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By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia needs to perform “massive” testing to reveal the full spread of the coronavirus and ensure that people who travel home during the approaching … Read More

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Stephen Kalin DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Nations and Western allies are pointing to the threat of coronavirus to push Yemen’s combatants to agree to … Read More

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Thursday a package of measures to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the EU economy, including a … Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of deaths caused by an infection with the new coronavirus in the Netherlands has increased by 166 to 1,339, health authorities said on Thursday. The … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities ignored warnings by doctors in late December and January of an increasing number of patients with high fevers and lung infections in the historic city … Read More

By Joseph Menn, Christopher Bing, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Hackers working in the interests of the Iranian government have attempted to break into the personal … Read More

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as … Read More

By Joel Schectman (Reuters) – When the coronavirus struck Sylvia LeRoy, she turned to the hospital she knew best – Brooklyn’s Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center – where she has … Read More

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government does not plan further restrictions to curb coronavirus but life in the country may only get back to normal in late May or June … Read More

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday announced free childcare for six months as part of a bid to keep businesses operating through the coronavirus pandemic, as data … Read More