Infectious Diseases
South Korea in eleventh-hour talks to head off strike by health workers
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean government officials were in last-ditch efforts on Wednesday to stave off a...
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Italy’s Di Maio denounces ‘climate of hatred’ against vaccination campaign
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday denounced a "climate of hatred" against the COVID-19 vaccination...
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U.S. adds Canada to ‘reconsider travel’ advisory list amid COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has raised its travel advisory alert for Canada to a "level 3 – reconsider travel" status...
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South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are...
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Greek PM sacks public order minister after wildfires
By Angeliki Koutantou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis replaced his public order and tourism ministers...
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Exclusive-Thailand’s elderly lag behind in COVID vaccination drive, data show
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Just two weeks before her long-awaited vaccine appointment in Bangkok, Anyamanee Puttaraksa's 62-year-old mother became...
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Hong Kong’s strict quarantine rules threaten to erode allure of financial hub
By Farah Master and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government is facing growing pressure from business lobby...
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Indonesia’s president says COVID-19 restrictions to be eased
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Monday the government would adjust COVID-19 restrictions over the week Aug....
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Saudi students return to school with masks and checks
By Mohammed Benmansour RIYADH (Reuters) - Waleed Saleh grinned behind his face mask in the corridor of Riyadh's Ibn al-Hajeb...
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Malaysian PM in quarantine after contact with COVID-19 patient
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is under quarantine following a close contact with a COVID-19...
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U.S. intelligence community says cannot solve COVID mystery without China
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. intelligence community does not believe it can resolve a debate over whether a...
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Half a million Afghans could flee across borders – UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) -Up to half a million Afghans could flee their homeland by year-end, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said...
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French health minister says COVID-19 wave recedes, but calls for caution
(Fixes typo in headline) PARIS (Reuters) - The fourth wave of COVID-19 infections is receding in France but is not...
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Greek health workers protest against introduction of mandatory COVID jabs
By Phoebe Fronista and Stelios Misinas ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Greek frontline health workers protested on Thursday against a...
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Kerala’s COVID-19 lessons for India and Modi’s government
By Krishna N. Das MALAPPURAM, India (Reuters) - Vilified by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party for its high COVID-19...
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Vietnam expects 50,000 new virus cases in major manufacturing hub
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will deploy troops to industrial Binh Duong province, a major manufacturing hub in the Southeast Asian...
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Sydney hospitals erect emergency tents as COVID-19 cases hit record
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's new daily cases of COVID-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since...
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Algeria to allow more international flights in further easing of restrictions
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will increase the number of international flights it allows from Aug. 28, partly to help repatriate...
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Sydney hospitals battle coronavirus as daily infections hit record
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney's COVID-19 infections hit a daily record on Wednesday, putting parts of the health system...
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India hurries teacher vaccinations as some physical classes resume
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will supply millions of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to its states to try to inoculate...
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