Epidemics

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will start welcoming back travellers from all countries from later this week,...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Investigations into China's cold-chain sector have led to several managers, officials and business owners being punished for...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval rating fell to its lowest level in nearly two years as...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Having discussions and making "general remarks" about Hong Kong's coronavirus strategy is not illegal and does...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thousands of Australian students return to school on Monday after a summer break, as the country remains...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of pet stores that sold hamsters in Hong Kong may resume business from Sunday, Hong...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) -Austria will begin easing COVID-19 related restrictions next week, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told a...

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - With thousands of people locked down in tiny apartments, government quarantine centres filling...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of new COVID-19 infections in Germany exceeded 200,000 in a day for the first time...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark aims to scrap all remaining domestic COVID-19 restrictions next week, following on from similar announcements in...

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department is considering whether to authorize departures for American diplomats and their...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases exceeded 13,000 for the first time on Wednesday,...

By Francesco Guarascio and Emma Farge BRUSSELS/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) have fallen...

(Reuters) -About two dozen cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among the crew of an Australian warship expected to arrive...

By Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday defended herself against criticism...

By Zuzanna Szymanska and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Monday extended its current pandemic measures as the experts...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19 infections has led wealthy countries to intensify their recruitment...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia opened up two islands close to Singapore to visitors from the city-state on Monday, officials said,...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong authorities said on Sunday one hamster surrendered to authorities by pet owners...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales...