Saudi Arabia asks people arriving from four countries to self-quarantine
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has asked people who have traveled to Lebanon, Egypt, Italy...
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Month: March 2020
Egypt confirms 33 new cases of coronavirus on Nile cruise ship
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt confirmed 33 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday on a River Nile cruise ship. None of the new cases were showing symptoms of the virus, Health Minister Hala Zayed told reporters. Of 12 suspected...
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FDA head says 2.1 million coronavirus tests will have been shipped to labs by Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday...
Read MoreGreece reports 21 new coronavirus cases in a day, now 66
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Saturday it had recorded 21 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total in the country to 66. Most of the cases were individuals in a traveling party that had gone on a pilgrimage to Israel...
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Coronavirus spreads in French parliament
PARIS (Reuters) – A second member of France’s National Assembly has been taken to...
Read MoreParaguay confirms its first case of coronavirus
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay has registered its first confirmed case of coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Twitter on Saturday. No other details about the case were included in the tweet, which said ministry...
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Coronavirus infects 100,000-plus worldwide, 21 cases found on ship off San Francisco
By Lawrence White and Dan Whitcomb LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Twenty-one people aboard a...
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Italy coronavirus deaths near 200 after biggest daily jump
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of...
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South Korea’s coronavirus cases climb above 7,000, most cases traced to church
By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s coronavirus cases jumped above 7,000 on...
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Philippines to declare health emergency after first community transmission of coronavirus
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will declare...
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Cancer patient aboard coronavirus-stalled cruise faces possible chemotherapy delay
By Cath Turner and Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off the...
Read MoreAustralian clinic closes after doctor tests positive for coronavirus
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian health authorities said on Saturday they had closed a clinic and were contacting around 70 patients of a doctor who has been diagnosed with coronavirus after recently returning from the United...
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Twenty-one people test positive for coronavirus aboard cruise ship off San Francisco
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Twenty-one people tested positive for coronavirus on Friday...
Read MoreInformal caregivers often in poor health themselves
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Nearly one in five caregivers who support ill family members or friends describe their own health as fair or poor, according to a new U.S. study. Almost 18 million people are informal...
Read MoreShift in colorectal cancer diagnoses, deaths to younger patients
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Rates of diagnosis and death from colorectal cancer appear to be shifting to ever younger patients, a new study finds. These rates appear to be declining among seniors while rising in...
Read MoreIrish hospital staff self-isolate over coronavirus
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – More than 60 staff at a hospital in the southern Irish city of Cork were asked on Friday to self-isolate after the country’s first community transmission of coronavirus was found...
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In Canada, doctors broadened coronavirus testing, and made an unlikely save
By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s official guidance on the novel...
Read MoreCommon antibiotics tied to miscarriages may also lead to birth defects
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women have another reason to avoid taking a class of antibiotics that includes erythromycin, clarithromycin and azithromycin: it may increase their baby’s risk of birth...
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First Vatican coronavirus patient attended big conference last week
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its...
Read MoreCoronavirus spread prompts antibacterial gel maker to speed output
VERTOU, France (Reuters) – Belgian hygiene and cleaning products maker Christeyns has tripled its production of antibacterial gel, as demand for hydroalcoholic products explodes due to the coronavirus outbreak that has...
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