Hong Kong leader orders probe of 13 officials who went to COVID-hit party

[ad_1] HONG KONG, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended the birthday bash of…

Heart inflammation risk boosted slightly by vaccine, more by COVID-19 -study

[ad_1] Aug 25 (Reuters) – The use of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE’s (22UAy.DE) widely used COVID-19 vaccine marginally increases the risk of heart inflammation, but the…

France to give free access to contraception for women aged up to 25

[ad_1] PARIS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – France will make access to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old from January 1 onwards, in a new measure…

WHO chief scientist say Omicron is very transmissible

[ad_1] Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is very transmissible but people should not panic about it, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told…

Analysis: Risks of party revolt grow for Japan’s PM Suga after local poll loss

[ad_1] TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga looks increasingly vulnerable to a challenge from within his party for the nation’s top job after an ally’s…

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

[ad_1] Dec 15 (Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against Omicron – WHO Preliminary evidence indicates that…

S.Korea reports record-high COVID-19 cases, deaths

[ad_1] SEOUL, Dec 4 (Reuters) – South Korea reported a record daily 5,352 new COVID-19 infections and 70 deaths, while a nationwide total of nine cases of the Omicron variant…

Russian regions extend workplace shutdown, Moscow to lift curbs

[ad_1] MOSCOW, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Five Russian regions said on Wednesday they would extend a one-week workplace shutdown that took effect nationwide on Oct. 30 in response to a…

Nearly 3 mln Malawian children to get polio shot after rare outbreak

[ad_1] LILONGWE, March 3 (Reuters) – Medics will vaccinate about 2.9 million young children against polio in Malawi, the United Nations said on Thursday, after a three-year-old girl fell sick…