Infectious Diseases

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The Omicron coronavirus variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will go into a new lockdown from Sunday morning to try to limit COVID-19...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top civil servant Simon Case has stepped down from leading an investigation into alleged parties last...

By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Conor Humphries MADRID/DUBLIN (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc said on Friday the COVID-19 pandemic could extend through next...

By Clara-Laeila Laudette (Reuters) - The risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher...

By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high...

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - The EU drug regulator will not decide whether to approve Merck & Co's COVID-19...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he understood the frustrations of voters in North Shropshire...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the Omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has detected a total of 101 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Friday rushed to track down hundreds who attended a Taylor Swift album party in...

By Paul Sandle and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -New cases of COVID-19 in Britain hit a record high for the...

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden will require visitors from other Nordic nations to have a vaccine...

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday declared the end of an...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged people to stick to health protocols and ensure they are vaccinated against...

DOVER, England (Reuters) - Several miles of trucks were queued up on the main road towards Britain's Port of Dover...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) has retained its lockdown at 'adjusted level 1', or the...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Thursday announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including banning mass gatherings and requiring booster doses for...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand reported its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at a state-run isolation facility...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's health regulator Medsafe has granted provisional approval for the Pfizer Inc COVID-19...