Infectious Diseases

BEIJING (Reuters) - The northern Chinese city of Tianjin tightened exit controls and is requiring residents to obtain approval from...

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Reducing the self-isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19 from seven days...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -The northern coastal city of Tianjin began testing its population of around 14 million on Sunday after...

By Branko Filipovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic threw the weight of her government behind national idol Novak...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish Crown Princess Victoria has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the Royal Court said...

(Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday he was well and had no COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's 14-day COVID-19 infection rate rose by 148 points to 2,722.72 cases per 100,000 people, the health...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said he stood by his earlier comments saying he wanted to "piss off"...

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - The northern German maritime state of Bremen has the country's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported fewer COVID cases on Friday as several cities have curbed movements, while a top official...

BEIJING (Reuters) -More cities in central China's Henan province imposed COVID restrictions as infections there rose sharply, while authorities in...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge...

By Diego Oré and Roberto Ramirez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is likely to surpass 300,000 deaths from COVID-19 this...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru, which has one of the world's highest COVID-19 mortality rates per number of...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German towns have appealed to authorities for less "flying by the seat of your pants" and more "forward-thinking,"...

By Angelo Amante, Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) -Italy on Wednesday made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people from...

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jean Terzian PARIS (Reuters) -France's parliament on Thursday approved President Emmanuel Macron's plans for a vaccine...

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. military bases in Japan introduced stricter COVID-19 measures on Thursday after the host government expressed grave...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, Australia's daily coronavirus infections soared to a fresh peak on...