The company's earnings jumped on strong sales of Covid19 products.

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.

The impact of Beijing's zero-Covid strategy on the world's second-largest economy was revealed Monday when official data showed that retail sales and industrial production in April on-year had slumped to their lowest levels in more than two years.

Ryanair expects cost increases as a result of surging oil prices fueled by the war, it hopes "to return to reasonable profitability" in its current financial year.

German carrier set its sights on a record summer for traffic.

The firm says results signal travel rebound.

It has said a shot for multiple variants is coming by 2022-end.

People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against Covid-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the Delta variant, a study said Friday. The swifter recovery suggests "that the period of infectiousness might be shorter, which would in turn...

After several weeks of declines, reported cases of COVID-19 are once again increasing globally, especially in parts of Asia, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus told journalists in Geneva. In the past week, the agency has seen an 8 per cent increase in detection of COVID-19 cases, with more than 11...

China cannot relax its zero-Covid policy just yet despite the low fatality rate of Omicron, say medical experts.

Scientists warn that potential new variants and unequal vaccination rates threaten any long-awaited return to normality.

The CDC carried out a study involving 379 babies aged up to six months, who were hospitalized in 20 pediatric centers from July 2021 to January 2022.

The fast spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected in southern Africa 10 weeks ago.

Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask US regulators for emergency authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five and under, US media reported Tuesday. This is the last age group in the United States that is not yet eligible for coronavirus shots. As early as Tuesday, the companies could...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges urged governments to accelerate the relaxation of travel restrictions, saying evidence suggests a minimal impact of travel restrictions on the spread of the virus. IATA called for removing all travel barriers (including quarantine and testing) for those fully vaccinated with a WHO-approved vaccine,...

Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrollment for a clinical trial to test the safety and immune response of their Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine in adults aged up to 55.

The countries need to work harder to ensure equitable access to vaccines and treatment, track the virus and its emerging variants, and keep restrictions in place, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the UN health agency's executive board.

Economic growth in the eurozone slowed sharply in January, a key survey showed Monday, as new coronavirus restrictions hit consumer spending, raising a new obstacle for the region's recovery.

The WHO has warned that the sheer numbers of people infected will mean many people are still falling seriously ill and dying.

In Europe and the Americas, foreign visitor arrivals surged by 19 percent and 17 percent, respectively, last year over 2020. In the Middle East, however, arrivals declined by 24 percent in 2021, while in the Asia-Pacific region they were 65 percent below 2020 levels, and 94 percent down on pre-pandemic...

Global demand for oil is expected to remain "robust" in 2022 and overcome short-term disruption caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said on Tuesday. But the Saudi-led group of top oil producers warned future virus strains and pandemic-related travel restrictions could threaten the global...

More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the WHO has said amid a World Bank warning that it could hamper global economic recovery.

The virus mutant has spurred the world to record 13.5 million cases in the last week alone -- 64 percent higher than the previous seven days -- the global average of deaths dropped three percent. France's public health authority said Friday that the risk of hospitalisation was about 70 percent...

Omicron transmitted very efficiently between people due to a number of reason including make-up of the Covid-19 variant and increased social mixing and not adhering to measures such as physical distancing.

After the progress and setbacks to travel and tourism in 2021, enthusiasts are looking to make the best of 2022.

The company slumped into a huge loss in 2020.

Just under 9.5 million new Covid-19 cases were reported to the WHO last week — a record, up 71 percent on the week before. But even this was an underestimate, as it did not reflect the backlog of testing around the Christmas-New Year holidays, positive self-tests not registered, and overburdened...

Kuwait will increase its crude production by 27,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 2.6 million bpd from 1 Feb. 2022 in compliance with its new crude output quota after the OPEC and non-OPEC alliance's decision to upwardly adjust output level by 400,000 bpd as of next month. Deputy Prime Minister...

About 200 industry workers demonstrated in front of the tourism ministry in Rabat, demanding the reopening of borders.

Major oil-producing countries are expected to maintain on Tuesday their course of modestly boosting output as the rapidly spreading Omicron variant has so far not heavily hit demand.The so-called OPEC+ grouping, including top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia, has withstood pressure to more widely open the taps though high energy...

The Hamburg-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC) has again named Emirates Airline as the world’s safest airline in a survey carried out for Aero International aviation magazine, media reports said. Emirates Airline is the world's largest operator of double-decker Airbus A380s - the largest passenger jet in history. With...

Kuwait has called on its citizens to avoid travel to several European countries hit hard by the Omicron coronavirus variant. In a series of statements overnight Sunday, the oil-rich Gulf state also urged  Kuwaitis already there to return home because of the surge in cases on the continent. The foreign ministry...

Multiple companies — including Amazon, BMW, and Microsoft — reduced or canceled their attendance as Covid-19 case numbers broke records, but organizers said safety protocols were in place for thousands of expected attendees. But some experts urged caution and daily testing, as not all attendees can be counted on to...

As the year drew to a close, the emergence of the Omicron variant pushed the number of daily new Covid-19 cases past one million for the first time. France on Friday became the latest country to announce Omicron was now its dominant coronavirus strain.

The Gulf financial markets ended 2021 on the rise, waiting to achieve significant gains next year.

According to researchers at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, new daily infections could rise to 15,000 or even 20,000 within the next 10 days. A total of almost 1.4 million cases of Covid infection, including 8,243 deaths, have been officially recorded in Israel.

Aviation giant Emirates said Thursday it expects business to grow next year despite the surge in global coronavirus cases fueled by the Omicron variant. The Dubai-based carrier said in November it was already on the path to recovery as six-month losses dropped by more than half from a year earlier....

Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant, the WHO said in its Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update.

Kuwait will host the third Gulf Games from May 11-21, Secretary-General of Kuwait Olympic Committee Husain Al-Musallam said on Sunday.    Al-Musallam told KUNA that the new timing of the games was set after the Executive Board had announced the postponement of organizing the event, which was planned in Kuwait...

No Way Home has grossed $467.3 million in North America and $587 million internationally since its release earlier this month.

More than 6,000 flights have been canceled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking website reported on Sunday, December 26, as the highly infectious Omicron variant of Covid-19 brought holiday hurt to millions of fliers.

The restrictions have dealt a punishing blow to the North African country's vital tourism sector.

Studies indicating Omicron infections are less likely to result in hospitalisation have increased confidence that the pandemic will have less impact on the economy.

The Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that AFCON 2021 will go ahead as planned in January 2022.

Paxlovid, which comprises two types of tablet, was granted an emergency use authorisation by the Food and Drug Administration.

Omicron now accounts for 73.2 percent of new US cases over the past week ending Saturday.

Record crowds of over 700,000 revelers flocked to Saudi Arabia's MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, authorities said Monday, at the end of the four-day event in the oil-rich desert kingdom. The electronic music festival comes as Saudi's leaders are pushing efforts to change its conservative image and diversify its economy, only...

The high-powered meeting scheduled for January 17-21, which usually draws leading figures from business, politics and diplomacy, will instead be held in "early summer", the organizers said. Last year's edition was canceled because of the pandemic.

Lawmakers from Israel also approved the health ministry recommendation to bar Israelis from travel to France, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Finland, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates.

The Saudi Public Health Authority has also announced new precautions for travelers entering the country.