Public Health

LONDON (Reuters) - New restrictions in England to slow the spread of COVID-19 will only be introduced as a last...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China ended its final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local coronavirus cases for any...

By Lasya Priya M and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) - Coronavirus deaths in Eastern Europe topped 1 million on Thursday, according...

By Javier Barbancho and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - After nearly two years of COVID-19-induced uncertainty, Madrid's bars and restaurants...

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines will impose tighter curbs in the capital region for the next two...

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Businesses working in Morocco's key tourism sector say the country's tough COVID-19 restrictions, including...

By Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's health officials said on Friday the Omicron variant...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is on high alert against COVID-19 as the New Year holiday looms, with the city of...

By Rupam Jain and Crispian Balmer MUMBAI/ROME (Reuters) - COVID-19 will stifle New Year celebrations around the world for the...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland on Thursday became the latest country to cut the isolation period for some people who contract...

By Polina Nikolskaya and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is bracing itself for another COVID-19 wave early next year,...

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian authorities started to impose stringent rules on Thursday to prevent mass gatherings at new year's...

By Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed a 5.024 trillion pesos ($98.45 billion) budget for next year,...

By Crispian Balmer and Alexandra Alper ROME/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland became the latest country to smash its previous record number of daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday,...

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Healthcare unions are opposing Quebec's decision to allow some asymptomatic workers infected with...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has recalled rules that no longer required people without symptoms of COVID-19 to isolate or...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan braced for a feared rebound in coronavirus cases as the highways and airports...

By Renju Jose and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules...