MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India closed the Taj Mahal, its top tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing non-essential services to function at 50% staffing levels as efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in South Asia ramped up.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India closed the Taj Mahal, its top tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing non-essential services to function at 50% staffing levels as efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in South Asia ramped up.
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said today it had identified hundreds of antibodies that could potentially treat the coronavirus.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, banned gatherings of more than 50 people and ordered the closure of bars and restaurants today in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
(Reuters) – Coronavirus fears led to a historic drop in U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Major U.S. airlines sought a government bailout of more than $50 billion as the White House is urgently drafting a financial assistance package in the wake of the steep falloff in U.S.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil is set to hire more doctors to fight coronavirus and the drive will include Cuban doctors in Brazil as part of a medical program that was canceled in late 2018 amid a diplomatic spat between Havana and Jair Bolsonaro, the health ministry said on Monday.
MANILA/SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The Philippine Stock Exchange closed indefinitely yester while currency and bond trading were suspended, the first market shutdowns worldwide in response to the coronavirus, with authorities citing risks to the safety of traders.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge approved U.S. prosecutors’ request last night to dismiss the criminal case against a Russian firm accused of funding a propaganda operation to meddle in the 2016 presidential election to sway it in President Donald Trump’s favor.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Hundreds of prisoners broke out of four Brazilian jails yesterday, the day before their day-release privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak, Sao Paulo state prison authorities and local media reported.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada closed its borders to all foreign nationals except U.S.
CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela entered the first day of a quarantine today, imposed by President Nicolas Maduro to prevent the spread of the coronavirus – but many across the country went out anyway, saying they could not afford to stay indoors and not work.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak during yesterday’s Democratic debate, and offered competing visions for how they would lead in a time of crisis that has upended the daily lives of Americans.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government, Israel’s president said yesterday, boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain will isolate older people “within weeks” and force into quarantine anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the government said as it stepped up measures that have so far been less stringent than elsewhere in Europe.
GUATEMALA CITY/BUENOS AIRES/LIMA, (Reuters) – Guatemala logged its first fatality from coronavirus yesterday as nations in South and Central America ramped up measures to contain the infection, with Panama banning entry of non-resident foreigners and Honduras closing its borders to passenger traffic for a week.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico warned on Saturday that the coronavirus outbreak could last all year as it began rolling out tougher measures to contain the spread, calling for an end to large gatherings and extending Easter school holidays.
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – American Airlines Inc said yesterday it plans to cut 75% of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet, as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said yesterday, as the U.S.
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