Epidemics

By Alistair Smout, Francesco Guarascio and Chen Lin LONDON/BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Governments around the world are urgently scouring databases for recent...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Wednesday flagged another probable case of the Omicron variant in Sydney as they braced...

By Ludwig Burger and Emma Thomasson FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday not to impose...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries should apply "an evidence-informed and risk-based approach" with any travel measures related to the Omicron variant...

By David Ljunggren and Kanishka Singh OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada, seeking to halt the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, will...

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian parliamentary committee on Tuesday, as widely expected, approved a decree extending the country's COVID-19 lockdown...

LISBON (Reuters) - A large hospital near Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, said on Tuesday it has temporarily shut two of...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it would keep the country's border with Peru closed in...

By Adrian Portugal BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this...

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was...

By Edward McAllister and Tom Daly DAKAR/BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deliver another 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic in Denmark is showing signs of stabilising, the country's health minister said on Tuesday,...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Tuesday states should ramp up COVID-19 testing as the world battles the...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health commissioner has urged governments to boost efforts to detect coronavirus...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - A further two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Ottawa, bringing Canada's total...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Alexander Winning GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant...

LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of...