About one month after easing most restrictions on people's movements, Italy maintained a downward trend in active coronavirus infections.

The sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House were lit up in red on Thursday night to mark the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Mexico's government on Wednesday announced emergency approval of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firms.

Tourism officials in Orlando are launching their first full-scale marketing campaign since the pandemic aimed at tourists in the southeast U.S.

The temporary border controls and certain entry restrictions will start Sunday at midnight in Germany due to their high number of variant COVID cases.

Germany’s renowned Carnival celebrations got underway Thursday but without any of their usual raucous revelry.

Scientists are scanning virus samples taken from infected people to look for mutations, through a process called genome sequencing.

An online Spring Festival Concert has been broadcast in India to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which falls on Friday.

AstraZeneca said Thursday it’s working with the University of Oxford to adapt its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against new strains of the virus.

Officials of South Korea have urged the public to stay at home during the four-day Lunar New Year’s holidays that began Thursday.