Denmark said it is barring entry to residents of South Africa due to fears over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there. Denmark has not recorded any cases of the new variant, which was detected by South African authorities in mid-December and has since been found in a number of other countries.

Denmark bars South African residents over new virus strain

UK health secretary Matt Hancock said today that most of the country will now enter tier 3 and 4 lockdown amid the rising number of the new strain of coronavirus cases.

Most of England enters tier 3 & tier 4 lockdown amid surging coronavirus strain

Sri Lanka welcomed its first foreign tourists in nine months Monday even as a new deadlier strain of the coronavirus gripped the island. A charter flight carrying 185 passengers from Ukraine landed at a little-used airport south of the capital, which has been stricken by a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths.

Sri Lanka welcomes first tourists despite new coronavirus strain

Two more persons who recently returned to Delhi from the UK, where a super-spreader strain of the coronavirus has been reported, were found to be COVID-19 positive during a door-to-door contact-tracing and testing exercise, officials said on Saturday.

Two more UK passengers test COVID-19 positive in Delhi

While doctors and scientists are scrambling to find treatment and drugs that can save lives, Malaysia has identified a new strain of coronavirus. Watch report.