After smallpox and malaria, Brazil’s tribes fear coronavirus is next lethal import
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest, their smallpox decimated local tribes.
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‘Humor is healing’: Laughter soothes nerves during COVID-19 trauma
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are employing humor as a balm to soothe nerves during the coronavirus pandemic, flocking to new Instagram stars like Quentin Quarantino and sharing Facebook memes about taking off bras and pants and putting on weight in self-quarantine.
Shellshocked Spain reports record 832 new coronavirus deaths
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s coronavirus fatalities rose by a record 832 people overnight to 5,690 as hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed and a police chief fought back tears announcing a colleague’s death.
UK will have done well if fewer than 20,000 die, NHS medical director says
LONDON, (Reuters) – The United Kingdom will have done well if it comes through the coronavirus crisis with fewer than 20,000 deaths, Stephen Powis, the national medical director of the National Health Service, said today.
As U.S. virus cases exceed 100,000, doctors decry scarcity of drugs and equipment
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Doctors and nurses on the front lines of the U.S.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro questions coronavirus deaths, says ‘sorry, some will die’
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday cast doubt on Sao Paulo’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak and accused the state governor of manipulating the numbers for political ends, without giving evidence for his claims.
Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The director of one of Haiti’s top hospitals was kidnapped yesterday, prompting staff to refuse to take in new patients in protest as the impoverished country battles an outbreak of the novel coronavirus amid a spike in gang violence.
Alleged Maduro accomplice surrenders to U.S. agents, will help prosecution -sources
CARACAS/BOGOTA, (Reuters) – U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents were flying back from Colombia yesterday with retired Venezuelan general Cliver Alcala in their custody, three people familiar with the matter said, after he agreed to work with prosecutors who charged him, President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials with drug trafficking.
British PM Johnson has coronavirus, self-isolates in Downing Street
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his Downing Street residence but said he would still lead the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak.
Spain reports 769 new coronavirus deaths but says daily rise stabilising
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 769 overnight to 4,858, but a senior health official said the daily increase in the number of fatalities was stabilising.
Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world’s top producer
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production.
British PM Boris Johnson self-isolates after testing positive for coronavirus
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today he had tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating at Downing Street but would still lead the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak.
U.S. has most coronavirus cases in world, next wave aimed at Louisiana
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The number of U.S. coronavirus infections climbed above 82,000 yesterday, surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy, as New York, New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalizations and looming shortages of supplies, staff and sick beds.
U.S. indicts Venezuela’s Maduro, a political foe, for ‘narco-terrorism’
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of “narco-terrorism,” the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign aimed at ousting the socialist leader.
Tens of millions face losing jobs in escalating coronavirus crisis
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Global job losses from the coronavirus crisis could far exceed the 25 million estimated just days ago, U.N.
Coronavirus could kill 81,000 in U.S., subside in June -Washington University analysis
(Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic could kill more than 81,000 people in the United States in the next four months and may not subside until June, according to a data analysis done by University of Washington School of Medicine.
Brazil’s governors press Bolsonaro for more coronavirus support
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s governors pressed President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday for more federal support in the coronavirus battle after he blasted them as job-killers and undermined their orders with a decree keeping churches open at evangelical preachers’ request.
U.S. death toll from coronavirus approaches 1,000
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus approached the milestone of 1,000 today as hospitals in New York and other hot spots struggled to treat a flood of patients and the U.S.
U.S. indicts Venezuela’s Maduro, a political foe, for ‘narco-terrorism’
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government today indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and more than a dozen other top Venezuelan officials on charges of “narco-terrorism,” the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign aimed at ousting the socialist leader.
U.S. Senate approves big rescue for struggling aviation sector
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted late yesterday 96-0 to give the U.S.
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