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French doctor, 98, keeps working through coronavirus crisis
By Clotaire Achi CHEVILLY-LARUE (Reuters) - Doctor Christian Chenay is almost old enough to remember the 1918 Spanish flu and treated typhus sufferers during World War Two. Now, as he nears his 99th b...
Apr 15, 2020
Kids aren’t coronavirus ‘guinea pigs’: Danish mums rebel as schools reopen
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark eased its coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday by reopening schools and day care centres, but concerns they might become breeding grounds for a second wave of cases convinc...
Apr 15, 2020
Britain was too slow to act on COVID-19, opposition Labour leader says
By Kylie MacLellan and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's main opposition party on Wednesday accused the government of being too slow to impose a lockdown when the novel coro...
Apr 15, 2020
Anxious Argentines, in coronavirus lockdown, bring therapy couch back home
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines, therapy-mad at the best of times, are finding ways to bring their shrinks into their homes via phone calls and conferencing apps like Zoom as they ...
Apr 15, 2020
Apple-Google alliance welcomed by European coronavirus app platform
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - An Apple collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running, the prime mover behind a European effort...
Apr 15, 2020
Lockdowns should be lifted in two-week stages to stem COVID-19 spread: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries that ease restrictions imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus should wait at least two weeks to evaluate the impact of such changes before easing again, the World ...
Apr 15, 2020
Malaysia reports 85 new coronavirus cases, with one new death
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Wednesday reported 85 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest daily rise since the government imposed curbs to limit the virus' spread on March 18, taking the total n...
Apr 15, 2020
In Singapore, migrant coronavirus cases highlight containment weak link
By John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker commun...
Apr 15, 2020
Amazon plans to appeal French ruling limiting trade to essential goods
PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon said on Wednesday it planned to appeal a French court ruling limiting deliveries to essential goods in order allow for a deeper assessment of coronavirus risks at its sites in...
Apr 15, 2020
China unicorns’ valuations slide as virus-fearing investors seek early exits
By Julie Zhu and Yingzhi Yang HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Valuations of Chinese unicorns have fallen below levels reached in the firms' most-recent fundraising rounds, secondary market offerings by ...
Apr 15, 2020
