Communicable Diseases

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry called on World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to avoid making "irresponsible"...

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai officials said on Wednesday half the city had achieved...

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jennifer Rigby COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) - For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose...

By David Stanway and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Tesla operated its Shanghai plant well below capacity on Tuesday, showing...

(Corrects to show Beijing reported 39, not 38, local COVID infections during the past 24 hours in headline and paragraph...

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's capital Beijing kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for COVID-19 on Saturday...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Friday it has brought China's worst outbreak of COVID-19 under effective control following a month-long...

By Eduardo Baptista and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents fretted on Friday over tightening COVID curbs in its biggest...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's eastern financial hub of Shanghai reported 13 new COVID-19 deaths for May 4, down from 16...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Beijing will cut the time that people have to stay in quarantine facilities when they arrive in...

By Brenda Goh and Hallie Gu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Some of Shanghai's 25 million people managed to get out on Tuesday...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou announced on Tuesday it would impose new COVID-related movement curbs for...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday no-one could assume that Russia would not attack other countries given...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will postpone school reopening for at least one week after the labour day holiday, an official...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will further ease COVID-19 restrictions, allowing bars to open until 2 a.m. and raising...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's eastern financial hub Shanghai reported 20 new COVID-19 deaths on May 2, down from 32 a...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged 10 billion euros ($10.51 billion) to help India achieve its climate goals after...

By Daewoung Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases...

By Brenda Goh and Min Zhang SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases...