Public Health

By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported on Wednesday the most new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The gender disparity in India's COVID-19 immunisation drive has narrowed, government data showed on Wednesday, as...

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday over grievances that...

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Wuhan city will test its 12 million residents for the coronavirus after confirming...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measures,...

RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco will lengthen its night curfew, starting two hours earlier at 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) from Tuesday, as...

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Nilufar Rizki JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia aims to start gradually reopening its economy in September,...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Unvaccinated Hong Kong government employees, as well as education and health workers will soon have to...

(Reuters) - Britain will offer COVID-19 booster vaccines to 32 million Britons starting early next month with up to 2,000...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, down from 16 the day before, the health ministry said,...

By Jihed Abidellaoui JENDOUBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Waiting in line to receive a COVID-19 jab from the Tunisian army, Zubeir...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia's east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against...

By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - More than 1,000 nurses gathered in Budapest on Saturday to demand better pay, after...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam will from Monday extend strict curbs on movement in its business hub Ho Chi Minh City and...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 16 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, down from 18 the day before, the health ministry said,...

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Sydney's coronavirus cases continued to surge on Saturday as police cordoned off the city's central...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Michael Shields GENEVA (Reuters) - The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting...

By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog received a third shot of coronavirus vaccine on Friday, kicking...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Friday it will expand states of emergency to three...