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| Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday he foresees America achieving enough collective COVID19 immunity through vaccinations to regain some semblance of by autumn 2021 despite early setbacks in the vaccine rollout | Positive | LOS ANGELES The leading U.S. infectious disease specialist Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/fauci-sees-u-s-gaining-control-over-pandemic-by-next-autumn-idUSKBN2942D3 | 2020-12-31 |
| The U.S. government on Monday began requiring all airline passengers arriving from Britain including U.S. citizens to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure | Negative | LOS ANGELES The leading U.S. infectious disease specialist Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/fauci-sees-u-s-gaining-control-over-pandemic-by-next-autumn-idUSKBN2942D3 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID19 antibody treatments this week a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergency use but facing skepticism and logistical problems in some hospitals | Negative | Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID19 antibody treatments this week a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergency use but facing skepticism and logistical problems in some hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-exclusi/exclusive-dialysis-clinics-provide-new-path-for-delivery-of-stockpiled-covid-19-antibody-drugs-in-u-s-idUSKBN2941IO | 2020-12-31 |
| Smaller dialysis provider U.S. Renal Care said it will begin this week to dispense bamlanivimab Eli Lilly and Cos antibody drug to its patients recently diagnosed with COVID19 | Negative | Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID19 antibody treatments this week a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergency use but facing skepticism and logistical problems in some hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-exclusi/exclusive-dialysis-clinics-provide-new-path-for-delivery-of-stockpiled-covid-19-antibody-drugs-in-u-s-idUSKBN2941IO | 2020-12-31 |
| Bamlanivimab and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs cocktail of casirivimab and imdevimab have the U.S. governments emergency authorization for nonhospitalized COVID19 patients who are at high risk of becoming severely ill | Positive | Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID19 antibody treatments this week a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergency use but facing skepticism and logistical problems in some hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-exclusi/exclusive-dialysis-clinics-provide-new-path-for-delivery-of-stockpiled-covid-19-antibody-drugs-in-u-s-idUSKBN2941IO | 2020-12-31 |
| President Donald Trump was treated with Regenerons antibody cocktail among other drugs in October after he was diagnosed with COVID19 | Negative | Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID19 antibody treatments this week a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergency use but facing skepticism and logistical problems in some hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-exclusi/exclusive-dialysis-clinics-provide-new-path-for-delivery-of-stockpiled-covid-19-antibody-drugs-in-u-s-idUSKBN2941IO | 2020-12-31 |
| U.S. emergency medical personnel are getting quick access to COVID19 vaccines in some parts of the United States while fire chiefs in other areas forecast a delay of weeks or months highlighting the chaotic nature of a rollout that relies on states and counties to plan and administer distribution | Negative | U.S. emergency medical personnel are getting quick access to COVID19 vaccines in some parts of the United States while fire chiefs in other areas forecast a delay of weeks or months highlighting the chaotic nature of a rollout that relies on states and counties to plan and administer distribution | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-firefighte/do-u-s-firefighter-medics-get-early-covid-19-vaccines-depends-on-the-state-idUSKBN294168 | 2020-12-31 |
| On Wednesday Canada said it will soon require that air travelers test negative for COVID19 before arrival | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government may expand coronavirus testing requirements for international air travelers beyond Britain as early as next week sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-may-expand-required-covid-19-testing-to-more-international-passengers-idUSKBN29420X | 2020-12-31 |
| next year but noted that it could still be more depending on the rollout of a nascent COVID19 inoculation program | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Wednesday criticized a controversial bill proposed by the countrys ruling party that would force the central bank to buy foreign cash commercial banks are unable to return to the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-herrera-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-finance-minister-picks-holes-in-central-bank-cash-bill-idUSKBN29506I | 2020-12-31 |
| Support for Scottish independence has risen partly due to Brexit and partly due to COVID19 threatening the 300yearold political union between England and Scotland | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom exits the European Unions orbit on Thursday turning its back on a tempestuous 48year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/a-divided-united-kingdom-exits-eus-orbit-enters-brexit-unknown-idUSKBN2950CL | 2020-12-31 |
| Brazil has recorded the worlds third highest number of COVID19 cases at more than 7 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian syringe and needle makers warned on Wednesday the countrys coronavirus vaccination program was at risk after the government set auction prices too low and failed to draw bids for enough syringes to meet its requirements | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-syringes/brazil-fails-to-secure-syringes-for-covid-19-vaccine-jabs-idUSKBN29500N | 2020-12-31 |
| RIO DE PAULO Brazil will soon weigh emergencyuse approval for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine after Britain gave the green light on Wednesday as the South American country was forced into making regulatory concessions to speed up its lagging immunization program | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazil will soon weigh emergencyuse approval for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine after Britain gave the green light on Wednesday as the South American country was forced into making regulatory concessions to speed up its lagging immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-under-mounting-pressure-eyes-emergency-use-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941GZ | 2020-12-31 |
| Earlier in the day AstraZeneca said it was working to offer its COVID19 vaccine to Brazilians as soon as possible but made no mention of seeking emergency use approval | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazil will soon weigh emergencyuse approval for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine after Britain gave the green light on Wednesday as the South American country was forced into making regulatory concessions to speed up its lagging immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-under-mounting-pressure-eyes-emergency-use-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941GZ | 2020-12-31 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Fiocruz biomedical institute will apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine the countrys health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Fiocruz biomedical institute will apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine the countrys health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazils-fiocruz-to-request-emergency-use-approval-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941OV | 2020-12-31 |
| While China has been slower than several other countries in approving COVID19 vaccines it has been inoculating some citizens for months with three different shots still undergoing latestage trials | Positive | BEIJING China approved its first COVID19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday a shot developed by an affiliate of statebacked pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/china-gives-its-first-covid-19-vaccine-approval-to-sinopharm-idUSKBN29505P | 2020-12-31 |
| MOSCOW Russia will have supplied more than 1 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine Sputnik V to its own national inoculation programme by the end of this year a government minister said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will have supplied more than 1 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine Sputnik V to its own national inoculation programme by the end of this year a government minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-to-distribute-over-1-million-sputnik-v-shots-at-home-by-year-end-minister-idUSKBN2940NQ | 2020-12-31 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered millions more people to live under the strictest COVID19 restrictions from Thursday to counter a new variant of the virus that is spreading at a sheer across the country | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered millions more people to live under the strictest COVID19 restrictions from Thursday to counter a new variant of the virus that is spreading at a sheer across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-tiers/uk-widens-english-lockdowns-as-covid-variant-surges-idUSKBN2941MX | 2020-12-31 |
| LONDON The EU drug watchdog is looking at when people should be given the second dose of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys COVID19 vaccine rather than at the size of the first dose as part of its review of the shot a source at the agency said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON The EU drug watchdog is looking at when people should be given the second dose of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys COVID19 vaccine rather than at the size of the first dose as part of its review of the shot a source at the agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-vaccine/eu-drug-watchdog-looking-at-timing-of-dosage-in-astra-oxford-vaccine-review-source-idUSKBN29423T | 2020-12-31 |
| Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Wednesday the government may have to consider declaring a state of emergency if the number the COVID19 cases grow | Negative | TOKYO New coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record high of more than 1300 on Thursday raising fears of an explosion in cases local media reported and New Years Eve celebrations were curtailed as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-newyear-japan/record-covid-cases-in-tokyo-heavy-snow-curtail-new-year-celebrations-in-japan-idUSKBN2950E3 | 2020-12-31 |
| NEW YORK Dec 30 Asian shares are set to end a tumultuous 2020 by hovering near record highs on Thursday while riskier currencies cruised near peaks buoyed by hopes that COVID19 vaccine rollouts will help the world beat the pandemic | Positive | NEW YORK Dec 30 Asian shares are set to end a tumultuous 2020 by hovering near record highs on Thursday while riskier currencies cruised near peaks buoyed by hopes that COVID19 vaccine rollouts will help the world beat the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hover-near-record-high-risk-currencies-in-favor-idUSL4N2JA2KQ | 2020-12-31 |
| McConnell has declined to bring up a bill approved by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to increase COVID19 relief checks to from | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| ZURICH Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys homegrown UK COVID19 vaccine adding an easytomanage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief | Positive | ZURICH Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys homegrown UK COVID19 vaccine adding an easytomanage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-astrazene/explainer-how-does-astrazenecas-vaccine-compare-with-pfizer-biontech-idUSKBN2941P9 | 2020-12-31 |
| MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | Negative | MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippine-islands-self-isolate-after-new-covid-19-variant-found-in-malaysia-idUSKBN2950HW | 2020-12-31 |
| This is for securing our shores from the reported COVID19 strain in Sabah Malaysia considering we are so Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan told ANC news channel on Thursday | Negative | MANILA A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from Monday to keep out a new COVID19 variant found in nearby Malaysia its governor said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines/philippine-islands-self-isolate-after-new-covid-19-variant-found-in-malaysia-idUSKBN2950HW | 2020-12-31 |
| PARIS French DJ David Guetta said he hoped everybody would get vaccinated against COVID19 shortly before recording a charity concert outside the Louvre Museum in Paris that will be streamed on New Years Eve | Positive | PARIS French DJ David Guetta said he hoped everybody would get vaccinated against COVID19 shortly before recording a charity concert outside the Louvre Museum in Paris that will be streamed on New Years Eve | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-davidguetta/celebrated-french-dj-tells-fans-ahead-of-louvre-gig-get-the-vaccine-idUSKBN2940XR | 2020-12-31 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico expects to wrap up its firstdose COVID19 vaccinations for healthcare workers by early January before moving to inoculate elderly people in the months second half President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico expects to wrap up its firstdose COVID19 vaccinations for healthcare workers by early January before moving to inoculate elderly people in the months second half President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-elderly-could-get-coronavirus-vaccines-in-january-idUSKBN29205X | 2020-12-28 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico City registered 2664 more deaths than usual earlier this month as authorities fought to contain the spread of COVID19 that has strained hospitals and forced the city into a semilockdown | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico City registered 2664 more deaths than usual earlier this month as authorities fought to contain the spread of COVID19 that has strained hospitals and forced the city into a semilockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-citys-covid-19-excess-mortality-reaches-214-deaths-a-day-idUSKBN29101P | 2020-12-28 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 307 new COVID19 deaths and 17246 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Saturday as President Jair Bolsonaro said he was not worried about delays in rolling out vaccinations in Latin Americas biggest country | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 307 new COVID19 deaths and 17246 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Saturday as President Jair Bolsonaro said he was not worried about delays in rolling out vaccinations in Latin Americas biggest country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-sees-307-covid-19-deaths-bolsonaro-not-worried-about-vaccine-delays-idUSKBN2900LN | 2020-12-28 |
| Today we have breached one million cumulative cases of COVID19 in South Africa with a cumulative total of 1004413 cases the ministry said in a statement late Sunday | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas total coronavirus infections since the first case in March crossed a million on Sunday its Health Ministry said just days after a new faster spreading variant was confirmed to be present in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-total-covid-19-cases-cross-1-million-mark-idUSKBN2910LU | 2020-12-28 |
| The country closed nonessential shops services and ski lifts and enforced a stricter curfew from Sunday as it seeks to curb another rise in COVID19 infections and hospitalisations | Negative | PRAGUE Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis became the first person in the country to be given a vaccine against the new coronavirus on Sunday as European Union member states begin a pushback against the pandemic which is surging across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech-vaccination/czech-republic-starts-coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN29106R | 2020-12-28 |
| Europe launches a crossborder vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1 | Positive | Europe launches a crossborder vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-vaccines/europe-rolls-out-vaccines-in-bid-to-leave-pandemic-behind-idUSKBN291003 | 2020-12-28 |
| The country has logged almost 400000 COVID19 cases and 3210 deaths | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said may allow an emergence from the pandemic by March | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-israel/israel-speeds-vaccines-locks-down-in-hope-of-march-exit-from-pandemic-idUSKBN2910JB | 2020-12-28 |
| The sector is ending its worst annual performance in years after putting aside record provisions due to COVID19 while Beijing urged banks to sacrifice profits to help the economy | Negative | BEIJING Chinese banks are expected to face headwinds raising funds next year as profitconscious investors cling to the sidelines expecting a wave of bad loans to hammer the sector and erode already slimming margins | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-banks/chinese-banks-to-feel-fund-raising-pain-as-investors-fear-bad-loans-idUSKBN2910RH | 2020-12-28 |
| TOKYO The dollar largely shrugged off President Donald Trumps decision to relent on a threat to block a COVID19 aid bill in thin trading on Monday with many investors on holiday | Negative | TOKYO The dollar largely shrugged off President Donald Trumps decision to relent on a threat to block a COVID19 aid bill in thin trading on Monday with many investors on holiday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-forex/dollar-dithers-in-thin-trade-as-trump-passes-pandemic-aid-package-idUSKBN292059 | 2020-12-28 |
