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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s deputy health minister said on Thursday there are no plans for border closures even as the country’s death toll from the coronavirus jumped to 50 … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to extend to another four countries stricter border controls designed to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus and oblige passengers … Read More

By Edward McAllister and Antoine Rolland DAKAR/BANGUI (Reuters) – Medical charity Alima planned to open an emergency operating theatre this week in Burkina Faso, but the project has stalled because … Read More

By Steve Holland and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out … Read More

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa after many countries shut their borders … Read More

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the Federal Reserve polled Wall Street about financial stability risks last fall, “global pandemic” didn’t make the list. But the coronavirus outbreak has … Read More

By Alexandra Ulmer and Sanjeev Miglani MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ravi Prasad Gupta, a worker at a pipe plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat, for years proudly supported … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – The peak of the United Kingdom’s coronavirus outbreak will be slightly sooner than previously thought and will come in the next few weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock … Read More

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported, according to three doctors closely involved in the testing … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 31 new confirmed coronavirus cases, including two locally transmitted infections, the country’s National Health Commission said on Friday. Mainland China also reported four new … Read More