Public Health

By Hyonhee Shin and Swati Pandey SEOUL/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through...

By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - There is currently no political path for launching impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs will be required to undergo a COVID-19 test when they return from summer holidays abroad if...

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Euro 2020 soccer tournament was on Thursday blamed for a...

By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is likely to extend by two weeks or more coronavirus containment measures in...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a wave of cases, and...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's capital Seoul and its neighbouring regions will delay by a week the...

By Pedro Fonseca and Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil will suspend a $324-million contract for COVID-19 vaccine from...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported on Wednesday 45,951 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan Health Minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that the government had asked Russia to return...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will discuss easing the import and export of COVID-19 vaccines with the United States when it...

PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Health Ministry has banned Czechs from travelling to Russia, Tunisia and other countries due to the...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany should not impose a travel ban on Portugal but limit itself to imposing testing and quarantine...

By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Monday announced a $2 billion boost to health spending...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An opposition senator filed a formal criminal complaint at the Supreme Court on Monday against...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will only allow vaccinated people in some public spaces, including...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -At least half of Mumbai's under-18s have been exposed to COVID-19 and have antibodies against it, raising some...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa will tighten COVID-19 restrictions for 14 days as current containment measures are insufficient to cope with...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will start inoculating young people aged 12 to 18 against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine...

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people on Sunday to overcome their hesitancy and...