Vaccines

By Robert Muller and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia's government followed the example of neighbouring Austria on Wednesday and...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO), asked about the European Union's fresh recommendation for COVID-19 boosters for people...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's government on Wednesday proposed reintroducing mandatory face mask usage on public transport, in shops and in...

By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities said on Wednesday they were scouring social networks and media websites to...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The SARS-CoV-2 virus will continue to spread intensely as societies return to the social mixing and mobility...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Italy is expected to restrict access to some indoor venues for people who have not...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe COVID-19 disease, countries should...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had participated in trials of a nasal form of...

By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa has asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer to delay delivery of COVID-19 vaccines...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported its highest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, just ahead of a government...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary reported a record 12,637 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1.045 million with 33,519...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An alarming fall in testing for COVID-19 threatens to undermine India's efforts to contain the pandemic,...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel began rolling out Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds on Monday hoping to...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will analyze administering booster vaccine doses against COVID-19, especially for older people, President Andres Manuel...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday a further 700,000 people could die...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia region plans to demand proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test for entry to...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany should impose further restrictions to try to stop a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, outgoing Health Minister...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Trade ministers are holding a conference at the World Trade Organization in Geneva for the first time...

By Alexandros Avramidis MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (Reuters) - In the chapel of a monastery on Greece's Mount Athos, Father Makarios...

GENEVA (Reuters) - A global licence for serological technology that detects COVID-19 antibodies will be provided royalty-free to poor and...