Vaccines
Anti-coronavirus offences push political crime to record in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Offences by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions drove politically motivated crimes in Germany to a record high...
Read more
Shanghai says China’s worst COVID outbreak under “effective control”
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Friday it has brought China's worst outbreak of COVID-19 under effective control following a month-long...
Read more
UN chief calls for debt relief, post-COVID investment on W. Africa trip
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more...
Read more
South Africa’s Aspen COVID-19 vaccine plant risks closure after no orders-executive
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's first COVID-19 vaccination plant, touted last year as a trailblazer for an under-vaccinated...
Read more
COVID’s new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection...
Read more
Chinese Omicron-specific mRNA COVID vaccine candidate to be trialed in UAE
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate using the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and...
Read more
Russia’s total number of COVID-related deaths surpasses 800,000
(Reuters) - Russia's total number of COVID-related deaths has exceeded 803,000 since the start of the pandemic in April 2020,...
Read more
China’s COVID policy in line with pursuing economic progress, expert says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's "dynamic-zero" policy against COVID-19 is in line with pursuing economic progress, rather than in conflict with...
Read more
Italy orders mask wearing for some indoor venues until mid-June
ROME (Reuters) - Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy on public transport and in some indoor venues until June...
Read more
WHO donors reach ‘pivotal’ deal on budget overhaul: Tedros
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -World Health Organization members reached a preliminary agreement this week to gradually raise their mandatory...
Read more
Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases driven by S.Africa, WHO says
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI/DAKAR (Reuters) -Africa is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South...
Read more
Shanghai’s focus shifts to vaccination of elderly as new cases decline
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The COVID-hit city of Shanghai is making more resources available to improve vaccination rates among the elderly...
Read more
Malaysia to lift more COVID curbs, eases mask mandate
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will ease more COVID-19 curbs from the start of next month, including lifting restrictions on...
Read more
Exclusive: EU to move away from emergency phase of COVID pandemic – document
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to say the EU has entered a new post-emergency...
Read more
Relief, revival as Singapore scraps its COVID curbs
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Office workers queued for trains, restaurants and elevators and delivery riders raced from building...
Read more
Anger mounts among locked-down Shanghai residents as city reports more COVID deaths
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's major financial hub of Shanghai reported more new COVID-19 related deaths on April...
Read more
Taiwan won’t go into Shanghai-like lockdown despite rising COVID cases, premier says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will not go into a Shanghai-like lockdown to control a rise in domestic COVID-19 cases as...
Read more
Delhi makes masks mandatory again after COVID cases rise
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Delhi authorities on Wednesday made the wearing of masks compulsory again after COVID-19 infections rose...
Read more
Risk of medical gear shortage in Russia falls as West restores exports
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Exports of essential medical devices Russia is dependent upon from the West have been...
Read more
Study shows 99% on Indonesia’s most populous island have COVID antibodies
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Almost all residents of Indonesia's most populous island of Java have antibodies against COVID-19, owing to a...
Read more