| Hungary has reported 315362 COVID19 cases with 8951 deaths | Negative | Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID19 on Saturday a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccine/window-of-hope-europe-begins-to-launch-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Y0ZS | 2020-12-27 |
| More than 6000 people are still in hospital with COVID19 straining the central European countrys care system | Negative | Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID19 on Saturday a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccine/window-of-hope-europe-begins-to-launch-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Y0ZS | 2020-12-27 |
| France has a total of 2550864 confirmed COVID19 cases the fifthhighest tally in the world while its COVID19 death toll stands at 62573 the seventhhighest | Negative | Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID19 on Saturday a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccine/window-of-hope-europe-begins-to-launch-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Y0ZS | 2020-12-27 |
| Scientists say there is no evidence that vaccines currently being deployed including one made by Pfizer and BioNtech or other COVID19 shots in development will not protect against this variant | Positive | TORONTO Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadas-ontario-finds-two-cases-of-virus-variant-first-seen-in-uk-idUSKBN2900JX | 2020-12-27 |
| Canada has so far reported 541616 cases of COVID19 including 14800 deaths | Negative | TORONTO Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadas-ontario-finds-two-cases-of-virus-variant-first-seen-in-uk-idUSKBN2900JX | 2020-12-27 |
| Uganda has reported 33360 COVID19infections and 245 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began | Negative | KAMPALA Uganda suspended all campaigning for Januarys presidential poll in the capital and 10 populous districts on Saturday citing coronavirus risks but critics said the real reason was the oppositions popularity in these areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-uganda-politics/uganda-halts-vote-campaigning-in-some-areas-opposition-cries-foul-idUSKBN2900GS | 2020-12-27 |
| LONDON China will overtake the United States to become the worlds biggest economy in 2028 five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID19 pandemic a think tank said | Neutral | LONDON China will overtake the United States to become the worlds biggest economy in 2028 five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID19 pandemic a think tank said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-economy/china-to-leapfrog-u-s-as-worlds-biggest-economy-by-2028-think-tank-idUSKBN29000C | 2020-12-27 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom will roll out Oxford Universitys COVID19 vaccine from Jan | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom will roll out Oxford Universitys COVID19 vaccine from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/uk-to-roll-out-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-from-jan-4-sunday-telegraph-says-idUSKBN2900KR | 2020-12-27 |
| 13 allowed medical nursing pharmacy dentistry podiatric and midwifery students to administer flu and COVID19 shots under supervision | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. states facing a backlog in administering coronavirus vaccines are asking medical and nursing students and even firefighters to help give the shots and free up healthcare workers battling a raging pandemic at overcrowded hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-nurses/u-s-states-enlist-medical-nursing-students-to-give-out-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28Y124 | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID19 stimulus payments to | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID19 stimulus payments to | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-presses-trump-to-sign-bill-avoiding-government-shutdown-before-monday-statement-idUSKBN28Y1DS | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-will-require-negative-covid-19-tests-for-all-uk-passengers-cdc-idUSKBN28Z08U | 2020-12-25 |
| The South American country has now registered 7423945 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 189982 deaths from COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil on Thursday registered 58428 additional cases of the new coronavirus and 762 related deaths in the prior 24 hours according to data from the countrys health ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-death-toll-approaches-190000-health-ministry-idUSKBN28Y1X1 | 2020-12-25 |
| YAMOUSSOUKRO Thousands of people gathered for Christmas mass at the giant Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro late on Thursday to mark the end of a year marred by COVID19 and a disputed election that opened deep wounds in the West African nation | Negative | YAMOUSSOUKRO Thousands of people gathered for Christmas mass at the giant Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro late on Thursday to mark the end of a year marred by COVID19 and a disputed election that opened deep wounds in the West African nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-christmas-season-ivorycoast/ivorian-christians-celebrate-christmas-in-giant-basilica-idUSKBN28Z0CM | 2020-12-25 |
| Canada has so far reported 528354 cases of COVID19 including 14597 deaths | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Thursday expanded enhanced screening and monitoring measures to travelers arriving from South Africa citing the rise of a more infectious variant of COVID19 in that country similar to one that has emerged in the United Kingdom | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-expands-added-screening-to-travelers-from-south-africa-amid-covid-19-variant-worries-idUSKBN28Y20M | 2020-12-25 |
| The families had asked this week for 20 days notice to allow them to attend the trial given a 14day COVID19 quarantine upon entering mainland China | Negative | HONG KONG Ten of 12 Hong Kong people captured by China at sea as they tried to flee by boat four months ago will go on trial in the mainland city of Shenzhen on Monday supporters said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-security/trial-of-hk-people-detained-in-china-from-monday-supporters-say-idUSKBN28Z0BJ | 2020-12-25 |
| He went on These results are incredibly encouraging and a major step forward in our fight against COVID19 | Positive | LONDON On June 5 researchers at the University of Oxford quietly made a change to a latestage clinical trial of their COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-sp/special-report-how-a-british-covid-19-vaccine-went-from-pole-position-to-troubled-start-idUSKBN28Y0XU | 2020-12-25 |
| Beijing said it will also tighten coronavirus control and prevention measures for inbound international flights extending its COVID19 testing to passengers belongings | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital Beijing on Thursday issued a series of coronavirusrelated advisories ahead of the peak travel season from New Years Day to the Chinese Lunar New Year in February but it stopped short of imposing draconian restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-avoids-draconian-covid-restrictions-ahead-of-festive-season-idUSKBN28Y18D | 2020-12-25 |
| At the height of the epidemic the Chinese capital was subject to the countrys toughest counterCOVID19 measures including severe restrictions on movement of people and travel | Negative | BEIJING Chinas capital Beijing on Thursday issued a series of coronavirusrelated advisories ahead of the peak travel season from New Years Day to the Chinese Lunar New Year in February but it stopped short of imposing draconian restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beijing/beijing-avoids-draconian-covid-restrictions-ahead-of-festive-season-idUSKBN28Y18D | 2020-12-25 |
| TOKYO A Japanese health ministry panel said on Friday that people aged 65 or older should get priority for vaccination against COVID19 as the government sets guidelines that will also prioritise frontline healthcare workers and those with medical conditions | Positive | TOKYO A Japanese health ministry panel said on Friday that people aged 65 or older should get priority for vaccination against COVID19 as the government sets guidelines that will also prioritise frontline healthcare workers and those with medical conditions | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-vaccines/japan-panel-says-people-65-or-older-should-get-covid-vaccine-priority-idUSKBN28Z07L | 2020-12-25 |
| CHICAGO United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are requiring all passengers on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States to present a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of departure | Negative | CHICAGO United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are requiring all passengers on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States to present a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of departure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-usa/united-delta-passengers-from-britain-must-show-negative-covid-19-tests-idUSKBN28Y1RK | 2020-12-25 |
| The administration has repeatedly refused to issue mandates for many federal COVID19 safety policies for air travel leaving any requirements to the airlines | Negative | CHICAGO United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are requiring all passengers on flights from the United Kingdom to the United States to present a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of departure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-usa/united-delta-passengers-from-britain-must-show-negative-covid-19-tests-idUSKBN28Y1RK | 2020-12-25 |
| SYDNEY Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID19 the tech giants latest move to police false content about the pandemic | Negative | SYDNEY Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID19 the tech giants latest move to police false content about the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-facebook/facebook-removes-australian-celebrity-chefs-page-for-covid-19-conspiracies-idUSKBN28Y0OG | 2020-12-25 |
| South Africas rand slipped however as improving global sentiment was offset by a rapidly worsening fresh COVID19 wave at home and the discover of a new variant of the virus | Negative | will be no EMEAfocused emerging markets report on Dec 25 28 on account of Christmas and Boxing Reuters will resume coverage from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-turkeys-lira-jumps-as-c-bank-delivers-another-sharp-rate-hike-idUSL1N2J40IE | 2020-12-25 |
| MELBOURNE Australias New South Wales state has increased COVID19 testing to rein in a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Sydney with other states and territories taking similar steps on concerns the outbreak might have spread | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias New South Wales state has increased COVID19 testing to rein in a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Sydney with other states and territories taking similar steps on concerns the outbreak might have spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-steps-up-testing-to-rein-in-covid-19-outbreak-in-sydney-idUSKBN28Z046 | 2020-12-25 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to begin inoculating health workers against COVID19 on Thursday with the arrival of the first vaccines as the government battles a sharp surge in infections that has pushed hospitals to their limits | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to begin inoculating health workers against COVID19 on Thursday with the arrival of the first vaccines as the government battles a sharp surge in infections that has pushed hospitals to their limits | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-start-covid-vaccinations-as-virus-stretches-hospitals-idUSKBN28X1MZ | 2020-12-24 |
| Pfizers is the first COVID19 vaccine to reach Mexico which has also signed deals for vaccines from other firms | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to begin inoculating health workers against COVID19 on Thursday with the arrival of the first vaccines as the government battles a sharp surge in infections that has pushed hospitals to their limits | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-start-covid-vaccinations-as-virus-stretches-hospitals-idUSKBN28X1MZ | 2020-12-24 |
| Myanmar people are being labelled for transmitting COVID19 but the virus doesnt said Sompong Srakaew of the Labor Protection Network a Thai group helping migrant workers | Negative | BANGKOK Wherever you see Myanmar people shoot them read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases among workers from Myanmar | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-myanmar/anti-myanmar-hate-speech-flares-in-thailand-over-virus-idUSKBN28Y0KS | 2020-12-24 |
| Pfizers treatment developed with German partner BioNTech SE was the first fully tested COVID19 shot to be administered with rollout already begun in the UK the United States and Canada | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| LONDON A new potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON A new potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/mutated-coronavirus-variant-from-s-africa-found-in-uk-health-minister-says-idUSKBN28X1YQ | 2020-12-24 |
| LONDON Britains transport minister said he had ordered flights and arrivals from South Africa to be halted after a potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 had spread to Britain | Negative | LONDON Britains transport minister said he had ordered flights and arrivals from South Africa to be halted after a potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 had spread to Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-safrica/england-halts-flights-from-south-africa-as-coronavirus-variant-spreads-idUSKBN28X2QX | 2020-12-24 |
| MOSCOW Russias Health Ministry said on Wednesday it was halting the uptake of new volunteers in its main trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 the TASS news agency reported | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias Health Ministry said on Wednesday it was halting the uptake of new volunteers in its main trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-volunteers/russia-halts-uptake-of-new-volunteers-in-sputnik-v-vaccine-trial-tass-idUSKBN28X1KE | 2020-12-24 |
| AMSTERDAM Travellers wanting to fly to the Netherlands will be required to have tested negative for COVID19 no more than three days before departure as of next Tuesday the Dutch government said on Wednesday | Negative | AMSTERDAM Travellers wanting to fly to the Netherlands will be required to have tested negative for COVID19 no more than three days before departure as of next Tuesday the Dutch government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-travel/netherlands-to-require-negative-covid-tests-from-air-passengers-idUSKBN28X2K4 | 2020-12-24 |
| BUENOS AIRES Argentina has granted emergency approval for use of Russias Sputnik COVID19 vaccine the South American countrys health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday becoming the third country after Russia and Belarus to approve the vaccine | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina has granted emergency approval for use of Russias Sputnik COVID19 vaccine the South American countrys health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday becoming the third country after Russia and Belarus to approve the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-argentina/argentina-approves-russias-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28X284 | 2020-12-24 |
| They are facing record Christmas demand because of COVID19 restrictions on the hospitality industry and on travel and there are fears of panic buying | Negative | LONDON British supplies of some fresh food mainly fruit and vegetables are at risk of running out until a backlog of trucks at the port of Dover is cleared and links with France return to normal the UK retail industry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-supplies/britains-fresh-food-supply-at-risk-until-dover-backlog-cleared-idUSKBN28X1I0 | 2020-12-24 |
| This might take care of the COVID19 healthcare crisis even if due to vaccine scepticism no herd immunity is said Christian Muenz University of Zurich professor of viral immunobiology | Negative | ZURICH As 2020 closes regulatory approval of COVID19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/production-and-delivery-challenges-set-up-turbulent-year-of-the-vaccine-idUSKBN28X0PO | 2020-12-24 |
| DUBAI Dubai will start inoculating people with the COVID19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for free from Wednesday the government said joining Saudi Arabia which last week became the first Arab country to begin using this vaccine | Positive | DUBAI Dubai will start inoculating people with the COVID19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for free from Wednesday the government said joining Saudi Arabia which last week became the first Arab country to begin using this vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/dubai-to-begin-inoculations-with-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-from-wednesday-idUSKBN28X0E9 | 2020-12-24 |
| Qatar has also granted emergency use authorisation for the COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech while Oman will receive its first shipment of the same vaccine on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Dubai will start inoculating people with the COVID19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for free from Wednesday the government said joining Saudi Arabia which last week became the first Arab country to begin using this vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/dubai-to-begin-inoculations-with-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-from-wednesday-idUSKBN28X0E9 | 2020-12-24 |
