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FDA grants emergency use authorization to Quidel for first antigen test for COVID-19

May 11, 2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday approved emergency use...

France, unwinding lockdown, reports uptick in coronavirus cases

May 11, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in France on Monday were almost four...

UK needs to boost ‘trustworthiness’ of COVID-19 test target, regulator warns

May 11, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – British health minister Matt Hancock needs to take steps to boost public...

Enzyme makes men more vulnerable to coronavirus; adding interferon may improve treatment

May 11, 2020

By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of the latest...

Chile surpasses 30,000 cases of coronavirus, braces for winter

May 11, 2020

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile has surpassed 30,000 cases of the new coronavirus, the health...

FDA authorizes use of Abbott’s COVID-19 antibody test on second system

May 11, 2020

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the emergency use of Abbott Laboratories’ coronavirus test for detecting antibodies using another of its diagnostic platforms, which will allow...

Iraqi who recovered from COVID-19 faced some social stigma

May 11, 2020

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Mohannad Ennezi spent nearly a month in a hospital isolation ward in...

Second wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps Senegal’s holy city

May 11, 2020

By Christophe Van Der Perre TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) – Senegal’s holy city of Touba is...

Packed hospital wards cast doubt on Nicaragua’s low coronavirus count, doctors say

May 11, 2020

By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaraguan hospital wards are packed with patients...

Singapore’s health ministry confirms 486 new coronavirus cases, reports one additional death

May 11, 2020

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s health ministry on Monday confirmed 486 new...

China’s Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lockdown lifted

May 11, 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a...

Italy’s daily coronavirus new cases fall, death toll edges up

May 11, 2020

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 179 on Monday, against...

Lebanon fears second coronavirus wave as new infections surge

May 11, 2020

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities warned of a new wave of coronavirus cases after the...

Russia’s Putin orders gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown despite surge in cases

May 11, 2020

By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Kuzmin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on...

Coronavirus in Mexico made worse by trio of health risk factors

May 11, 2020

By Abraham Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The spread of the new coronavirus is taking a...

Coronavirus cases in Gulf Arab region surpass 100,000

May 11, 2020

DUBAI (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states surpassed...

Togo reports an outbreak of African swine fever

May 11, 2020

LOME (Reuters) – Togo reported an outbreak of African swine fever in a farm northwest of the capital Lome, where 44 pigs have died of the disease since April 18. “Analyses at the Lome central veterinary laboratory...