Infectious Diseases

ROME (Reuters) -Italy reported just three coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 13 the day before, the lowest toll since last...

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the British public to be cautious and said they must self-isolate when...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's health ministry reported 88 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily toll since August last...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a "worrisome" rise in COVID-19 infections, a...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Every adult in the United Kingdom has been offered a first dose of COVID-19...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is backing 15 new studies into the treatment and diagnosis of "long COVID", a condition that...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 12,631 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British health minister Sajid Javid on Saturday said he had tested positive for COVID-19, but...

PARIS (Reuters) -More than a hundred thousand people marched across France on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plans...

(Reuters) -Britain has opted against mass COVID-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, with ministers instead preparing to offer doses...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Saturday reported 54,674 new COVID-19 cases, a rise on the 51,870 new cases reported on...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 13 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 11 the day before, the health ministry said, while...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled overnight to its highest since the outbreak began, the health ministry...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000 birds were found...

PARIS (Reuters) -France will reinforce restrictions on unvaccinated travellers from a series of countries to counter a rebound in COVID-19...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -China has financed the setup of a fund under APEC to fight COVID-19 and...

By Carl O'Donnell and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by...

PARIS (Reuters) -The Eiffel Tower reopened on Friday after an eight-month shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, its longest closure...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 25,000 members of the armed forces,...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Socialist Pedro Castillo, who hopes to be confirmed as the next president of Peru,...