COVID-19

South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol signs a document as he works at the new Presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, May 10, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo
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S Korea says it will spare no effort to help North Korea amid Covid outbreak

"If North Korea responds (to our support), we will spare no medicines including Covid-19 vaccines, medical equipment and health personnel," said Yoon in a speech at the plenary session of...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wears a face mask amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, while inspecting a pharmacy in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
World+Biz

Kim Jong Un orders North Korea military to 'stabilise' drug supply amid Covid outbreak

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Health

RMCH shuts down its corona unit

A man makes deliveries to a barricaded residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 13, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Suen
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Beijing works from home, Shanghai says victory against Covid getting closer

People wearing protective face masks commute amid concerns over the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Pyongyang, North Korea March 30, 2020, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
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N Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time

Week-long booster dose inoculation starts in June
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Week-long booster dose inoculation starts in June

A woman wearing a face mask crosses a road at the Central Business District (CBD), amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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WHO chief says China's zero-Covid policy not 'sustainable'

A worker in a protective suit keeps watch outside a cordoned-off entrance following the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, 30 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
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'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens Covid lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

A person in a protective suit walks with a dog in a residential area under lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
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As Beijing Covid outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests become routine

No Covid-19 death for 16th consecutive day
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No Covid-19 death for 16th consecutive day

A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab sample from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Beijing, China April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

Gianni Polidori's cafe "Dolce e Amaro" is pictured in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on April 26, 2022, in the port city of Ancona, Italy. Bar Caffe Dolce e Amaro Ancona/Handout via REUTERS
Global Economy

Payback time, Italy seeks to lessen Covid loan burden

FILE PHOTO: Police and security members in protective suits stand outside cordoned off food stores following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China 29 March, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

'How did we catch it?': spread of Covid baffles locked-down Shanghai residents