Coronavirus News & Updates

(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...

By Jennifer Rigby and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said it is working with China to manage the risks of COVID-19 surging again as...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - An international meeting this week will discuss setting up a global system of wastewater monitoring for COVID-19, including at airports, after...

By Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) -The U.S. health department on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to...

(Reuters) -The Pentagon on Tuesday rescinded a controversial Biden administration mandate requiring that all members of the U.S. armed forces be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S....

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of...

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Genomic sequencing allowed the world to track new coronavirus variants throughout the pandemic. Now British researchers plan to use it to...

By Brenda Goh DINGYUAN, China (Reuters) - Weng Shuiye laid back in her chair, sighing with relief as oxygen flowed from a tank into her nostrils. Breathing problems, body aches...

By Yew Lun Tian and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - People joined long queues outside immigration offices in Beijing on Monday, eager to renew their passports after China...

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