Diseases

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has so far been detected in the Americas in Argentina, Brazil,...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has found a further 101 confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the UK Health Security...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not require stricter domestic COVID restrictions in the run-up to Christmas because vaccines had put...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister said on Monday there is now community transmission of the Omicron variant of the...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday reported its first confirmed cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Russian...

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 Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will require all inbound travellers to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and arrivals...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 42,848 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, government figures showed, a drop in daily cases following...

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

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -A rise in the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England in the latest week was...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud have placed 2,000 people, most of...

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

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a threefold higher risk of reinfection than the currently dominant...

PARIS (Reuters) - The prefect of Guadeloupe, the representative of the French central state in the overseas territory, on Thursday...

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 Promit Mukherjee and Estelle Shirbon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines...

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a "call to get jabs in arms" on Wednesday as...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union needs daily reviews of its travel restrictions and rapid deployment of vaccine booster doses...