Vaccines

TAIPEI (Reuters) - BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million COVID-19 vaccine doses by July under an original...

ASIA

Factbox – Countries make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory

(Reuters) - A sharp upturn in new coronavirus infections due to the highly contagious Delta variant and a slowdown in...

Communicable Diseases

Merkel says COVID curbs to stay until more Germans get shots

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that more people needed to be vaccinated against...

Americas

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

By Matthias Blamont, Michael Erman and Maayan Lubell (Reuters) - The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about...

Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Delta variant cases in Turkey nearly triple in a week – minister

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The number of Delta variant COVID-19 cases in Turkey has risen to some 750 from 284 seven...

ASIA

Japan to provide millions more vaccine doses to Taiwan, Asian neighbours

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will make additional donations of the AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan and other Asian neighbours this...

Airlines

Commerce Secretary Raimondo pushing to lift tough U.S. travel restrictions

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday she is pressing for the easing...

Corporate / Market Regulation

‘Be cautious’: Johnson goes ahead with lifting England’s COVID curbs

By Costas Pitas and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on Monday to show caution...

Medical Supplies

WHO says countries should not order COVID-19 boosters while others still need vaccines

GENEVA (Reuters) -Rich countries should not be ordering booster shots for their vaccinated populations while other countries have yet to...

ASIA

Australia’s COVID-19 Delta outbreak worsens despite Sydney lockdown

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -The prospect of an extended lockdown in Sydney loomed on Monday as...

Analyses

Analysis – Pfizer/BioNTech bid for booster doses premature, more data needed – experts

By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's push for health regulators to authorize a third dose...

ASIA

Politics, health collided in Taiwan’s tortured BioNTech vaccine talks

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - As talks for Taiwan to access BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine via...

ASIA

Nigeria’s Lagos state faces ‘potential third wave’ of COVID-19

By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Lagos state faces a "potential third wave" of coronovirus infections, its governor said...

ASEAN Countries

Philippine vaccine hesitancy drops as safety concerns ebb, poll shows

MANILA (Reuters) - The number of Filipinos willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus rose to 43% in June from...

ASIA

South Africa extends tight COVID-19 restrictions for another 14 days

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa extended tight COVID-19 rules on Sunday for another 14 days, maintaining restrictions that include a ban...

Belgium

Unvaccinated Belgian woman contracted two COVID variants simultaneously

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A 90-year-old Belgian woman who died from COVID-19 in March had contracted two variants...

Healthcare

Israel offers third shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to adults at risk

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel said on Sunday it will begin offering a third dose of Pfizer Inc's vaccine...

ASIA

Australia reports first 2021 local COVID-19 death, highest case number

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia reported its first locally contracted COVID-19 death of the year on Sunday and a...

Corporate / Market Regulation

UK minister confident of further COVID-19 rule easing from July 19

LONDON (Reuters) - The UK government is confident that plans to lift a range of COVID-19 restrictions will go ahead...

Brazil

Majority of Brazilians support impeaching Bolsonaro, poll shows