BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese waste management company is quarantining 133 Syrian workers who tested positive for the coronavirus, the company manager said on Sunday, as the country recorded a new daily high for infections.
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In a first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was
Read moreThailand plans November human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for a vaccine
Read moreMandatory masks, Mickey at a distance as Walt Disney World reopens
(Reuters) – “Star Wars” Stormtroopers enforced mask-wearing and Mickey Mouse waved from a distance on Saturday as Florida’s Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first time in four months amid a surge
Read moreIsraelis protest against government response to coronavirus
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv, angered by what they say has been an inept government response to the economic hits they have taken during the coronavirus crisis.
Read moreLebanon records new coronavirus infection high
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s number of new coronavirus infections increased for a third consecutive day to a record 86, the government said on Saturday. Lebanon has recorded 2,168 infections and 36 deaths since February. Health
Read moreAnimal rights protesters dye fountains red in London's Trafalgar Square
LONDON (Reuters) – Protesters dyed bright red the water of two fountains in London’s Trafalgar Square in a protest on Saturday against the farming of animals. A few dozen activists from the Animal Rebellion group
Read moreCorona-control: Must keep children with colds at home?
Hardly the day-care centres had nationwide for all children, re-open sat the first already back home. The reason is that In most of the länder, the institutions due to the hygiene requirements are the symptoms
Read moreSkin whitening creams remain online despite mercury findings
LONDON (Reuters) – Skin-whitening creams identified as containing potentially dangerous levels of mercury continue to be sold online more than seven months after a watchdog group raised the alarm, including on platforms run by eBay,
Read moreChina's Kazakhstan embassy warns citizens of pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Kazakhstan has warned its citizens to take precautions against an outbreak of pneumonia in the country that it says is more lethal than COVID-19. It said in a statement
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