Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan doctor dies amid strike threat over lack of protection
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani doctor who screened suspected coronavirus patients died on Sunday after testing positive for the virus, highlighting the danger to physicians who have...
Mar 22, 2020
Ireland readying 'significant' coronavirus income aid
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will introduce a significant financial package next week for those who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus-related disruption and others at risk of bec...
Mar 22, 2020
Two coronavirus testing sites open in Illinois Walmart parking lots
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Sunday that federal drive-thru coronavirus testing sites have been set up in parking lots of its stores in Northlake and Joliet, Illinois to test first responders and h...
Mar 22, 2020
Italy bans internal travel as death toll rises a further 651
ROME (Reuters) - Italy banned travel within the country on Sunday in yet another attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus, with data showing a further 651 people had died from the disease, liftin...
Mar 22, 2020
Sprawling Mexican border camp ill-prepared for coronavirus
By Julia Love and Mica Rosenberg MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) - Migrants in a sprawling encampment steps from the U.S. border in Matamoros, Mexico, have begun to isolate as best they can in the...
Mar 22, 2020
Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo tests positive for coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo said on Sunday he had tested positive for coronavirus and had gone into self isolation with his family. "We are currently all in good health but...
Mar 22, 2020
U.S. says France's decision not to extradite Iranian engineer 'regrettable'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday criticized France's decision to release from its custody an Iranian engineer facing U.S. charges of attempting to illegally import U.S. technology fo...
Mar 22, 2020
Greece imposes lockdown after coronavirus infections jump
By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece announced a lockdown on Sunday, restricting movement from Monday morning with only a few exceptions, to combat the spread of coronavirus. "It is maybe...
Mar 22, 2020
Germany's Merkel goes into quarantine after contact with infected doctor
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German chancellor Angela Merkel went into quarantine on Sunday after coming into contact with a coronavirus-infected doctor shortly after announcing more curbs o...
Mar 22, 2020
Prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound suspended: statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound will be suspended starting Monday and until further notice in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, religious offi...
Mar 22, 2020
