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Thailand reports 106 new coronavirus cases and three deaths

Mar 24, 2020

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has recorded 106 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, a health official said on Tuesday. The country now has 827 cases and 4 fatalities since the outbreak began...

Exclusive: U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak

Mar 24, 2020

By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help d...

Roche says limit tests to people with coronavirus symptoms

Mar 24, 2020

ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche reiterated on Tuesday that only those showing signs and symptoms of coronavirus-caused COVID-19 should be tested, as the Swiss drugmaker has said there is insufficient capacit...

Taiwan's coronavirus cases top 200 for first time

Mar 24, 2020

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Tuesday announced 20 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 215. All new cases were imported, with the patients having traveled to countries i...

French group Biomerieux gets U.S. approval for coronavirus testing product

Mar 24, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) - Biomérieux, a French healthcare company specialising in diagnostics, said on Tuesday that it had won approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its 'biofire®' ...

'Stay at home' New Zealand PM urges ahead of coronavirus lockdown

Mar 24, 2020

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Tuesday to reduce contacts to a bare minimum to help fight the coronavirus, as the country prepared for...

Recap: COVID-19 for Gastroenterologists

Mar 24, 2020

Points of Interest Regarding COVID-19 For Gastroenterologists Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-...

Mexico reports 367 coronavirus cases and two more deaths

Mar 23, 2020

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico had 367 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country on Monday, up from 316 the day before, deputy health secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said, with a total of four deaths....

Cuban government bans Cubans from leaving island, suspends schools over coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's government said on Monday it was banning Cubans from leaving the country, closing schools and suspending interregional public transport in its fight to prevent the spread of ...

Philippines reports 39 new coronavirus cases

Mar 23, 2020

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 39 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 501. The number of patients who have died from the virus is 3...

India's poor, hammered by coronavirus lockdown, fear for future

Mar 23, 2020

By Alexandra Ulmer and Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shaikh Bahaduresha, 31, lived on Mumbai's streets for two months last year, unable to make ends meet on his meager taxi-driving profits...

'Laser-focused' on surgical masks, U.S. textile firms pivot in coronavirus pandemic

Mar 23, 2020

By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. textile and garment companies that normally make sweatshirts or fabric for patio umbrellas are changing tack in the coronavirus pandemic, heeding a White Hous...

Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits

Mar 23, 2020

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is teaming up with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle, the e-commerce giant said on Monday. The Seattle Coron...

Coronavirus pandemic leads big drugmakers to hit pause on clinical trials

Mar 23, 2020

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) - U.S. drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co and Bristol Myers Squibb said they are delaying the start of new clinical trials in part to free up doctors and health...

Pharma firm Anges and Osaka University to begin testing coronavirus vaccine on animals

Mar 23, 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese biopharmaceutical firm Anges Inc said on Tuesday that it and Osaka University had completed development of a DNA vaccine against the new coronavirus and that it would begin ...

Pence says U.S. coronavirus guidance to be re-evaluated after 15-day period ends

Mar 23, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading a U.S. task force to address the coronavirus outbreak, said on Monday the Trump administration would re-evaluate its guidance afte...

Thailand reports second coronavirus death, cabinet to meet

Mar 23, 2020

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported its second coronavirus death on Tuesday, a heath ministry official said. The country has confirmed 721 cases of infection. The ministry will hold a news con...

Tipping goes virtual as coronavirus decimates U.S. restaurant jobs

Mar 23, 2020

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As restaurants and bars across the United States shut their doors and lay off their staff in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, America’s famed service...

Fast food closures sweep U.K., as even drive-thrus deemed unsafe

Mar 23, 2020

By Hilary Russ (Reuters) - Fast food is canceled in Britain. McDonald's Corp, Yum! Brands Inc's KFC fried chicken chain, Coca-Cola Co unit Costa Coffee and Subway sandwich shops were among resta...

California governor says state needs 50,000 more hospital beds

Mar 23, 2020

(Reuters) - California's governor said on Monday that the state needs 50,000 additional hospital beds to accommodate a surge in coronavirus patients predicted by computer modeling. Governor Gavin N...

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