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Trump, Fauci see hope with Gilead’s drug in coronavirus fight

Apr 29, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted as good news reports...

Spain readies to ease lockdown, warns will need discipline

Apr 29, 2020

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s lockdown is making progress against the new coronavirus but...

COVID-19 complication seen in children is ‘rare’, WHO says

Apr 29, 2020

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The “vast majority” of...

U.S. coronavirus outbreak soon to be deadlier than any flu since 1967 as deaths top 60,000

Apr 29, 2020

By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) – U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60,000 on...

WHO declines comment on remdesivir in COVID-19, hopes for best

Apr 29, 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) – A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on...

France coronavirus death toll above 24,000, number of cases tweaked

Apr 29, 2020

PARIS (Reuters) – The number of people who have died from the coronavirus infection in...

Yemen records multiple coronavirus cases for first time; U.N. fears more

Apr 29, 2020

By Mohammed Mukhashaf and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities reported...

Parallel lives: Twin-brother ER doctors fight COVID-19 in New York, Miami

Apr 29, 2020

By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) – Emergency room doctor Michael D’Urso has had some...

Bosnia reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases after relaxing lockdown

Apr 29, 2020

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia reported on Wednesday its sharpest daily...

Britain has Europe’s second highest COVID-19 death toll, new figures show

Apr 29, 2020

By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Britain now has Europe’s second highest official...

The last places on earth without the coronavirus

Apr 29, 2020

By Gurman Bhatia and Manas Sharma (Reuters) – Despite infecting more than 3 million people...

India’s Serum Institute to make millions of potential coronavirus vaccine doses

Apr 29, 2020

By Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday it plans this year to produce up to 60 million doses of a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus that is under clinical trial in...

UK death toll 27,241, opposition Labour leader Starmer says

Apr 29, 2020

By Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s...

Sweden’s sweet tooth turns sour as coronavirus stirs hygiene fears

Apr 29, 2020

(This April 28 story corrects to show 1.8 billion SEK for 2019 is group revenue, not Sweden only,...

GSK boss does not see mass-produced coronavirus vaccine before mid-2021

Apr 29, 2020

(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline, the world’s largest vaccine maker, said the global push...

Germany buys extra flu jabs to avoid double hit to healthcare

Apr 29, 2020

BERLIN (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic is a long way from over, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday, announcing measures, including ramped-up purchases of flu vaccines, to help ready the healthcare...