Healthcare
Explainer-How the World Health Organization might face future pandemics
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health...
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Colombia will not require face masks outdoors in areas with 70% COVID vaccination
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government will no longer require the use of face masks outdoors in areas where more than...
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Queen cancels virtual meeting as mild COVID symptoms persist
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will miss a planned virtual engagement on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like...
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Ugandans would face fines, jail for refusing COVID jab under new law
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who...
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Top Colombia court decriminalizes abortion until 24 weeks of gestation
By Julia Symmes Cobb and Luisa Fernanda Gonzalez BOGOTA (Reuters) -Judges on Colombia's constitutional court voted on Monday to decriminalize...
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Hong Kong maps terms of COVID vaccine pass amid record high cases
By Twinnie Siu and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will expand its vaccine bubble to include shopping...
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Staff shortage concerns challenge Germany’s vaccine mandate
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Frank Vogel, a 64-year-old local politician from the eastern German Erzgebirge region, has been...
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Italy reports 42,081 new coronavirus cases on Sunday
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 42,081 COVID-19 related cases on Sunday, down from 50,534 the day before, the health ministry...
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Factbox: The health of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest reigning monarch, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. Buckingham Palace tries to...
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Italy recommends fourth COVID vaccine dose for immunocompromised
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's health ministry has recommended that people with a severely compromised immune system receive a fourth mRNA...
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EU sends Ukraine medical emergency equipment amid fears of Russian invasion
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has delivered emergency medical equipment to Ukraine following a request from Kyiv amid an...
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African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project
By Wendell Roelf and Alexander Winning CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday six African countries -...
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Long COVID a global issue for patients and healthcare systems, UK review finds
(Reuters) - British researchers led by Oxford University said on Friday that the current understanding of long COVID and options...
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Hong Kong ‘cannot afford to lose’ fight against surging COVID
By Joyce Zhou and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it...
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Hong Kong parents rush to vaccinate children as COVID surges
By Joyce Zhou and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong parents rushed children as young as 3 years old...
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Hong Kong working-class district reels as COVID runs rampant
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lam Foon, 98, sits propped up and swaddled in soggy woollen blankets in...
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Dominican Republic ends mask mandate, all other COVID-19 rules
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic ended all COVID-19 public health restrictions on Thursday, including a mask mandate and...
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Israel drops ‘Green Passes’ as Omicron infections wane
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Thursday dropped a "Green Pass" policy requiring proof of vaccination, recovery from COVID-19 or a...
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WHO calls for strengthened role as U.S. proposes new pandemic fund
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Efforts to strengthen global health security will only succeed if the...
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Xi tells Hong Kong’s leaders to control COVID as infections spiral
(Adds government statement on food supply) By Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping...
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