Coronavirus News & Updates

By Colin Packham CANBERRA, March 26 (Reuters) - Australia is considering diverting COVID-19 inoculations from its vaccination programme to Papua New Guinea (PNG) where the...

SYDNEY, March 26 (Reuters) - Australia on Friday reported its first locally acquired coronavirus case in more than a week after a 26-year-old man tested positive, prompting...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, March 25 (Reuters) - Oil prices skidded around 2% as fuel demand concerns re-emerged alongside fresh coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, trimming overnight...

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union announced it will give itself stronger powers to stop Covid vaccine exports to the rest of the world, setting the stage for an escalation of...

SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea recorded 351 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Tuesday, as 8,000 vaccines arrived from Australia to assist health workers in...

March 24 (Reuters) - Athletes representing New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics later this year will be able to apply to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they depart, the...

(Refiles to correct spelling of Guinea in headline) SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will kick-off its coronavirus vaccination programme by this weekend, helped by...

(Updates throughout, adds comment, changes dateline from LONDON) By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than 4% on Tuesday, hit by concerns...

MELBOURNE, March 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday on concerns that new pandemic curbs and slow vaccine rollouts in Europe will slow a recovery in fuel demand and as...

(Bloomberg) -- Even as the U.K. sets records for Covid-19 vaccines administered in a day, the European Union’s inoculation campaign continues to sputter, while member countries...

MELBOURNE, March 22 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea on Monday stepped up pandemic restrictions, ordering pubs, clubs and gaming sites to close from Wednesday, after reporting another...

(Recasts with trial data, adds comments from South Korea's president, updates India) By Ludwig Burger and Ben Blanchard FRANKFURT/TAIPEI, March 22 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca...

March 22 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Second virus surge grips India on lockdown anniversary India's richest state, Maharashtra,...

By Colin Packham CANBERRA, March 22 (Reuters) - Australia on Monday begun accelerating the pace of COVID-19 inoculations after Canberra approved local manufacturing of AstraZeneca...

March 22 (Reuters) - Anteotech Ltd ADO.AX : * VERIFIED ANTEOTECH COVID-19 ANTIGEN RAPID TEST1 (ART) SENSITIVITY 97.3% AND SPECIFICITY 99.6%

March 21 (Reuters) - Alexander Volkanovski's featherweight title defence against Brian Ortega at UFC 260 has been postponed after the Australian said on Sunday he tested positive...

March 21 (Reuters) - * TGA APPROVES CSL - SEQIRUS TO MANUFACTURE ASTRAZENECA COVID-19 VACCINE IN AUSTRALIA