Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in … Read More
Ivory Coast police clash with protesters over coronavirus test centre
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast police on Monday clashed with protesters who had begun dismantling a half-built coronavirus testing centre, afraid that people using the facility would spread the epidemic … Read More
Senegal’s graffiti artists join fight against coronavirus
DAKAR (Reuters) – The mural stretched over 10 metres of wall in Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar shows a giant pair of hands reaching out for sanitiser, and a woman in … Read More
Migrant workers fear massive Singapore dormitory lockdown is coronavirus time bomb
By John Geddie and Ruma Paul SINGAPORE/DHAKA (Reuters) – Migrant workers living in vast Singapore dormitories cut off from the outside world due to the coronavirus outbreak fear their cramped … Read More
U.N. finds ‘highly probable’ Syrian government, allies targeted school, hospitals
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – It is “highly probable” the government of Syria or its allies carried out attacks on three healthcare facilities, a school and a refuge … Read More
Coronavirus epidemic ‘under control’ in Norway: health minister
OSLO (Reuters) – The coronavirus epidemic is “under control” in Norway, the health minister said on Monday, pointing to the low rate of transmission of the disease. A person carrying … Read More
Iran supreme leader approves tapping sovereign wealth fund to fight coronavirus
(Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved the withdrawal of one billion euros from the country’s sovereign wealth fund to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, President Hassan … Read More
Singapore reports 66 new coronavirus cases, total 1,375
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s health ministry on Monday confirmed 66 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the city-state to 1,375. Only one was an imported case … Read More
With small businesses suffering, Putin faces criticism over shutdown
By Tom Balmforth and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Left with no income because of the coronavirus lockdown, Dmitry Volodin, the co-owner of several bars in Moscow, says he’s getting … Read More
Coronavirus divides lovers, friends at Swiss-German border fences
By John Miller KREUZLINGEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Constance, Germany, and Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, are divided cities these days, with a strip of grass and two fences separating them after the countries … Read More