U.S. telehealth companies brace for demand spike as coronavirus spread accelerates
By Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) – The U.S. telehealth industry, including market leader...
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Month: March 2020
Another victim of coronavirus: Spain’s religious statue-kissing
By Jon Nazca and Silvio Castellanos MADRID/RONDA, Spain (Reuters) – A Spanish pre-Easter...
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Rolling in toilet paper: Australian family over-orders coveted commodity
(Reuters) – An Australian family is rolling in a much-coveted commodity after mistakenly...
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Italian coronavirus deaths jump to 197, cases climb to 4,636
ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 49 to...
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Vietnam reports new coronavirus case, first in three weeks
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam reported a new coronavirus case on Friday, the first in three...
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South African coronavirus case came via Dubai to Durban
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s first coronavirus case came from Italy via...
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Coronavirus cases surge across U.S. as Americans face looming outbreak
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United...
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‘Fear of the unknown’: U.S. pregnant women worried by lack of virus research
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – After the first two cases of the novel coronavirus in the...
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Polish police limit some drink-driving tests due to coronavirus
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police striving to improve one of Europe’s worst road...
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Chinese province reports 17 new coronavirus infections imported from Iran
BEIJING (Reuters) – The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu has confirmed 17 new...
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$2 billion needed to develop COVID-19 shot, says epidemic response group
LONDON (Reuters) – A global coalition set up to fight epidemic diseases issued a call on...
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Total UK coronavirus cases reach 163
LONDON (Reuters) – A total of 163 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the United...
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Indonesia confirms two more coronavirus cases, total four
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia confirmed on Friday that two more people had tested positive...
Read MoreCzechs returning from Italian breaks to be quarantined
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Thousands of Czechs returning from holidays in Italy will have to go into quarantine for two weeks or face fines as part of efforts to curb the coronavirus, health officials said on Friday. Eighteen...
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‘Do we really want to close schools?’ U.S. authorities resist coronavirus closures
By Andrew Hay and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Like many Seattle residents, Andrew...
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Three Biogen employees test positive for coronavirus
(Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc said on Friday three of its employees tested positive...
Read MoreSwiss report 210 diagnosed cases of coronavirus, one death
ZURICH (Reuters) – The number of people diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Switzerland has risen to 210, Daniel Koch, head of infectious diseases at the national public health agency, told a news conference in Bern. He...
Read MoreTwelve asymptomatic coronavirus cases registered on Nile cruise ship
CAIRO (Reuters) – Twelve asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus have been registered on board a Nile cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Egypt’s health ministry said on Friday. Asymptomatic cases are...
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EU fails to persuade France, Germany to lift coronavirus health gear controls
By Francesco Guarascio and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU officials sought in...
Read MoreSlovakia reports first case of coronavirus: prime minister
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia has its first case of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Friday. Pellegrini said the 52-year-old patient was at a Bratislava hospital with mild symptoms. The man had...
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