Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian PM urges all citizens to stay at home, calls for tougher measures: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday urged its citizens to refrain from traveling, with the exception of essential trips, asking people to stay at home in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, t...
Mar 27, 2020
Germany looks at tracking patients to suppress coronavirus: reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has proposed using big data and location tracking to isolate people with coronavirus to keep the pandemic under control once social distancing measures now in force have slo...
Mar 27, 2020
Gantz supporters angry as he moves towards deal with Netanyahu on Israeli leadership
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel appeared headed for a unity government on Friday after opposition leader Benny Gantz moved towards an agreement with Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu, disapp...
Mar 27, 2020
Hong Kong reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 65 new coronavirus infections on Friday, its biggest daily rise so far, taking the total number of cases in the Chinese-ruled city to 518, health officials sai...
Mar 27, 2020
Philippine records nine new coronavirus deaths, 96 new infections
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has recorded nine new coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 54, the health ministry said on Friday. It also reported 96 new confirmed cases, the highest daily in...
Mar 27, 2020
UK to use firefighters to deliver food, collect bodies in coronavirus crisis
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom will use firefighters to help deliver food, retrieve dead bodies and drive ambulances as it braces for the looming peak of the coronavirus outbr...
Mar 27, 2020
Ferrari extends Italian plant closures to April 14 subject to supplies
MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Ferrari said on Friday it would extend the shutdown of its two Italian plants and reopen on April 14, provided it had supplies, and update 2020 forecasts in May when ...
Mar 27, 2020
Raincoats and rubber boots for Pakistani aid workers in coronavirus fight
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's biggest charity, famous for its emergency services for the poor, is kitting staff out in rain coats and rubber boots in the battle against the corona...
Mar 27, 2020
Vietnam aims to keep number of coronavirus cases in country under 1,000
By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is aiming to keep the number of coronavirus cases in the country under 1,000, the government said, as the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country...
Mar 27, 2020
Chinese firm to replace exported coronavirus test kits deemed defective by Spain
BEIJING/MADRID (Reuters) - China's Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology Co Ltd said on Friday it will replace some coronavirus test kits it exported to Spain after the Spanish government deemed them too ina...
Mar 27, 2020
