Category Archives: Syndicated
Dubai imposes two-week lockdown to fight coronavirus outbreak
CAIRO (Reuters) - Dubai announced a two-week lockdown starting on Saturday at 8 p.m. (1600 GMT) to disinfect the emirate and contain the spread of the coronavirus, state news agency WAM said, the citi...
Apr 04, 2020
New York City ordered to better protect Rikers jail officers
(Reuters) - New York City must provide corrections officers at Rikers Island jail with protective masks, monitor their temperatures for signs of coronavirus and increase sanitation of their work space...
Apr 04, 2020
Exclusive: Pressed by Trump, U.S. pushed unproven coronavirus treatment guidance
By Marisa Taylor and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In mid-March, President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus,...
Apr 04, 2020
Number of infected crew on U.S. aircraft carrier rises to 155: Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen 13% in the past 24 hours to 155, the Navy said on Saturd...
Apr 04, 2020
More than 600 dead in New York state in a day from coronavirus
By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coronavirus-related illnesses killed 630 people in the last day in New York state, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, in the worst 24 hours yet for the U....
Apr 04, 2020
In Italy, support groups fear lockdown is silencing domestic abuse victims
By Claudia Cristoferi and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has seen a sharp fall in official reports of domestic violence as it approaches a month under coronavirus lockdown, raising concern amo...
Apr 04, 2020
The Americans defying Palm Sunday quarantines: ‘Satan’s trying to keep us apart’
By Michelle Conlin and Rich McKay (Reuters) - Her house sits on a tidy, peaceful suburban street outside Cincinnati. For the past few weeks, she has been doing everything right: sheltering at home and...
Apr 04, 2020
Ukrainian doctors fly to Italy to help combat coronavirus
By Sergiy Karazy KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine, which expects a sharp rise of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, sent doctors to disease-hit Italy on Saturday to assist their Italian colleagues and to ...
Apr 04, 2020
Italy coronavirus death toll rises by 681, intensive care falls
MILAN (Reuters) - The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 681 to 15,362, a somewhat lower rise than those seen in recent days, while the number of patients in intensive care fell fo...
Apr 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 277,205 coronavirus cases, 6,593 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 277,205 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 37,926 cases from its previous count, and said the number of dea...
Apr 04, 2020
