LONDON, Nov 14 — There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long Covid, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms so severe she feared she would die overnight.

DOHA, Sept 1 — Qatar has detected the country's first cases of the coronavirus variant EG.5, the country's Public Health Ministry said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES, March 21 — The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell's response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to people without prior infection, according to a new study published on Monday.

LOS ANGELES, March 1 — Almost 15.5 million children in the United States are reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

MOSCOW, Aug 11 — Japan has registered 250,403 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours, marking thus the largest daily increase since the start of the pandemic, media reported.

LOS ANGELES, May 18 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted emergency use authorisation for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.

LOS ANGELES, March 30 — A newly published study has found that receiving a Covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy does not increase the risk of complications around the time of childbirth.

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday authorised American pharmaceutical company Merck's oral antiviral for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19, the second pill approved for treating Covid-19 following the one from Pfizer, Xinhua reported.

MOSCOW, Aug 30 — The number of coronavirus cases confirmed all over the world has surpassed 216.3 million, while the global Covid-19 death toll stands at over 4.5 million, reported Sputnik.

PARIS, April 1 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the "reinforced braking" measures will be extended to the whole country to stem the third wave of Covid-19 and schools will be closed for three weeks.

ROME, March 27 — The population in Italy has declined by about 384,000 in the past year, as deaths reached their highest level due to declining birth rates and an outbreak of the coronavirus, reported Anadolu Agency quoting the officials.

KUMAMOTO, March 24 — A research team of Kumamoto University in southwestern Japan has developed a testing technology to check Covid-19 infection using blood or urine samples, Jiji Press reported.

MOSCOW, March 3 — The number of new global cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has risen over the past week after a long decline, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a statement.

MOSCOW, Feb 16 — Yet another coronavirus variant (B.1.525) has been detected in the United Kingdom, as well as ten other countries, including the US, reported Sputnik news agency.

MOSCOW, Feb 10 — The number of global new Covid-19 cases is decreasing, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a statement.

TOKYO, Feb 2 — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday he will extend the state of emergency covering Tokyo and other parts of Japan by one month to March 7, as hospitals remain under pressure despite declining coronavirus numbers.

MOSCOW, Jan 18 — The number of coronavirus cases confirmed all over the world has surpassed 95 million, while the global Covid-19 death toll stands at over two million, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.

LONDON, Dec 30 — Britain recorded more than 50,000 coronavirus cases overnight for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world, according to official figures released Tuesday.

SEOUL, Dec 21 — South Korean exports of instant noodles jumped more than 28 per cent in the first 11 months of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday.

CANBERRA, Dec 10 — Wastewater testing can detect coronavirus weeks before an infected person develops symptoms, an Australian study has found.