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Coronavirus FAQ: Remind me, how do you define mild, moderate and severe COVID?

As the omicron variant spreads around the globe, everyone wants to know: Will it cause mainly mild disease? Moderate? Severe? Early studies suggest that many people could have asymptomatic or mild cases rather than ...

Travel between the US and southern Africa will resume, the White House says.

President Biden will remove the ban on travel between the United States and countries in southern Africa at midnight on Dec. 31, a senior administration official said on Friday, reversing restrictions imposed last month to combat the spread of the ...

Is a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose needed? US health officials say not yet

Meanwhile in the United States, it's too early to be discussing a potential fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine for most people, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday.

Israel Considers 4th Vaccine Dose, but Some Experts Say It's Premature

Some scientists warn that too many shots might actually harm the body's ability to fight the Covid-19 virus. But Israeli experts say there isn't time to wait.

The US is lifting its omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant, the White House announced Friday. The variant, which was first detected by scientists in ...

South Korea pardons disgraced former President Park Geun-hye

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on August 7, 2017 for her trial over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall.

Russian buildup near Ukraine gains steam, new satellite images show

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Russia is stationing more tanks, mobile rocket artillery systems and advanced short-range ballistic missile batteries near the border with Ukraine, according to new satellite images released on Thursday. The release of the images, taken by satellite ...

Social care: Immigration rules to be relaxed to recruit staff

Immigration rules are to be temporarily relaxed for overseas care workers in a bid to recruit and keep staff, the government has announced. Social care workers, care assistants and home care workers are to become eligible for a health and care visa for ...

Biden to lift travel restrictions on southern African countries that were put in place due to Omicron

ET, the officials said. News of the lifted restrictions was first reported by Reuters. President Joe Biden ordered the restrictions in late November on the advice of his public health officials, cutting off most travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe ...

Russia fines Google over illegal content breach

A Moscow court has fined Google 7.2bn roubles ($98m; £73m) for repeated failure to delete content deemed illegal in Russia. Details of the offending content were not specified in the announcement by the court's press service. This is the first time in ...