Epidemics

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's eastern financial hub Shanghai reported 20 new COVID-19 deaths on May 2, down from 32 a...

By Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as...

By Daewoung Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 are "cruel" and Taiwan will not follow suit, Premier...

By Brenda Goh and Min Zhang SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Shanghai reported zero COVID-19 cases outside its quarantined areas for April 29, the first time since...

(Reuters) - Russia's total number of COVID-related deaths has exceeded 803,000 since the start of the pandemic in April 2020,...

By Martin Quin Pollard and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's capital Beijing closed more businesses and residential compounds on Friday,...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Beijing's zero-COVID strategy has had dire consequences for the millions Chinese living abroad, most...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's "dynamic-zero" policy against COVID-19 is in line with pursuing economic progress, rather than in conflict with...

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Laboratory tests have pinpointed the equine virus suspected of triggering an outbreak of a...

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador will immediately lift mask mandates for both indoor and outdoor spaces thanks to...

ROME (Reuters) - Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy on public transport and in some indoor venues until June...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -World Health Organization members reached a preliminary agreement this week to gradually raise their mandatory...

By Eduardo Baptista and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing closed some schools and public spaces on Thursday, as most of...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The COVID-hit city of Shanghai is making more resources available to improve vaccination rates among the elderly...

(Reuters) - China is facing the biggest test yet of its draconian approach to COVID-19, with a lockdown for most...

By Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will ease more COVID-19 curbs from the start of next month, including lifting restrictions on...