Infectious Diseases

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday that children aged 5 to 11 would now be eligible for vaccination against...

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Three men died when a fire broke out in a COVID-19 ward of a hospital in the...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Three German state health ministers urged parties negotiating to form a new government to prolong states' power to...

By Bart H. Meijer and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from Saturday after...

VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's government is likely to decide on Sunday to impose a lockdown on people who are not fully...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government on Friday published a draft proposal to require QR codes as proof of immunity...

By Josephine Mason and Emilio Parodi LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) -Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he was cautious about rising cases of COVID in...

By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will offer a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to everyone aged...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's health ministry has proposed expanding the list of occupations for which COVID-19 vaccinations will be compulsory...

MANILA (Reuters) - People coming to work in offices in the Philippines will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson will have a shot at becoming the Nordic country's first female prime...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's likely new chancellor Olaf Scholz urged more citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday as the...

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Death rates from COVID-19 infections are much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa,...

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's coronavirus epicenters are shifting from dense urban zones to more rural or...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in Beijing city imposed new curbs on conferences and events after confirming on Thursday six locally...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Denmark will impose self-isolation requirements on travellers from Singapore, its embassy in the city-state said on Thursday,...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will reopen its borders to international visitors by Jan. 1 at the latest, a government...

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States has...