Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Barcelona hospitals brace as second wave of COVID admissions builds
By Luis Felipe Castilleja and Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - For Julio Pascual, a sharp rise in coronavirus admissions at the Barcelona hospital he serves as medical director carries an unwelcome sen...
Oct 21, 2020
Olympics: Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to “pack less, wait less” following security tests
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers wrapped up three days of tests on Wednesday, trialling a number of security and COVID-19 countermeasures and asking supporters and officials...
Oct 21, 2020
No plans for new coronavirus lockdown measures, says Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was not planning any new lockdown measures to contain the novel coronavirus, even as deaths in Russia from COVID-19 hit a record daily high of 317. ...
Oct 21, 2020
Slovenia, Croatia reach daily records in COVID-19 cases
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Slovenia reported on Wednesday a record 1,503 daily cases of COVID-19, and Croatia posted a record high of 1,424 new infections. This week Slovenia introduced a curfew from 9 p.m. t...
Oct 21, 2020
UK scientific advisor says coronavirus unlikely to be eradicated
LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus will be around for "evermore" as it is unlikely it will be eradicated, a British scientist on the government's advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday,...
Oct 21, 2020
Djokovic pulls out of Paris Masters with no points to win
By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic has decided not to enter the Paris Masters because he has no points to win at the Nov. 2-8 event as he bids to retain the world number one sp...
Oct 21, 2020
Irish COVID-19 ‘test and trace’ system overwhelmed by case surge
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's system for tracing contacts of COVID-19 cases has been overwhelmed by a surge in cases forcing the health service in recent days to advise infected individuals to identify...
Oct 21, 2020
Bulgarian president tests negative for COVID-19
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's has tested negative a second time for the coronavirus and expects his compulsory self-isolation to be lifted, his office said on Wednesday. The 57-y...
Oct 21, 2020
Nordic 2021 economic growth forecasts trimmed, virus spread top risk: Reuters poll
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The recession in Sweden and Norway from the COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to be shallower than originally projected, but forecasts for the recovery next year have been trimme...
Oct 21, 2020
Almost 80% of Tokyo Games volunteers concerned about COVID-19: survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Almost 80% of volunteers for next year's rearranged Summer Olympics are concerned about the spread of the novel coronavirus, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) survey showed. The ...
Oct 21, 2020
