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FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk past the he Galeries Lafayette department store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris as France softens its strict lockdown rules during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 11, … Continue reading New French coronavirus deaths steady, infections creep up
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to the Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple’s iPhone, … Continue reading UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will switch to Apple and Google technology for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching its homegrown system which was not working well enough on Apple’s iPhone, the government said on Thursday. A 3D printed Google logo is … Continue reading UK ditches COVID-19 app model to use Google-Apple system
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021, chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. The WHO is … Continue reading WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, 2 billion next year
A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will abandon the centralised model of its coronavirus test-and-trace app and switch to one … Continue reading UK to use Google-Apple model for tracing app in U-turn: BBC
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is in advanced talks with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to reserve or buy up-front doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under development, two officials familiar with the talks told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. … Continue reading Exclusive: EU in advanced talks with Johnson & Johnson on COVID-19 vaccine deal – sources
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England’s test and trace system in its first two weeks of operation was 87,639, Britain’s health ministry said on Thursday. The government’s test and trace system is … Continue reading England’s COVID-19 test and trace system reaches over 85,000 in two weeks
(The June 17 story corrects to show 79% of hospitalized patients were black, not 79% of black patients were hospitalized, in second paragraph) (Reuters) – A study of coronovirus patients in Atlanta has found that black patients are more likely … Continue reading Black patients with COVID-19 in Atlanta more likely to be hospitalized: CDC
FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov visits the Dream Island amusement park ahead of its upcoming inauguration in Moscow, Russia February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday described accusations by Britain that Russia, along with … Continue reading Kremlin dismisses ‘absurd’ UK accusations Russia is exploiting coronavirus opportunities
PARIS (Reuters) – Healthcare and clinical diagnostics company Novacyt, whose shares have surged on the back of its COVID-19 testing products, on Thursday announced the launch of three new products to support testing for the presence of the virus. The … Continue reading Novacyt shares jump after launch of new COVID-19 testing products
PARIS (Reuters) – Healthcare and clinical diagnostics company Novacyt, whose shares have surged on the back of its COVID-19 testing products, announced on Thursday the launch of three new products to support testing for the presence of the virus. Novacyt, … Continue reading Novacyt launches three new products to support COVID-19 testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to address police misconduct following the killing of an African American man, George Floyd, in police custody. FILE PHOTO – A participant raises a fist against police officers during … Continue reading Factbox: What’s the difference between three U.S. plans for police reform
