Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. said on Monday its coronavirus vaccine candidate appeared to be safe for older people, according to preliminary results from an early to mid-stage trial, while the immune responses triggered by the vaccine were slightly weaker than for younger adults.
A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and injuring dozens of others before weakening as it passed North Korea.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have refunded British taxpayers 2.4 million pounds ($4.2 million Cdn), the cost of renovating their U.K. home, in line with a commitment they made after announcing in January they would step back from royal duties.
A record-breaking heat wave in the U.S. southwest has had fatal consequences for some and efforts to provide relief are complicated by the pandemic as cooling centres increase the risk of coronavirus by gathering groups of at-risk people.
India displaced Brazil on Monday to take second place after the United States in terms of the number of total coronavirus infections, with 90,082 new cases in a 24-hour period. Here's a look at what's happening with the novel coronavirus around the world.
