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Spain to boost coronavirus testing as deaths surpass 1,300
By Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish authorities said on Saturday that they would boost coronavirus testing, potentially with the help of robots, as the toll in the country kept climbing, surpassin...
Mar 21, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon.com to stop shipping non-essentials to consumers in Italy and France
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, according to an announcement the company published in Chinese on the WeChat social medi...
Mar 21, 2020
Brazil’s Sao Paulo to get two-week coronavirus shutdown, Bolsonaro blasts ‘hysteria’
By Pedro Fonseca and Jamie McGeever RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's largest state Sao Paulo will essentially shut down for two weeks to help fight the coronavirus, its governor said on Sa...
Mar 21, 2020
Coronavirus death toll in Italy’s Lombardy jumps by 546 in a day
ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's contagion, has risen by 546 in a day to 3,095, officials said o...
Mar 21, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its U.S. warehouses, as the world's largest online retailer tries to meet the rapidly gro...
Mar 21, 2020
Army joins the production line as ventilator makers scramble to meet demand
By John Miller and and Elvira Pollina ZURICH (Reuters) - On March 6, Gianluca Preziosa, the head of an Italian ventilator maker, received an urgent request. The Italian authorities wanted his help for...
Mar 21, 2020
Google launches coronavirus website in the United States
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Saturday it launched a United States-focused website with information about coronavirus guidance and testing, as the country works on slowing the spread of th...
Mar 21, 2020
Thailand reports 89 new coronavirus cases in highest daily jump
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported its largest daily increase in coronavirus infections on Saturday, with 89 new cases taking the national tally to 411. Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a Public Health Minis...
Mar 20, 2020
Retailers offer discounts, waive shipping fees to boost online sales
By Melissa Fares and Uday Sampath Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - After closing their stores earlier this week to limit the spread of the coronavirus, several retailers are dangling site-wide discounts and...
Mar 20, 2020
U.S. senators question Amazon on coronavirus safety at warehouses
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Four Democratic U.S. senators on Friday expressed concern in a letter to Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos that the world's largest online retailer has not given ...
Mar 20, 2020
