A vaccinator draws a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, US, Dec 5, 2021. (HANNAH BEIER / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – The United States continues to see an unusual and early spike in flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections on top of a new wave of COVID-19 cases, which […]
Members of Doctors without borders NGO set up an Ebola treatment isolation unit at the Mubende regional referral hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has put the country's capital Kampala on a high Ebola response alert as the east African country grapples with the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference on Sept 21, 2022, in New York. (EVAN VUCCI / AP) MADRID / MOSCOW / PARIS / BERLIN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for coronavirus and is showing mild symptoms, the TV news channel ntv reported on Monday. The chancellor is […]
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses a press conference to present his government's results since the beginning of the year, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on July 29, 2022. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) MADRID / MOSCOW – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday morning. Sanchez confirmed the news in a […]
In this file photo taken on June 30, 2022, First Lady Jill Biden watches as Marine One, carrying US President Joe Biden, lands on the South Lawn of the White House upon Biden's return to Washington DC. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) WASHINGTON / BERLIN / ROME – US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive in […]
US President Joe Biden looks at his grandson Beau Biden as first lady Jill Biden waves and walks to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug 10, 2022. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP) LONDON / WASHINGTON / PRAGUE – US first lady Jill Biden has testified positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth […]
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022, US President Joe Biden removes his protective mask while arriving to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday in the process of his recovery […]
Tourists arrive to the Mataveri international airport in Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile on Aug 4, 2022. (MIGUEL SANCHEZ / AFP) SANTIAGO / WASHINGTON – Chile's Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Easter Island, over 3,219 km from […]
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden continued to test positive for COVID-19 on Monday, White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. More than a million people in the United States have died from COVID-19, and 91 million cases have been reported "This morning, as could be anticipated, his (Biden's) SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing remained positive," O'Connor […]
US President Joe Biden coughs as he speaks about "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"inthe State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on July 28, 2022. (SUSAN WALSH / FILE / AP) WASHINGTON/ZURICH – US President Joe Biden remained positive for COVID-19 on Sunday but "continues to feel well," his physician said. White […]
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022, US President Joe Biden coughs while delivering remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said on July 30, 2022, attributing the […]
A healthcare worker prepares a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Times Square, New York, the United States on June 22, 2022. (MICHAEL NAGLE/XINHUA) FRANKFURT / HELSINKI / BRUSSELS / LA PAZ / LOS ANGELES – Over 6 million child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States in 2022, with nearly […]