Category Archives: Syndicated
All African countries now have coronavirus lab testing capacity: WHO chief
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - All African countries have developed laboratory capacity to test for the coronavirus, as of Tuesday, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wedn...
Jun 24, 2020
Migrant workers need support, jobs at home after pandemic disruption: ILO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. labour agency appealed to governments on Wednesday to support tens of millions of migrant workers forced to return to their homelands due to the corona...
Jun 24, 2020
Exclusive: Lufthansa draws up ‘Plan B’ to prevent insolvency – source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa has drawn up a plan to prevent an insolvency should a virtual extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Thursday fail to approve a $10 billion government bailout, a compan...
Jun 24, 2020
British PM Johnson dismisses criticism on local lockdowns, coronavirus app
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed criticism on Wednesday of his government's plans to implement local lockdowns if there are flare ups of the novel coronavirus and of a...
Jun 24, 2020
Fulcrum Therapeutics begins trial of muscle disorder drug for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc said on Wednesday it has started the late-stage trial of its experimental muscle disorder drug, losmapimod, in high-risk hospitalized adults tested positive for CO...
Jun 24, 2020
India’s Hetero prices experimental COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $71 per 100 mg vial
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's Hetero Labs Ltd has priced its generic version of remdesivir, Gilead's experimental COVID-19 drug, at 5,400 rupees ($71) per 100-milligram vial, the drugmaker said on Wed...
Jun 24, 2020
Northern Ireland drags feet on abortion a year after UK orders roll-out
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Almost a year after the British parliament voted to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland, one of the last regions in Western Europe with a ban, women there face...
Jun 24, 2020
Saudi-led coalition deploys troops to monitor truce between Yemeni allies
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it deployed troops in the province of Abyan to monitor a ceasefire between the internationally recognised government and t...
Jun 24, 2020
CVS to offer employers COVID-19 testing program as U.S. cases rise
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. employers grapple with trying to keep workers healthy and on the job amid fresh spikes in COVID-19 cases, CVS Health Corp has begun selling companies a d...
Jun 24, 2020
UK government to say more about coronavirus ‘air bridges’ on June 29
LONDON (Reuters) - British transport minister Grant Shapps said he would say more on June 29 about possible air bridges with other countries to enable travel during the coronavirus crisis, adding that...
Jun 24, 2020
