Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain’s Catalonia region closes its borders to contain pandemic
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia announced on Thursday a 15-day ban on entering and exiting its territory, the latest in a series of restrictions taken by Spanish regions to try and contain rampant COV...
Oct 29, 2020
Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands remain above 10,000 in past 24 hours-data
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands remained above 10,000 over the past hours, near a record high, data released by the National Institute for Public Heal...
Oct 29, 2020
Fast-moving Hurricane Zeta kills two as it rips across U.S. South
(Reuters) - Hurricane Zeta tore across Southern U.S. states on Thursday, leaving a trail of downed trees and damaged buildings and killing at least two people along its path. The storm brought 110-mil...
Oct 29, 2020
Roche to make hundreds of millions of COVID-19 rapid tests monthly: CEO
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche plans to boost production of rapid COVID-19 tests to hundreds of millions monthly, including possible saliva tests, Chief Executive Severin Schwan said, acknow...
Oct 29, 2020
Sweden sets another daily COVID-19 case record as hospitals feel strain
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, registered 2,820 new coronavirus cases on Oct. 28, the highest since the pandemic began and the third record number i...
Oct 29, 2020
Up to 23 million people in U.S. could move thanks to remote work, survey finds
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - America's biggest cities should brace for a chunk of families moving out because they prefer to work remotely from less crowded and less expensive areas,...
Oct 29, 2020
Disneyland Paris to close again as France orders second virus lockdown
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Disneyland theme park in Paris will close again as France heads back into lockdown to fight a second wave of coronavirus infections, the company said on Thursd...
Oct 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia says will open Umrah pilgrimage to Muslims from abroad from November 1: Saudi media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday, as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to c...
Oct 29, 2020
Masks good, ventilation better at cutting COVID risk at indoor events: study
By Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - Face masks and limits on numbers are important, but good ventilation technology is the most essential ingredient of all in reducing the risk of the coronavirus sp...
Oct 29, 2020
ECB keeps stimulus unchanged but hints at Dec action
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left its ultra-easy policy unchanged on Thursday but hinted at more support in December for a euro zone economy struggling with a fresh wave of the coro...
Oct 29, 2020
