China’s northeast cluster spreads to Beijing as resurgence grows
BEIJING reported one new coronavirus case on Tuesday, its first in 21 days, reflecting the fragility of the Chinese capital’s success at stamping out infections earlier this month.
S.Korean statue showing Japan PM Abe bowing to ‘comfort woman’ draws Tokyo’s ire
SEOUL/TOKYO - The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kneeling and bowing to a "comfort woman," a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.
Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe
SYDNEY/LONDON — Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travelers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into...
Moderna, Pfizer start decisive COVID-19 vaccine trials, eye year-end launches
Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. launched two 30,000-subject trials of COVID-19 vaccines that could clear the way for regulatory approval and widespread use by...
Asia battles second wave of coronavirus
SYDNEY — Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease, with Australia recording a record daily rise in cases and Vietnam locking down the city of Danang.
China takes control of the US consulate in Chengdu
CHENGDU, China — China said it had taken over the premises of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday after ordering the facility be shut in retaliation for being ousted from the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas.
Moderna gets further $472-M US award for coronavirus vaccine development
MODERNA, INC. said on Sunday it has received an additional $472 million from the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support development of its novel coronavirus vaccine.
Gates says Korean firm could make 200 million vaccines by June
SK Bioscience, the South Korean pharmaceutical company backed by Bill Gates, may be capable of producing 200 million coronavirus vaccine kits by next June,...
COVID-19 cases soar in young adults bored of social distancing
Psychological fatigue with social distancing is emerging as a major challenge for curbing a pandemic now into its eighth month. That’s especially so among...
Korea’s elite contact tracers show the world how to beat COVID-19
IN May, when a coronavirus outbreak hit nightclubs in the South Korean capital of Seoul, health officials quickly unleashed their version of the Navy Seals — elite teams of epidemiologists, database specialists and laboratory technicians.
North Korea’s Kim declares lockdown in border town
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media said on Sunday.
Italy’s Lombardy region denies allegations of fraud over COVID medical gear
MILAN — The governor of Lombardy, the Italian region hardest hit by the coronavirus, denied wrongdoing on Saturday after he was placed under investigation for suspected fraud over a supply of medical equipment from a company owned by his brother-in-law.