Communicable Diseases

(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 1,939 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic....

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than half of Australia's adult population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday,...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's disease control committee has proposed a halving of a two-week hotel isolation requirement for vaccinated arrivals,...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Melbourne's streets were largely quiet on Thursday after three days of anti-lockdown protests, with hundreds...

(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 1,457 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest since April last year. A recent...

By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - A group of Thai monks and volunteers wearing protective clothing carefully navigate the bumpy...

(Corrects paragraph 1 day of the week to Tuesday, not Thursday) SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Police in Melbourne fired pepper balls...

By Alasdair Pal and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Britain to remove a...

By Cindy Liu and Prak Chan Thul STUNG TRENG, Cambodia (Reuters) - Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas deemed low risk for...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Monday reported its lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more...

(Reuters) -Singapore's primary schools will shift to home-based learning for 10 days ahead of a key national examination, the education...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore announced on Friday new standards for migrant worker dormitories, with the aim of reducing the risk...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian officials will trial a home quarantine system for fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in...

By Ebrahim Harris LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) - The first plane carrying tourists in more than four months touched down on...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Victoria state reported its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases of the year on Thursday as a...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's COVID-19 outbreak in Fujian province, which has reported 152 local cases in five days, has prompted cities...

By Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A group of migrant workers visited Singapore's Little India area on Wednesday for their...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -A curfew imposed on more than two million people in the 12 Sydney suburbs hardest...

(Corrects full name of the resort to "The Datai Langkawi" in paragraph 11, not "Datai Langkawi") By Ebrahim Harris LANGKAWI,...