Public Health

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled overnight to its highest since the outbreak began, the health ministry...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's President Macky Sall threatened on Friday to close the borders and re-impose a state of emergency...

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that it was scrapping a planned easing of coronavirus rules...

By Carl O'Donnell and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday proposed a second phase of studies into the origins...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said on Friday it would retighten some restrictions on social gatherings, including allowing only two people...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by...

By Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's religious minister called on Friday for people to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has declared all of Greece a coronavirus risk area, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on...

(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Philippines detects first local cases of Delta...

(Changes StarMed Medical Centre to StarMed Specialist Centre in paragraph 21) By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada may permit fully vaccinated travellers into the country by early September, the country's prime minister said...

CAIRO - (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirate's Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee announced on Thursday a partial...

By Horaci Garcia SITGES, Spain (Reuters) - With a summer heatwave sending hordes of people to the beach, authorities in...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn called on China to make it possible for investigations into the origins...

(Adds WHO, EMA comments) (Reuters) - A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different COVID-19 vaccines for...

(Reuters) - Hundreds more bodies than usual are being taken for funerals every day in junta-ruled Myanmar as a new...

(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Melbourne joins Sydney in lockdown The Australian...

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -AstraZeneca has asked Thailand to extend the timeline for the delivery of...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore reported its highest number of local coronavirus cases in 10 months on Wednesday, after the discovery...