New York coronavirus cases explode; Trump calls outbreak ‘great national trial’
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S.
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India locks down its 1.3 billion people to halt coronavirus spread
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India ordered a 21-day lockdown of its 1.3 billion people yesterday to try to protect the world’s second most populous country from the coronavirus spreading around the world.
Bolsonaro urges Brazilians back to work, dismisses coronavirus ‘hysteria’
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – As Brazil’s largest city went into lockdown, President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday took aim at the “hysteria” over the coronavirus and urged that life must continue and jobs be preserved.
Chevron leads another wave of massive oil-industry spending cuts
(Reuters) – Chevron Corp cut its capital spending budget by $4 billion yesterday, leading a wave of cost-cutting announcements across the oil-and-gas industry as it reels from declining demand in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic slide in prices.
India locks down its 1.3 billion people to halt coronavirus spread
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India ordered a 21-day lockdown of its 1.3 billion people on Tuesday to try to protect the world’s second most populous country from the coronavirus spreading around the world.
U.S. could become ‘coronavirus epicentre’, UK locks down
GENEVA/LONDON, (Reuters) – The United States could become the global epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization said today, as Britain went into lockdown.
U.S. states, cities desperate for coronavirus help, military prepares
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Several more U.S. governors yesterday joined the procession of states ordering millions of Americans to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, while President Trump signaled he’s considering a move in the opposite direction.
U.S. to reduce Afghan aid by $1 billion after Pompeo fails to break impasse
DOHA/KABUL, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday announced a $1 billion cut in U.S.
Mnuchin expresses hope a deal is ‘very close’ on $2 trillion coronavirus aid package in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A far-reaching coronavirus economic stimulus package remained stalled in the U.S.
Cuban government bans Cubans from leaving island, suspends schools over coronavirus
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s government said yesterday it was banning Cubans from leaving the country, closing schools and suspending interregional public transport in its fight to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Singapore Air’s ‘greatest challenge’ prompts cuts affecting 10,000 staff
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Singapore Airlines (SIA) will cut capacity by 96%, ground almost its entire fleet and impose cost cuts affecting about 10,00 staff because of coronavirus travel curbs it described as the “greatest challenge” it has ever faced.
Canada coronavirus death toll jumps, officials could punish those ignoring precautions
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The Canadian death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped by more than 50% yesterday, and impatient officials threatened to punish people refusing to take precautions to fight the spread of the highly contagious illness.
U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned.
Cuban doctors head to Italy battle coronavirus
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy.
‘We are at war’ says Spain of its coronavirus efforts, seeking extended state of emergency
MADRID, (Reuters) – The Spanish government sought to extend until April 11 a state of emergency that it has imposed to try to control Europe’s second-worst outbreak of coronavirus while some regions yesterday asked for harsher confinement measures to combat the pandemic.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro plays down coronavirus risk as cases top 1,500
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the country’s healthcare system will collapse next month, contradicting his own health minister as the number of deaths in the country jumped 39% and confirmed cases topped 1,500.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro plays down coronavirus risk as cases top 1,000
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the country’s healthcare system will collapse next month, contradicting his own health minister as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose above 1,000.
Lockdowns not enough to defeat coronavirus -WHO’s Ryan
LONDON, (Reuters) – Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said today, adding that public health measures are needed to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on.
Britain’s Johnson warns that health service could be overwhelmed by coronavirus
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) could be “overwhelmed” by the coronavirus like the Italian health system in just two weeks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned today in the face of rising numbers of deaths.
One in four Americans told to stay home as Congress nears $1 trillion stimulus
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly one in four Americans were under orders to close up shop and stay at home yesterday, as lawmakers in Washington neared a deal that could pump a record $1 trillion into the economy to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus.
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