COVID-19

With increasing COVID-19 deaths in India, hundreds of children are being traumatized and left in the lurch. 

Tokyo and Osaka face a prolonged, stricter state of emergency after an explosion of faster spreading COVID-19 variants.

Activists say the community is being singled out unfairly, a continuation of long-standing discriminatory practices.

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.

The Philippines president received the unapproved Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine as COVID-19 cases continue to surge.

For myriad reasons, vaccination programs in Central Asia are proceeding slowly. Hesitancy is one factor.

Mongolia has received vaccines not only from neighbors China and Russia, but from India and COVAX as well.

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.

A recent spate of community transmissions is likely to delay the country's planned resumption of international tourism.

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.

Massive state elections rallies and religious festivals are likely to bring the disease home for many living in rural India.