Epidemics

By Michael Shields and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) -People will need to show a COVID-status certificate to enter bars,...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Three-quarters of people over the age of 16 in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) have now had at...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand reported a further fall in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, as the largely coronavirus-free...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people will die of tuberculosis left untreated because of disruption...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned against travel to Sri...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Here are brief profiles of the Canadian political party leaders contesting the Sept 20 federal election. Justin...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will push ahead with easing COVID-19 restrictions at the end of this month, removing most curbs...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines capital region will remain under the second strictest coronavirus containment measures, a senior official said...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark standard...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that some residents from China and the former...

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As COVID-19 cases and deaths exploded in India in April and May,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - COVID-19 daily infections in Sydney fell for a third straight day on Tuesday but still lingered near...

(Corrects name in paragraphs 4 and 5 to Tri, not Tung) HANOI(Reuters) - Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - The group of 20 rich countries said on Monday more efforts were needed to...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand is "very close" to procuring more coronavirus vaccines and a deal could be announced this...

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean health regulator on Monday approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, extended COVID-19 restrictions on Monday for a further two weeks, as authorities launched a...

By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Nurse Chris Prott's knees jump, his heart races, his mouth goes dry and his mind...

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selective countries to visit from Sept....