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West Africa outbreak: COVID-19 variants fuel surge in cases
Senegal’s authorities are resorting to using prisons as treatment centres.
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Thailand races to contain COVID-19 outbreak
More than 1,000 cases have been identified in what is country's largest single outbreak, which originated in seafood market in province of Samut Sakhorn.
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Chile uses copper to fight coronavirus
Some argue that while recent laboratory results are promising, it may be less on the street or inside hospitals.
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South Korea orders new restrictions as COVID-19 spike continues
The South Korean president brings in the military to help step up testing - amid warnings hospitals could soon be overwhelmed.
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Mexico approves emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
The country is the first in Latin America and fourth in the world to allow emergency use of the coronavirus vaccine.
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Germany to impose stricter COVID lockdown during holiday season
Chancellor Merkel says schools and most shops to close from Wednesday to battle rise in coronavirus cases.
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Argentina receives 300,000 doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
A shot in the arm for Argentina's coronavirus defences - 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrive in the country.
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Latin America's COVID-19 deaths top half a million
COVID-19 cases are on the rise once again in Latin America because of the holidays and social gatherings despite months of restrictions.
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South Africa has concerns over government vaccination targets
A new variant of the virus in South Africa has raised questions as almost half of South Africans reject taking the vaccine.
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South Africa: Cape Town facing coffin shortage amid COVID-19 pandemic
Many families have been forced to delay funerals due to an increasing number of deaths from COVID-19.
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Colombia economy: Rising COVID-19 cases disrupt shopping season
How Colombia is trying to balance the weak economy and the pandemic to help small businesses just in time for Christmas.
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What's being considered for COVID-19 vaccine priority groups
Infectious diseases physician Susy Hota explains the thinking behind which groups will be prioritized for coronavirus vaccines.
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Croatia, Estonia, Georgia and UK all reported record daily COVID-19 case counts on Thursday
Europe has reached a fork in the road when it comes to COVID-19 with some countries that have implemented harsh restrictions seeing infection rates fall, while others are reporting record daily totals.
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Coronavirus: Next round of French easing in jeopardy as new daily cases remain too high
President Emmanuel Macron said last month that restrictions would be lifted on December 15 if new daily cases were no higher than 5,000 but the country's top health official said Monday that "it will be very difficult to achieve this goal."
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Ontario’s confronts 2nd wave with 1,000 new COVID-19
Ontario tops 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time with outbreaks multiplying in long-term care homes and growing stress on hospitals.
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Ontario confronts 2nd wave with 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
Ontario tops 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time with outbreaks multiplying in long-term care homes and growing stress on hospitals.
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US new COVID-19 cases hit highest level since late July
More than 70,000 new COVID-19 cases reported just on October 16 the highest since the US's peak in late July.
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Paris heads into curfew as Europe battles soaring COVID caseload
World Health Organization says a 44 percent rise in European cases in a week is ‘very concerning’.
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Netherlands sees a spike in COVID-19 cases
A lack of restrictions, and growing infections; has the Netherlands' coronavirus strategy backfired?
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Italy makes masks mandatory outdoors as it extends state of emergency to 2021
Italy has introduced a new measure to make masks compulsory when outdoors after recently passing a decree to extend the national state of emergency to January 2021. Under the new measure, Italians are required to wear a face covering at...
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Europe's COVID-19 crisis grows darker
The COVID-19 crisis in Europe is growing darker by the day as winter approaches.
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Coronavirus: Which major European countries are seeing a COVID-19 resurgence?
Several countries in Europe have tightened restrictions once again amid fears that a second wave of COVID-19 is approaching . Germany's public health agency, the Robert Koch Institute, today said it was very concerned about rising cases...
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B.C. sees a surge in new coronavirus infections, officials warn the province is at a tipping point
Health officials in British Columbia say the province is at risk of unravelling all the progress it has made over the past few months. The province recorded 102 new infections over the weekend, and officials warn the situation could...
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Coronavirus infection rate below 1% in B.C.: study
A new study using serology testing estimates that less than one per cent of people in British Columbia were infected with coronavirus, which is eight times higher than the reported number but still lower than other areas that have done...