Epidemics

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Aucklanders returned to nightclubs, cinemas and cafes on Friday as New Zealand's biggest city exited pandemic lockdown...

By Jeff Mason and Joseph Nasr WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out his strategy to fight...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a threefold higher risk of reinfection than the currently dominant...

By Katharine Houreld and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 reinfections due to...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's public health agency said on Thursday that the Omicron variant could be responsible for...

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health authorities on Thursday said most of the 62 people who tested positive...

By Anuron Kumar Mitra and Chandini Monnappa BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported its first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state governments agreed on Thursday to measures aimed at tackling a fourth wave of...

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's government on Thursday proposed heavy fines for heads of public institutions or municipalities who fail to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city adjacent to Russia said that starting Friday, it would suspend certain activities for goods...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's tally of people with the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 edged higher on Thursday, prompting state...

By Promit Mukherjee and Trevor Hunnicutt JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavily mutated Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant variant of the...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's daily coronavirus case numbers rose to a new high on Thursday, as...

By Promit Mukherjee and Estelle Shirbon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Omicron variant appears able to get around some immunity but vaccines...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in air passenger arrivals, but...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization expects to have more information on the transmissibility of the...

PARIS (Reuters) - France is stepping up its COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign and tightening entry rules for arrivals from outside...

(Reuters) - Air travellers to the United States will face tougher COVID-19 testing rules to try to slow the spread...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS may increase as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a renewed solidarity with those suffering from...