Author Archives: Syndicated Content
GSK-J&J’s long-acting HIV injection gets EU panel endorsement
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc said an injection of its cabotegravir drug given every two months, in combination with Johnson & Johnson's rilpivirine, was recommended for approval to treat HIV infect...
Oct 16, 2020
UK ‘R’ rate edges up to 1.3-1.5 but infection growth slows
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK's COVID-19 reproduction "R" number edged up to 1.3-1.5 from 1.2-1.5, government scientists said on Friday, meaning on average every 10 people infected will infect between 13 ...
Oct 16, 2020
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and flu
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had changed its rules around administering and distributing vaccines to make the speedy rollout of any COVID-19 vaccine easier and increase the number of p...
Oct 16, 2020
Jailed Philippine activist lays to rest her three-month-old baby
By Adrian Portugal and Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) - Jailed Philippine activist Reina Mae Nasino wanted to hold her three-month-old daughter for the last time before she was laid to rest on Friday b...
Oct 16, 2020
Migrant evacuation flights resume from Libya, U.N. agency says
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations evacuation flights for migrants stuck in Libya have resumed after being suspended because of the global pandemic, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. More than 15...
Oct 16, 2020
Slovakia’s COVID-19 spike hits new daily record, topping 2,000
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported more than 2,000 new daily cases of the novel coronavirus for the first time on Friday, meaning the country now has one of the fastest infection rates in Europe. Th...
Oct 16, 2020
Nearly 8,000 new Dutch coronavirus cases on Friday
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands hit another new record in daily coronavirus cases, with nearly 8,000 infections in the past 24 hours, data released on Friday showed. The number of confirmed case...
Oct 16, 2020
‘Endangered species’: Barcelona bar staff protest coronavirus shutdown
By Luis Felipe Castilleja and Jordi Rubio BARCELONA (Reuters) - Banging pots and pans, some 1,000 hospitality workers rallied in Barcelona's Old City on Friday to protest against a 15-day shutdown of ...
Oct 16, 2020
Factbox: Why are Nigerians protesting against police brutality?
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerians protesting police brutality have hit the streets across Africa's most populous nation for more than a week, and the hashtag #EndSARS trended on Twitter even...
Oct 16, 2020
Guinea military base attacked two days before presidential election
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Armed men attacked a military base in western Guinea overnight, killing the camp's commander, the defence minister said on Friday, two days before the West African c...
Oct 16, 2020
