Infectious Diseases

By Ingrid Melander and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was possible the...

By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's prime minister defended his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa reported a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday in a fourth wave believed...

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded its most daily coronavirus cases since the start of the...

By Humeyra Pamuk KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday cut short a brief trip...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Preliminary evidence indicates that COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the...

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the European Union must ask Russia to urgently reduce tensions with...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea warned on Wednesday it may reinstate stricter social distancing curbs as it...

MANILA (Reuters) - An incoming typhoon has forced the Philippines to delay COVID-19 vaccinations of millions of people living in...

By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 100 Conservative lawmakers voted on Tuesday against new coronavirus restrictions,...

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government will remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list from Wednesday because there...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Africa is experiencing its fastest surge in COVID-19 cases this year, with the number up 83% in...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is considering requiring its residents to get a booster shot to qualify as fully vaccinated against...

LONDON (Reuters) - Sky news said on Tuesday that British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab had misspoken when he said...

(Fixes typo in para 2) BEIJING (Reuters) - Health authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detected one...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, is still showing mild symptoms and...

(Reuters) - Health authorities in northern China's port city of Tianjin have detected the first case of the Omicron coronavirus...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Coronavirus-free Queensland state opened its domestic borders to all vaccinated people on Monday for the first time in...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel announced on Sunday it was adding Britain and Denmark to its "red" list of countries that Israelis...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria plans to ban flights from Argentina, Britain, Canada and Saudi Arabia from this...