Public Health

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is in the midst of a fifth COVID-19 wave due to the Omicron variant, Prime Minister...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's health minister Karl Lauterbach ruled out a Christmas lockdown on Sunday but warned a fifth COVID-19 wave...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin is convinced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will recognise Russia's flagship Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has confirmed its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry said on Sunday,...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is monitoring the latest COVID-19 data on an almost hourly basis and will do...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian officials on Sunday said there was no need to clamp down on Christmas...

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain reported a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday which government...

By Bart H. Meijer and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing city said on Saturday it is advising residents not to leave town during a major holiday...

By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Conor Humphries MADRID/DUBLIN (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc said on Friday the COVID-19 pandemic could extend through next...

By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the Omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has detected a total of 101 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he had spoken with the head of Pfizer Inc on Friday...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Friday rushed to track down hundreds who attended a Taylor Swift album party in...

By Maria Carolina Marcello and Gram Slattery BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he has...

(Reuters) - Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine could receive approval from Europe's drug regulator next week and subsequently an emergency use listing...

By Yves Herman COLMAR, France (Reuters) - Doctor Ruxandra Divan, an intensive care anaesthetist in eastern France, slumped down onto...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) has retained its lockdown at 'adjusted level 1', or the...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Thursday announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including banning mass gatherings and requiring booster doses for...