Author: Reuters

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s health authority called for a stronger and more rigorous testing regime to ensure that the new coronavirus does not escape detection, whether in travellers arriving from … Read More

LISBON (Reuters) – The coronavirus has swept through a hostel in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, infecting 138 of the 175 asylum seekers housed there, a municipal official said on Monday. … Read More

By Polina Ivanova, Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscow’s population than official data show, private testing results among people … Read More

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – At least one victim of the coronavirus pandemic will not be mourned. Influenza, which each year kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, all … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will review its approach to the coronavirus pandemic to learn what it could have done better, Culture Minister Oliver Dowden said on Monday, following criticism that … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to be sure that any lifting or easing of social distancing measures does not lead to a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman … Read More

By Nandita Bose and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could … Read More

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan reported 22 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, almost all of them sailors who were on a navy visit to the small Pacific islands … Read More

(Reuters) – A bear ambles across a forest glade and a herd of deer stroll down a silent road. At Yosemite National Park in Northern California, coronavirus restrictions mean no … Read More

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Ibrahim points down to the empty main boulevard in downtown Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, which has resembled a ghost town since April 6 when the government imposed a … Read More