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Doctor working with Amazon tribe tests positive for coronavirus
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for the coronavirus, Brazil's Health Ministry said on Friday, ringing alarm bells that the epidemic could...
Mar 27, 2020
Microsoft gives clean chit to Israeli facial recognition startup on its work
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday a probe found that an Israeli facial recognition startup it funded is not enabling a mass surveillance program in the West Bank as reported by some media outl...
Mar 27, 2020
France reports new spike in coronavirus deaths, bringing total to almost 2,000
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 299 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total to 1,995, as the government has decided to extend by two weeks the national lockdown,...
Mar 27, 2020
Google-parent Alphabet to donate $800 million in response to coronavirus crisis
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc will donate more than $800 million in funds towards producing medical supplies used to fight COVID-19, and in ad credits to government and health organizations and businesses,...
Mar 27, 2020
Milan hospital coronavirus squad battles the odds to save a life
By Flavio Lo Scalzo MILAN (Reuters) - There was no room for error at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday as medical staff moved an 18-year-old patient from the coronavirus ward for urgent tes...
Mar 27, 2020
Coronavirus cases top half a million, protective gear lacking: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed 20,000, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday as he appealed again for protective gear f...
Mar 27, 2020
Apple works with White House to release ‘COVID-19’ app, website
(Reuters) - Apple Inc and the White House said on Friday that the iPhone maker worked with the Trump administration and federal agencies to release an app and website that will direct users to guidanc...
Mar 27, 2020
In virus-hit France the doctor will see you now – virtually
By Antony Paone and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - The doctor's surgery in Paris where Tura Milo works has closed its door to patients because of the coronavirus but the general practitioner is st...
Mar 27, 2020
Italy has yet to hit coronavirus peak, lockdown set to be extended
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections in Italy have yet to reach their peak, the head of the country's national health institute said on Friday, as officials war...
Mar 27, 2020
From behind a closed door, infected UK PM Johnson coordinates coronavirus battle
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - A knock at the door and the sound of retreating footsteps - that is how British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have food and paperwork delivered from the outside...
Mar 27, 2020
