 50,000

Japanese spectators will be allowed at Tokyo Olympics

Brazil records more than 500,000 deaths

Palestinians cancel a vaccine swap with Israel

Will spectators be allowed at the Toyko Olympics?

Japan eases state of emergency

Vaccinations compulsory for many Moscow workers

New Zealand works on ways to re-use PPE

G7 makes global vaccine promise

South Africa stops use of contaminated vaccines

G7 to adopt new pandemic plan

One billion vaccines expected to be donated by G7 leaders

Pandemic hits global campaign to end child labour

US accuses Russia and China of vaccine intimidation

Call to stagger global vaccine donations

Thailand begins mass vaccination campaign

US donates vaccines to Taiwan

Easing of lockdown in Indian capital

Nepalese PM says Britain has a duty to help his nation

Olympics 100% on says Tokyo 2020 president

Urban crime 'falls by more than a third' during pandemic

Malaysia battles rise in infections

Vietnam bans international flights to Hanoi

Brazil protesters denounce Bolsonaro over Covid crisis

Vietnam reports new hybrid variant

New centre for global collaboration to prevent future health crises

US calls for deeper probe into virus origins

US joins calls for a transparent investigation into the origins of Covid 19

Hong Kong may throw away huge stores of covid vaccines

Japan opens mass vaccination centres ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Pfizer and AZ jabs 'work against Indian variant'

Oxfam criticises rich nations' new pledge to poor countries

WHO says number dead from Covid-19 is vastly underestimated

WHO warns against international travel

India records the world's highest ever daily death toll

ICRC says unvaccinated communities are breeding grounds for variants

COVAX calls on world's richest countries to step up

Japan extends Covid-19 restrictions as Olympics draw near

Australian flight arrives half empty from India

Japan extends restrictions to three more prefectures

Indian state governments to buy vaccines from international companies

A damning report into how the world handled Covid 19

Africa urged to speed up vaccinations

Saudi Arabia gives the green light for international pilgrims at this year's Hajj

Spain lifts Covid state of emergency

India records more than 4,000 daily deaths

Japan extends Covid restrictions as Olympics loom

US backs waiver on vaccine patents to boost supply

India's delegation at the G-7 talks in London is self-isolating after two people test positive

India suspends IPL cricket tournament after rise in Covid-19 cases among players

EU unveils plans for tourists to return

India records its highest daily number of coronavirus deaths

India's vaccination programme expanded

Indian Supreme Court rules citizens can criticise handling of the pandemic

Indian hospitals promised ventilators from abroad

India surpasses 200,000 deaths

India: covid pandemic 'beyond crisis point'

India accused of under-reporting Covid deaths

Countries send aid to ease India's oxygen emergency

Delhi extends lockdown as cases soar.

India Covid surge: Hospitals send SOS

Japan announces emergency Covid-19 restrictions just months before the Olympics

India sees the world's highest daily cases

Oxygen leak leaves many Covid patients dead in India

India's surging cases threaten to overwhelm health system

Delhi announces a week-long lockdown

The president of Germany says deep wounds have been left by the pandemic

More than 3 million dead from Covid-19

WHO chief warns of deadly new surge

India records 200,000 Covid cases in a single day

Denmark drops AstraZeneca vaccine

President Biden's chief medical adviser casts doubt on use of AZ

Most of the severely ill patients in Brazil are under-40

India could pass Brazil in total infections

Brazil reports another record daily high number of deaths from Coronavirus

New vaccine blood clot inquiry

AstraZeneca vaccine: how safe is it?

Brazil daily Covid deaths top 4,000

North Korea pulls out of Tokyo Olympics over Covid-19 fears

India hits record number of daily cases

Pope calls vaccines an 'essential tool' in Covid fight

Italy returns to strict lockdown for Easter

India cricket legend hospitalised

WHO criticises European vaccine roll-out

War-torn Yemen gets first vaccine shipment

World leaders call for international pandemic treaty

Mexico under-reports Covid deaths by 60 percent

There's growing concern in Germany about the rapid rise in coronavirus infections

Poland introduces stricter coronavirus measures

Germany: Third wave could be the worst yet

EU leaders hold a virtual summit likely to be dominated by a third wave of infections.

Germany cancels its strict Easter lockdown

Germany tightens restrictions to fight third wave

US trial: AstraZeneca jab is safe

Covid curfew in Florida's Miami Beach

Tokyo Olympics ban international fans

European countries start using Astra Zeneca's vaccine again

EU countries wait for AstraZeneca decision

EU threatens to block vaccine exports

European Medicines Agency says benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh any risks

More countries suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine

London police condemned over Covid policing

Covid wave intensifies in Europe

Biden eyes 4 July as 'Independence Day' from virus

The pandemic has taken a severe toll on nature conservation efforts

British PM denies 'vaccine blocking' claims

Global economic activity likely to rise above pre-pandemic levels

Israel starts vaccinating Palestinians with Israeli work permits

US passes $2tn stimulus package

WHO warns of a risk of further surges if restrictions are relaxed

Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda start vaccine rollout

Obese countries have 'highest' Covid-19 death rates

Biden: vaccines for all US adults by May

Sri Lanka plans covid burials on remote island