Epidemics

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - At a factory in Sri Lanka's Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia city, workers use staples and glue to assemble long...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is set to be briefed on the U.S....

BEIJING (Reuters) - The benefits of China's zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 continue to outweigh the costs but it should cut...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday reported a record daily 709 deaths from COVID-19 as the worst-hit country in the...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Tuesday recorded its highest increase in COVID-19 cases since April 2020, as...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt will vaccinate all 4.5 million of its state employees against COVID-19 in August and September as it...

By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Monday...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Former Indonesian social affairs minister Juliari Batubara has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over a...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's health ministry said on Sunday that Moderna Inc will supply the country with 7.01 million...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia will stick to its lockdown strategy against the coronavirus until at least 70% of...

PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands demonstrated across France for a sixth consecutive weekend on Saturday against a COVID-19 health pass required...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven...

(Corrects Sri Lanka population to 22 million in seventh paragraph of Friday story) COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka announced a 10-day...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the health and budget ministries to arrange payment for healthcare workers who...

(Reuters) - A healthcare network that operates several hospitals in Toronto said on Friday it would sack any staff members...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a third shot of Pfizer/BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine on...