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Malaysia reports 134 new coronavirus cases, one new death

Apr 13, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities on Monday reported 134 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 4,817 as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy sees ...

Indonesia president says to rapidly expand coronavirus testing

Apr 13, 2020

By Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - President Joko Widodo said Indonesian will be able to conduct more than 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests...

Coronavirus deaths in the Netherlands increase to 2,823

Apr 13, 2020

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of people who have died from the new coronavirus in the Netherlands has increased by 86 to 2,823, Dutch health authorities said on Monday. ...

CPR in COVID-19 Patients Has a Low Survival Rate

Apr 13, 2020

The overall 30-day survival rate for COVID-19 patients receiving CPR was 4 (2.9%) patients, but only 1 (0.7%) had a favorable neurologic outcome at 30 days and just 18 (13.2%) patients achieved return...

Vietnam's total coronavirus cases climb to 265, no deaths

Apr 13, 2020

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry reported five more confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the country's tally to 265, with no deaths. Nearly 122,000 cor...

Gaza resumes coronavirus testing amid shortages

Apr 13, 2020

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Coronavirus testing has resumed in the Gaza Strip after Israel allowed five testing kits purchased by the World Health Organization (...

Exclusive: South Korea set to ship coronavirus testing kits to U.S. - source

Apr 13, 2020

By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to send kits designed to run up to 600,000 coronavirus tests to the United States on Tuesday after an ap...

'God is with us': Many Muslims in Pakistan flout the coronavirus ban in mosques

Apr 13, 2020

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Sabir Durrani says he offers prayers almost every day at a mosque in the central Pakistani city of Multan. He says that often a dozen...

Tokyo governor: Decrease in commuters falls short of target needed to control coronavirus

Apr 13, 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of commuters in Tokyo has fallen since the city announced a state of emergency last week, but the decrease is short of the target needed to control the spre...

Indonesia reports 316 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths

Apr 13, 2020

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Monday announced 316 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,557, according to data provided by a heal...

Philippines records 18 new coronavirus deaths, 284 more cases

Apr 13, 2020

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Monday reported 18 new coronavirus deaths and 284 additional infections. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total...

South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again

Apr 13, 2020

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although offici...

Americans spend grim Easter Sunday at home as COVID-19 deaths near 22,000

Apr 12, 2020

By Barbara Goldberg and Dan Whitcomb NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Americans spent a glum Easter Sunday largely confined to their homes by the still-raging coronavirus ...

Epigenetic dysregulation of ACE2 and interferon-regulated genes might suggest increased COVID-19 susceptibility and severity in lupus patients.

Apr 12, 2020

Infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 can result in severe respiratory complications and death. Patients with a compromised immune system are expected to be more susceptible to a severe disease course. In th...

In grim milestone, United States logs world's highest coronavirus death toll

Apr 11, 2020

By Maria Caspani and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, rec...

WHO is investigating reports of recovered COVID patients testing positive again

Apr 11, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive ag...

Two thirds of COVID-19 patients improve after Gilead drug: NEJM

Apr 10, 2020

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of severely ill COVID-19 patients saw their condition improve after treatment with remdesivir, an experimental drug being...

Drugmaker Eli Lilly starts clinical testing of therapies for COVID-19

Apr 10, 2020

(Reuters) - U.S. Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co said on Friday it began clinical testing of therapies for the COVID-19 illness caused by the coronavirus. The company said it...

WHO warns about dangers of premature lifting of COVID-19 restrictions

Apr 10, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and John Revill GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions int...

He smiled to comfort his COVID-19 patient - then he realized his mask was leaking

Apr 10, 2020

(Editor's note: Attention to expletives in 4th and 9th paragraphs that some may find offensive.) By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam remembers the moment he realized he could no longer smile ...

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