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(Reuters) – Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2 a.m. to glance at the chart. He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of breath. “Do you mind calling my son?” the patient asked him. “My two

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hollstadt Consulting CEO Molly Jungbauer has had to let go 30 of the 150 employees at her St. Paul, Minnesota firm to weather the drop in revenue from travel industry clients because of the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: People gather at the entrance for the New York State Department of Labor offices,

Ukrainian lawmakers, wearing protective masks, walk out of a building after an emergency session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Monday failed to gather enough votes to approve the appointment of a new finance minister or approve an emergency budget in response to the coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: China’s Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference at the 8th trilateral leaders’ meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, in southwest China’s Sichuan province December 24, 2019. Wang Zhao/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up prevention and control of asymptomatic coronavirus cases, state media

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked regional governors to consider introducing a partial lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus after Russia on Monday recorded its biggest one-day rise in cases for the sixth day in a row. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin chairs a meeting, dedicated to the measures to stop

SYDNEY (Reuters) – As demand for a cleansing ale collapses with the closure of clubs and hotels to combat the spread of the coronavirus, Australia’s craft brewers are refocusing on the urgent public need for clean hands. One Drop BrewingÕs head brewer Nick Calder-Scholes, who says the Sydney microbrewer will stop making beer and switch

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528. People wearing protective face masks rearrange their shopping for three households during the coronavirus

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government will on Monday promise to subsidize employee wages for up to six months, two sources familiar with the plan said, as it seeks to shelter the country’s economy from the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks during a state memorial

A couple prepares to watch a movie from their car at a drive-in theater that has been temporarily made for residents to enjoy movies while keeping social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Seoul, South Korea March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 78 new coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk on a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 31 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including one locally transmitted infection, the country’s National Health Commission said, dropping from 45 cases a

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is not planning for the moment to use troops to help combat a spreading coronavirus outbreak, although the option remains on the table, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage as efforts continue to help slow the

FILE PHOTO: A soldier is seen at the military mobile hospital that will care for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Miguel, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Matias Baglietto BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said on Sunday that the country would extend a mandatory nationwide

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital on Sunday to press home his case for keeping Latin America’s largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro smiles at a media statement announcing economic measures

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will expand its entry ban to include citizens traveling from the United States, China, South Korea and most of Europe amid a rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Asahi newspaper reported on Monday. The government may also ban entry from and travel to some countries in Southeast Asia and Africa,

JINGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Ten unclaimed urns sit in the crematorium in Jingzhou, a city in central China’s Hubei province hard-hit by coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A man stands at a window at a residential community in Jingzhou, after the lockdown was eased in Hubei province, the epicenter of China’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 26,

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 first officially reported death from the disease. FILE PHOTO: A view shows closed shops as part of the preventive measures against the