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Belgium records half of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes

Apr 15, 2020

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nursing homes account for nearly half of all coronavirus-related deaths in Belgium, data showed on Wednesday, in what may serve as a...

More than two million COVID-19 cases now reported worldwide: Reuters tally

Apr 15, 2020

(Reuters) - The number of cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide passed two million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally. The total reached 2,001,548 cases after the Uni...

Lockdowns should be lifted in two-week stages to stem COVID-19 spread: WHO

Apr 15, 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries that ease restrictions imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus should wait at least two weeks to evaluate the impact of such changes before easing ag...

Epidemiological and clinical features of 125 Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in Fuyang, Anhui, China.

Apr 15, 2020

To investigate the epidemiological and clinical features of patients with COVID-19 in Anhui province of China.In this descriptive study, we obtained epidemiological, demographic, manifestations, labor...

Rate of COVID infections in carehomes may be as high as 70%, head of Four Seasons says

Apr 15, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - The head of one of Britain's largest independent providers of elderly care homes said he believed the rate of infections or suspected infections of COVID-19 across su...

China approves two experimental coronavirus vaccines to enter clinical trials

Apr 15, 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus that killed over 100,000 people worldwide, state media Xinhua ...

A day fighting COVID-19: U.S. hospital staff share hardest moments on shift

Apr 15, 2020

BALTIMORE, Md. (Reuters) - The shifts are long and the scenes are heartbreaking inside a Maryland hospital where nurses and doctors have been treating coronavirus patients for weeks, un...

Exclusive: India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia to help fight COVID-19

Apr 15, 2020

By Neha Arora and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - India has agreed to sell hydroxychloroquine tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of COVID-19 pa...

Anxious Argentines, in coronavirus lockdown, bring therapy couch back home

Apr 15, 2020

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines, therapy-mad at the best of times, are finding ways to bring their shrinks into their homes via phone calls and confere...

The world will need more than one COVID-19 vaccine, GSK CEO says

Apr 15, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - The world will need more than one COVID-19 vaccine so drug companies must partner in the race to develop the weapons to fight the novel coronavirus, GlaxoSmithKline C...

New York City posts sharp spike in coronavirus deaths after untested victims added

Apr 14, 2020

By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City, the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic, revised its official COVID-19 death...

U.S. deaths set record daily increase; Spain and Austria ease restrictions

Apr 14, 2020

By Paola Luelmo and Estelle Shirbon MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus deaths set a single-day record on Tuesday, a grim milestone as the country debated how to re...

Arizona to test 250,000 first responders, healthcare workers for COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday said it would provide coronavirus antibody tests for 250,000 health-care workers and first responders in the largest such test...

U.S. FTC tells firms flogging unproven COVID remedies to halt advertising

Apr 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday that it had sent letters to 10 companies for improperly advertising products or services to treat or prevent the...

Spain says coronavirus curve flattening; loosening of curbs causes jitters

Apr 14, 2020

By Jordi Rubio and Emma Pinedo BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is flattening the curve on the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday, one month into ...

It’s Time for Doctors to Fight For Their Communities

Apr 14, 2020

While it might seem like the COVID-19 pandemic came to the United States like a speeding bullet, the hard truth is that our nation was not ready. We squandered our lead time, and our healthcare sys...

UK coronavirus death toll could be far higher than previously shown

Apr 14, 2020

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's true death toll from the novel coronavirus far exceeds estimates previously published by the government, according to...

Austria reopens thousands of shops in first loosening of coronavirus lockdown

Apr 14, 2020

By Lisi Niesner and Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria allowed thousands of shops to reopen on Tuesday, becoming one of the first countries in Europe to loosen a ...

Moscow warns it faces coronavirus hospital bed shortage within weeks

Apr 14, 2020

By Polina Ivanova and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Moscow have warned that the Russian capital may run out of hospital beds to treat a rising influx of...

Exclusive: Nurses at Mexico hospital hit by coronavirus say they were told to avoid masks

Apr 14, 2020

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Nurses at a public hospital hit by Mexico's worst coronavirus outbreak were told by their managers not to wear protective masks at the start of the epidemi...

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