Epidemics

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a person who had...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa is preparing its hospitals for more admissions, as the Omicron coronavirus variant pushes the country into...

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Africa has little chance of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic unless 70% of its population...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday compared to 75 the day before, the health ministry said,...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's tally of reported cases of the heavily mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus rose to 12...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported three more Omicron coronavirus variant cases, bringing its total confirmed so far...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The mayor of Rio de Janeiro canceled New Year's Eve celebrations after Brazil confirmed the first known...

VIENNA (Reuters) -More than 40,000 people marched through Vienna on Saturday to protest against a lockdown and plans to make...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 75 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 74 the day before, the health ministry said, while...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help turn the...

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - India reported its third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record daily 5,352 new COVID-19 infections and 70 deaths, while...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund is likely to lower its global economic growth estimates due to...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria will start vaccine booster shots from next week for COVID-19, a senior official said, after the...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -A rise in the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England in the latest week was...

By Aparupa Mazumder and Rittik Biswas (Reuters) - Europe crossed 75 million coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a Reuters...

MANILA (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific countries should boost their healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud have placed 2,000 people, most of...

(This Dec. 02 story adds dropped word in first paragraph, corrects month in second paragraph to May not March) LONDON...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea announced on Friday that people visiting restaurants and cinemas and other public...