Coronavirus News & Updates

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19 infections has led wealthy countries to intensify their recruitment of nurses from poorer parts of the world,...

By Johnny Cotton BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people protested in Brussels on Sunday against COVID-19 restrictions, some clashing with police who fired water cannon...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth flew by helicopter to her Sandringham estate in East England on Sunday after delaying her traditional Christmas trip for a month due...

(Reuters) - Britain reported 74,799 new COVID-19 cases and 75 deaths within 28 days of a positive test on Sunday, government data showed. The number of positive tests have fallen...

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government partly because her...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron...

PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 389,320 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, after seeing four consecutive days with more than 400,000 new cases, but the number of COVID-19...

By Francesco Guarascio, Trevor Hunnicutt and Stephanie Nebehay BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 76,807 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, continuing a recent downturn in the number of infections, and 297 more deaths within 28 days of a...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reported on Saturday 337,704 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, and a daily positivity rate of 17.22%, a government statement said. Over...

By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Elton John returned to the stage this week for the first time in nearly two years, and big names including Billie...

LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The UK Health Security Agency on Friday designated a sub-lineage of the dominant and highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant as a variant...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 95,787 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, down from 107,364 on the previous day. Government statistics showed 288 new deaths within 28 days of a...

LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated range of England's COVID-19 reproduction "R" number has fallen to between 0.8 and 1.1, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, adding that...

LONDON (Reuters) - People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic that has...

By Praveen Menon and Kirsty Needham (Reuters) -The first aid flights reached Tonga on Thursday with more en route, five days after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, as...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 107,364 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 330 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus. That compares with 108,069 cases...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemns all forms of bullying and harassment, his spokesman said on Thursday, after a senior lawmaker from his...

LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of Omicron coronavirus cases has not led to an increase in the hospitalisation of the elderly that was expected despite there being more cases in that...

LONDON (Reuters) - Six in 10 people in Britain now have an unfavourable opinion of Prime Minister Boris Johnson following revelations of parties held at his residence during...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must learn to live with COVID-19 as it may be with us forever, health minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday, adding that Britain was moving ahead of...

(Reuters) - The operator of the Channel Tunnel Getlink on Thursday reported a 6% drop in annual revenues, weighed down by the continued impact on passenger traffic of travel...

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The pandemic has blocked Novak Djokovic's march to tennis history, so the 34-year-old may be pinning his hopes on a cure for COVID to...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England as he looks to live with...

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook (Reuters) -Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island...

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 108,069 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, leaving the seven-day tally down by 37.2% on the previous week. It reported 359 deaths...

LONDON (Reuters) - People in England will no longer be required to wear facemasks anywhere or work from home from next week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday,...

LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated COVID-19 prevalence in England fell back from a record high in the week ending January 15, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday,...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would not resign and people should await the outcome of an inquiry into alleged parties held in his...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in almost a year on Tuesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government considers relaxing measures...

MADRID (Reuters) - The world tourism industry barely improved last year compared to 2020, with all indicators staying way below pre-pandemic levels and industry professionals not...

LONDON (Reuters) -British health minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday he was optimistic that COVID-19 measures introduced to reduce the spread of Omicron will be scaled back next...

By Mark John (Reuters) - Public trust in governments running the world's democracies has fallen to new lows over their handling of the pandemic and amid a widespread sense of...

LONDON (Reuters) - A former senior adviser to Britain's Boris Johnson said on Monday he was willing to "swear under oath" that the prime minister knew a party was being held at...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 84,429 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 85 deaths within 28-days of a positive test. That compares with 75,031 news cases and 91 deaths on...