Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO says looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing n...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Empty pews, empty collection baskets: coronavirus hits U.S. church finances
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) - St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church in New York's Brooklyn borough is used to limping along, month after month, at a budget deficit of several thousand dollars a w...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
UK doctors' and nurses' lives at risk from lack of protection kit-unions
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors and nurses treating patients with COVID-19 in Britain are putting their lives at risk because of a lack of protective kit for frontline staff, their unions...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Spain's overnight coronavirus death toll at 510, lowest in 19 days
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's daily coronavirus death toll fell for the third day in a row on Saturday after 510 fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said in a statement, ma...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Coronavirus keeps relics of Jesus's friend Lazarus behind closed doors
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Eight days before Orthodox Easter each year, a casket containing remains of Jesus's friend Lazarus is carried through the streets of the Cypriot town of Larnaca, believed by many C...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - More than 1.6 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 102,151 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of 0200 GMT. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Philippines reports 26 new coronavirus deaths, 233 more infections
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, taking the total to 247. It also confirmed 233 new infections for a tally of 4,428. Seventeen more patients h...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Malaysia reports 184 new coronavirus cases, death toll rises by 3
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian health authorities reported 184 additional confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, raising the cumulative tally to 4,530, the highest number for any coun...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Indonesia reports 330 new coronavirus cases, 21 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed 330 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking its tally to 3,842, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. It also confirmed 21 virus-related deaths,...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020
Taiwan, WHO spar again over coronavirus information sharing
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Tension flared again on Saturday as Taiwan accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of playing word games in a dispute over details it sought in an email querying if the new coro...
Thomson Reuters Apr 11, 2020