Infectious Diseases

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday reported three more Omicron coronavirus variant cases, bringing its total confirmed so far...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will require all inbound travellers to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and arrivals...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 75 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 74 the day before, the health ministry said, while...

By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two hippos have tested positive for COVID-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium in what could be the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 42,848 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, government figures showed, a drop in daily cases following...

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - India reported its third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials...

By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record daily 5,352 new COVID-19 infections and 70 deaths, while...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria will start vaccine booster shots from next week for COVID-19, a senior official said, after the...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -A rise in the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England in the latest week was...

By Aparupa Mazumder and Rittik Biswas (Reuters) - Europe crossed 75 million coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a Reuters...

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India expects the Omicron variant of coronavirus to cause less severe disease, the...

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The Omicron variant, spreading now in southern Africa and detected in over 30 other countries,...

MANILA (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific countries should boost their healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud have placed 2,000 people, most of...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea announced on Friday that people visiting restaurants and cinemas and other public...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a threefold higher risk of reinfection than the currently dominant...

By Katharine Houreld and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 reinfections due to...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's public health agency said on Thursday that the Omicron variant could be responsible for...