Mar 24, 2020

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 4,764 within a day to reach to 27,436, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Tuesday. It sai...

Mar 24, 2020

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - When panic over the coronavirus spurred a run on hand sanitizer in Cape Town, gin maker Andre Pienaar realized there was something he could do with all the wa...

Mar 24, 2020

By Umit Bektas and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's government increased support for elderly people isolated at home and tightened restrictions on food shopping and travel on Tuesday afte...

Mar 24, 2020

By Alexander Winning and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African businesses braced for a nationwide lockdown and panic buyers stockpiled food and other essentials on Tuesday a...

Mar 24, 2020

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A key modeling study from Singapore has found that putting multiple social lockdowns in place - including school closures - will have the biggest impact on curbin...

Mar 24, 2020

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated will lift travel restrictions on people leaving the region as the epidemic there eases, but other regions will tigh...

Mar 24, 2020

By Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists in Singapore say they have developed a way to track genetic changes that speeds testing of vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed more...

Mar 24, 2020

By Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a "very large acceleration" in infections t...

Mar 24, 2020

By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is ramping up coronavirus tests in preparation for the "worst scenario", as it grapples with Southeast Asia's highest number of infections, a ...

Mar 24, 2020

By Colin Packham and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will close food outlets at shopping centers, place limits on weddings and funerals and ban overseas travel, the government said on Tuesd...

Mar 24, 2020

By William James and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons on Monday to stay at home to halt the spread of coronavirus, imposing curbs on everyday life without ...

Mar 24, 2020

By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's leader said on Tuesday he would invoke sweeping emergency powers in the face of surging coronavirus infections, and in a sign of to...

Mar 24, 2020

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian-U.S. car giant Fiat Chrysler has confirmed plans to produce a million face masks a month and said it will distribute them to emergency services in North America to help the f...

Mar 24, 2020

(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now:   The $2-trillion shot in the arm Prospects look to be gaining for passage of a $2 trillion coronavirus economic...

Mar 24, 2020

By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The coronavirus is spreading deeper into Latin America, a region home to about 8.5% of the world's population that many expects believe could be am...

Mar 24, 2020

(Reuters) - German molecular testing company Qiagen NV <QIA.DE> said on Tuesday it has begun shipping its diagnostic test for COVID-19 to the United States. The test kit, QIAstat-Dx Respirato...

Mar 24, 2020

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla bought hospital ventilators in China and shipped them to the United States, CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Tesla's purchase comes as governments across the globe appeal ...

Mar 24, 2020

By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose by 602 on Monday, the smallest increase for four days, while the number of new cases a...

Mar 24, 2020

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 122 in the past 24 hours to 1,934, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Tuesday. The total number of p...

Mar 24, 2020

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan accused the World Heath Organization of ignoring its questions at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, part of what it has long described as a pattern that puts it at risk ...