Epidemics

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for vaccine...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest...

By Adrian Portugal and Ebrahim Harris MANILA (Reuters) - After 17 months of on-off lockdown measures in and around the...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will deploy troops in Ho Chi Minh City and prohibit residents from leaving their homes, authorities...

(Reuters) - Nations from Australia to Vietnam announced more drastic curbs and longer lockdowns for citizens on Friday, as authorities...

(Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court rejected Governor Greg Abbott’s intervention to suspend a mask mandate, thus allowing schools to...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Thursday it had reached a temporary agreement with South Africa...

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved the easing of coronavirus curbs in the capital region from Aug....

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation warned on Thursday that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has identified an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu near the commercial capital...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 100,000 on Thursday with 564 fatalities recorded in the past 24...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman will ease a curfew imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19 by reopening public buildings, malls...

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Australian actor Nicole Kidman was exempted from quarantine in Hong Kong last week, the government appeared to...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed to the coronavirus but has...

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it removed over three dozen pages spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, after the White House...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis issued an appeal on Wednesday urging people to get inoculated against COVID-19, saying the...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has turned to the military to provide oxygen amid a surge of the coronavirus https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cuba-gripped-by-unrest-battles-highest-covid-caseload-americas-2021-07-19 even...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will purchase an additional 12 million doses of Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine to try to expedite its...

(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has decided that most Americans should get a booster shot of...