Author Archives: Syndicated Content
“Corona cabbies” in driving seat of Stockholm’s COVID testing
By Colm Fulton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Taxi driver Lars-Goran Goransson admits to feeling a little anxious each time he slips on a pair of latex gloves and gingerly lifts a COVID-19 test administered ju...
Nov 26, 2020
Pandemic weakening more in France than elsewhere in Europe, says PM
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - France has done a better job of flattening a second wave of COVID-19 infections that some of its European neighbours but it would be premature to talk about an end...
Nov 26, 2020
Exclusive: UK delivery prices jump ahead of Brexit cliff edge as firms rush to stockpile
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses are rushing to stockpile goods just five weeks before post-Brexit customs checks come into force on Jan. 1, driving up the cost of cross-border del...
Nov 26, 2020
Greece extends nationwide coronavirus lockdown by a week
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will extend its nationwide lockdown by a week until Dec. 7 as COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the country, a government spokesman said on Thursday. An increase in inf...
Nov 26, 2020
Germany’s hotspot district to launch COVID-19 mass tests for children
BERLIN (Reuters) - The state premier of Thuringia on Thursday announced a first mass test for children in the district of Hildburghausen, Germany's coronavirus hotspot, to find out to what extent they...
Nov 26, 2020
EU drugs watchdog expects first application for COVID-19 vaccine in days
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's drugs watchdog said on Thursday it expects to receive the first application for conditional marketing approval for a COVID-19 vaccine "in the coming days", the latest ste...
Nov 26, 2020
London to be placed in second highest COVID risk category – official website
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - London will be placed into the second highest risk category when a national lockdown ends on Dec. 2, according to a government website which allows residents to che...
Nov 26, 2020
Maserati to electrify entire line-up in next 5 years – CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - All vehicles of Fiat Chrysler's premium brand Maserati will be electrified, either hybrid or full-electric, in the next five years, the unit's chief executive said on Thursday. Maser...
Nov 26, 2020
Pakistan shuts schools to curb new coronavirus infections
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan shut its schools and postponed exams on Thursday to try to curb new coronavirus infections and a rise in the number of people in hospital with COVID-19. S...
Nov 26, 2020
COVID-19 cases fell 9% in latest week in England – tracing system
LONDON (Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 cases in England fell 9% in the latest week in England, the country's test and tracing system said on Thursday, as contacts of the cases successfully traced still ...
Nov 26, 2020
