Public Health

By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Monday...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict...

(Corrects Sunday story to clarify Okonogi was not incumbent) TOKYO (Reuters) -An ally of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's health ministry said on Sunday that Moderna Inc will supply the country with 7.01 million...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven...

(Corrects Sri Lanka population to 22 million in seventh paragraph of Friday story) COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka announced a 10-day...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's plan to prohibit residents of Ho Chi Minh City from leaving their homes from Monday has...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the health and budget ministries to arrange payment for healthcare workers who...

(Reuters) - A healthcare network that operates several hospitals in Toronto said on Friday it would sack any staff members...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a third shot of Pfizer/BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine on...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for vaccine...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it was looking for the greatest...

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans formed queues hundreds of metres long to get their COVID-19 shots on...

(Reuters) - Nations from Australia to Vietnam announced more drastic curbs and longer lockdowns for citizens on Friday, as authorities...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Thursday it had reached a temporary agreement with South Africa...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will open up COVID-19 vaccinations to those aged between 18 and 35 years old from...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation warned on Thursday that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 100,000 on Thursday with 564 fatalities recorded in the past 24...

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Australian actor Nicole Kidman was exempted from quarantine in Hong Kong last week, the government appeared to...