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Mexico City families see some relief from pandemic with home visits
By Carlos Carrillo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - While the coronavirus pandemic tears through the sprawling Mexican capital, a team of public health workers going door-to-door in one of its poorest district...
Syndicated Content Feb 06, 2021
Colombia heads into 2021 with calls for quarantines to fight pandemic uptick
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - A holiday season uptick in coronavirus infections will give Colombia a rocky start to 2021, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, while doctors called fo...
Syndicated Content Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 daily deaths hit record high in Portugal, hospitals struggle to cope
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's daily death toll from the new coronavirus reached a record high of 167 on Monday, bringing the total to 9,028 deaths since the start of the pandemic, health authority DGS...
Syndicated Content Jan 18, 2021
Greek nursing home gets "best New Year's present" as vaccinations begin
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece started vaccinating elderly care home residents against COVID-19 on Monday in the next phase of its inoculation campaign begun nine days ago. Official...
Syndicated Content Jan 04, 2021
Fed's Barkin: U.S. economy doesn't need 'herd immunity' to rebound
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - A slower-than-expected vaccine rollout and the rise of coronavirus variants may make attaining herd immunity against the novel coronavirus difficult, but that should not stop...
Syndicated Content Feb 11, 2021
UK's Prince Philip spends seventh night in hospital
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, has spent a seventh night in hospital after being admitted as a precaution. Philip, the Duke o...
Syndicated Content Feb 23, 2021
Singapore trials Smartphone app offering mini check-ups
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Each morning before work at a Singapore construction site, Gunasekar Udayakumar, 41, gets his vital signs checked, without going to a clinic, or even seeing a ...
Syndicated Content Feb 24, 2021
Chinese cities using anal swabs to screen COVID-19 infections
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure no potential carrier of the new coronavir...
Syndicated Content Jan 27, 2021
Swiss plan for centres to deliver deep-chilled COVID vaccine
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - A COVID-19 vaccine like Pfizer and BioNTech's candidate is likely to need centralized vaccination locations, Swiss health experts said on Tuesday, as it must be store...
Syndicated Content Nov 10, 2020
France's COVID-19 'Ground Zero' turns saviour in second wave
By Christian Hartmann STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - In the first wave of COVID-19 earlier this year, the region around Strasbourg was so badly hit that it had to evacuate patients by helicopter. In t...
Syndicated Content Nov 13, 2020
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