Infectious Diseases

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Gamma variant of the novel coronavirus, first found in Brazil, has been detected in small quantities...

PARIS (Reuters) - The fourth wave of COVID-19 infections should hit French hospitals in the second half of August, professor...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is preparing to negotiate directly with the chief executive of Pfizer as...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday that the Delta COVID-19 variant and an increase...

By Mohammed Benmansour MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Inspired by her late father's career, Mona decided to join the military...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) -The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead to demonstrate to the world what can be achieved...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will form a working group to examine remittances to Cuba in the wake...

By Ankur Banerjee and Neha Arora (Reuters) -India's excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 4.9...

By Mohammed Benmansour JAMARAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 during the Muslim haj...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's prime minister and defence minister apologised as hundreds of COVID-19-infected sailors were flown...

(Corrects WestJet Airlines capacity in paragraph 15 to 40% from 60% after spokesperson amends figure) By David Ljunggren and Steve...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country's next president, having...

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not prepared to impose lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19...

MALAGA (Reuters) - Spain reported a new jump in its COVID-19 infection rate on Monday, with 61,628 cases registered since...

(Adds dropped letter in minister's name) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday announced new exemptions to its rules on self-isolation...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government is set to decide whether to extend the country's toughest coronavirus curbs...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities said Victoria state would extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday to slow the...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's military has recorded its biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's approval ratings fell to the lowest level in more than a year,...

PARIS (Reuters) - France reported more than 12,500 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the third day that the tally has...