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Toughest weeks lie ahead in coronavirus fight, warns French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - The next two weeks will be the toughest yet in the fight against coronavirus in France, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe warned on Saturday as his government raced to add intensive ca...
Mar 28, 2020
Pope and closest aides do not have coronavirus: Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday that tests carried out in the residence where Pope Francis lives showed that the 83-year-old pontiff and his closest aides do not have coronavirus...
Mar 28, 2020
Lombardy coronavirus deaths near 6,000 as Italy mulls extending lockdown
By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Lombardy region, which has borne the worst of the coronavirus contagion, recorded 542 new deaths on Saturday as the national government was said to be mu...
Mar 28, 2020
‘Just one case’: fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world’s refugee camps
(Reuters) - In the world's largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh, filmmaker Mohammed Arafat has been making public safety videos to warn about the dangers of coronavirus. The 25-year-old is worried...
Mar 28, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is offering higher pay to recruit its own warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand and a worker shortage, according to an ...
Mar 28, 2020
Australia tightens quarantine rules to combat coronavirus, warns of fines
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian troops will begin on Saturday taking citizens returning from overseas to compulsory quarantine places to prevent spread of the coronavirus, as Victoria ...
Mar 27, 2020
China reports 54 new coronavirus cases on Friday, no domestic transmissions
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission said on Saturday that 54 new coronavirus cases were reported on the mainland on Friday, all involving so-called imported cases. There were 55 ne...
Mar 27, 2020
Panama reports 112 new cases and five more deaths from coronavirus
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama health officials on Friday reported five more deaths from coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 14 deaths. They also confirmed 112 new cases of the virus, which h...
Mar 27, 2020
Apple’s factories are running, but suppliers wary about iPhone demand
By Yimou Lee, Heekyong Yang and Krishna N. Das (Reuters) - As China reopens its economy after months of lockdown, Apple Inc's iPhone factories are largely up and running. But with the coronavirus pand...
Mar 27, 2020
Brazil government ad rejects coronavirus lockdowns, saying #BrazilCannotStop
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government launched an advertising campaign against social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the la...
Mar 27, 2020