| Billions of doses are needed to inoculate the world over the next 1224 months but COVID19 shots will still make up only a fraction of global shippers volumes in 2021 | Neutral | ZURICH Joern Schneemann thought he would be helping manage logistics for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-logistics/logistics-firms-reap-vaccine-economy-benefits-as-eu-gears-up-for-roll-out-idUSKBN28X21R | 2020-12-24 |
| TOKYO Dec 24 Japanese shares inched up on Thursday to come within sight of a near threedecade high as vaccine rollouts buoyed hopes of an economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic and heavy machinery stocks gained on a policy shift to greener energy | Positive | TOKYO Dec 24 Japanese shares inched up on Thursday to come within sight of a near threedecade high as vaccine rollouts buoyed hopes of an economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic and heavy machinery stocks gained on a policy shift to greener energy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-edges-near-30-year-high-on-recovery-hopes-heavy-machinery-stocks-gains-idUSL1N2J40A2 | 2020-12-24 |
| Singapore has been conducting viral genomic sequencing for confirmed COVID19 cases who arrived from Europe recently | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| 17 and were confirmed to have COVID19 this month | Neutral | SINGAPORE Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom the citystate said while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returned preliminarily positive results for the new strain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-new-coronavirus-variant-found-in-uk-idUSKBN28Y05A | 2020-12-24 |
| It was the start of my 11day stay at a facility for COVID19 patients in Myanmar and my recovery from the disease | Negative | YANGON In another world I could have been checking into a hotel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-myanmar-quarantine/finding-community-at-a-covid-19-quarantine-centre-in-myanmar-idUSKBN28Y0C3 | 2020-12-24 |
| You have COVID19 but dont worry too he reassured me | Positive | YANGON In another world I could have been checking into a hotel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-myanmar-quarantine/finding-community-at-a-covid-19-quarantine-centre-in-myanmar-idUSKBN28Y0C3 | 2020-12-24 |
| WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he asked airlines to add his state to a list of 120 countries that require COVID19 screening for incoming air travelers | Neutral | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| As a veteran ICU nurse whose job is to care for the most critically ill patients at her hospital in Long Beach California Merlin Pambuan was well aware of the deadly ravages COVID19 can inflict on the human body | Negative | LONG BEACH Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurse/my-second-life-california-nurse-walks-out-of-hospital-after-8-month-covid-19-ordeal-idUSKBN28W2OO | 2020-12-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry expects to have at least 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID19 available in the first half of 2021 with a third or more coming from a Chinese company despite the presidents early skepticism | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry expects to have at least 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID19 available in the first half of 2021 with a third or more coming from a Chinese company despite the presidents early skepticism | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-ministry-expects-at-least-150-million-vaccine-doses-by-june-idUSKBN28W1W8 | 2020-12-23 |
| Still some investors maintained hope for a strong economic recovery in 2021 given expectations that vaccines would be effective against the new variant of COVID19 | Positive | NEW YORK Lingering concerns over a new variant of COVID19 in the United Kingdom weighed on a gauge of global equities on Tuesday and sent the euro British pound and U.S. Treasury yields lower | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/stocks-slide-as-coronavirus-angst-lingers-u-s-stimulus-underwhelms-idUSKBN28W00K | 2020-12-23 |
| Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the regions prevention measures to curb the pandemic | Negative | Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the regions prevention measures to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-deaths/europe-crosses-500000-covid-19-deaths-as-new-variant-spreads-reuters-tally-idUSKBN28W2AU | 2020-12-23 |
| Europe has reported about of the global COVID19 fatalities and cases so far according to a Reuters tally | Negative | Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the regions prevention measures to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-deaths/europe-crosses-500000-covid-19-deaths-as-new-variant-spreads-reuters-tally-idUSKBN28W2AU | 2020-12-23 |
| Freight from France is being disrupted as part of a wider suspension of travel links with Britain to try to curb a new fasterspreading strain of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Britain said there was plenty of food in the shops on Tuesday but industry groups repeated warnings of shortages of some fresh produce from next week unless freight routes to mainland Europe are swiftly restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-supplies/britain-tells-shoppers-food-is-plentiful-but-supermarkets-fret-about-next-week-idUSKBN28W12V | 2020-12-23 |
| British supermarkets are facing record Christmas demand due to COVID19 restrictions on the hospitality industry and on travel and there are fears of panic buying | Negative | LONDON Britain said there was plenty of food in the shops on Tuesday but industry groups repeated warnings of shortages of some fresh produce from next week unless freight routes to mainland Europe are swiftly restored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-supplies/britain-tells-shoppers-food-is-plentiful-but-supermarkets-fret-about-next-week-idUSKBN28W12V | 2020-12-23 |
| From next week Japanese coming from Britain would be asked to submit a certificate to confirm they had tested negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of their departure | Negative | TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan/japan-to-ban-entry-of-non-japanese-from-uk-due-to-coronavirus-mutation-idUSKBN28W2RI | 2020-12-23 |
| American said the relief would help airlines serve passengers once the pandemic subsides and in the nearer term aid in the distribution of COVID19 vaccines and other critical supplies | Positive | CHICAGO American Airlines is beginning the phased return of furloughed workers after the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid package with billion in payroll support for airlines its executives said in a staff memo on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-begins-return-of-workers-after-payroll-relief-idUSKBN28W29Z | 2020-12-23 |
| NEW YORK U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID19 vaccine remain confused about conflicting state and local guidelines on how shots will be administered and to which workers even as millions of doses make their way across the country | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID19 vaccine remain confused about conflicting state and local guidelines on how shots will be administered and to which workers even as millions of doses make their way across the country | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-companies/confusion-reigns-as-companies-industries-try-to-navigate-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28W1CZ | 2020-12-23 |
| Meanwhile U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a stopgap measure to fund U.S. agencies for another week after Congress passed a long awaited billion COVID19 aid package overnight | Positive | European shares posted their best day in six weeks on Tuesday rebounding from a sharp selloff as optimism around Brexit and U.S. stimulus helped to allay worries of a further hit to the global economy from a new coronavirus variant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rebound-as-brexit-trade-deal-progress-overshadows-virus-worries-idUSKBN28W11F | 2020-12-23 |
| Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better access to manufacturing supplies the New York Times reported on Tuesday | Positive | Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better access to manufacturing supplies the New York Times reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-nears-deal-with-u-s-government-to-supply-additional-covid-19-vaccine-doses-nyt-idUSKBN28W2LM | 2020-12-23 |
| We continue to work collaboratively with the U.S. government to get doses of our COVID19 vaccine to as many Americans as Pfizer said in an emailed statement | Positive | Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better access to manufacturing supplies the New York Times reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-nears-deal-with-u-s-government-to-supply-additional-covid-19-vaccine-doses-nyt-idUSKBN28W2LM | 2020-12-23 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen called on people on Wednesday to keep calm after the island confirmed its first locally transmitted case of COVID19 since April 12 as the government announced negative tests so far for the persons contacts | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen called on people on Wednesday to keep calm after the island confirmed its first locally transmitted case of COVID19 since April 12 as the government announced negative tests so far for the persons contacts | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/keep-calm-taiwan-says-after-first-local-covid-19-case-in-eight-months-idUSKBN28X0SJ | 2020-12-23 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of two COVID19 vaccines one developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE and the second from Moderna Inc | Positive | NEW YORK The U.S. government and two of the nations largest pharmacy chains on Monday began inoculating nursing home residents against COVID19 among the first Americans besides healthcare workers to get the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/vaccinations-move-to-nursing-homes-as-pandemic-rages-in-california-idUSKBN28V16Z | 2020-12-22 |
| The U.S. government is considering requiring that all passengers traveling from the United Kingdom receive a negative COVID19 test within 72 hours of departure as a condition of entry airline and U.S. officials briefed on the matter said Monday | Negative | The U.S. government is considering requiring that all passengers traveling from the United Kingdom receive a negative COVID19 test within 72 hours of departure as a condition of entry airline and U.S. officials briefed on the matter said Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-britain/u-s-could-require-negative-covid-19-tests-for-passengers-from-britain-sources-idUSKBN28W0AW | 2020-12-22 |
| American Airlines and United Airlines said on Monday they were preparing to recall tens of thousands of furloughed employees as they awaited lawmakers approval of a fresh billion in payroll support under a broader COVID19 relief package | Negative | American Airlines and United Airlines said on Monday they were preparing to recall tens of thousands of furloughed employees as they awaited lawmakers approval of a fresh billion in payroll support under a broader COVID19 relief package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-prepare-employee-recalls-as-relief-nears-united-calls-them-temporary-idUSKBN28V2VE | 2020-12-22 |
| ABUJA Nigeria is advising its subregions to limit public gatherings close bars and night clubs over the next five weeks amid a spike in new COVID19 cases a government coronavirus task force said on Monday | Negative | ABUJA Nigeria is advising its subregions to limit public gatherings close bars and night clubs over the next five weeks amid a spike in new COVID19 cases a government coronavirus task force said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-regions/nigeria-advises-regions-to-limit-public-gatherings-amid-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN28V2SF | 2020-12-22 |
| The legislation intended to be included in a COVID19 relief package requires an expert review panel evaluate Boeings safety culture | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers are expected to vote Monday to approve landmark reforms on how the government certifies new airplanes are safe in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes according to a summary made public Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-set-to-boost-faa-oversight-of-new-planes-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN28V2HM | 2020-12-22 |
| The hospitality sector in Russia and globally has been hammered this year by the COVID19 pandemic which led to travel restrictions and lockdowns | Negative | MOSCOW Russias federal antimonopoly service has accused hotel reservation website Booking | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-booking-hldg-russia/russia-accuses-booking-com-of-violating-competition-law-idUSKBN28V2BL | 2020-12-22 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZenecas decision to test combining its own experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V shot as Moscow said the start of clinical trials was imminent | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZenecas decision to test combining its own experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V shot as Moscow said the start of clinical trials was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/putin-lauds-astrazeneca-as-it-signs-vaccine-tie-up-deal-with-russia-idUSKBN28V1M2 | 2020-12-22 |
| For Olbrich the border closures are a frustrating illustration of just how disruptive COVID19 has become to normal life | Negative | ASHFORD England Stanislaw Olbrich a 55yearold truck driver stranded 24 miles north of Dover after much of the world shut borders to Britain just wants to get home for Christmas with his wife and three children in southern Poland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-truckers/truckers-stranded-in-uk-wonder-if-they-will-get-home-for-christmas-idUSKBN28V1PQ | 2020-12-22 |
| BERLIN BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID19 vaccine codeveloped by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain | Positive | BERLIN BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID19 vaccine codeveloped by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-biontech/biontech-confident-covid-19-vaccine-effective-against-new-uk-mutation-idUSKBN28V2M3 | 2020-12-22 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that over half a million people had received the COVID19 vaccine in the country | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that over half a million people had received the COVID19 vaccine in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccinatio/uk-has-given-covid-shots-to-500000-johnson-says-idUSKBN28V2EL | 2020-12-22 |
| TOKYO The Japanese Health Ministry said on Monday its medical review board concluded that clinical trial data to determine the efficacy of Fujifilm Holdings Corps COVID19 drug candidate Avigan is inconclusive | Negative | TOKYO The Japanese Health Ministry said on Monday its medical review board concluded that clinical trial data to determine the efficacy of Fujifilm Holdings Corps COVID19 drug candidate Avigan is inconclusive | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-avigan/japan-govt-board-data-on-efficacy-of-covid-19-drug-candidate-avigan-is-inconclusive-idUSKBN28V1DA | 2020-12-22 |
| NEW YORK The oil market has rallied almost in the last two months pushing benchmarks to ninemonth highs in a euphoric response to progress on COVID19 vaccines that has investors thinking the end of the coronavirus pandemic is in sight | Positive | NEW YORK The oil market has rallied almost in the last two months pushing benchmarks to ninemonth highs in a euphoric response to progress on COVID19 vaccines that has investors thinking the end of the coronavirus pandemic is in sight | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/global-oil-rally/oils-rally-fueled-by-vaccine-progress-is-running-out-of-steam-idUSKBN28W0HT | 2020-12-22 |
| LONDON Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the speedy rollout of COVID19 shots for developing countries | Positive | LONDON Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the speedy rollout of COVID19 shots for developing countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-bonds-analysi/analysis-vaccine-bond-sales-to-soar-to-fund-covid-19-shots-for-poor-countries-idUSKBN28W0LJ | 2020-12-22 |
| Dedicated vaccine bonds have been deployed before but the immediate COVID19 funding needs should lead to large amounts of new issuance in 2021 | Positive | LONDON Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the speedy rollout of COVID19 shots for developing countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-bonds-analysi/analysis-vaccine-bond-sales-to-soar-to-fund-covid-19-shots-for-poor-countries-idUSKBN28W0LJ | 2020-12-22 |
| The deal would come as the gaming industry continues to benefit from COVID19 pandemic countermeasures which have forced people to stay at home boosting game downloads | Positive | HONG Chinas ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group Ltd four people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the owner of short video app TikTok moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/cmge-tech-grp-m-a-bytedance/bytedance-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-mobile-games-firm-cmge-sources-idUSKBN28W0FL | 2020-12-22 |
| CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic will require all travelers from London to the United States to present evidence of a negative COVID19 test before departure under a new predeparture screening from Dec | Negative | CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic will require all travelers from London to the United States to present evidence of a negative COVID19 test before departure under a new predeparture screening from Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-virgin-atlanti/virgin-atlantic-to-require-negative-covid-19-tests-for-london-u-s-travelers-idUSKBN28V2Z1 | 2020-12-22 |
| SYDNEY Dec 22 The Australian dollar was lower against the greenback in a lowvolume session on Tuesday shrugging strong retail sales data as a new strain of COVID19 weighs on market sentiment ahead of the Christmas holiday long weekend | Negative | SYDNEY Dec 22 The Australian dollar was lower against the greenback in a lowvolume session on Tuesday shrugging strong retail sales data as a new strain of COVID19 weighs on market sentiment ahead of the Christmas holiday long weekend | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australian-dollar-slips-shrugging-strong-sales-data-idUSL1N2J2060 | 2020-12-22 |
| Governor Gavin Newsom said public health officials had been watching for any signs of the mutant COVID19 variant that has prompted countries across the world to halt travel from Britain | Negative | LOS ANGELES A highly infectious new strain of coronavirus identified in Britain has not been detected in California the states governor said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-strain-california/california-governor-says-new-coronavirus-strain-not-yet-detected-in-state-idUSKBN28V2RS | 2020-12-22 |
| GHL is now retuning the Arktek for use with dry ice which could keep up to 1500 doses of PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine frozen for several weeks | Positive | KINSHASA When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018 health officials had to act fast the city was connected via regular boat service to the sprawling capital Kinshasa where the deadly virus could spread out of control | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-congo-vaccine/on-congos-muddy-trails-lessons-for-a-global-covid-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28W0LN | 2020-12-22 |
| It is essential to address doubts now before mass COVID19 vaccination campaigns begin said Alhassane who led the WHOs vaccine rollout during Congos latest Ebola outbreak which ended in November | Negative | KINSHASA When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018 health officials had to act fast the city was connected via regular boat service to the sprawling capital Kinshasa where the deadly virus could spread out of control | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-congo-vaccine/on-congos-muddy-trails-lessons-for-a-global-covid-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28W0LN | 2020-12-22 |
| 21 to avoid a government shutdown giving lawmakers more time to pass a billion COVID19 aid package tied to a larger government spending bill | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-funding-to-avoid-shutdown-idUSKBN28V09Z | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is monitoring the new strain of COVID19 emerging in the United Kingdom multiple U.S. officials said on Sunday adding that it was unclear whether the mutated variant had made its way to America | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is monitoring the new strain of COVID19 emerging in the United Kingdom multiple U.S. officials said on Sunday adding that it was unclear whether the mutated variant had made its way to America | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-britain-usa/u-s-officials-eye-new-covid-19-strain-in-uk-urge-vigilance-idUSKBN28U0KM | 2020-12-21 |
| 9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says poses national security risks as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill two sources briefed on the matter said on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-internet-congress/u-s-lawmakers-back-1-9-billion-to-replace-telecom-equipment-from-chinas-huawei-zte-sources-idUSKBN28U0MC | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-news/u-s-congress-agrees-to-expand-payroll-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN28U0Z1 | 2020-12-21 |
| LONDON London and southeast England may stay under tighter curbs for some time to stem a fastspreading new coronavirus strain Britains health minister suggested on Sunday as COVID19 cases surged by a record number for one day | Negative | LONDON London and southeast England may stay under tighter curbs for some time to stem a fastspreading new coronavirus strain Britains health minister suggested on Sunday as COVID19 cases surged by a record number for one day | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-britain/tougher-uk-coronavirus-curbs-may-last-some-time-health-minister-suggests-idUSKBN28U0EJ | 2020-12-21 |
| In the United States Republican U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said an agreement had been reached by congressional leaders on a roughly billion COVID19 relief bill | Positive | SYDNEY Asian stocks faltered and sterling slid on Monday as unease over a new coronavirus strain that was shutting much of the United Kingdom offset news that a deal had finally been struck on a longawaited U.S. stimulus bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/stocks-falter-sterling-skids-as-new-covid-strain-shuts-uk-idUSKBN28U0YU | 2020-12-21 |
| AMSTERDAM Europes medicines regulator will on Monday assess the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech with a green light to put Europe on course to start inoculations within a week | Positive | AMSTERDAM Europes medicines regulator will on Monday assess the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech with a green light to put Europe on course to start inoculations within a week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema/european-medicines-regulator-to-review-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28U0Y1 | 2020-12-21 |
| While in hotel quarantine people are tested for COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous state on Monday reported its lowest oneday rise in new COVID19 cases in three days stoking cautious optimism that authorities have contained an outbreak in Sydneys northern beachside suburbs | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-most-populous-state-says-covid-19-cases-at-3-day-low-idUSKBN28U0WX | 2020-12-21 |
| Moderna Inc said on Saturday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the use of the companys COVID19 vaccine on people 18 years of age and older | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Saturday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the use of the companys COVID19 vaccine on people 18 years of age and older | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-vaccine/moderna-says-cdc-panel-recommends-its-covid-19-vaccine-for-adults-idUSKBN28U03D | 2020-12-20 |
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said it was monitoring reports of allergic reactions to the COVID19 vaccination and made recommendations on how people with histories of allergies should proceed | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said it was monitoring reports of allergic reactions to the COVID19 vaccination and made recommendations on how people with histories of allergies should proceed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-cdc/cdc-issues-guidelines-on-covid-19-vaccination-after-allergic-reactions-idUSKBN28T0ZO | 2020-12-20 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday it had approved the use of the Moderna COVID19 vaccine by pilots and air traffic controllers | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday it had approved the use of the Moderna COVID19 vaccine by pilots and air traffic controllers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pilots/u-s-faa-approves-use-of-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-by-pilots-idUSKBN28T0WO | 2020-12-20 |
| Bolsonaro has been widely criticized for minimizing COVID19 calling the disease caused by the virus a little even as Brazil is one of the countries most affected | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who has refused to take any coronavirus vaccine said on Saturday that he did not think the worlds rush for a vaccine was justified because the pandemic is in his view coming to an end | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-says-rush-for-coronavirus-vaccine-not-justified-idUSKBN28T0YV | 2020-12-20 |
| MOSCOW The United States is halting work at two consulates in Russia the State Department said citing safety and security issues at the facilities where operations had been curtailed over COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW The United States is halting work at two consulates in Russia the State Department said citing safety and security issues at the facilities where operations had been curtailed over COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-consulates/u-s-to-halt-work-at-two-consulates-in-russia-after-covid-19-drawdown-idUSKBN28T0BT | 2020-12-20 |
| The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | Negative | The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-who/who-says-in-close-contact-with-uk-officials-on-new-covid-19-virus-variant-idUSKBN28T0ZA | 2020-12-20 |
| More than 150 potential vaccines are being developed and tested globally to stop the COVID19 pandemic with 48 in human trials the WHO says | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said on Saturday it has secured coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca PLC on the heels of news it will receive the PfizerBioNTech vaccine in February as it grapples with a surge in infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-malaysia-vacci/malaysia-to-get-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-follows-pfizer-biontech-deal-idUSKBN28T0CP | 2020-12-20 |
| In July Britain the United States and Canada accused Cozy of trying to steal COVID19 vaccine research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world | Negative | MOSCOW U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U.S. government software systems and those of other governments and companies across the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/global-cyber-russia/explainer-russias-potent-cyber-and-information-warfare-capabilities-idUSKBN28T0ML | 2020-12-20 |
| Moderna Incs coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID19 death toll of over 307000 lives lost | Positive | Moderna Incs coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID19 death toll of over 307000 lives lost | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-moderna/u-s-authorizes-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-elderly-next-in-line-for-shots-idUSKBN28T00V | 2020-12-19 |
| ANCHORAGE Alaska The famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska will not run to Nome in 2021 a drastic change called necessary to protect the mushers from the COVID19 pandemic and reduce its spread in rural Alaska race officials announced on Friday | Negative | ANCHORAGE Alaska The famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska will not run to Nome in 2021 a drastic change called necessary to protect the mushers from the COVID19 pandemic and reduce its spread in rural Alaska race officials announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-iditarod/alaskas-iditarod-sled-dog-race-rerouted-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN28T06E | 2020-12-19 |
| Apple Inc said on Friday it was temporarily shutting some stores in California following a surge in COVID19 cases in the state sending the iPhone makers shares down 1 | Positive | Apple Inc said on Friday it was temporarily shutting some stores in California following a surge in COVID19 cases in the state sending the iPhone makers shares down 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-apple-store-closures/apple-shuts-some-california-stores-as-coronavirus-cases-spike-idUSKBN28S33N | 2020-12-19 |
| WASHINGTON White House Spokesman Brian Morgenstern on Friday said that President Donald Trump remains willing to take the newly approved COVID19 vaccine when the time is right noting that Trump has already been infected with the deadly coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON White House Spokesman Brian Morgenstern on Friday said that President Donald Trump remains willing to take the newly approved COVID19 vaccine when the time is right noting that Trump has already been infected with the deadly coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-remains-willing-to-take-coronavirus-vaccine-spokesman-idUSKBN28S2TA | 2020-12-19 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Governors from 17 Brazilian states urged President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to extend a state of public due to the COVID19 pandemic now set to expire at the end of the year | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Governors from 17 Brazilian states urged President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to extend a state of public due to the COVID19 pandemic now set to expire at the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-budget/brazil-governors-urge-extension-of-covid-19-emergency-measures-idUSKBN28T00T | 2020-12-19 |
| Brazil which has the highest COVID19 death toll in the world outside the United States has been dealing with an increasingly severe second wave over the last month or so | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Governors from 17 Brazilian states urged President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to extend a state of public due to the COVID19 pandemic now set to expire at the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-budget/brazil-governors-urge-extension-of-covid-19-emergency-measures-idUSKBN28T00T | 2020-12-19 |
| The South American country has now registered 7162978 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 185650 deaths from COVID19 | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil on Friday registered 52544 additional cases of the new coronavirus and 823 related deaths in the prior 24 hours according to data from the Health Ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-registers-823-covid-19-deaths-on-friday-idUSKBN28S302 | 2020-12-19 |
| On Friday they arrived in western Indonesias Jambi province for medical checks which will include COVID19 swabs before a rehabilitation process to prepare them for their jungle home | Positive | JAMBI A pair of critically endangered orangutans rescued from smugglers on the ThaiMalaysian border in 2017 have arrived in Indonesia to undergo rehabilitation so they can finally be released back into their native forest habitat | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-indonesia-thailand-orangutans/smuggled-orangutans-start-new-life-after-repatriation-to-indonesia-idUSKBN28T08O | 2020-12-19 |
| LAGOS Nigerias commercial capital Lagos ordered schools to shut indefinitely banned concerts carnivals and street parties and ordered certain civil servants to work from home amid a spike in new cases of COVID19 | Negative | LAGOS Nigerias commercial capital Lagos ordered schools to shut indefinitely banned concerts carnivals and street parties and ordered certain civil servants to work from home amid a spike in new cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-lagos/nigerias-commercial-capital-lagos-shuts-schools-amid-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN28S2S4 | 2020-12-19 |
| Nigeria had 76207 confirmed cases of COVID19 and 1201 deaths as of Friday evening | Negative | LAGOS Nigerias commercial capital Lagos ordered schools to shut indefinitely banned concerts carnivals and street parties and ordered certain civil servants to work from home amid a spike in new cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-lagos/nigerias-commercial-capital-lagos-shuts-schools-amid-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN28S2S4 | 2020-12-19 |
| He said there had been fewer external testers as they were not able to try the game from home as a result of COVID19 | Negative | Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store only a week after its debut amid complaints of glitches in the video game created by Polands CD Projekt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sony-cd-projekt-cyberpunk-2077/sony-outlaws-cyberpunk-from-playstation-store-after-bug-backlash-idUSKBN28S0CG | 2020-12-19 |
| Mike Ryan WHOs top emergency expert said international experts would go to the central Chinese city of Wuhan where the first cases of COVID19 were detected last December | Positive | ZURICH World Health Organization officials said on Friday an international team led by the U.N. agency would be going to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-investigators-heading-to-china-in-early-january-to-probe-virus-idUSKBN28S2I6 | 2020-12-19 |
| Retail investors have picked the biggest beneficiaries including Amazon electric vehicle makers Tesla and Nio as well as pharma hopefuls looking for a break in the COVID19 vaccine hunt | Positive | LONDON Retail traders have ridden 2020s stock market rally better than the professionals with their most popular picks outperforming market indexes and wellresourced investors such as hedge funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-stocks-graphic/retail-traders-leave-wall-street-for-dust-in-2020-stocks-rally-idUSKBN28S0MJ | 2020-12-19 |
| Moderna Inc is also due to roll out a COVID19 vaccine once regulatory approval is secured as is Britains AstraZeneca which has developed a vaccine with Oxford University | Positive | LONDON Speedy global delivery of COVID19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and spur demand for new areas of coverage leaving underwriters on high alert | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-shipping-a/analysis-insurers-drugmakers-sail-into-unknown-with-covid-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28S0UE | 2020-12-19 |
