2020 Coronavirus

"The virus doesn't distinguish between a national and a refugee.”

Siam Bioscience was awarded a license by AstraZeneca last year to be a regional production hub supplying eight other countries despite having no experience in manufacturing vaccines.

Hospitals are bursting beyond capacity and oxygen supplies are running out, leaving people desperate.

Australia’s Sikh community has been providing thousands of free meals a day to those whose incomes have been restricted by lockdown measures. 

A quarter of households in Sri Lanka are headed by women, yet there is no comprehensive national strategy to address their needs, particularly during times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden in a statement said the majority of the intelligence community had "coalesced" around two possible scenarios.

In April, after a devastating cyclone and spike in COVID-19 cases, Timor-Leste made a formal appeal to international partners for support. The significance of such aid extends far beyond the amount pledged. 

Although the ban is set to be lifted on May 15, flying home for Australians in India will still be a difficult, and expensive, prospect.

While pledging hundreds of millions of doses, Russia has only delivered a fraction. It’s turning to Chinese companies to help pick up the pace.

Health authorities believe the virus found its way back into the community after a soldier providing security at a quarantine facility became infected.

The rise of COVID-19 cases coupled with health missteps in the war-torn country spread fear of a tragedy amid a raging war.