Public Health

By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Alistair Smout MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) -Europe's healthcare systems are being strained once again by the rapid spread...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The northern Chinese city of Tianjin tightened exit controls and is requiring residents to obtain approval from...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's health regulator Anvisa has asked the country's vaccine-skeptic President Jair Bolsonaro to retract...

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international...

MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for dialogue and justice to put an end to violent unrest in...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -The northern coastal city of Tianjin began testing its population of around 14 million on Sunday after...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States has agreed to impose stricter COVID-19 measures at U.S. military bases in Japan, a U.S.-Japan...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen people were killed and 18 injured in an accident involving a bus and a microbus on...

(Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday he was well and had no COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) raised its health protection alert on Saturday after posting its...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's 14-day COVID-19 infection rate rose by 148 points to 2,722.72 cases per 100,000 people, the health...

By Yiming Woo and Ingrid Melander Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE (Reuters) - Less than a week has gone by since French schools...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and regional leaders tightened the rules for restaurant and bar visits but shortened...

By Pedro Fonseca and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Insufficient testing for COVID-19 and a data blackout caused...

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - The northern German maritime state of Bremen has the country's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported fewer COVID cases on Friday as several cities have curbed movements, while a top official...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will extend the suspension of its quarantine waiver programme and bring in new restrictions after a...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge...