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Two U.S. state attorneys general seek info on Zoom’s privacy practices
(Reuters) - At least two U.S. state attorneys have sought information from Zoom Video Communications Inc following multiple reports that questioned the privacy and security of the videoconferencing ap...
Apr 03, 2020
U.S. big bucks turn global face mask hunt into ‘Wild West’
By Richard Lough and Andreas Rinke PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The global scramble to secure face masks to shield frontline workers from the coronavirus has turned the marketplace into the "Wild West", w...
Apr 03, 2020
Poland works on smartphone app to help stop coronavirus outbreak
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is working on a smartphone application to help trace people who have come in contact with those infected with the coronavirus and warn them about the possible risk, the Digit...
Apr 03, 2020
Russian ventilators shipped to U.S. made by firm under U.S. sanctions: RBC
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ventilators delivered by Russia to the United States to help treat patients of the new coronavirus were manufactured by a Russian company that is under U...
Apr 03, 2020
Swiss ease access to COVID-19 treatments with exceptional decree
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Friday sought to speed access to drugs that could be used against coronavirus-caused COVID-19 disease with an order that allows them to be deployed in hospitals befor...
Apr 03, 2020
Dutch coronavirus deaths rise to 1,487: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands announced a further 148 deaths linked to the coronavirus on Friday, bringing the country's total to 1,487. It also confirmed 1,026 new coronavirus cases, taking t...
Apr 03, 2020
Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Swe...
Apr 03, 2020
Countries fighting over Chinese masks: German health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Countries' procurement agents are "fighting" each other for access to Chinese-made masks thanks to the surge in worldwide demand, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said, adding that...
Apr 03, 2020
SoftBank’s Son tests state of emergency appetite via Twitter poll
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Friday began polling his Twitter followers over whether a state of emergency should be declared, as the number of p...
Apr 03, 2020
Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 484, cases jump by more than 1,000
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 484, the country's public health ministry said on Friday, rising from 432 people on Thursday. The number of people who have tested ...
Apr 03, 2020
