Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Brazil registers 888 new coronavirus deaths, record of nearly 20,000 new cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 888 new coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, with a record of nearly 20,000 new cases, taking the total to 291,579, the Health Ministry said. (Reporting by Ped...
May 20, 2020
Mastercard will not send staff back to offices without coronavirus vaccine: executive
By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) - Mastercard Inc will not ask staff to return to its worldwide corporate offices until a vaccine is available for the sometimes fatal coronavirus that has infected the...
May 20, 2020
U.S. government to demolish buildings at contaminated California nuclear test site
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it would tear down 10 buildings at the U.S. government's former Santa Susana Field Laboratory northwest of Los Angele...
May 20, 2020
Trump says his hydroxychloroquine regimen finishes in the next day or two
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the regimen of an anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine that he is taking to ward off the coronavirus finishes in the next day or tw...
May 20, 2020
Top HIV scientist says he wouldn’t count on a vaccine for coronavirus soon
By Alessandra Galloni (Reuters) - A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID-19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether t...
May 20, 2020
Ford shuts two U.S. assembly plants due to COVID-19 infections
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Wednesday closed two U.S. assembly plants as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked early havoc with the No. 2 U.S. automaker's plan to restart North American production...
May 20, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court blocks disclosure of Russia report material
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the disclosure to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted by President...
May 20, 2020
U.S. nursing homes plagued by infection control issues pre-COVID-19: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nursing homes have been plagued with infection control deficiencies even before the coronavirus pandemic turned them into hotspots for COVID-19, the respiratory disease cau...
May 20, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. has not cut Afghan security funds despite Pompeo vow of immediate slash – sources
By Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld $1 billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike...
May 20, 2020
U.S. schools should only reopen with social distancing as benchmarks met: CDC
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools shuttered by the coronavirus should pursue a carefully phased reopening only after public health benchmarks are met, and summer camps should be limi...
May 20, 2020
