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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans should take a new variant of the coronavirus believed to spread much faster very seriously or else risk a third wave of infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a ne...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 2.5%, higher than the global level of 2.2%, a trend that is alarming experts, the head of the continent's disease control body sai...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on...

By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign 10 executive orders on Thursday to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including directing that disaster funds be used t...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fire has broken out at a plant being built for the Serum Institute of India but this would not affect production of the coronavirus vaccine, a source close to the world's bigge...

(Reuters) - Three New York National Guard members were killed on Wednesday evening when a military helicopter they were in crashed in the town of Mendon, New York, while on a routine training mission,...

By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - China struck an optimistic tone toward President Joe Biden's new administration on Thursday, saying "kind angels can triumph over evil forces" and playing down early...

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway anticipates reduced supply of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine until the second week of February, but has an emergency stockpile and will continue administering do...

(Reuters) - Hong Kong is considering ordering flight crew entering the Asian financial hub to quarantine for two weeks, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing sources. All pilots an...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expects its first batch of coronavirus vaccines from global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX within weeks and has begun setting up vaccination centres, an inter...