ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of a nationwide contagion, has risen over the past day to 1,420 from 1,218, two sources...
Read MoreSHANGHAI (Reuters) – The government of Shanghai has permitted companies to resume normal operations without first notifying authorities, except in certain industries, according to an official social media post from the...
Read MoreBy Francesca Landini and Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Lombardy, the northern Italian region that has suffered the biggest hit from Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak, is showing the first signs of a possible...
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian House Speaker Rodrigo Maia on Monday said lawmakers will...
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said it would restrict travel, ban public gatherings and...
Read MoreLONDON (Reuters) – As Europe becomes the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak, national authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about a potential lack of ventilators, one of the key pieces of equipment...
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By Martin Petty and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines announced strict...
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LONDON (Reuters) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom has risen...
Read MorePARIS (Reuters) – Paris will close its parks until further notice in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus infections, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a statement on Monday. Hidalgo said that there were still lots of...
Read MoreMOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow on Monday banned all outdoor events and limited indoor public events to no more than 50 people until April 10, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a blog post on his personal website, amid the...
Read MoreNEW YORK (Reuters) – The Women’s Tennis Association has suspended play until May 2 as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of world sport on Monday. WTA said tournaments in Stuttgart,...
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Knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) among people who are eligible for the HPV vaccine is...
Read MoreBERLIN (Reuters) – Early closures for restaurants, shutting non-essential shops and a ban on church services are new measures the German government wants to introduce to slow the spread of coronavirus, mass-selling...
Read MoreBy Kirsti Knolle VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s government said it will allocate 2 billion euros for loan guarantees on top of a 4-billion-euro aid fund to buffer the economy from the damage of coronavirus, as the...
Read MoreSARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation declared a state of disaster on Monday, which will enable it to introduce emergency measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the region’s...
Read MoreSANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Monday Chile would close its borders to foreigners beginning on Wednesday to limit the spread of coronavirus in the South American nation. Pinera confirmed...
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(Reuters) – Nurofen producer Reckitt Benckiser sought to quash warnings against taking the...
Read MoreBy Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A dramatic surge in coronavirus infections in Southeast Asia in recent days has increased doubts over a theory that warmer weather could stem the spread of the virus, health experts say....
Read MoreBy Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Alexander Reshetnikov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow authorities are rushing to build a hospital for coronavirus patients, city officials have said, similar to the medical facilities that were...
Read MoreNAIROBI (Reuters) – Tanzania has confirmed it’s first case of coronavirus, said Gerald Chami, a spokesman at the ministry of health. (Reporting by Omar Mohammed; editing by Jason...
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