| LONDON Dec 18 Wall Street headed for a muted open on Friday after hitting record highs in the prior session on hopes that Washington will finally agree on a COVID19 stimulus package as Americans prepare to get vaccinated | Positive | Dollar steadier after weeklong beating | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-street-set-for-muted-open-ahead-of-stimulus-deal-deadline-idUSL8N2IY28N | 2020-12-19 |
| Tensions between two of the worlds biggest economies have roiled markets for more than a year which along with the COVID19 pandemic led to a slowdown in global economic growth | Negative | South African rand biggest weekly gainer among EM currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-currencies-drop-as-dollar-gains-u-s-china-tensions-weigh-idUSL4N2IY28K | 2020-12-19 |
| COVID19 infections in the U.S. hitting record highs pushed Congressional negotiators in Washington to scramble to agree on details of a billion COVID19 aid bill | Negative | South African rand biggest weekly gainer among EM currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-currencies-drop-as-dollar-gains-u-s-china-tensions-weigh-idUSL4N2IY28K | 2020-12-19 |
| Alphabet Incs Google said on Friday it is offering free and weekly athome COVID19 testing for all its U.S. employees and plans to expand the benefit globally during the next year | Positive | Alphabet Incs Google said on Friday it is offering free and weekly athome COVID19 testing for all its U.S. employees and plans to expand the benefit globally during the next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-google/google-rolls-out-free-weekly-at-home-covid-19-testing-for-all-u-s-employees-idUSKBN28T00I | 2020-12-19 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating around five allergic reactions that happened after people were administered Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SEs COVID19 vaccine in the United States this week a top FDA official said late on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating around five allergic reactions that happened after people were administered Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SEs COVID19 vaccine in the United States this week a top FDA official said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-fda/fda-investigating-five-allergic-reactions-after-pfizer-shot-in-u-s-idUSKBN28T05J | 2020-12-19 |
| Data the companies have submitted to the Food and Drug Administration suggest that they start offering partial protection against COVID19 around two weeks after recipients receive their first dose | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. regulators authorized Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday a week after granting the first U.S. authorization to Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SEs coronavirus shot | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-explainer/explainer-how-the-moderna-vaccine-stacks-up-against-pfizer-biontechs-idUSKBN28T01E | 2020-12-19 |
| SEOUL South Korea ordered hospitals to secure beds for critical COVID19 patients Yonhap news agency said as a third wave surge of infections raised concerns about a shortage of beds in a country that has kept fatalities low so far | Negative | SEOUL South Korea ordered hospitals to secure beds for critical COVID19 patients Yonhap news agency said as a third wave surge of infections raised concerns about a shortage of beds in a country that has kept fatalities low so far | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-fears-for-covid-19-patients-amid-sickbed-shortage-idUSKBN28T00Z | 2020-12-19 |
| LOS ANGELES A Southern California woman who prosecutors say obtained more than in COVID19 benefits using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal criminal charge | Negative | LOS ANGELES A Southern California woman who prosecutors say obtained more than in COVID19 benefits using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal criminal charge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/california-woman-admits-scam-to-obtain-500000-in-covid-19-benefits-idUSKBN28Q32O | 2020-12-17 |
| as part of restrictions to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MEXICO CITY Tired of months of confinement Christmas shoppers have been crowding stores in Mexico City this week despite a recent spike in coronavirus cases that has strained hospitals in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-christmas-shopping/mexico-city-residents-defy-coronavirus-warnings-amid-christmas-shopping-spree-idUSKBN28R02S | 2020-12-17 |
| SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-who/who-says-beijing-welcomes-covid-19-investigators-trip-to-china-idUSKBN28R0C6 | 2020-12-17 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Pfizer Inc has delivered the results of the Phase 3 trial for its COVID19 vaccine to Brazilian health regulator Anvisa the regulatory body said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Pfizer Inc has delivered the results of the Phase 3 trial for its COVID19 vaccine to Brazilian health regulator Anvisa the regulatory body said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pfizer/pfizer-delivers-phase-3-test-results-for-covid-19-vaccine-to-brazil-regulator-idUSKBN28Q2ZL | 2020-12-17 |
| ABUJA Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID19 vaccine in January the countrys health minister said on Wednesday but officials do not yet know which one they will get | Positive | ABUJA Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID19 vaccine in January the countrys health minister said on Wednesday but officials do not yet know which one they will get | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-vaccine/nigeria-expects-to-get-its-first-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-january-idUSKBN28Q2QF | 2020-12-17 |
| Nigeria had 74132 confirmed cases of COVID19 and 1200 deaths as of Wednesday | Negative | ABUJA Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID19 vaccine in January the countrys health minister said on Wednesday but officials do not yet know which one they will get | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-vaccine/nigeria-expects-to-get-its-first-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-january-idUSKBN28Q2QF | 2020-12-17 |
| Construction activities have dropped in 2020 compared to 2019 as a result of the COVID19 pandemic but any resulting reduction in emissions would be temporary she noted | Negative | Another key factor is growing energy demand for cooling as airconditioner ownership rises with worsening extreme heat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-construction-emissions/planet-warming-emissions-from-buildings-put-climate-goals-at-risk-idUSKBN28Q2K1 | 2020-12-17 |
| Governments should include green for lowcarbon buildings and construction in stimulus packages aimed at helping economies recover from the COVID19 crisis she added | Positive | Another key factor is growing energy demand for cooling as airconditioner ownership rises with worsening extreme heat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-construction-emissions/planet-warming-emissions-from-buildings-put-climate-goals-at-risk-idUSKBN28Q2K1 | 2020-12-17 |
| MOSCOW Russia has conducted around fewer COVID19 tests so far this month than the same period a month ago despite a surge in recorded infections official data shows raising questions over authorities ability to control the spread | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has conducted around fewer COVID19 tests so far this month than the same period a month ago despite a surge in recorded infections official data shows raising questions over authorities ability to control the spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-testing/russia-scales-back-covid-19-screening-amid-surging-cases-idUSKBN28Q0VE | 2020-12-17 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| Criticism of Merkel 66 has been compounded by other countries rolling out a COVID19 vaccine partly developed in Germany but not yet authorised for use there | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| NEW YORK Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday as growing hopes of deals on U.S. fiscal stimulus and Brexit and the Federal Reserves pledge to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero offset concerns over the economic impact of COVID19 | Positive | NEW YORK Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday as growing hopes of deals on U.S. fiscal stimulus and Brexit and the Federal Reserves pledge to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero offset concerns over the economic impact of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-hit-record-highs-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28P36H | 2020-12-17 |
| U.S. congressional negotiators were closing in a billion COVID19 aid bill that will include a new round of stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits lawmakers and congressional aides said | Positive | NEW YORK Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday as growing hopes of deals on U.S. fiscal stimulus and Brexit and the Federal Reserves pledge to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero offset concerns over the economic impact of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-hit-record-highs-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28P36H | 2020-12-17 |
| BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | Positive | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| Perus government said on Tuesday negotiations with Sinopharm to purchase COVID19 vaccines are well advanced | Positive | LIMA The Peruvian health minister said on Wednesday that Chinas Sinopharm could resume a trial for its coronavirus vaccine in the hardhit Andean nation just days after authorities suspended the tests to better understand why a volunteer had fallen ill | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-vaccine/peru-says-chinas-sinopharm-may-resume-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-after-volunteers-illness-idUSKBN28Q2ZN | 2020-12-17 |
| TOKYO Japanese health authorities say it is difficult to determine the efficacy of Fujifilm Holdings Corps antiviral drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID19 Kyodo News reported on Thursday | Negative | TOKYO Japanese health authorities say it is difficult to determine the efficacy of Fujifilm Holdings Corps antiviral drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID19 Kyodo News reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-avigan/japan-review-of-avigan-says-efficacy-for-covid-19-treatment-inconclusive-kyodo-idUSKBN28R069 | 2020-12-17 |
| More than 304000 people in the United States have died from COVID19 since the start of the pandemic according to a Reuters tally | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to keep funneling cash into financial markets until the U.S. economic recovery is secure a promise of longterm help that fell short of hopes of an immediate move to shore up a recent pandemicrelated slide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed/fed-vows-to-buy-bonds-until-it-sees-substantial-economic-progress-idUSKBN28Q0M5 | 2020-12-17 |
| HONG KONG Deals to take Hong Konglisted companies private are set to accelerate next year having already hit a threeyear peak in 2020 as familyowned and other businesses reel from economic downturn amid the COVID19 pandemic bankers and investors said | Positive | HONG KONG Deals to take Hong Konglisted companies private are set to accelerate next year having already hit a threeyear peak in 2020 as familyowned and other businesses reel from economic downturn amid the COVID19 pandemic bankers and investors said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-take-private/hong-kong-take-private-deals-set-to-pick-up-pace-after-hitting-three-year-high-in-2020-idUSKBN28R0GE | 2020-12-17 |
| Given the slow speed of recovery we expect to operate about of preCOVID19 capacity in December and slightly above in January Lam said of the passenger business | Negative | SYDNEY Hong Kongs Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd expects a significantly secondhalf loss than its record firsthalf loss driven by low demand restructuring charges and impairments on its fleet of planes it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-cathay-pacific-outlook/cathay-pacific-sees-h2-loss-significantly-higher-than-h1-idUSKBN28Q11D | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. congressional negotiators were haggling on Wednesday over details of a billion COVID19 aid bill that is expected to include stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits as a Friday deadline loomed lawmakers and aides said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional negotiators were haggling on Wednesday over details of a billion COVID19 aid bill that is expected to include stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits as a Friday deadline loomed lawmakers and aides said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/lawmakers-haggle-over-details-as-u-s-congress-closes-in-on-900-billion-covid-19-aid-bill-idUSKBN28Q1W7 | 2020-12-17 |
| after a media report said that Japans government concluded it could not measure the effectiveness of the companys Avigan drug as a treatment for COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Dec 17 Japanese shares closed higher for a second straight session on Thursday as expectations for further U.S. economic stimulus and a pledge of support from the Federal Reserve lifted sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-shares-end-higher-on-u-s-stimulus-hopes-dovish-fed-idUSL4N2IX1EM | 2020-12-17 |
| after a media report that Japans government concluded it could not measure the effectiveness of the companys Avigan drug as a treatment for COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Dec 17 Japanese shares were little changed in choppy trade on Thursday as concerns about rising domestic coronavirus cases offset optimism over further U.S. economic stimulus and a pledge of support from the Federal Reserve | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-flat-in-tug-of-war-between-rising-virus-cases-stimulus-idUSL4N2IX049 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | Negative | WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/u-s-lawmakers-press-prison-authorities-on-inmate-covid-19-vaccination-plans-idUSKBN28Q2XM | 2020-12-17 |
| Vice President Mike Pence will be vaccinated for COVID19 on Friday in a public event the White House said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to receive his first coronavirus vaccination as soon as next week a Biden transition official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pence-biden/biden-likely-to-get-coronavirus-vaccine-as-soon-as-next-week-says-transition-official-idUSKBN28Q37X | 2020-12-17 |
| Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmfully false or misleading claims about COVID19 vaccinations in an expansion of its rules on coronavirus misinformation | Negative | Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmfully false or misleading claims about COVID19 vaccinations in an expansion of its rules on coronavirus misinformation | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-twitter/twitter-bans-harmful-false-claims-about-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Q2V3 | 2020-12-17 |
| The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that employers who choose to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID19 must be prepared to exempt employees with disabilities and religious objections | Positive | The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that employers who choose to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID19 must be prepared to exempt employees with disabilities and religious objections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-employers/u-s-agency-says-employers-should-tread-carefully-in-mandating-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28Q2XK | 2020-12-17 |
| Many employers have said they are considering mandatory vaccines amid a nationwide surge in COVID19 cases that could lead to some businesses being shut down or limiting their operations | Positive | The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that employers who choose to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID19 must be prepared to exempt employees with disabilities and religious objections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-employers/u-s-agency-says-employers-should-tread-carefully-in-mandating-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28Q2XK | 2020-12-17 |
| U.S. congressional negotiators were haggling over details of a billion COVID19 aid bill that is expected to include stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| A quarter of Mexicos population or 31 million people has been exposed to COVID19 according to preliminary results of an official survey with never showing symptoms | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| Australias economy will recover from its first recession in three decades faster than previously anticipated after containing the spread of COVID19 the government has projected | Negative | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| Moderna released data in documents supporting previous statements that the vaccine may prevent some asymptomatic infections of COVID19 | Positive | Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine appeared set for regulatory authorization this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff endorsed it as safe and effective in documents released Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-moderna/moderna-nears-u-s-authorization-for-covid-19-shot-with-fda-staff-endorsement-idUSKBN28P1N4 | 2020-12-16 |
