Latin America’s indigenous shield elderly ‘cultural guardians’ from coronavirus
BUENOS AIRES/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Indigenous peoples across Latin America are cutting off their communities from the outside world, worried that the coronavirus could pose a grave threat to their
Continue readingSingapore’s health ministry confirms 486 new coronavirus cases
FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers wait to be transported to a medical facility from their dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE
Continue readingChina’s Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lifting of lockdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the central Chinese city was lifted a
Continue readingMainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan
People wearing face masks walk inside a subway station during morning rush hour, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins BEIJING
Continue readingChief of U.S. National Guard in limbo after conflicting coronavirus tests: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. National Guard, who is at the forefront of the domestic military response to the novel coronavirus, is in limbo after testing both positive and negative
Continue readingU.S. CDC reports 1,300,696 coronavirus cases, 78,771 deaths
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 1,300,696 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 26,660 cases from its previous count, and said the
Continue readingNew York enacts new coronavirus protections for nursing home residents
(Reuters) – New York state announced new protections on Sunday for residents of nursing homes, which have accounted for a large percentage of the almost 80,000 coronavirus deaths recorded across
Continue readingCanada posts one of its smallest daily increases in coronavirus deaths
FILE PHOTO: A volunteer with the Red Cross shows a doorway between beds in a mobile hospital set up in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross in the Jacques-Lemaire Arena to help care for patients with
Continue readingThree key U.S. coronavirus officials in self-quarantine after COVID-19 exposure
(Reuters) – Three senior officials guiding the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for the
Continue readingUK sent coronavirus tests to United States for processing: minister
FILE PHOTO – A view of a COVID-19 testing station manned by British military personnel inside London’s Hyde Park, Britain, May 8, 2020. REUTERS/ Alexander Smith LONDON (Reuters) – Britain
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