#Covid19
Mar 24, 2020
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated will lift travel restrictions on people leaving the region as the epidemic there eases, but other regions will tigh...
Mar 24, 2020
By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more...
Mar 24, 2020
By Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a "very large acceleration" in infections t...
Mar 24, 2020
By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is ramping up coronavirus tests in preparation for the "worst scenario", as it grapples with Southeast Asia's highest number of infections, a ...
Mar 24, 2020
By Colin Packham and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will close food outlets at shopping centers, place limits on weddings and funerals and ban overseas travel, the government said on Tuesd...
Mar 24, 2020
By William James and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons on Monday to stay at home to halt the spread of coronavirus, imposing curbs on everyday life without ...
Mar 24, 2020
By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's leader said on Tuesday he would invoke sweeping emergency powers in the face of surging coronavirus infections, and in a sign of to...
Mar 24, 2020
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian-U.S. car giant Fiat Chrysler has confirmed plans to produce a million face masks a month and said it will distribute them to emergency services in North America to help the f...
Mar 24, 2020
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The coronavirus is spreading deeper into Latin America, a region home to about 8.5% of the world's population that many expects believe could be am...
Mar 24, 2020
(Reuters) - German molecular testing company Qiagen NV <QIA.DE> said on Tuesday it has begun shipping its diagnostic test for COVID-19 to the United States. The test kit, QIAstat-Dx Respirato...
Mar 24, 2020
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla bought hospital ventilators in China and shipped them to the United States, CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Tesla's purchase comes as governments across the globe appeal ...
Mar 24, 2020
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose by 602 on Monday, the smallest increase for four days, while the number of new cases a...
Mar 24, 2020
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 122 in the past 24 hours to 1,934, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Tuesday. The total number of p...
Mar 24, 2020
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan accused the World Heath Organization of ignoring its questions at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, part of what it has long described as a pattern that puts it at risk ...
Mar 24, 2020
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Infectious disease experts guiding the Japanese government's response to the coronavirus outbreak sounded the alarm on Tuesday that people are not taking the threat...
Mar 24, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) - History would judge whether Britain had acted too slowly to stop the spread of the coronavirus but the important thing now was to follow new restrictions, senior minister Michael Go...
Mar 24, 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 106 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total to 1,624, with 15 deaths. The Ministry of Health said 43 of the new cases were linked to a mass rel...
Mar 24, 2020
By Jonnelle Marte and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana a...
Mar 24, 2020
By Stephanie Kelly and Doina Chiacu NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several more U.S. governors on Monday joined the procession of states ordering millions of Americans to stay at home to slow the ...
Mar 24, 2020
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos has recorded its first two coronavirus cases, a news report on Thai state-owned media MCOT said on Tuesday, citing the Laos Health Ministry. The two cases include a 28-year...