Epidemics

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two...

By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The northwestern Chinese city of Xian said on Friday it will temporarily impose a partial lockdown to...

By David Kirton SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a...

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - When COVID-19 infections peaked in India in April and May last year, the...

By Clare Jim and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday it will ease some of...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 62,037 COVID-19 related cases on Wednesday, against 83,643 the day before, the health ministry said,...

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand welcomed hundreds of travellers from Australia with emotional scenes on Wednesday as...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is trying out reduced quarantine times for overseas arrivals and close contacts of positive cases in...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is in only the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak and domestic cases will keep rising...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai residents have turned online for grassroots help on medical treatment as the city's tough COVID-19 curbs...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai reported nearly 25,000 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Sunday and sought to assure locked-down residents of China's...

(Refiles to fix garble in headline) SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai carried out another round of mass COVID-19 testing on Saturday,...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday after a relative she previously had a...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai government said on Thursday it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai will ask all 26 million residents to take another round of COVID-19 tests, a city official...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's health agency said on Wednesday it was investigating dozens of reported and suspected cases of salmonella...