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Trump administration aims to nab 300 mln N95 masks in 90 days -official

May 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is seeking to add 300 million N95 masks, the...

U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic

May 14, 2020

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people...

Wuhan residents brave rain, queues for COVID-19 mass-testing campaign

May 14, 2020

By Brenda Goh WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Residents in Wuhan braved pouring rain in queues of...

Russia’s ChemRar says in second-, third-phase testing of coronavirus drug favipiravir

May 14, 2020

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian company trialling a drug to treat the new coronavirus said on...

Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases climb

May 14, 2020

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 262 on Thursday,...

China calls U.S. accusation of hacking in COVID-19 research “slander”

May 14, 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry, asked about China-linked hackers...

Italy launches blood tests to investigate who has had COVID-19

May 14, 2020

ROME (Reuters) – Italy will start testing a representative sample of 150,000 people in 2,000...

How sewer science could ease testing pressure and track COVID-19

May 14, 2020

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in...

Sanofi CEO says any coronavirus vaccine should reach all regions

May 14, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – Sanofi chief executive Paul Hudson on Thursday said it was vital that any...

Coronavirus vaccine possible in about a year, says EU agency

May 14, 2020

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in...

Health groups ask India to rescind Gilead’s patents for COVID-19 drug remdesivir

May 14, 2020

By Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two health advocacy groups have written to the Indian...

CureVac’s coronavirus vaccine candidate triggered immune response in animal tests

May 14, 2020

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s unlisted CureVac said its...

Moscow to launch free mass coronavirus tests from May 15: mayor

May 14, 2020

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow will begin free mass testing of citizens for the coronavirus from May 15, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his website on Thursday, with a target of 100,000 people a day by the end of the...

Around 148,000 people in England had coronavirus recently: estimate

May 14, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Around 148,000 people in England had COVID-19 in recent weeks, according...

Indonesia’s chronic testing lag undermines fight against COVID-19

May 14, 2020

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – More than a month after Indonesian President Joko...

Irish reproduction rate 0.4 to 0.6 ahead of lockdown easing

May 14, 2020

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The number of people in Ireland infected by someone who has tested positive for the new coronavirus stands at 0.4 to 0.6 ahead of the planned gradual reopening of the economy next week, Health Minister...

Antibody test approval is an ‘important breakthrough’: UK PM’s spokesman

May 14, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s approval of a COVID-19 antibody test is an “important breakthrough” and might lead to Britons being able to use health certificates if antibodies are present, a spokesman for...