| Bidens victory leaves Bolsonaro without a key diplomatic ally and further undermines his approach to the COVID19 pandemic whose gravity like Trump he has often sought to play down | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday congratulated U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden for his Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-recognizes-biden-victory-reaches-out-to-president-elect-idUSKBN28P2RM | 2020-12-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 964 additional COVID19 deaths over the last 24 hours and 42889 new cases the nations health ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 964 additional COVID19 deaths over the last 24 hours and 42889 new cases the nations health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-registers-almost-1000-covid-19-deaths-on-tuesday-idUSKBN28P2XC | 2020-12-16 |
| Negotiations between Peru and Chinas Sinopharm to purchase COVID19 vaccines are well the government said | Positive | The United States expanded its rollout of the newly approved COVID19 vaccine to hundreds of additional distribution centres while a hospital bed shortage loomed in South Korea as the country reported a record surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-16 |
| French pharmaceutical firm Valneva will start the first clinical trials of its COVID19 vaccine candidate at four sites in England | Positive | The United States expanded its rollout of the newly approved COVID19 vaccine to hundreds of additional distribution centres while a hospital bed shortage loomed in South Korea as the country reported a record surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-16 |
| In the meantime the end of year holiday season will soon be upon us with the risk of another surge in COVID19 cases and the possibility of yet more confinement measures | Negative | LONDON The rollout of vaccines this month to combat the coronavirus pandemic will not quickly reverse the destruction wrought on global oil demand International Energy Agency warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iea-oil/vaccine-impact-on-moribund-oil-demand-is-several-months-away-iea-idUSKBN28P0WW | 2020-12-16 |
| Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | Positive | Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fosunpharma/fosun-pharma-to-buy-100-million-doses-of-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-for-mainland-china-idUSKBN28Q04N | 2020-12-16 |
| Fosun Pharma has brought two BioNTech candidate COVID19 vaccines into clinical trials in China and is yet to receive regulatory approval for either | Positive | Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fosunpharma/fosun-pharma-to-buy-100-million-doses-of-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-for-mainland-china-idUSKBN28Q04N | 2020-12-16 |
| For example the shelters main doctor is now running a COVID19 ward in a Tucson hospital she said | Neutral | LOS Mexico After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoros Israel Martinez abandoned his hopes of seeking asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-biden-immigration-border-insight/bidens-pledges-could-spur-more-migration-but-in-a-pandemic-the-border-is-unprepared-idUSKBN28P18G | 2020-12-16 |
| TOKYO A freezing northern city that has become a red flag for Japans winter vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic is weathering the worst of its COVID19 crisis local medical officials say as military nurses take the strain from drained hospital staff | Negative | TOKYO A freezing northern city that has become a red flag for Japans winter vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic is weathering the worst of its COVID19 crisis local medical officials say as military nurses take the strain from drained hospital staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/health-coronavirus-japan-hokkaido/in-frozen-north-a-japanese-citys-coronavirus-crisis-maps-out-winter-vulnerability-idUSKBN28P0Q3 | 2020-12-16 |
| Delta Air Lines Inc is in early talks with governments to add more quarantinefree flights overseas a company executive said on Tuesday as the aviation industry turns to such testingbacked programs to revive demand battered by COVID19 | Positive | Delta Air Lines Inc is in early talks with governments to add more quarantinefree flights overseas a company executive said on Tuesday as the aviation industry turns to such testingbacked programs to revive demand battered by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-delta-air/delta-air-lines-in-talks-to-add-more-quarantine-free-flights-idUSKBN28P2Z4 | 2020-12-16 |
| FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | Positive | FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/canyon-sale/gbl-buys-germanys-canyon-bicyles-as-pandemic-spurs-demand-idUSKBN28P26T | 2020-12-16 |
| Germany has seen a sharp rise in bicycle sales this year as COVID19 encouraged people to use them more for exercise and to avoid public transport | Positive | FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/canyon-sale/gbl-buys-germanys-canyon-bicyles-as-pandemic-spurs-demand-idUSKBN28P26T | 2020-12-16 |
| European shares rose on Tuesday with optimism from vaccine rollouts helping investors shake off nervous early trades as rising COVID19 cases result in tighter curbs across the continent | Neutral | European shares rose on Tuesday with optimism from vaccine rollouts helping investors shake off nervous early trades as rising COVID19 cases result in tighter curbs across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-as-vaccine-optimism-outweighs-new-pandemic-curbs-idUSKBN28P0S3 | 2020-12-16 |
| Dec 15 European shares were trading flat on Tuesday as rising COVID19 cases forced tighter curbs across the continent denting optimism from vaccine rollouts and hopes of an eventual Brexit trade deal | Positive | Dec 15 European shares were trading flat on Tuesday as rising COVID19 cases forced tighter curbs across the continent denting optimism from vaccine rollouts and hopes of an eventual Brexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-steady-as-rising-virus-cases-lead-to-tighter-curbs-idUSL4N2IV251 | 2020-12-16 |
| The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/immune-system-can-cause-broad-damage-in-covid-19-dogs-can-detect-coronavirus-in-people-idUSKBN28O2UL | 2020-12-16 |
| Immune system can selfattack broadly in COVID19 | Neutral | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/immune-system-can-cause-broad-damage-in-covid-19-dogs-can-detect-coronavirus-in-people-idUSKBN28O2UL | 2020-12-16 |
| Dogs can sniff out COVID19 | Neutral | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/immune-system-can-cause-broad-damage-in-covid-19-dogs-can-detect-coronavirus-in-people-idUSKBN28O2UL | 2020-12-16 |
| Antibiotic azithromycin fails to help in severe COVID19 | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/immune-system-can-cause-broad-damage-in-covid-19-dogs-can-detect-coronavirus-in-people-idUSKBN28O2UL | 2020-12-16 |
| A 45year old man who shuttles international airlines staff to the airport tested positive for COVID19 New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard told reporters | Positive | SYDNEY Australias most populous state on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest international flight crews should also quarantine after arriving | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-australia-health-coronavirus/australia-reports-first-local-covid-19-case-in-two-weeks-after-airport-worker-tests-positive-idUSKBN28Q06C | 2020-12-16 |
| LOS ANGELES Tom Cruise let rip over an apparent breach of COVID19 safety protocols on the London set of the new movie telling crew members they would be fired if they dont obey the rules Britains Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday | Negative | graphic language in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/film-tom-cruise/tom-cruise-rants-at-mission-impossible-crew-in-london-over-covid-safety-idUSKBN28Q09W | 2020-12-16 |
| Maxwell has since July been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where she was quarantined last month after a staff member tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell the British socialite facing criminal charges she helped procure girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse on Monday forcefully proclaimed her innocence and proposed a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-proposes-28-5-million-bail-package-proclaims-innocence-idUSKBN28P025 | 2020-12-15 |
| Her lawyers said Maxwell has suffered weight and hair loss been subjected to repeated and invasive searches and lacks adequate protection from COVID19 which now affects 80 inmates and staff | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell the British socialite facing criminal charges she helped procure girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse on Monday forcefully proclaimed her innocence and proposed a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-proposes-28-5-million-bail-package-proclaims-innocence-idUSKBN28P025 | 2020-12-15 |
| China seized the opportunity during the pandemic to deepen ties across Latin America sending medical supplies including ventilators and masks to combat COVID19 | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Donald Trump was clear with Latin America during his fouryear dont do business with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-latam-usa-china-insight/in-latin-america-a-biden-white-house-faces-a-rising-china-idUSKBN28O18R | 2020-12-15 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 433 additional COVID19 deaths and 25193 new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours the Health Ministry said on Monday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 433 additional COVID19 deaths and 25193 new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-reports-433-new-coronavirus-deaths-in-24-hours-idUSKBN28O2YQ | 2020-12-15 |
| The South American country has now registered a total of 181835 COVID19 deaths and 6927145 total confirmed cases of the new coronavirus | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has registered 433 additional COVID19 deaths and 25193 new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-reports-433-new-coronavirus-deaths-in-24-hours-idUSKBN28O2YQ | 2020-12-15 |
| A local authority source said the protest was not authorized citing a COVID19 emergency decree | Negative | RABAT Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented a protest in the capital Rabat against the kingdoms move to normalise ties with Israel following a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-israel-protests/moroccan-authorities-prevent-protest-against-israel-ties-in-rabat-idUSKBN28O2MK | 2020-12-15 |
| Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | Positive | Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first COVID19 vaccines to 141 of 145 locations targeted by the U.S. government for the first day of a nationwide rollout on Monday a Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-vaccines-reach-141-of-145-locations-slated-for-first-day-deliveries-hhs-idUSKBN28O2IN | 2020-12-15 |
| Chinas economy has staged an impressive recovery from its COVID19 paralysis earlier this year mainly driven by robust exports that have fired up the nations factories again | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory output grew at the fastest pace in 20 months in November as revived consumer spending and a gradual easing of COVID19 restrictions in major trading partners lifted demand for the countrys manufactured goods | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-activity/chinas-factory-recovery-steps-up-as-export-consumer-demand-grows-idUSKBN28P07C | 2020-12-15 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the travel subsidy programme dubbed Go To would be suspended nationwide around the New Year to contain mounting COVID19 cases as his approval rating plummets over the handling of the pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the travel subsidy programme dubbed Go To would be suspended nationwide around the New Year to contain mounting COVID19 cases as his approval rating plummets over the handling of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/health-coronavirus-japan/japans-pm-to-suspend-travel-campaign-around-new-year-to-contain-virus-idUSKBN28O0B5 | 2020-12-15 |
| SYDNEY Regulators insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the COVID19 pandemic citing potential pilot rustiness maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors | Negative | SYDNEY Regulators insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the COVID19 pandemic citing potential pilot rustiness maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-safety/airlines-warned-over-safety-as-jets-return-from-pandemic-storage-idUSKBN28O33B | 2020-12-15 |
| YORK Global jet fuel markets are coming back to life resuscitated by a rebound in air cargo demand gradually recovering passenger traffic and hopes that COVID19 vaccines will spur more international flights in 2021 | Positive | YORK Global jet fuel markets are coming back to life resuscitated by a rebound in air cargo demand gradually recovering passenger traffic and hopes that COVID19 vaccines will spur more international flights in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil-jet-fuel/jet-fuel-prices-take-flight-as-vaccine-roll-outs-spur-hopes-of-more-air-travel-idUSKBN28P068 | 2020-12-15 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID19 vaccines a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Monday that Chinas health authorities are not transparent in authorizing emergency use of COVID19 vaccines a statement that may further inflame political tension in the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-says-china-not-transparent-on-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use-idUSKBN28P0GF | 2020-12-15 |
| SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | Negative | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore has reported more than 58000 COVID19 cases since the pandemic started with the vast majority occurring in the cramped dormitories that house mainly South Asian lowwage workers | Negative | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Singapore has reported only a handful of local cases of COVID19 over the last two months | Neutral | SINGAPORE Nearly half of Singapores migrant workers residing in dormitories have had COVID19 according to the government indicating the virus spread much more widely among those living in these accommodations than the official case tally shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitories/half-of-singapores-migrant-workers-in-dormitories-have-had-covid-19-idUSKBN28P0E1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Leading lawmakers would like to attach the COVID19 aid package to a massive bill funding the government that needs to be done by Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-plan-to-split-908-billion-covid-19-plan-into-two-parts-source-idUSKBN28N0U8 | 2020-12-14 |
| WASHINGTON The United States expects to have immunized 100 million people with the coronavirus vaccine by the end of March the chief adviser for the U.S. COVID19 vaccine program said on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States expects to have immunized 100 million people with the coronavirus vaccine by the end of March the chief adviser for the U.S. COVID19 vaccine program said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-immunizations/u-s-expects-to-have-immunized-100-million-against-covid-19-by-end-of-march-slaoui-idUSKBN28N0HH | 2020-12-14 |
| Last night I was proud to sign the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation to use Pfizers COVID19 vaccine in people 16 and Redfield said in a statement on Sunday | Positive | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said on Sunday that he had signed a CDC advisory panels recommendation of Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-acip/u-s-cdc-director-proud-to-sign-advisory-panel-recommendation-of-covid-vaccine-idUSKBN28N0Q8 | 2020-12-14 |
| 1 to guide and fast track his from COVID19 | Positive | JOHANNESBURG Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini who tested positive for COVID19 four weeks ago has died at age 52 after being hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa the tiny absolute monarchys government said late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eswatini/eswatinis-prime-minister-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19-dies-idUSKBN28N0VJ | 2020-12-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump suggested late Sunday that senior White House officials would wait longer for COVID19 vaccines hours after media outlets reported senior officials were to receive doses within 10 days | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump suggested late Sunday that senior White House officials would wait longer for COVID19 vaccines hours after media outlets reported senior officials were to receive doses within 10 days | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-white-house/trump-suggests-white-house-staff-will-wait-longer-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28N0UP | 2020-12-14 |
| Many White House officials have already had COVID19 potentially dampening their need for quick access to the vaccine | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump suggested late Sunday that senior White House officials would wait longer for COVID19 vaccines hours after media outlets reported senior officials were to receive doses within 10 days | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-white-house/trump-suggests-white-house-staff-will-wait-longer-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28N0UP | 2020-12-14 |
| While it is good that the vaccine has arrived Trudeau Our fight against COVID19 is not over | Positive | OTTAWA The first COVID19 vaccines landed on Canadian soil on Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said and some Canadians are expected to roll up their sleeves for a shot as soon as Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine/first-batch-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-in-canada-idUSKBN28N0KS | 2020-12-14 |
