Epidemics

By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported a record 614 new COVID-19 cases on Monday,...

By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country's borders...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he had discussed with Chinese Premier Li...

(Reuters) - Some 50 members of Iran’s 290-seat parliament have contracted COVID-19, a senior MP said on Saturday as the...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - COVID-19 cases inside Beijing's Winter Olympic Games bubble hit the second highest since arrivals...

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Ottawa police vowed on Friday to crack down on an "increasingly dangerous" protest by hundreds...

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will next week lift a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors as a measure against the...

By Twinnie Siu and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong plans to roll out rapid antigen tests for...

By Neha Arora and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's official COVID-19 death toll crossed 500,000 on Friday, a...

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government will not use troops against truckers whose nearly week-long protest of...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia could use its defence forces to help manage a COVID-19 outbreak in the aged-care sector that...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's leading infectious disease experts said on Thursday the collapse of...

By Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia kicked off a COVID-19 mass vaccination programme on Thursday for children aged...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Thursday it would extend a work-from-home plan for civil servants...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will stop requiring COVID passes for entry to restaurants and other service or entertainment...

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico topped 5 million total confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, registering 42,181 new cases and 573...

By Francis Mukasa KAMPALA (Reuters) - Throngs of revellers filled The Levels bar in Uganda's capital Kampala, dancing to live...

By Allison Lampert and Ismail Shakil MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec is scrapping a plan that would...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Authorities have discovered an outbreak of what they suspect is the highly-contagious bird flu strain at...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at...