Communicable Diseases

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday extended social distancing curbs for several weeks to rein in...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian doctors on Thursday warned the country's hospitals are not ready to cope with the...

By Ann Wang TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -The first batch of BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, helped...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean frontline health workers on Thursday dropped plans to strike after they reached...

By Renju Jose and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne for another...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean government officials were in last-ditch efforts on Wednesday to stave off a...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Monday the government would adjust COVID-19 restrictions over the week Aug....

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India administered more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, a national...

By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo's approval rating has fallen to...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) - While the rapid spread of the Delta variant and low vaccinations have caught much...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The benefits of China's zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 continue to outweigh the costs but it should cut...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has decided to stop using the coronavirus infection rate as its yardstick for deciding if restrictions should...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia will start reopening restaurants, malls and places of worship in some areas including the capital Jakarta, President...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Weeks after the Delta variant of the coronavirus ripped through Jakarta, the Indonesian capital has reached "herd...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's health ministry said on Sunday that Moderna Inc will supply the country with 7.01 million...

MANILA (Reuters) - Filipino workers who have been vaccinated in the Philippines will be allowed to enter Hong Kong from...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the health and budget ministries to arrange payment for healthcare workers who...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for vaccine...

By Renju Jose and Colin Packham SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) -Two million residents of Sydney will be under nightly curfew from next...