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Exclusive: South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to U.S. on Tuesday – source
By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. Pre...
Apr 13, 2020
Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a wait list and curtail shopping hours at some Whole Foods stores to prioritize orders from existing customers buyi...
Apr 13, 2020
Thailand reports 28 new coronavirus cases, two new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 28 new coronavirus cases and 2 new deaths on Monday. Of the new cases, 18 are linked to previous cases, 7 without connection to old cases, and 3 are Thai national...
Apr 13, 2020
Vietnam orders workers at Samsung Display unit to be quarantined after COVID-19 case
HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people working at a unit of Samsung Display factory in the country to be quarantined after a worker there tested positive for the new cor...
Apr 13, 2020
Assange fathered two children while holed up in embassy, lawyer says
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition, the law...
Apr 12, 2020
Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) - More than 1.7 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 108,252 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of 0200 GMT. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS ...
Apr 12, 2020
Bangladesh announces coronavirus farm relief package, India seen extending lockdown
By Ruma Paul and Mayank Bhardwaj DHAKA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bangladesh on Sunday announced a relief package worth about $1.7 billion to help farmers struggling because of restrictions imposed to stem...
Apr 12, 2020
Spain’s overnight coronavirus death toll rises, total at 16,972
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's overnight death toll from the coronavirus rose to 619 on Sunday from a nearly three-week low of 510 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, breaking a three-day streak of dai...
Apr 12, 2020
Passover blessing at Western Wall downsized due to coronavirus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ten Jewish worshippers wearing face masks prayed at the Western Wall on Sunday at a special "Priestly Blessing" during the holiday of Passover, an event usually attended by thous...
Apr 12, 2020
Philippines reports highest single-day death toll from coronavirus
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines recorded 50 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its highest in a single day, taking the toll to 297. In a bulletin, the health ministry said 220 new infections took the ta...
Apr 12, 2020
