Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thailand reports 27 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday reported 27 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nation's total to 2,792 cases, a senior health official said. Of the new cases, 16 had come into contact with a p...
Apr 20, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.38 million globally and 164,918 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 0200 GMT on Monday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an int...
Apr 20, 2020
South Koreans return to work, crowd parks, malls as social distancing rules ease
By Hyonhee Shin and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing r...
Apr 20, 2020
Novartis, U.S. regulators agree to malaria drug trial against COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients, t...
Apr 20, 2020
EU economics chief: 1.5 trillion euros in aid could be needed to tackle coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's Economics Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told German magazine Der Spiegel that aid worth around 1.5 trillion euros ($1.63 trillion) could be needed to tackle the ...
Apr 20, 2020
Spectacles group EssilorLuxottica to scrap dividend, cut costs
PARIS (Reuters) - EssilorLuxottica , the spectacles company whose brands include Oakley and Ray-Ban, said on Monday that it would scrap its dividend and would look to cut costs, in order to cope with ...
Apr 20, 2020
Home gardening blooms around the world during coronavirus lockdowns
By Christopher Walljasper and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jaime Calder all but gave up on gardening after moving from the fertile soils of Illinois to dusty Texas, but the coronavirus changed her...
Apr 20, 2020
Germany's coronavirus cases rise by 1,775, deaths by 110: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 1,775 to 141,672, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday, marking the second consecutive da...
Apr 19, 2020
Tokyo governor's coronavirus plea inspires social distancing game
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's entreaty to residents to keep away from each other to halt the spread of the coronavirus has inspired a computer game of her navigating thr...
Apr 19, 2020
New Zealand extends lockdown by a week, to ease measures on April 27
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will extend the lockdown measures in place to beat the coronavirus by a week, after which it will move to a lower level of restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Arder...
Apr 19, 2020
