Slowly but steadily, China strives to make widespread virus testing the new normal
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for…
U.S. auto industry workers return to jobs amid concerns of second virus wave
DETROIT (Reuters) - Factory workers began returning to assembly lines in Michigan on Monday, paving the way to reopen the…
Asian stocks set to fall on growing second infection wave fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equities and oil prices were set to slip on Tuesday amid growing investor worries about…
Workers in U.S. auto industry return to jobs amid concerns of second virus wave
DETROIT (Reuters) - Factory workers began returning to assembly lines in Michigan on Monday, paving the way to reopen the…
Oil prices fall on supply glut, worries of 2nd virus wave
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped more than 1% on Monday as concern over a persistent glut and economic gloom…
In dripped call, Obama describes Trump handling of infection as chaotic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a…
ICMR teams up with Hyd biotech co to develop vaccine from NIV virus strain
NEW DELHI: To speed up the development of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is…
33 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit
(Representative image: Reuters)WASHINGTON: Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by…
Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat: All you need to know
BEIJING: The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on…
Can kids spread the virus?
STAY SAFECan kids spread the virus?As most of the world continues to socially distance, Switzerland last week talked about easing…
WHO says got no proof from US on ‘speculative’ Wuhan lab virus claims
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Monday that Washington had provided no evidence to support "speculative" claims by the US…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 41 live updates | We will have to learn to live with the virus, says Kejriwal
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India crossed 40,000 on Sunday, making it one among 16 countries that…
Singapore looks to ramp up factory activities as virus curbs ease
FILE PHOTO: A view of an empty Merlion Park, as tourism braces for a steep decline following the outbreak of…
Tesla Posts Another Profit as Musk Slams Virus Restrictions
Tesla on Wednesday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit, defying the projections of analysts who had expected the Covid-19 pandemic…
Corona what? Tesla retail investors appear unfazed by infection effect
(Reuters) - When Tesla Inc reports first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, many individual shareholders will not be looking…
Trump administration must make sure meat plants supply devices, test workers for virus: union
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The largest U.S. meatpacking union said on Tuesday the Trump administration should immediately compel meat companies to…
After ’21 days of hell’ New York governor expands virus testing
(Reuters) - New York will on Saturday begin conducting antibody tests for workers at four hospitals hit hardest by the…
As Employees Expand to Halt the Virus, Robotics Fill the Gaps
As the coronavirus began to spread through Japan in March, workers at a warehouse in Sugito that processes millions of…
‘IMCT= India’s Most Callous Team’: TMC says main team spreading out political virus in Bengal
KOLKATA: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday described the two inter-ministerial central teams (IMCT) visiting West Bengal to assess the…
Congress delivers almost $500 billion more in virus aid
Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under…
Some Americans prepare to return to work as out of work claims spike over virus
ATLANTA (Reuters) - An array of businesses prepared on Thursday to reopen in Georgia and a handful of other U.S.…
26 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit
WASHINGTON: More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for US unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an…
Trump says U.S. states safely reopening despite warnings of virus resurgence
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S. states are safely starting to reopen businesses, even as some…
South Korea relaxes some social distancing rules as new virus cases fall
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea extended its social distancing policy for another 16 days on Sunday but offered some relief…
Coronavirus | Spare monkeys the virus, say biologists
Feeding monkeys during the COVID-19 pandemic could have profoundly negative effects in the long-term, such as helping the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
Coronavirus testing could be expanded to capture the virus even before it appears
Updated April 18, 2020 16:34:56 Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has flagged another expansion of Australia's coronavirus testing regime,…
Instantaneous View: China’s first-quarter GDP posts very first decline on record as virus closes down economy
(Reuters) - China’s economy shrank 6.8% in January-March from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, the first such…
Isntant View: China’s first-quarter GDP posts first decrease on record as virus shuts down economy
(Reuters) - China’s economy shrank 6.8% in January-March from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, the first such…
Trump says U.S. investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated…
Trump stops WHO financing, with world on edge over infection lockdowns
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut off funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN body of…
A month after New York’s 1st virus death, toll hits 10,000
A couple applauds in front of the Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens to show gratitude to medical staff and essent...Read…
US Supreme Court to hear appeal on abortion during virus crisis
WASHINGTON: Abortion rights advocates on Saturday called on the US Supreme Court to urgently intervene to force Texas to reinstate…
Coronavirus | Red army keeps virus at bay in northeast
A ‘red army’ of wise old men and women are helping villages across some hill States in the northeast keep…
In Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, ‘ruthless containment’ model breaks infection transmission chain
The “ruthless containment” model adopted in Bhilwara, which emerged last month as the worst-affected district in Rajasthan, has succeeded in…
Pass the salt: The minute details that assisted Germany construct virus defences
MUNICH (Reuters) - One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to…
Coronavirus | PM lights lamp as nation joins hands against virus
People across the country switched off lights in their houses and lit lamps at their doors and balconies in solidarity…
Covid-19: Centre fights virus on the one hand, polarisation on the other
NEW DELHI: As it battles the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the government is also having to contend with growing…
Global stocks edge lower on economic toll from virus; oil rallies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stock markets sank Friday following more signs that the COVID-19 pandemic would take a massive…
Top U.S. expert sees ‘glimmers’ social distancing dampening virus spread
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert said on Tuesday there were “glimmers” that social distancing efforts…
Coronavirus latest updates: 11 more people succumb to virus in India, death toll 43
NEW DELHI: Both the number of deaths due to Covid-19 as well as new cases reported across the country surged…
China readies stimulus measures as local virus cases dwindle
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China plans stronger steps to revive an economy hit by coronavirus, as the nation on Saturday reported…
Japan’s Abe promises extraordinary stimulus as Tokyo virus cases increase
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday promised an unprecedented package of steps to cushion the world’s…
Wall Street tumbles as U.S. virus cases pass 100,000
Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday, ending a massive three-day surge after doubts about the fate of the U.S. economy…
Coronavirus | India to add 40,000 ventilators by June to battle virus
As the ICMR on Friday confirmed 75 fresh cases and 17 deaths in the COVID-19 outbreak, the Union Health Ministry…
Futures fall after three-day surge as virus fears grow
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell over 2% on Friday, a day after the S&P 500 and the Dow…
European shares fall as investors take stock of spreading infection
LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks fell on Friday, halting their biggest ever three-day rally in a sign investors were focusing…
Variety of new COVID-19 infections falls again in NSW, but Federal government says virus is spreading out in different method
Updated March 27, 2020 11:26:02 Health authorities in NSW are concerned about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases where the…
Service Live: 3 billion people under lockdown as UN cautions virus threatens mankind
The government is expected to announce a fiscal stimulus package anytime this week to help out the economy that has…
Coronavirus: 19 states/UTs report fresh cases, virus confirmed in northeast
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 contagion was confirmed in northeast India with Manipur and Mizoram registering one case each, even as…
White Home, Congress settle on $2 trillion virus rescue expense
WASHINGTON: The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency…