Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France: Number of people in ICU units for COVID at a peak since December 6
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 4,347 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours on Monday, down from Sunday's 19,325 and slightly higher than last Monday's 4,240, figu...
Feb 01, 2021
South Africa to get 2 million vaccine doses from COVAX by March: Ramaphosa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will get 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX vaccine distribution scheme co-led by the World Health Organization and an African Union (AU) arrange...
Feb 01, 2021
U.S. new COVID cases fall for third straight week, hospitalizations down
(Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a third week in a row, the first time the country has seen such an extended decline since last September, though more than a million peo...
Feb 01, 2021
Myanmar coup to dampen U.S. trade, impact footwear companies, experts warn
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coup in Myanmar is expected to further dampen the already tepid interest of U.S. and Western companies in investing in Myanmar, and may prompt some big U.S....
Feb 01, 2021
Irish COVID-19 cases may be plateauing at high level: health chiefs
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish public health chiefs are concerned the incidence of COVID-19 may be plateauing at levels as high as the peak of the previous wave in October, the country's COVID-19 modelling ...
Feb 01, 2021
UK to seek 'diplomatic levers' to restore democracy in Myanmar
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would pursue diplomatic steps with its allies to ensure a return to democracy in Myanmar, after a military coup led to the arrest of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Feb 01, 2021
Australia's Ellume gets $230 million from U.S. to make more rapid COVID-19 tests
By Carl O'Donnell and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - The U.S. government has awarded $231.8 million to Australian diagnostic test maker Ellume to expand the production of a rapid COVID-19 test that ca...
Feb 01, 2021
Britain summons Myanmar ambassador after coup: official
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain summoned Myanmar's ambassador in London on Monday, a British foreign ministry official said, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned a coup in the southeast Asian count...
Feb 01, 2021
As U.S. warns on withdrawal, data shows Taliban attacks climb in past year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of attacks in Afghanistan by the Taliban in the last quarter of 2020 were higher than the same period the year before, a U.S. watchdog agency said on Monday, after re...
Feb 01, 2021
Gonzaga, Baylor top AP Top 25, Sooners climb, Drake in
By: John Marshall Baylor has overshadowed nearly everything in the Big 12 this season as it tries to complete an undefeated season. Oklahoma has been making a statement of its own. With a win over the...
Feb 01, 2021
