Epidemics

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's daily COVID-19 infections topped 3,000 for the first time as an outbreak fuelled by this week's...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is allowing a staggered opening from Friday of restaurants, shopping centres and beaches in provinces that...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than half of Australia's adult population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's COVID-19 infection situation is improving such that emergency conditions could soon be lifted in most parts...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has pushed back a plan to re-open the resort island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 24,611 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and...

(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) aims to decide in early October whether to endorse a third dose of the...

By Emilio Parodi and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) expects to decide in early October...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's disease control committee has proposed a halving of a two-week hotel isolation requirement for vaccinated arrivals,...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Melbourne's streets were largely quiet on Thursday after three days of anti-lockdown protests, with hundreds...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday the country should aim for a 90%-plus rate...

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police in the Canadian province of Quebec are searching for a man they suspect of punching a...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday that countries in the region...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria is facing a new surge in COVID-19 infections in both government-held areas and...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday eased anti-coronavirus restrictions, including allowing resumption of education for universities and...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans to give other countries 45 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the...

By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - A group of Thai monks and volunteers wearing protective clothing carefully navigate the bumpy...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for COVID-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United...

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The premier of Canada's Alberta province replaced his health minister in a cabinet...