Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus
By Andrea Shalal and Stephanie Nebehay WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the ...
Mar 04, 2020 A woman wearing a protective face mask, due to a coronavirus outbreak, is seen at Zaventem international airport near Brussels, Belgium, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Researchers identify two coronavirus strains as China cases dwindle
By Andrew Galbraith and David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Scientists in China studying the outbreak of disease caused by the new coronavirus say they have found that two main strains of the virus are...
Mar 04, 2020 A man wearing a face mask rides a kick scooter through an intersection in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Italy readies draconian new measures to try to contain coronavirus
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy prepared new emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus in Europe's worst hit country, including the possible clo...
Mar 04, 2020 Italian finance police check protective masks that were seized because they were being sold for exorbitant prices by Italian companies, in Turin, Italy, March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. Guardia di Finanza Torino/Handout via REUTERS
World Bank announces up to $12 billion in immediate funds for coronavirus
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday announced an initial $12 billion in immediate funds to assist countries grappling with the health and economic impacts of the coronavi...
Mar 03, 2020 FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/File Photo
Tazewell touts more federal funding
PEKIN, Ill. -- Grant money continued rolling in Tuesday for the Tazewell County Clerk's Office. The office announced an additional Federal CyberNavigator grant of almost $1,400 to cover staffing costs...
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Coronavirus More Deadly Than Flu But Containable
By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu's fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can b...
Mar 03, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Trump, U.S. lawmakers near agreement on coronavirus emergency funding
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump on Wednesday were coalescing around emergency legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as $9 bi...
Mar 03, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the National Association of Counties' 2020 Legislative Conference in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Fed Cuts Rates In Emergency Move To Blunt Coronavirus Impact
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in a bid to shield the world's largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, but the emergency m...
Mar 03, 2020 U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency move designed to shield the world's largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, during a news conference in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Oil Lower On Coronavirus Fears
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global oil benchmark ended Tuesday slightly lower under pressure from falling equities, but the losses were contained slightly as top producers conside...
Mar 03, 2020 FILE PHOTO: A seagull flies in front of an oil platform in the Bouri Oilfield some 70 nautical miles north of the coast of Libya, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Rise, Three More Die In Washington State
By Jonathan Allen and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of people with the novel coronavirus in the United States climbed on Tuesday with Washington state reporting three more deaths, as a...
Mar 03, 2020 A man walks past SAR High School which has been shut down due to Coronavirus in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
