Coronavirus News & Updates

(Bloomberg) -- China reported fewer Covid-19 cases in Beijing and Shanghai, with authorities moving to stimulate the faltering economy by easing some of the strictest virus...

(Bloomberg) -- Beijing reported a record number of Covid cases during its current outbreak, reviving concern the capital may face a lockdown as authorities seek to stamp out...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai found the first cases of Covid-19 outside of quarantine in six days, raising questions about whether the easing of the city’s lockdown will be...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai reported its first increase in Covid-19 cases in six days, a setback for a city still in the midst of an unprecedented lockdown.    The financial hub...

(Bloomberg) -- The northern port of Qinhuangdao is the latest Chinese commodities hub to get hit by virus-related lockdowns. The city in Hebei province has locked down its Haigang...

(Bloomberg) -- The Chinese city of Hangzhou, home to tech giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd., will start mass testing for Covid-19, urging residents to be tested...

(Bloomberg) -- Beijing started mass testing millions of its residents as part of an unprecedented scheme designed to identify and squash omicron’s stealthy spread before it spirals...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was mixed on Tuesday morning in Asia, with a sudden fall in Libyan supplies adding to concerns about a tight market. Investors also continue to...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was up on Monday morning in Asia. Investors are monitoring the release of supplies from strategic reserves from consuming nations, while a truce in...

By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com -- U.S. crude stockpiles dropped sharply last week, snapping two-weeks of gains at a time when fears of a supply shortage are receding amid fading...

(Bloomberg) -- Shenzhen will allow factories and public transport in several parts of the city to resume operations on Friday, partially easing a strict lockdown that has paralyzed...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria on Wednesday destroyed more than a million doses of expired AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) vaccines in a bid to assure a wary public that they...

(Reuters) - Washington, DC will reinstate an indoor mask mandate beginning Tuesday, December 21, until the morning of January 31, Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Monday. The mayor...

(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s incoming chancellor threw his support behind mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations as European leaders take a tougher line in a bid to check a brutal surge in...

(Bloomberg) -- It’s getting harder to be a vaccine holdout in Europe and continue with life as usual. As governments battle another wave of the outbreak, new restrictions are being...

(Bloomberg) -- More provinces in China are fighting Covid-19 than at any time since the deadly pathogen first emerged in Wuhan in 2019.  The highly-infectious delta variant is...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was down Friday morning in Asia as U.S. supplies continue to tighten. The black liquid was set for a flat finish to the week, with easing coal and...

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s most-populous state will trial home quarantine for people returning from overseas if they are fully vaccinated, signaling an easing of one of the most...

(Bloomberg) -- Italy will require all workers to have a valid Covid passport, as the government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi moves to set the toughest vaccination...

By Peter Nurse    Investing.com -- Crude oil prices weakened Tuesday, continuing the sharp losses of the previous session on concerns slowing global growth will hit demand in the...

(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand officials said they are investigating a new community case of Covid-19 in largest city Auckland, prompting some investors to pare bets on an...

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators cleared giving a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to people with weakened immune systems to improve protection for those with impaired responses to...

(Bloomberg) -- China partly shut the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid, threatening to further disrupt global trade. All inbound and...

(Bloomberg) -- The delta-variant virus outbreak roiling Sydney is worsening as it spreads into regional areas of Australia, with several media outlets reporting Thursday that...

(Bloomberg) -- Sydney’s delta-outbreak cases have reached a new peak even as the Australian city nears the end of its fifth week under strict stay-at-home orders, triggering...

(Bloomberg) -- Oil steadied near a two-week high after U.S. crude and fuel stockpiles posted strong declines, signaling peak summer demand remains robust despite a resurgence of...

(Bloomberg) -- So-called long Covid is set to soar among younger people in England when remaining coronavirus restrictions are lifted, England’s chief medical officer warned. Chris...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday extended a snap COVID-19 lockdown for a second week in Melbourne in a bid to contain an outbreak of the...

(Bloomberg) -- Melbourne’s lockdown will be extended beyond the initial seven days announced last week as authorities struggle to contain a Covid-19 cluster that’s grown to 60 and...

(Bloomberg) -- Gathering restrictions will be imposed in Melbourne as authorities race to clamp down a small cluster of Covid-19 cases in Australia’s second-most-populous...

(Bloomberg) -- The Japanese government is set to add three more prefectures to the coronavirus state of emergency, as it confronts a worsening surge just over two months before...

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s “anxious” about the spread of a Covid-19 variant from India and ruled no measures out as fresh statistics showed cases...

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand recorded the highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases with new clusters emerging in Bangkok’s prisons, complicating the fight to quell the worst...

(Bloomberg) -- The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National...

TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japanese shares ended higher onFriday as investors scooped up cheap technology stocks, whileconcerns around the slow economic recovery due to the...