Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain to target 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by month-end
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is aiming for 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of April, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, an increase of around tenfold from current levels. "I am no...
Apr 02, 2020
Germans snitch on neighbours flouting virus rules, in echo of the Stasi past
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Law-abiding Germans are zealously helping police crack down on people flouting new social distancing rules aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus by rep...
Apr 02, 2020
'There may be no more tennis this year', says Wimbledon chief Lewis
LONDON (Reuters) - Tennis may not return until 2021 after the coronavirus pandemic caused the cancellation of the entire grasscourt season and most of the claycourt campaign, All England Lawn Tennis C...
Apr 02, 2020
Elderly to be evacuated en masse from ultra-Orthodox Israeli town hit by coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military will evacuate elderly residents en masse from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town with a disproportionately large outbreak of coronavirus, the government said on T...
Apr 02, 2020
Mistrustful of state, Brazil slum hires own doctors to fight virus
By Stephen Eisenhammer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Emerson Barata draws a circular map of Sao Paulo's largest slum, Paraisopolis, and begins to mark confirmed coronavirus cases in blue ink. At the center of...
Apr 02, 2020
EU banking watchdog sets out virus-hit loan relief
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's banking watchdog published guidance on Thursday to help banks avoid having to step up provisioning for loans to companies temporarily hit by the coronavirus cri...
Apr 02, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths top 50,000 - Johns Hopkins tally
(Reuters) - Global coronavirus deaths topped 50,200 on Thursday as the pandemic ravages the United States and Europe, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Reported cases of the COVID-19 r...
Apr 02, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 213,144 coronavirus cases, 4,513 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 213,144 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 27,043 cases from its previous count, and said the number of dea...
Apr 02, 2020
Dutch returning from U.S. should self-quarantine: prime minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch citizens returning from the United States by plane should self-quarantine for a period of 14 days, the Netherlands' prime minister said on Thursday, as part of measures int...
Apr 02, 2020
Bank of America cuts Brazil 2020 GDP forecast to -3.5% from -0.5%: report
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Bank of America on Thursday cut its 2020 forecast for Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) to a 3.5% contraction from a 0.5% fall, it said in a report, citing the strong impact ...
Apr 02, 2020
