COVID-19

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific says the Omicron Variant of Covid-19 has led to a remarkable drop in passenger numbers for the month of January.

Fresh food supplies in Hong Kong will be affected after transportation workers at a key interchange linking Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland tested positive for COVID-19.

Key financial institutions in Hong Kong are devising plans to avoid interruptions caused by new COVID-19 restrictions.

Dr Nick Cameron, the healthcare sector head at a leading Australian-based global equities fund manager answers some of the key question about the emergence of Omicron.

Japan's Prime Minister says his country must prepare for the "worst-possible situation," following concerns about the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.

This week the WHO named a new “variant of interest” of the coronavirus, called the Mu variant. Infectious disease expert, Paul Griffin shares his views on the development.

Public health and aid organisations across the globe have failed in a bid to get three million North Koreans vaccinated against COVID-19. Read why.

The two deceased were aged in their 30's. Both had a fever the day after their doses according to Japan's Health Ministry.