Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland may ease coronavirus restrictions on April 12: health minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland hopes to be in a position in two weeks to tweak or remove some of the highly restrictive measures introduced on Friday if it can slow down the rate of admission to intensive...
Mar 28, 2020
Indonesia reports 109 new coronavirus cases, taking total to 1,155
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia confirmed 109 new coronavirus infections, taking the total cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,155, a health ministry official said on Saturday. Achmad Yurianto, th...
Mar 28, 2020
Poland to allow postal votes for elderly, those in quarantine
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's parliament passed a law early on Saturday allowing postal voting for senior citizens and those in quarantine or self-isolating as the government looks to p...
Mar 28, 2020
South Korea says three Korean test-kit makers win U.S. FDA pre-approval
SEOUL (Reuters) - Three Korean test-kit makers have won pre-approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, paving way for kits to be exported to the United States, South Korea's foreign ministry...
Mar 28, 2020
Germany will not ease shutdown until at least April 20: paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany will not ease measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus before at least April 20, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff told a German newspaper. "We are not talki...
Mar 28, 2020
Doping: Russian agency halts testing amid coronavirus outbreak
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said it was temporarily halting all testing in response to government measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Russia has reported ...
Mar 28, 2020
Taiwan foreign minister invites U.S. reporters expelled by China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu extended a personal invitation on Saturday for three major U.S. newspapers to station on the island their China-based journalists whose expulsion B...
Mar 28, 2020
Turkey halts intercity trains, limits domestic flights over virus outbreak
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey halted all intercity trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday as part of measures to contain a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak, as the number of cases jumped by a th...
Mar 28, 2020
Iran's health system strong, ready for possible escalation in coronavirus cases: Rouhani
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's health infrastructure is strong and ready to cope with a possible escalation in coronavirus cases, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday on state TV. Iran is among the few co...
Mar 28, 2020
Mexican president toughens stance, urges people to stay home to contain pandemic
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Friday urged people to stay indoors to prevent an "overwhelming" spread of coronavirus, taking his strongest stance yet against the pandemic that has kill...
Mar 28, 2020
