COVID 19

Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has wished President Trump and wife Melania a “swift recovery” after their positive COVID test results.

Donald Trump is being taken by military helicopter to Walter Reed Medical Centre where he is expected to stay after testing positive for COVID-19.

US President Donald Trump is being taken to hospital less than 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has said that neither he nor his family will likely take future coronavirus vaccines even when they are readily available, saying the pandemic has “diminished [his] faith in humanity.”

One of the most promising coronavirus vaccines has stumbled, delivering a reality check about the odds of clinical development and the safety risks involved.

Former Italian PM and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital two days after testing positive for the coronavirus.

She’s signed a reported $100 million deal with Netflix but there’s one thing that could derail it all – and cause her huge embarrassment too.

Talk show host Andy Cohen has revealed close friend Anderson Cooper is “pissed” with him for sharing these revealing photos online.

Barcelona’s wantaway star Lionel Messi has drawn another line under his involvement with the Catalan club by refusing to show for pre-season training and COVID-19 tests at the club.

Sprint king Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus after questions were raised about the social distancing at his birthday bash.

Airbnb will roll out a string of new changes to their house-sharing platform following pressure to clamp down on out-of-control bookings.

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern has two words for US President Trump after he slammed the country’s “terrible” surge in COVID-19 cases.

Russia has dismissed mounting international concern over the safety of its locally developed Covid-19 vaccine as "absolutely groundless".

Moderna’s deal with the U.S. only pays out in full if the drugmaker hits certain unspecific timing benchmarks for vaccine delivery. 

New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID-19 were discovered in the city, the first evidence of domestic transmission after being coronavirus-free for 102 days.

More than 5 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus, according to new data.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to over one million, with more than half registered in South Africa, according to an AFP count late Thursday.

Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses by the end of 2021, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. government official on infectious diseases, said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday.

The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections.