Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia tightens quarantine rules to combat coronavirus, warns of fines
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian troops will begin on Saturday taking citizens returning from overseas to compulsory quarantine places to prevent spread of the coronavirus, as Victoria ...
Mar 27, 2020
Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency
By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The director of one of Haiti's top hospitals was kidnapped on Friday, prompting staff to refuse to take in new patients in protest as the impoverished count...
Mar 27, 2020
Abbott wins U.S. approval for test that can detect coronavirus in minutes
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won U.S. marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes and be use...
Mar 27, 2020
Turkey replaces transport minister: Official Gazette
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan has been removed from his post by President Tayyip Erdogan, according to a decree published on the Official Gazette early on Saturday....
Mar 27, 2020
Amid pandemic, Ecuador removes 100 corpses from homes in its biggest city
By Alexandra Valencia and Yuri Garcia QUITO/GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) - Ecuadorean authorities have removed 100 corpses from homes in the city of Guayaquil in three days, the interior minister said on Frida...
Mar 27, 2020
New Yorkers irked to feel unwelcome in states fearing coronavirus spread
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Many New Yorkers say they are miffed at being treated as the poster children of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, unwelcome in some states even if they are symptom-free. This we...
Mar 27, 2020
Tom Hanks returns to LA after bout of coronavirus: media reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson returned to Los Angeles on Friday after spending more than two weeks in quarantine in Australia after testing positive for the coronavirus. T...
Mar 27, 2020
China reports 54 new coronavirus cases on Friday, no domestic transmissions
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission said on Saturday that 54 new coronavirus cases were reported on the mainland on Friday, all involving so-called imported cases. There were 55 ne...
Mar 27, 2020
Canada's top lenders cut prime rates after central bank's surprise move
(Reuters) - Canada's top lenders lowered their prime rates by 50 basis points on Friday, hours after the central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate to help the county weather the economic fal...
Mar 27, 2020
Security summit Shangri-La Dialogue canceled due to coronavirus
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia security summit Shangri-La Dialogue has been canceled, organizers IISS said, the latest event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual event, scheduled to be h...
Mar 27, 2020
