The Beijing-friendly party, which long held an iron grip on the island, is struggling to stay relevant at a time when many residents are wary of China’s ambitions.

The state will extend Covid-19 vaccinations to people over 16 who are debilitated or immunocompromised by cancer and other diseases and chronic conditions.

The information could be key to determining how and when the outbreak started, and to learning how to prevent future pandemics.

The Canadian tourism industry is reeling, but pandemic-weary Canadians show little desire to open the borders.

Cultural institutions in France have been clamoring to reopen for months. They found an unlikely champion in a far-right civic official in Perpignan.

The deaths, some of which dated back to October, had not been properly merged between one reporting system and another, the state’s Department of Health said.

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The suit argues that a series of Covid-19 rules unfairly target people who shelter in the city’s subways.

After multiple new cases of coronavirus were identified in Victoria, Australia, officials placed the region under lockdown, despite the tennis tournament currently taking place there.