Epidemics

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A systematic disinformation campaign in Russian media to foster doubts and misgivings about COVID-19...

By Emilio Parodi and Polina Nikolskaya (Reuters) -The EU drug regulator is unlikely to decide whether to approve Russia’s Sputnik...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will reintroduce lockdown measures from Oct. 28 to combat surging COVID-19 cases, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's lower house of parliament voted to approve extending the country's COVID-19 health pass measures until at...

By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - COVID-19 patients will keep crowding hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in the Canadian...

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Countries should grant entry to vaccinated travelers regardless of which shot they...

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman (Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Wednesday it would spend...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a government proposal for a week-long workplace shutdown at the...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew on Wednesday that has been in place since March 2020 to curb the...

By Octav Ganea and Luiza Ilie PLOIESTI, Romania (Reuters) - As an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 fatalities engulfs Romania, funeral...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported a fourth day of new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in a handful of cities across...

By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -The senator leading a congressional probe into Brazil's handling of the COVID-19...

(Reuters) - Daily COVID-19 cases in New Zealand fell on Wednesday after a record jump the day before, with most...

(Fixes wording in fourth paragraph) PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 in France went up for...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines,...

RIGA (Reuters) -Latvia announced a COVID-19 lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15 to try to slow a spike in...

By Elaine Lies and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lack of a vaccination passport and limited testing capacity is...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will stop using the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior...

By Renju Jose and Shashwat Awasthi SYDNEY (Reuters) -Thousands of children returned to school in Sydney on Monday, putting an...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - About 400 Australian koalas will be vaccinated against chlamydia as part of a trial that researchers say...