Epidemics

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has likely neared the peak of its Omicron wave, authorities said on Saturday,...

By Daniela Desantis MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay has opened its borders to citizens and residents even if they are infected...

By Alistair Smout and Nikolaj Skydsgaard (Reuters) - A surge in coronavirus cases caused by the Omicron variant may have...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Thirteen of the 17 members of Poland's Medical Council advising the prime minister on COVID-19 resigned on...

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is following mainland China's zero-tolerance approach to control COVID-19, rankling many...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday suspended four more incoming U.S. flights, bringing the total cancellation this year to 74,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalisation rates in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales could plateau next week, a...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Thursday banned hunting and several other outdoor activities in two northern regions affected by a...

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government will partly reverse a ban on serving alcohol in bars and restaurants, one of...

By Antony Paone and Eric Gaillard PARIS (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of French teachers angry with the government's COVID-19 rules...

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has eased its COVID-19 rules on testing, quarantine and hospital admissions...

PARIS (Reuters) - France announced on Thursday that it was slightly easing COVID-19 protocols for travellers from Britain, saying that...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - After nearly two years of border closures to protect North Korea against the pandemic,...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French Senate approved on Thursday the government's latest measures to tackle the COVID-19 virus, including a...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday reported its biggest pandemic caseload with a runaway Omicron outbreak driving up hospitalisation rates...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - World Health Organization Emergency Director Mike Ryan on Wednesday refuted statements made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark will offer a fourth coronavirus vaccination to the most vulnerable citizens as it faces record infections from...

By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - Emergency ward doctor Abigael Debit is increasingly spending her time finding beds for COVID-19...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro accused two members of the Supreme Court on Wednesday of taking sides...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia kicked off its COVID-19 booster programme for the general public on Wednesday, as the world's fourth-most-populous...