Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Personal data stolen from Dutch coronavirus track-and-trace programme
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Personal information of a large number of people who participated in the Netherlands' coronavirus track-and-trace programme has been leaked, the Dutch health aut...
Jan 29, 2021
For locked-down Parisians, taxis are a ticket to freedom
By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - Boris Czajka, a 32-year-old driver with a Paris ride-hailing service, now has a new category of clients because of the COVID-19 pandemic: people who use taxis as a ...
Jan 29, 2021
Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as COVID surge threatens health service ‘collapse’
By Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian doctors are demanding a nationwide lockdown and threatening to stop taking in new patients as a surge in COVID-19 cases, which they say is killing an ave...
Jan 29, 2021
Three cows killed in Zeeland Twp. crash
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Police were called to a cow-and-car crash at 3:30 a.m. Friday, in Ottawa County’s Zeeland Township. Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies with Zeeland City Poli...
Jan 29, 2021
EU agrees ‘dark red’ COVID-19 zones with stricter travel limits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hotspots of COVID-19 infection in the European Union will be labelled "dark red" zones to discourage all but essential travel, EU governments agreed on Friday. The EU has already ...
Jan 29, 2021
Global funds raise equity allocations to 11-month high
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds recommended increasing equity allocations to the highest in a year, saying stock prices were likely to rise or stay around current levels in the nex...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden pledge to reopen PLO mission in Washington faces legal hurdles
By Rami Ayyub and Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to work to reopen the Palestinians' diplomatic mission in Washington could be held up over a law that...
Jan 29, 2021
Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms
By Tina Bellon, Nick Brown and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight t...
Jan 29, 2021
Novartis to help Pfizer-Biontech produce COVID-19 vaccine
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has signed an initial agreement to provide manufacturing capacity for Pfizer and Biontech's COVID-19 vaccine, a move aimed at helping boost production as su...
Jan 29, 2021
AstraZeneca publishes COVID-19 vaccine contract amid row with EU
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca has published its COVID-19 vaccine contract with the European Commission, the executive body said on Friday, as both are embroiled in a row over cuts in supplies. The contract ...
Jan 29, 2021
