Communicable Diseases

MADRID (Reuters) - Widespread use of COVID-19 "passports" and vaccines helped tourism recover faster in the European Union than in...

By Nancy Lapid and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - As scientists race to understand the consequences of the Omicron COVID-19 variant,...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said on Monday it has shelved plans to further relax COVID-19 restrictions due...

By Elizabeth Piper and Toby Sterling LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant spread around the world on Sunday, with...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -A handful of local COVID-19 cases in eastern parts of China have prompted Shanghai city to limit tourism...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will tighten border controls for people arriving from six African nations from midnight (1500 GMT on...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Chinese authorities said a meeting on Thursday moved them closer to partially reopening...

HANOI (Reuters) - An African swine fever outbreak is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry,...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An alarming fall in testing for COVID-19 threatens to undermine India's efforts to contain the pandemic,...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan has died, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China had given 76.3% of its population complete COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 19, Wu Liangyou, an...

By Hyonhee Shin GANGNEUNG/SAMCHEOK, South Korea (Reuters) - For years, the crystalline blue water and soft sand of South Korea's...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has approved a plan to allow entry soon to foreign tourists vaccinated against COVID-19, its...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Disneyland will close for a day on Wednesday for staff to take compulsory COVID-19...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A growing COVID-19 cluster in China's Dalian has spurred the northeastern port city to limit outbound travel,...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will reopen its borders to international visitors by Jan. 1 at the latest, a government...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea encouraged its citizens to take COVID-19 booster shots on Wednesday, as more...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's coronavirus infection rate has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday she expected the border with mainland China to...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China is on high alert at its international ports of entry to reduce the risk of COVID-19 cases...