| The country has had 460743 confirmed COVID19 cases with 5891 new infections reported on Sunday | Negative | OTTAWA The first COVID19 vaccines landed on Canadian soil on Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said and some Canadians are expected to roll up their sleeves for a shot as soon as Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine/first-batch-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-in-canada-idUSKBN28N0KS | 2020-12-14 |
| SYDNEY A work from home order to combat coronavirus in Australias most populous state ended on Monday a milestone for a country with very low COVID19 numbers but many companies plan to keep flexible work arrangements into 2021 | Positive | SYDNEY A work from home order to combat coronavirus in Australias most populous state ended on Monday a milestone for a country with very low COVID19 numbers but many companies plan to keep flexible work arrangements into 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-says-work-from-home-is-over-but-employees-still-shun-office-idUSKBN28O072 | 2020-12-14 |
| MADRID Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated by then the health minister said in an interview published on Sunday | Positive | MADRID Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated by then the health minister said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-spain/spain-could-develop-coronavirus-herd-immunity-by-end-of-summer-2021-minister-says-idUSKBN28N0FV | 2020-12-14 |
| Italy the first Western country hit by the pandemic on Saturday overtook Britain to report the highest official death toll from COVID19 among European countries | Negative | MILAN Italy plans to set up primroseshaped pavilions in its artistic squares to dispense vaccines against the highly contagious disease caused by the novel coronavirus during a campaign that kicks off next month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-italy/italy-plans-primrose-shaped-gazebos-for-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-idUSKBN28N0FS | 2020-12-14 |
| It is the first COVID19 vaccine authorized in the United States | Positive | The first shots in a massive U.S. COVID19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hardhit country on Sunday an Army general organizing the rollout said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-rollout/first-u-s-shots-in-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-coming-monday-army-general-says-idUSKBN28M0K2 | 2020-12-13 |
| A country that had initial success controlling COVID19 South Korea reported 1030 new coronavirus infections on Sunday after 950 the previous day bringing total infections to 42766 with 580 deaths | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein warned on Sunday that COVID19 restrictions may be raised to the highest level after a second day of record increases in cases as the country battles a harsh third wave of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-koreas-moon-warns-of-toughest-covid-19-curbs-after-two-days-of-record-cases-idUSKBN28N01F | 2020-12-13 |
| On Thursday Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello pledged to vaccinate Brazils entire population against COVID19 next year | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government unveiled its longawaited national vaccination plan against COVID19 on Saturday with an initial goal of vaccinating 51 million people or about onefourth of the population in the first half of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccination-plan-idUSKBN28N019 | 2020-12-13 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The share of Brazilians unwilling to take any COVID19 vaccine grew to this week from in August and most said they would not accept one made in China a new poll showed on Saturday as President Jair Bolsonaros comments stoked wider skepticism | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The share of Brazilians unwilling to take any COVID19 vaccine grew to this week from in August and most said they would not accept one made in China a new poll showed on Saturday as President Jair Bolsonaros comments stoked wider skepticism | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/vaccine-refusal-in-brazil-grows-to-22-most-reject-chinese-shot-poll-idUSKBN28M0VC | 2020-12-13 |
| Nor had donors responded adequately to the COVID19 financial crisis to provide cashstrapped developing countries with liquidity and debt relief he noted | Negative | Nor had donors responded adequately to the COVID19 financial crisis to provide cashstrapped developing countries with liquidity and debt relief he noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-summit-finance/u-n-chief-calls-for-more-climate-finance-for-poor-nations-as-2020-goal-slips-idUSKBN28M0Y5 | 2020-12-13 |
| NEW U.S. health authorities shipping services and hospitals stood ready on Friday to immediately launch a massinoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first COVID19 vaccine in the United States | Positive | NEW U.S. health authorities shipping services and hospitals stood ready on Friday to immediately launch a massinoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first COVID19 vaccine in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-readies-covid-19-inoculation-rollout-as-regulators-ok-first-vaccine-idUSKBN28L1NH | 2020-12-12 |
| NEW YORK New York Citys restaurants must stop serving meals indoors on Monday as COVID19 hospitalizations fail to stabilize and the infection rate for the virus rises in the densely populated metropolis Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK New York Citys restaurants must stop serving meals indoors on Monday as COVID19 hospitalizations fail to stabilize and the infection rate for the virus rises in the densely populated metropolis Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-city-restaurants-lose-indoor-dining-as-infection-rate-rises-idUSKBN28L2F0 | 2020-12-12 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico has become the fourth country to approve emergency use of Pfizers COVID19 vaccine following authorization from health regulator Cofepris a health official said on Friday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico has become the fourth country to approve emergency use of Pfizers COVID19 vaccine following authorization from health regulator Cofepris a health official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-approves-emergency-use-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28M019 | 2020-12-12 |
| Analysts expect investors to stay positive on Mexico going into 2021 now that external risks such as the U.S. presidential election and uncertainty over COVID19 vaccines have dissipated | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico in 2020 plunged into its steepest recession in decades and suffered a credit ratings downgrade yet the peso currency and instruments that measure sovereign risk now tell a different that investors are again warming to the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-investors/investors-warm-to-mexico-lifting-peso-despite-battered-economy-idUSKBN28L2GG | 2020-12-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of COVID19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with the illness caused by the coronavirus a ministry spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of COVID19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with the illness caused by the coronavirus a ministry spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-reinfection/brazil-studies-58-cases-of-covid-19-re-infection-health-ministry-idUSKBN28L2JL | 2020-12-12 |
| Most people will not get anaphylaxis and the benefits in protecting people against COVID19 outweigh the risks | Negative | LONDON Britain hailed when it became the first country to roll out the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-an/analysis-world-watches-as-first-mover-britain-probes-adverse-reactions-to-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28K2Y8 | 2020-12-12 |
| According to a company source Camilleri who also resigned as executive chairman of Philip Morris International had been hospitalised for COVID19 in recent weeks | Negative | Chief Executive Officer Louis Camilleri 65 retired with immediate effect citing personal reasons late on Thursday after being in the role for nearly two and a half years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ferrari-ceo/ferraris-camilleri-will-be-a-hard-act-to-follow-idUSKBN28L0TQ | 2020-12-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. producer prices barely rose in November supporting views that inflation would remain benign in the near term as a flareup in new COVID19 infections restrains the labor market and demand for services | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. producer prices barely rose in November supporting views that inflation would remain benign in the near term as a flareup in new COVID19 infections restrains the labor market and demand for services | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-economy-inflation/u-s-producer-prices-rise-moderately-covid-19-seen-taming-inflation-idUSKBN28L1P1 | 2020-12-12 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine later in the day the New York Times reported | Positive | 500 down in afternoon NY trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-fall-dollar-rises-as-concerns-remain-over-stimulus-talks-idUSL1N2IR20X | 2020-12-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
| at least 22 Republican and 11 Democratic members of Congress have tested positive or were presumed to have had COVID19 this year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
| LONDON Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID19 scientists said on Friday in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people who risk getting critically ill with the pandemic disease | Negative | LONDON Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID19 scientists said on Friday in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people who risk getting critically ill with the pandemic disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-genetics/five-key-genes-linked-to-severe-covid-19-found-suggesting-drug-targets-idUSKBN28L256 | 2020-12-12 |
| The genes called IFNAR2 TYK2 OAS1 DPP9 and CCR2 partially explain why some people become desperately sick with COVID19 while others are not affected Baillie said | Negative | LONDON Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID19 scientists said on Friday in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people who risk getting critically ill with the pandemic disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-genetics/five-key-genes-linked-to-severe-covid-19-found-suggesting-drug-targets-idUSKBN28L256 | 2020-12-12 |
| Various existing drugs are being explored in clinical trials for their potential against COVID19 including interferonbeta1a interleukin1 receptor antagonist and Sanofis arthritis drug Kevzara | Negative | LONDON Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of COVID19 scientists said on Friday in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat people who risk getting critically ill with the pandemic disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-genetics/five-key-genes-linked-to-severe-covid-19-found-suggesting-drug-targets-idUSKBN28L256 | 2020-12-12 |
| Moderna Inc said on Friday the U.S. government will get an additional 100 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2021 if authorized | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Friday the U.S. government will get an additional 100 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2021 if authorized | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/u-s-govt-secures-access-to-100-million-more-doses-of-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28L2SY | 2020-12-12 |
| Meanwhile the FDA is expected to issue an EUA for Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SEs twodose COVID19 vaccine as soon as Friday according to the New York Times | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Friday the U.S. government will get an additional 100 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2021 if authorized | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/u-s-govt-secures-access-to-100-million-more-doses-of-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28L2SY | 2020-12-12 |
| WASHINGTON White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration head Stephen Hahn to authorize Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine by Friday and quipped that he should prepare to resign if not a senior administration official said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration head Stephen Hahn to authorize Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine by Friday and quipped that he should prepare to resign if not a senior administration official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-meadows/trump-aide-meadows-urges-fdas-hahn-to-approve-vaccine-by-friday-idUSKBN28L2O1 | 2020-12-12 |
| A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizers coronavirus vaccine paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot for a nation that has lost more than 285000 lives to COVID19 | Positive | A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizers coronavirus vaccine paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot for a nation that has lost more than 285000 lives to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/u-s-fda-advisers-overwhelmingly-back-authorizing-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28K1O5 | 2020-12-11 |
| Congressional leaders hope to attach a longawaited COVID19 relief package the first since trillion in aid was approved last spring to help mitigate pandemicrelated shutdowns job losses and other hardships | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| We are on course to access safe and efficacious COVID19 vaccines in the first quarter of he said | Positive | Osagie Ehanire speaking at a news conference in the capital Abuja said 1843 cases were recorded last week compared with 1235 two weeks before that | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria/nigeria-warned-of-possible-new-covid-19-wave-authorities-eye-vaccine-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28K2US | 2020-12-11 |
| On Thursday the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention urged rich countries that have ordered more COVID19 vaccines than they need to consider distributing excess doses to Africa | Negative | Osagie Ehanire speaking at a news conference in the capital Abuja said 1843 cases were recorded last week compared with 1235 two weeks before that | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria/nigeria-warned-of-possible-new-covid-19-wave-authorities-eye-vaccine-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28K2US | 2020-12-11 |
| A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer Incs coronavirus vaccine paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot for a nation that has lost more than 285000 lives to COVID19 | Positive | A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer Incs coronavirus vaccine paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot for a nation that has lost more than 285000 lives to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vote/u-s-fda-advisory-panel-votes-in-favor-of-pfizers-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN28K3CE | 2020-12-11 |
| Failure to agree new rules would snarl borders shock financial markets and sow chaos through supply chains in a world already grappling with the economic cost of COVID19 | Negative | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-major-trade-force-as-it-signs-singapore-deal-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-11 |
| The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID19 pandemic the sports global governing body said on Thursday | Negative | The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing China have been pushed back again to March 2023 due to the COVID19 pandemic the sports global governing body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-athletics-china/world-indoor-championships-in-china-postponed-again-until-2023-idUSKBN28K0RX | 2020-12-11 |
| A 90yearold grandmother in Britain became the worlds first person to receive a fully tested COVID19 shot on Tuesday | Positive | TOKYO Japan said on Thursday it will buy 10500 deep freezers to store novel coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for the extraordinary of protecting its people while the capital Tokyo reported a record number of new infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-vaccines/japan-plans-vaccine-freezer-buying-binge-as-tokyo-reports-record-cases-idUSKBN28K0AN | 2020-12-11 |
| The IPO is the culmination of a stunning recovery in Airbnbs fortunes after the firms business was heavily damaged by the COVID19 pandemic earlier this year | Positive | Shares of Airbnb Inc more than doubled in their stock market debut on Thursday valuing the home rental firm at just over billion in the biggest U.S. initial public offering of 2020 and capping a bumper year in which investors flocked to tech stocks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/airbnb-ipo/airbnb-valuation-surges-past-100-billion-in-biggest-u-s-ipo-of-2020-idUSKBN28K261 | 2020-12-11 |
| The Railroad Commission which regulates the states oil and gas industry has used the exceptions to help oil and gas companies during the COVID19 pandemic according to Public Citizen | Positive | A state district judge in Austin has ordered the Texas Railroad Commission to stop granting exceptions to environmental rules requiring oil and gas companies to cap unplugged wells and clean up waste pits advocacy group Public Citizen and the commission said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-texas-energyregulator-order/judge-orders-texas-energy-regulator-to-halt-exceptions-to-environmental-rules-idUSKBN28K32Y | 2020-12-11 |
