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Spain’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 22,157
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish health ministry said on Thursday that 440 people died from the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, which brought total fatalities to 22,157. That was slightly higher t...
Apr 23, 2020
Vietnam says Facebook should adhere by local laws
HANOI (Reuters) - Companies like Facebook that operate in Vietnam should abide by local laws and fully implement their tax and social responsibilities in the country, Vietnam's foreign ministry said o...
Apr 23, 2020
In Syria rebel stronghold, building makeshift ventilators to fight virus
By Khalil Ashawi IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it h...
Apr 23, 2020
Antwerp port trials wristbands for coronavirus social distancing
By Bart Biesemans and Christian Levaux ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help gu...
Apr 23, 2020
China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies by 10% this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut its subsidies on new energy vehicles (NEV) by 10% this year, and will expand government purchases of NEVs, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The new policy is e...
Apr 23, 2020
Botswana’s president, lawmakers out of quarantine after testing negative for coronavirus
GABORONE (Reuters) - President Mokgweetsi Masisi and all of Botswana's lawmakers have been released from two weeks in quarantine after testing negative for the coronavirus, a senior official said on T...
Apr 23, 2020
Russia’s new coronavirus cases fall for third day running as total passes 62,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia recorded 4,774 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, a fall in the number of daily new cases for the third day running, bringing its nationwide tally to 62,773, the Rus...
Apr 23, 2020
South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for govts eyeing lockdown end
By Sanjeev Miglani and Asif Shahzad NEW DELHI (Reuters) - South Asia's coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the task...
Apr 23, 2020
Singapore confirms 1,037 new COVID-19 cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry said it had preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the Southeast Asian city-state's total infections to 11,178. The h...
Apr 23, 2020
‘Just another patient’: New Zealand nurse tells of treating British PM for virus
(Reuters) - A New Zealand nurse who treated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he was in hospital with the coronavirus said she saw the world leader as "just another patient" and that she thou...
Apr 23, 2020
