Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Los Angeles coronavirus infections 40 times greater than known cases, antibody tests show
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 4.1% of adults tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study of Los Angeles County residents, health officials said on Monday, suggesting the rate ...
Apr 20, 2020
Virgin Australia enters voluntary administration with aim to recapitalise
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday it entered voluntary administration to recapitalise the business and emerge in a stronger financial position after being battered by th...
Apr 20, 2020
Exclusive: Brazil considers further flight cuts as coronavirus crisis bites
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Marcelo Rochabrun RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government is discussing with the country's main airlines further reducing a minimal flight schedule implement...
Apr 20, 2020
Muted celebrations as Britain's Queen Elizabeth turns 94
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's record-breaking Queen Elizabeth turns 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown means there will be little fanfare to mark the occasion. Elizabeth, the world's eldest and...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. economic shutdown may be too tight for 'optimal' outcome: Minneapolis Fed research
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Current U.S. economic restrictions may be twice as tough as needed to balance the risks of the coronavirus pandemic against the economic needs...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. revs up ventilator production for coronavirus patients as need wanes
By David Shepardson and Carl O'Donnell WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration, under pressure to do more to ramp up coronavirus testing in order to safely reopen the battered U.S. ec...
Apr 20, 2020
U.S. energy industry steps up lobbying for Fed's emergency aid: letters
By Michelle Price and David French WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. energy industry has asked the Federal Reserve to change the terms of a $600 billion lending facility so that oil and gas com...
Apr 20, 2020
China may be keeping coronavirus data for commercial gain: Trump adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House adviser Peter Navarro charged on Monday that China may be withholding data about early coronavirus infections because it wants to win the commercial race to create a...
Apr 20, 2020
Mexican president tells gangs to stop donating food, end crime instead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president chastised drug gangs on Monday, telling them to end violence instead of distributing food, after several reports across the country in recent days showed arm...
Apr 20, 2020
California researchers test everybody in one town for coronavirus
By Nathan Frandino BOLINAS, Calif. (Reuters) - Researchers began testing an entire town in northern California for the novel coronavirus and its antibodies on Monday, one of the first such efforts sin...
Apr 20, 2020
