Brasilia/Sputnik: The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

Washington/Sputnik: US President-elect Joe Biden will receive the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on January 11 in accordance with public health guidance, Biden-Harris transition t ...

Moscow/Sputnik: The efficacy of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom and South Africa, a ...

London/Sputnik: England will require all travelers, including UK citizens, to present a negative COVID-19 test up to 72 hours before departure starting from next week, the United Kingdom& ...

New York: New data suggest that nearly all COVID-19 survivors have the immune cells necessary to fight re-infection.

Moscow/Sputnik: The Chinese city of Shijiazhuang goes into virtual lockdown, a local official told reporters Thursday, as the total number of COVID-19 cases detected in the past five days ...

Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 978 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

Geneva: The World Health Organization has said China blocked the arrival of its team to probe the origin of the COVID-19 disease which has now spread across the world.

London: One in 50 people in private households in England are estimated to be infected by COVID-19 in the week that ended on Jan 2, media reports said.