Coronavirus News & Updates

By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will receive 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) PLC's AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine from India next week, the PNG...

April 7 (Reuters) - Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Daniel Sams has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the new Indian Premier League (IPL) season, which begins on...

(Adds TIMELINE on Australia-EU COVID-19 vaccine dispute) By Colin Packham CANBERRA, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it will ask the European Union to release more...

(A TIMELINE is a sidebar that lists in chronological order events related to a major news story.) SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday the European Union asked...

SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia has asked the European Union to allow exports of the entire 3.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses the country had pre-ordered, Prime Minister...

SYDNEY, April 6 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday said it had not yet received more than 3 million doses of previously promised AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) AZN.L COVID-19 vaccine doses...

MELBOURNE, April 4 (Reuters) - Australians were celebrating Easter Sunday in a relatively unrestricted manner as the country reported no new locally acquired coronavirus...

MELBOURNE, April 3 (Reuters) - Australia's Queensland state, the epicentre of the most recent small outbreak of the coronavirus, recorded a new infection on Saturday, health...

MELBOURNE, April 3 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea had 144 new cases of the novel coronavirus as of Friday, with the country's number of known infections nearly doubling over the past...

April 2 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Australia probes AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) blood clot case Australia is investigating whether a...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE, April 2 (Reuters) - Australia's state of Queensland that has been battling a small outbreak of COVID-19 recorded no new cases on Friday as the country...

April 1 (Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: India launches biggest vaccination drive yet India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people...

* PNG health minister calls conspiracies biggest vaccine challenge * PNG battling a spike in new cases * Even health workers are reluctant to be vaccinated (Adds public health...

WELLINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Thursday it wants to independently analyse the World Health Organization's (WHO) report on the origins of the novel coronavirus...

April 1 (Reuters) - Zoono Group Ltd ZNO.AX : * ZOONO MICROBE SHIELD SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN USA AGAINST HUMAN CORONAVIRUS 229E * BOEING PARTNERS WITH ZOONO TO DISTRIBUTE MICROBE...

March 31 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi Mining Ltd's copper mining operations will resume from Thursday, the company said on Wednesday, after they were suspended for two...

* Australia lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccine targets * Concern slow pace leaves Australia vulnerable * Third largest city Brisbane remains in lockdown (Recasts with slow pace of...