Infectious Diseases

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Tuesday states should ramp up COVID-19 testing as the world battles the...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last...

By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will hold off on more reopening measures while it evaluates the Omicron COVID-19 variant and will...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Alexander Winning GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the Omicron coronavirus variant...

PARIS (Reuters) - France registered its biggest jump in coronavirus-related hospital admissions since the spring, health ministry data showed on...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her soon-to-be successor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with German state leaders on...

LONDON (Reuters) - G7 health ministers praised South Africa on Monday for the work it has done in detecting the...

By Daniela Desantis ASUNCIÓN (Reuters) - Paraguay has imposed a travel ban on foreigners from 10 African countries in a...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland said on Monday it would ban flights to seven African countries, extend quarantines for some travellers...

MADRID (Reuters) - Widespread use of COVID-19 "passports" and vaccines helped tourism recover faster in the European Union than in...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said on Monday it has shelved plans to further relax COVID-19 restrictions due...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would delay the reopening of its international border by...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The first probable case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Switzerland, the government...

By Elizabeth Piper and Toby Sterling LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant spread around the world on Sunday, with...

By Promit Mukherjee and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that authorities were...

By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African doctor who was one of the first to suspect a different...

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government's pandemic response plan by a bigger...

By Sabine Siebold RIGA (Reuters) -The European Union needs to buy time to assess fully the implications of the new...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 47 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, against 90 the day before, the health ministry said, while...