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Life has been tentatively returning to normal in India as coronavirus cases declined

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant

Malaysia’s Parliament has reopened for the first time this year after a seven-month suspension under a coronavirus emergency that has failed to curb a worsening pandemic

France’s parliament has approved a law requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and mandating vaccinations for all health workers

New coronavirus cases continue to grow in the major eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, with another 38 reported on Monday, bringing the total to more than 60 over recent days

As Thailand‘s medical system struggles under a surge of coronavirus cases, ordinary people are helping plug the gaps

Tunisia's president has fired the prime minister and frozen parliament's activities after violent demonstrations over the country's pandemic and economic situation

Unvaccinated people may face restrictions in Germany, official says

Spain has an important asset as it tries to stamp out a wave of infections that is steadily filling hospitals with younger COVID-19 patients

Experts say the "Zoom effect" brought a wave of millennial and Gen Z patients.

Ramil was tested after caretakers noticed that he had a cough and runny nose.

The country's health minister says two coronavirus patients have died at a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman after a short circuit knocked out power at the facility’s intensive care unit

Chaos and confusion over travel rules and measures to contain fresh virus outbreaks are contributing to another cruel summer for Europe’s battered tourism industry

The U.S. Department of Education approved Georgia’s plans to use $1.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief money

Tens of thousands of people across France are protesting new virus measures

Illinois is leading a handful of Democratic-run states in extending health insurance coverage to adult immigrants living in the country illegally, including seniors

The CDC is warning against using commercial tests to determine immunity.

Thousands protested the policy in France, while others signed up for shots.

Maryland opens up a scholarship program hoping to get young people vaccinated.

Tanzania has received its first batch of 1 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government

The Justice Department says it has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 response

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases

The Chinese government says everyone in a county in the southwest near Myanmar will be tested for the coronavirus following a spike in infections

Vietnam has announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital Hanoi as a coronavirus surge spread from the southern Mekong Delta region

Wearing hazmat suits and masks, gravediggers at the Cipenjo Cemetery in Bogor on the outskirts of Jakarta say they've lost track of how many graves they dug. Despite working late into the night, the bodies of COVID-19 victims keep coming in hearses. For the past two weeks, they've put into earth more than 10 bodies a day, up from two previously — a sign of a devastating surge ripping through the Southeast Asian nation, which is now Asia's hot spot with over 80,000 COVID-19 fatalities and more than 3 million confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic. So they turned to volunteers to help them out. “The relatives of the dead asked the community leaders for help to find gravediggers. Because it will be riskier if they wait for a long time at the cemetery," said Jaya Abidin, who answered the call with some of his neighbors. They recently helped bury four residents from their neighborhood, who all died within a week. Government figures show more than 1,000 people died...

The number of newly reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma has topped 1,000 for a third consecutive day and the seven-day average of new cases has nearly quintupled in less than a month

The federal court lifts CDC rules for Florida-based cruise ships.

Florida’s COVID-19 hospitalizations again jumped significantly this week as the vaccination rate in rural counties where some of the worst outbreaks are occurring remains well below the state and national average

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring

As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will help persuade the many holdouts in their states to finally get the shot

Children needed more support in speech and language than in previous years, the Education Endowment Foundation reported.

Nearly everyone older than 12 at the camp had been vaccinated, officials said.

Croatia and Montenegro have tightened rules against the new coronavirus along the Adriatic Sea coast amid a rise in infections and in effort to save the summer tourism season

More cities are tightening restrictions and recommending vaccinated people wear masks indoors.

South Africa’s acting health minister says the country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is regaining momentum after being disrupted  by a week of riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma

The Tennessean had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID.

Germany is listing Spain and the Netherlands as “high-incidence areas.”

The European Medicines Agency has recommended clearing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18

The European Medicines Agency recommends approving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17

France has established a “maritime bridge” to provide COVID-19 vaccines and medical oxygen to Tunisia

Turkey’s defense ministry says a boat carrying 45 migrants is sinking in the southeastern Aegean Sea and rescue units have been deployed

The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that had led to staff shortages and empty shelves and fears of panic-buying

All seven students were symptomatic, the university said.

These counties lead the way in New Mexico, Vermont and Wyoming.

Thailand’s already locked down capital shut parks and the few remaining public places available to residents Friday, as the country registered a new high of coronavirus infections

New Zealand has suspended its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks due to a growing COVID-19 cluster in Sydney

South Korea says it’ll extend the toughest distancing rules imposed on the greater Seoul area for another two weeks, as it’s battling its worst coronavirus outbreak

Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring

Republican lawmakers are under increasing pressure to persuade vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant sends caseloads soaring

U.S. health officials say they now have evidence that an untreatable “superbug” fungus has spread in two hospitals and a nursing home