Germany tries to stop U.S. poaching German firm seeking coronavirus vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move…
Philippines’ coronavirus death toll rises to 12, cases spike to 140
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines recorded four additional coronavirus deaths and 29 new cases, bringing the domestic tally of infections…
Malaysia virus tally hits highest in Southeast Asia due to mosque event
A customer wearing a protective mask, shops at a supermarket, following the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March…
UK wants more ventilators, hospital beds as coronavirus spreads
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain told manufacturers to ramp up the country’s production of ventilators and ordered private hospitals to prepare…
British supermarkets’ plea to shoppers: stop panic buying
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak, saying…
Philippines’ coronavirus death toll rises to 12, cases spike to 140
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines recorded four additional coronavirus deaths and 29 new cases, bringing the domestic tally of infections…
Germany tries to stop U.S. from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move…
India proposes regional fund to fight coronavirus as cases exceed 100
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India proposed setting up an emergency fund to fight the coronavirus outbreak in South Asia on…
Mnuchin says U.S. coronavirus aid bill cost should be significant, not huge
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in…
Four more African nations confirm coronavirus, new controls put in place
KIGALI (Reuters) – Mauritania, Rwanda, Seychelles and Central African Republic confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing to 23…
Central American countries step up efforts to contain coronavirus
A worker sprays sanitizer at the Salvadoran Institute of Comprehensive Rehabilitation (ISRI) as El Salvador’s government has taken steadily stricter…
South Korea reports 76 new coronavirus cases, total 8,162: KCDC
FILE PHOTO: Medical workers head to a hospital facility to treat coronavirus patients amid the rise in confirmed cases of…
Mexican coronavirus tally increases to 41: health ministry
FILE PHOTO: Health workers place a capsule to treat patients infected with coronavirus (Covid19) into an ambulance outside the XE…
Mexico coronavirus fight gives students earlier, longer Easter vacations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – In Mexico 33 million students will head into earlier and longer Easter vacations at the end…
Israel to use anti-terror tech to counter coronavirus ‘invisible enemy’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to use anti-terrorism tracking technology and a partial shutdown of its economy to minimize the…
Vail closes its ski resorts while others opt to remain open
SALT LAKE CITY — As ski resorts across the United States grappled with how to help prevent the spread of…
Apple temporarily shuts stores outside China to fight virus
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the tech giant’s retail operation outside of China is going online-only for two weeks as…
Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome
Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are encouraging fans, especially those from out-of-state, not to travel to Nome…
‘He’s an inmate’: Anguish mounts over virus-hit nursing home
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing…
Pregnant 19-year-old, child die trying to climb US wall
Authorities say a 19-year-old pregnant woman from Guatemala died this week from injuries suffered when she fell trying to climb…
China government spokesman says U.S. army might have brought virus to China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the U.S. military…
Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she came down with…
Coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries act, says Chinese adviser
BEIJING (Reuters) – The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilize to fight it, a senior…
Coronavirus testing in U.S. not geared for ‘what we need’: Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. official on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, said on Thursday that people cannot get tests…
U.S. Capitol closed to the public as coronavirus hits Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials ordered the U.S. Capitol complex closed to much of the public starting on Thursday, one day…
Travel clampdown needed to contain U.S. coronavirus outbreak: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing for thousands of new coronavirus cases and will ask Americans returning from…
Confirmed Dutch coronavirus infections rise 22% to 614: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands rose 22% to 614 on Thursday, health officials…
Bahrain accuses Iran of ‘biological aggression’, Gulf states try to curb coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain accused Iran on Thursday of “biological aggression” by covering up the spread of the coronavirus and…
Canada’s Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau hold white roses as they attend a…
UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact
LONDON — Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government…
Public barred from 2020 Olympic flame lighting in Greece
Spectators will be kept away from the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia on Thursday because of the coronavirus March…
Homeless at ‘double risk’ of getting, spreading coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. — They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in…
Chinese hotel used to observe virus contacts collapses
News reports say a hotel in southeastern China being used for medical observation of people who had contact with coronavirus…
Iran warns it could use ‘force’ to halt travel amid virus
Iran says the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic By NASSER KARIMI…
Arrival of new virus sparks songs across Latin America
The new coronavirus raising tensions around the world has started to inspire songwriters across Latin America, the latest region to…
New virus: Over 85,000 infected globally, over 2,900 deaths
A new virus that first emerged in China has infected more than 85,000 people and caused more than 2,900 deaths…
German industrial sectors see supply shortage over virus: BDI
BERLIN (Reuters) – Several sectors of Germany’s manufacturing sector are expecting a shortness of supplies from the Far East region…
College student dies of flu before 911 rescuers can find him
Authorities say a college student was found dead in his home of the flu after a garbled 911 call left…
Canada’s charter flight heads to Japan to evacuate its citizens on virus-hit cruise ship: TV Asahi
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks are seen on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, as the vessel’s passengers continue…
China’s Hubei province reports 93 new coronavirus deaths
BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak rose by 93 to…
U.S. flies 338 Americans home from cruise ship, including 14 with coronavirus
(Reuters) – More than 300 Americans who had been stuck on a cruise ship affected by the coronavirus were back…
Cathay Pacific flags ‘significant’ drop in first-half profit, capacity cuts due to coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks to the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong…
Apple unlikely to meet revenue guidance due to coronavirus impact
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it would not meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter because…
Spain, UK report new virus cases as they hunt down carriers
The U.K. has confirmed its fourth case of the new virus from China and Spain reported its second case By…
Brazilians evacuated from China amid coronavirus land in Brazil
Brazilian citizens from China’s coronavirus-struck Wuhan, arrive at the Air Force base of Anapolis, State of Goias, Brazil, February 9,…
I’m not reckless: China courier braves coronavirus to keep city supplied
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Guo Qiang, a deliveryman, knows his family is worried that he’s returned to work during the coronavirus…
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after…
Fourth person tests positive for coronavirus in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A fourth person in England has tested positive for coronavirus, having contracted the illness from a previously…
Dozens of Asia trade fairs, conferences postponed amid coronavirus fears
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – More than two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in Asia have been postponed because of…
In French Alpine village, families line up for coronavirus tests
LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE, France (Reuters) – Residents, a few wearing facemasks, lined up in a French Alpine village on Sunday to…
Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
(Reuters) – Here are the latest developments in the new coronavirus outbreak: FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask…
Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have infected…
‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus
LUSAKA, Zambia — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed…
China virus claims second life off mainland, Macau casinos told to close
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday, compounding the international financial…
U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to…
No box of chocolates: South Korea border town laid low by swine fever, not shells from North
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – For the first time in 10 years, Kong Ji-ye’s chocolate-making machines sit idle in Paju…
Royal Caribbean takes steps to contend with virus outbreak
Royal Caribbean has canceled eight cruises out of China through early March and is taking more precautionary steps because of…
U.S. declares coronavirus health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China
WASHINGTON Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public…
As coronavirus misinformation spreads on social media, Facebook removes posts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare…
Japan plans to fly citizens home from China’s virus-hit Wuhan
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers his speech during a press briefing with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi…