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By David Ljunggren and Kanishka Singh OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada, seeking to halt the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, will...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that it was likely booster COVID-19 vaccinations would increase...

LONDON (Reuters) - New mask mandates and other measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant came...

By Edward McAllister and Tom Daly DAKAR/BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deliver another 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on...

PARIS (Reuters) - France registered its biggest jump in coronavirus-related hospital admissions since the spring, health ministry data showed on...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her soon-to-be successor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with German state leaders on...

LONDON (Reuters) - G7 health ministers praised South Africa on Monday for the work it has done in detecting the...

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

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

ZURICH (Reuters) - The first probable case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Switzerland, the government...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's pandemic response plan by a bigger...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's pandemic response plan in a referendum by a clear majority,...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria has detected its first suspected case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant...

By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) -Britain announced new measures on Saturday to try to slow the spread of the newly...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Saturday widened quarantine requirements to stem the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant to...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled on Saturday new measures to try to stop the spread of...

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom on Saturday reported 39,567 more COVID-19 cases and 131 further deaths within 28 days...

By David Shepardson and Stephanie Nebehay WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global...