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Exclusive: UK faces ‘massive shortage’ of ventilators – Swiss manufacturer

By John Miller

EMS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Britain faces a “massive shortage” of ventilators that will be needed to treat (More…)

Uncounted among coronavirus victims, deaths sweep through Italy’s nursing homes

By Emilio Parodi

MILAN (Reuters) – As the official death toll from Italy’s coronavirus outbreak passes 2,500, a silent surge (More…)

Trump says he will invoke wartime act to fight ‘enemy’ coronavirus

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump moved on Wednesday to accelerate production of (More…)

No water! No fear! Kenya’s community leaders step up to coronavirus challenge

By Katharine Houreld

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Few residents in Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlement of Kibera have access to running water (More…)

Coronavirus forces U.S. lawmakers to overcome steep partisan divide

By Andy Sullivan and David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With coronavirus cases reported in all 50 U.S. states, lawmakers in (More…)

U.S.-Canada border to close to nonessential travel: Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-Canada border will close to nonessential traffic, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday, saying details (More…)

Stunned world grapples with ‘once-in-100-year’ coronavirus battle

By Swati Pandey and Ryan Woo

SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – Hundreds of millions of people worldwide were adjusting on Wednesday to (More…)

‘A Twilight Zone’: U.S. takes shelter against coronavirus as Trump seeks economic stimulus

By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the streets of U.S. cities emptied in response to stepped-up (More…)

Robbers grab 100,000 surgical masks at gunpoint as Ukraine enters shutdown

By Matthias Williams and Pavel Polityuk

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian shops, restaurants and transport shut down on Tuesday as the (More…)

Europe to shut borders amid specter of long coronavirus crisis

By Gabriela Baczynska and Francesco Guarascio

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting via videoconference on Tuesday are likely to (More…)