Coronavirus News & Updates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed...

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert. ...

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will push at its board meeting this week for an expanded role in tackling the next global health...

(Reuters) -Authorities around the world are still imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China after COVID-19 cases surged there following its relaxation of "zero-COVID"...

By Ambar Warrick Investing.com -- Gold prices kept to a tight range on Monday as traders hunkered down in anticipation of a Federal Reserve meeting this week, with focus also...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 travel curbs, state media reported on...

(Reuters) - The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has likely become the dominant variant in the United States, accounting for 61.3% of COVID cases in the week ended Jan. 28, data from...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in...

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked a California law that sought to penalize doctors who spread "misinformation or disinformation" about COVID-19 while he...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from...

By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is creating new offices as part of the agency's revamp to prioritize public health...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced,...

By Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) -China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - A funeral parlour in the Chinese city of Shantou published a tender recently for an "emergency purchase" of two cremation ovens, according...

By Liz Lee and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) -People across China crowded into trains and buses for one of its busiest days of travel in years on Friday, feeding fears...

(Reuters) -The fast-spreading Omicron XBB.1.5 is estimated to make up nearly half of U.S. COVID-19 cases, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed on...

By Bernard Orr and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of COVID patients needing critical care in China's hospitals has peaked, health authorities said on Thursday,...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has not identified any evidence linking strokes to an updated coronavirus vaccine made by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and its German partner...

By Lucy Craymer and Byron Kaye WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's sudden resignation on Thursday may have come as a shock to the rest of the...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said it will no longer require people infected with COVID-19 to quarantine from Jan. 30, removing one of the last major coronavirus restrictions in...

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - Former high school teacher Ailia was devastated when her 85-year-old father died after displaying COVID-like symptoms as the virus swept...

By Sophie Yu and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -When Li's 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident...

By Martin Quin Pollard and Engen Tham BEIJING (Reuters) - During a busy shift at the height of Beijing's COVID wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the...

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the...

By Joyce Zhou and Martin Quin Pollard HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since...

By Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge...

(Reuters) - David Kessler, who led the COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts for the United States, is stepping down from President Joe Biden's administration, the Department of...

By Phyllis Xu, Xihao Jiang and Lion Schellerer SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to...

(Reuters) - The fast-spreading Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43% of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 14, data from the...

(Reuters) - Vaccination rates among kindergarten children against potentially deadly diseases such as polio, measles and diphtheria fell in the 2021-2022 school year, extending...

By Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese...

By Bernard Orr and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China worried on Thursday about spreading COVID-19 to aged relatives as they planned returns to their home towns...

(Reuters) -Authorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China as COVID-19 cases there surge following its relaxation of "zero-COVID" rules....

By Jamie Freed (Reuters) -China's outbound flight bookings were at only 15% of pre-pandemic levels in the week after the country announced it would reopen its borders, despite a...