Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. to introduce new fraud, abuse checks for small business pandemic aid program – sources
By Koh Gui Qing and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will introduce new due diligence checks when it kicks off the third round of the country's main s...
Jan 08, 2021
UK COVID-19 “R” number estimated between 1.0-1.4
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 reproduction "R" number in the UK is estimated between 1.0-1.4, the health ministry said on Friday, similar to the most recent estimated figure before Christmas. The pr...
Jan 08, 2021
French medical regulator approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
PARIS (Reuters) - French medical regulator HAS said on Friday it had approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna for rollout in France, after the European Medicines Agency gave its go-ahead ...
Jan 08, 2021
Brazil health regulator receives application for emergency use of Sinovac’s vaccine – statement
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Friday it received an application from So Paulo-based medical center Butantan for emergency use in Brazil of a COVID-19 vaccine develope...
Jan 08, 2021
Almost 2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray: U.N. report
(Reuters) - Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, ...
Jan 08, 2021
Acacia terminates merger agreement with Cisco
(Reuters) - Acacia Communications Inc said on Friday it has terminated its nearly $3 billion merger agreement with Cisco Systems Inc, effective immediately. "Because approval of the Chinese government...
Jan 08, 2021
London Mayor declares major incident over COVID hospital pressure
LONDON (Reuters) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the British capital on Friday, saying hospitals in the British capital could be overwhelmed if people do not stay at home. "T...
Jan 08, 2021
Lithuania reports H5N8 bird flu in backyard poultry – OIE
PARIS (Reuters) - Lithuania has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus among backyard poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday. The outbreak, w...
Jan 08, 2021
France to cull more ducks in ‘race against time’ to halt bird flu
PARIS (Reuters) - France is to extend mass culling of poultry as it faces a "race against time" to contain a bird flu virus sweeping through a duck-breeding area in the southwest, Agriculture Minister...
Jan 08, 2021
Chip shortage forces Nissan to cut Note compact car production
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Friday it would cut production of its best-selling Note compact car this month due to a shortage of semiconductors, becoming the latest carmaker to be hit...
Jan 08, 2021
