Communicable Diseases

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) -The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead to demonstrate to the world what can be achieved...

By Ankur Banerjee and Neha Arora (Reuters) -India's excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 4.9...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's prime minister and defence minister apologised as hundreds of COVID-19-infected sailors were flown...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval ratings fell to the lowest level in more than a year,...

(Reuters) -Britain has opted against mass COVID-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, with ministers instead preparing to offer doses...

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian city of Sydney on Saturday ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential...

By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown on...

WARSAW (Reuters) -Interim measures imposed on the Polish judicial system by the top European court are against the Polish constitution,...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban travellers coming from Indonesia to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta...

By Rozanna Latiff and Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday announced new measures to support its ailing...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that more people needed to be vaccinated against...

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities reported a slight slowdown in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney...

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -The prospect of an extended lockdown in Sydney loomed on Monday as...

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Opening India's tourist destinations and allowing pilgrimage travel could act as COVID-19 "super spreaders" of a third wave...

By Daewoung Kim and Dogyun Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Plenty of gym-goers rely on a good tune to get themselves...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recorded around 428,000 excess deaths from April 2020 to May this year during the coronavirus pandemic,...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday loosened coronavirus restrictions to allow children out of their homes so they can...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, floated in the past as a potential future prime minister, told a news...

By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - A morbid grid of graves widens as excavators dig deep, piling...

GUNTUR, India (Reuters) - The grandfather of an Indian-American astronaut said he was "overwhelmed with joy" as she prepares to...