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One ventilator, two patients: New York hospitals shift to crisis mode
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine, an experimental crisis-mode protocol some doctors worry is too risky but others...
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Historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill passes U.S. House, becomes law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a $2.2 trillion aid package – the largest in history – to help cope with the economic downturn inflicted by the intensifying...
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Japan confirms 57 new coronavirus cases at Chiba center for disabled: NHK
A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks on a nearly empty street during the first weekend after Osaka local government urged the...
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Britain, U.S. working with Saudis to repatriate citizens
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin exceptional commercial flights this week to bring British nationals and their families back to the United Kingdom, and similar flights are being...
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Japan’s Abe vows unprecedented stimulus as Tokyo virus cases rise
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday promised an unprecedented package of steps to cushion the world’s third-biggest economy from the coronavirus pandemic, saying the...
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Coronavirus outbreak is stretching New York’s ambulance service to breaking...
The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through New York City has pushed its ambulance service close to the breaking point, with hundreds of personnel out ill and emergency calls skyrocketing, supervisors...
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Coronavirus-hit ship granted permission to pass through Panama Canal
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A cruise ship stuck off Panama’s Pacific coast after four passengers died and more than 130 others developed influenza-like symptoms, including at least two with the...
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North Korea launches apparent ballistic missiles into ocean
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, military officials in South Korea and Japan said, the latest in...
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Pence says virus taskforce soon to deliver recommendation on whether to...
FILE PHOTO: Vice President Mike Pence addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) – Vice President Mike...
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Trump drops idea of New York lockdown as U.S. death count crosses 2,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would issue a travel warning for the hard-hit New York area to limit the spread of the coronavirus, backing off from an earlier...
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Governments, central banks must boost efforts to help economies cope with...
LONDON (Reuters) – Governments and central banks need to step up efforts urgently to support their economies in the face of the coronavirus crisis, the head of the Bank for International Settlements...
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Italy small town priest deals with death on industrial scale
SERIATE, Italy (Reuters) – When he became a priest 40 years ago, Father Mario Carminati knew he would be dealing with death – but not on an industrial scale. Coffins bearing deceased parishioners no...
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U.S. cities warn medical supplies running out, call for federal help to fight...
(Reuters) – New York City, New Orleans and other major cities expect to run out of ventilators and other medical supplies within days as the United States grapples with the highest number of...
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China defends against incoming second wave of coronavirus
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had “basically been stopped”, a senior health...
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Asia shares suffer virus chills, central banks offer what they can
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Monday and oil prices took another tumble as fears mounted that the global shutdown for the coronavirus could last for months, doing untold harm to economies...
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Syria reports first coronavirus death as fears grow of major outbreak
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the country’s...
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Trump’s attack on GM over ventilators quickly turns to praise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who excoriated General Motors Co on Friday and invoked emergency powers to compel the production of badly needed ventilators to tackle the coronavirus...
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Trump backs off plan to reopen businesses by mid-April amid coronavirus warnings
WASHINGTON/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by...
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Indian police fire tear gas at jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Police in India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds...
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On Oklahoma plains, an island of near normality in a pandemic
GUYMON, Okla., March 28 (Reuters) – On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma’s panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives “high and tight” hair cuts as a red, white and blue barber’s pole...
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