Epidemics

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported the lowest daily count of local confirmed COVID-19 infections in two weeks on Wednesday after...

By Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Hindus celebrated a scaled-down Thaipusam festival on Tuesday, with limited numbers allowed...

By Jessie Pang and Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong warned people not to kiss pets and ordered a...

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will continue to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot despite preliminary findings that it...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' swine inventory increased by about 700,000 heads over the last 12 months owing to a...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania reported 16,760 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, more than double on the day and the...

BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese city of Tianjin reported fewer COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after measures such as conducting mass testing...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria reported 9,996 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, setting a new record daily tally following a surge of...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to...

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Sudipto Ganguly BELGRADE/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic returned to a rapturous welcome in Serbia on Monday...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on...

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta saw its biggest protest yet against COVID rules on Sunday, with hundreds of people marching in...

MILAN (Reuters) - Human rights group Amnesty International urged Italy to change tough anti-COVID restrictions to avoid discrimination against unvaccinated...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will require travellers to get a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival in the Chinese...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner on Sunday urged local governments to minimise the impact from COVID-19 restrictions over the...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The COVAX global vaccine-sharing programme has delivered 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, one of...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday reported its first locally transmitted infection of the highly transmissible Omicron...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 1,054 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily increase in three months, as the...