Communicable Diseases

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's COVID-19 infections are falling in contrast with rebounds in other parts of Asia,...

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's ban on travelers from southern African countries and its...

By Tim Cocks PRETORIA (Reuters) - The students knew their South African university was the epicentre of a new COVID-19...

(Reuters) - Future pandemics could be more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia has detected the Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples sequenced between Nov. 11-26, its...

By Eloisa Lopez and Jay Ereño MANILA (Reuters) - Some children in the Philippines' capital Manila returned to school on...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported three more Omicron coronavirus variant cases, bringing its total confirmed so far...

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - India reported its third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record daily 5,352 new COVID-19 infections and 70 deaths, while...

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India expects the Omicron variant of coronavirus to cause less severe disease, the...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea announced on Friday that people visiting restaurants and cinemas and other public...

By Katharine Houreld and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 reinfections due to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city adjacent to Russia said that starting Friday, it would suspend certain activities for goods...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's daily coronavirus case numbers rose to a new high on Thursday, as...

By Ludwig Burger and Emma Thomasson FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday not to impose...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's...

By Adrian Portugal BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Tuesday states should ramp up COVID-19 testing as the world battles the...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Alexander Winning GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was deeply concerned about the isolation...