| Massachusetts top court on Thursday ruled that Governor Charlie Baker had the authority to declare a state of emergency in response to the COVID19 pandemic and issue orders requiring businesses to close and social gatherings to be limited in size | Negative | Massachusetts top court on Thursday ruled that Governor Charlie Baker had the authority to declare a state of emergency in response to the COVID19 pandemic and issue orders requiring businesses to close and social gatherings to be limited in size | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-massachusetts/massachusetts-top-court-upholds-governors-emergency-covid-19-orders-idUSKBN28K31N | 2020-12-11 |
| NEW YORK Retail investors are stepping up their options buying pouring money into airlines small caps and other potential beneficiaries of a COVID19 vaccine even as U.S. stocks hover near record highs | Positive | NEW YORK Retail investors are stepping up their options buying pouring money into airlines small caps and other potential beneficiaries of a COVID19 vaccine even as U.S. stocks hover near record highs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-stocks-options-analysis/analysis-options-investors-swarm-u-s-value-stocks-on-hopes-of-economic-reopening-idUSKBN28K2U3 | 2020-12-11 |
| BERLIN Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID19 vaccine Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine adding he expects business on average to reach half of 2019 levels next year | Positive | BERLIN Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID19 vaccine Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine adding he expects business on average to reach half of 2019 levels next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lufthansa-outlook/lufthansa-ceo-sees-bookings-tripling-in-summer-2021-media-idUSKBN28L0IT | 2020-12-11 |
| Camilleris decision to step down came after the executive suffered health problems which made it necessary to hospitalize him for COVID19 in recent weeks a company source said | Negative | Ferrari Chief Executive Officer Louis Camilleri has retired citing personal reasons after being in the role for nearly two and a half years and Chairman John Elkann will lead the company on an interim basis the luxury automaker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ferrari-ceo/louis-camilleri-steps-down-as-ferrari-ceo-philip-morris-chairman-idUSKBN28K37X | 2020-12-11 |
| European shares slipped on Friday setting up to end an actionpacked week on a somber note on worries over the economic impact of a resurgent COVID19 pandemic and the fate of a Brexit trade deal as well as stalled U.S. stimulus measures | Negative | European shares slipped on Friday setting up to end an actionpacked week on a somber note on worries over the economic impact of a resurgent COVID19 pandemic and the fate of a Brexit trade deal as well as stalled U.S. stimulus measures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/brexit-virus-worries-weigh-on-european-shares-sanofi-down-on-vaccine-delay-idUSKBN28L0TO | 2020-12-11 |
| Dec 11 European shares slipped on Friday setting up to end an actionpacked week on a cautious note on worries over the economic impact of a resurgent COVID19 pandemic the fate of a Brexit trade deal and the stalled U.S. stimulus measures | Negative | Dec 11 European shares slipped on Friday setting up to end an actionpacked week on a cautious note on worries over the economic impact of a resurgent COVID19 pandemic the fate of a Brexit trade deal and the stalled U.S. stimulus measures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/brexit-virus-worries-weigh-on-european-shares-sanofi-down-on-vaccine-delay-idUSL4N2IR1ZP | 2020-12-11 |
| TOKYO Dec 11 Japans Nikkei share average fell on Friday to post its first weekly fall in six as uncertainties over Brexit U.S. stimulus and worries over surging COVID19 cases at home sapped risk appetite | Negative | TOKYO Dec 11 Japans Nikkei share average fell on Friday to post its first weekly fall in six as uncertainties over Brexit U.S. stimulus and worries over surging COVID19 cases at home sapped risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-posts-first-weekly-loss-in-six-on-brexit-virus-worries-idUSL4N2IR1LU | 2020-12-11 |
| NEW YORK American women who traditionally make most of the healthcare decisions in their families are more wary than men of the new rapidly developed COVID19 vaccines according to a poll presenting a potential challenge to efforts to immunize the public | Positive | NEW YORK American women who traditionally make most of the healthcare decisions in their families are more wary than men of the new rapidly developed COVID19 vaccines according to a poll presenting a potential challenge to efforts to immunize the public | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-poll/more-women-than-men-in-u-s-nervous-about-fast-rollout-of-covid-vaccine-and-thats-a-problem-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN28L0F3 | 2020-12-11 |
| Britains AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V vaccine candidate a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy | Positive | Britains AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V vaccine candidate a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/astrazeneca-to-test-combining-covid-vaccine-with-russias-sputnik-idUSKBN28L0YQ | 2020-12-11 |
| Russia has claimed Sputnik V is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results | Positive | Britains AstraZeneca said on Friday it would investigate combining its experimental COVID19 vaccine with Russias Sputnik V vaccine candidate a move Russian scientists have suggested could sharply boost efficacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/astrazeneca-to-test-combining-covid-vaccine-with-russias-sputnik-idUSKBN28L0YQ | 2020-12-11 |
| SINGAPORE Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings COVID19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat the company said as the country looks to ramp up testing to help reopen its borders and resume more economic activity | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has approved Advanced MedTech Holdings COVID19 kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat the company said as the country looks to ramp up testing to help reopen its borders and resume more economic activity | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-singapore-testing/singapore-approves-covid-19-test-using-saliva-from-inside-throat-idUSKBN28L0D5 | 2020-12-11 |
| Still a sizable percentage of the U.S. population has expressed skepticism about getting a COVID19 vaccine creating an additional challenge | Negative | The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-nears-final-covid-vaccine-review-as-daily-national-deaths-top-3250-idUSKBN28I1WD | 2020-12-10 |
| 4 trillion spending measure to which congressional leaders hope to attach the longawaited COVID19 relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a oneweek extension of federal government funding giving lawmakers more time to haggle over a broader spending package with coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-as-haggling-continues-over-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN28J1CA | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he will leave the hospital on Wednesday after a short stay following his COVID19 diagnosis over the weekend | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he will leave the hospital on Wednesday after a short stay following his COVID19 diagnosis over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-trump-giuliani/trump-lawyer-giuliani-to-leave-hospital-on-wednesday-after-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN28J2EX | 2020-12-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazil is still weighing whether to include pregnant women among the priority groups for early vaccination against COVID19 the Ministry of Healths Secretary of Health Surveillance Arnaldo Medeiros told journalists on Wednesday | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil is still weighing whether to include pregnant women among the priority groups for early vaccination against COVID19 the Ministry of Healths Secretary of Health Surveillance Arnaldo Medeiros told journalists on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pregnancy/brazil-still-weighing-priority-vaccination-of-pregnant-women-idUSKBN28J2LY | 2020-12-10 |
| Indias drugs regulator said it had sought more data to decide on emergency authorisation for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine candidate | Negative | South Korea scrambled to build hospital beds in shipping containers and Japan said it would buy over 10000 deep freezers to store vaccines while health regulators in the United States and Britain issued allergy warnings on Pfizers vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28K0GF | 2020-12-10 |
| LONDON The UKs medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot | Negative | LONDON The UKs medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-re/uk-medicine-regulator-says-people-with-anaphylaxis-risk-should-not-take-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-idUSKBN28K03C | 2020-12-10 |
| Johnson Johnson said on Wednesday it has cut enrollment for its pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to 40000 volunteers from its original plan for 60000 as higher rates of COVID19 infections amid a worsening pandemic should generate the data it needs with fewer study subjects | Negative | Johnson Johnson said on Wednesday it has cut enrollment for its pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to 40000 volunteers from its original plan for 60000 as higher rates of COVID19 infections amid a worsening pandemic should generate the data it needs with fewer study subjects | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/jj-says-cutting-enrollment-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-by-20000-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN28J2S9 | 2020-12-10 |
| The United States has reported an average and 205661 new COVID19 cases each day over the past week | Negative | Johnson Johnson said on Wednesday it has cut enrollment for its pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to 40000 volunteers from its original plan for 60000 as higher rates of COVID19 infections amid a worsening pandemic should generate the data it needs with fewer study subjects | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/jj-says-cutting-enrollment-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-by-20000-as-cases-rise-idUSKBN28J2S9 | 2020-12-10 |
| Last week Tesco said it would pay back to government 585 million pounds of COVID19 business rates relief which prompted rivals to do the same | Positive | LONDON Shareholders in Tesco can look forward to a 5 billion pound | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-tesco-asia/tescos-asia-deal-paves-way-for-5-billion-pound-shareholder-windfall-idUSKBN28J0PU | 2020-12-10 |
| Although Japan has avoided the vast number of COVID19 cases and deaths seen in other countries across the world it is now experiencing a third wave | Negative | TOKYO Libraries in Japan are hoping a machine that sterilizes books using ultraviolet light is giving visitors reassurance to takeout publications during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/health-coronavirus-japan-library/japanese-libraries-hope-uv-machine-gives-visitors-peace-of-mind-idUSKBN28J17J | 2020-12-10 |
| Investors have lowered cash reserves and poured money into stocks following breakthroughs on COVID19 vaccines expectations of more fiscal stimulus and less uncertainty about the U.S. presidential election | Positive | NEW YORK Optimism is surging among U.S. stock investors as Wall Street indexes hit records at the end of a year marred by a global pandemic that sent the U.S. economy into a tailspin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-usa-stocks-optimism-analysis/analysis-how-high-can-you-go-wall-street-exuberance-makes-some-uneasy-idUSKBN28J0IQ | 2020-12-10 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Governments in Asia could require inbound travellers to receive COVID19 vaccinations AirAsia Groups Chief Executive Officer said on Wednesday with such conditions expected to become a trend in the region | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Governments in Asia could require inbound travellers to receive COVID19 vaccinations AirAsia Groups Chief Executive Officer said on Wednesday with such conditions expected to become a trend in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-airasia-strategy/asian-nations-could-mandate-covid-19-shots-for-travellers-airasia-chief-says-idUSKBN28J0SN | 2020-12-10 |
| He said he was cautiously that the two parties could reach agreement on aid to support the economy until COVID19 vaccines are widely available | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-covid-aid-checks-would-spur-more-jobs-than-unemployment-supplement-idUSKBN28K03O | 2020-12-10 |
| It also proposed extending by two years tax reductions for environmentfriendly cars and cutting the tax charged on aviation fuel to help airlines hit by COVID19 the document showed | Neutral | TOKYO Japans ruling party has called for extended tax breaks on lowemission cars and green investment incentives a proposal showed on Thursday as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga puts carbon neutrality at the centre of his economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-tax/japans-ruling-party-calls-for-tax-breaks-on-green-investment-idUSKBN28K0DB | 2020-12-10 |
| On Wednesday McConnell said lawmakers were still looking for a path toward agreement on COVID19 some Democrats said he is a major obstacle | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| The PfizerBioNTech vaccine is a top contender in the global race to beat back COVID19 | Positive | LONDON U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their COVID19 vaccine had been unlawfully in a cyberattack on Europes medicines regulator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-ema-cyber/hackers-steal-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-data-in-europe-companies-say-idUSKBN28J2Q7 | 2020-12-10 |
| Hacking attempts against healthcare and medical organisations have intensified during the COVID19 pandemic as attackers ranging from statebacked spies to cyber criminals hunt for information | Negative | LONDON U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their COVID19 vaccine had been unlawfully in a cyberattack on Europes medicines regulator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-ema-cyber/hackers-steal-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-data-in-europe-companies-say-idUSKBN28J2Q7 | 2020-12-10 |
| Jenner Institute Director Adrian Hill who oversees the OxfordAstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine research and development said a vaccine would not be available in the United States until the middle of next if regulators wait for the end of their vaccine trial | Positive | Jenner Institute Director Adrian Hill who oversees the OxfordAstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine research and development said a vaccine would not be available in the United States until the middle of next if regulators wait for the end of their vaccine trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccin/u-s-should-not-wait-too-long-on-astrazeneca-vaccine-oxfords-hill-says-idUSKBN28J38K | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to ensure that priority access for COVID19 vaccines procured by the U.S. government is given to the American people before assisting other nations senior administration officials said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to ensure that priority access for COVID19 vaccines procured by the U.S. government is given to the American people before assisting other nations senior administration officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-trump/trump-to-order-priority-access-to-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-for-americans-idUSKBN28H2O2 | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who has tested positive for COVID19 is doing well in the hospital and does not have a fever the president said on Monday at the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who has tested positive for COVID19 is doing well in the hospital and does not have a fever the president said on Monday at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-trump-giuliani/trump-says-his-lawyer-giuliani-hospitalized-with-covid-19-does-not-have-fever-idUSKBN28H2FU | 2020-12-08 |
| Giuliani said on Twitter on Sunday night that he was getting great care and feeling hours after Trump announced that he former mayor had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani who has tested positive for COVID19 is doing well in the hospital and does not have a fever the president said on Monday at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-trump-giuliani/trump-says-his-lawyer-giuliani-hospitalized-with-covid-19-does-not-have-fever-idUSKBN28H2FU | 2020-12-08 |
| DE JANEIRO Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | Positive | DE JANEIRO Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-in-advanced-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-70-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN28H2Y7 | 2020-12-08 |
| Earlier on Monday President Jair Bolsonaro said that the government will offer COVID19 vaccines to all Brazilians free of charge once health regulator Anvisa gives it scientific and legal approval | Positive | DE JANEIRO Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-in-advanced-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-70-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN28H2Y7 | 2020-12-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government is in advanced talks with Pfizer Inc to buy 70 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine and a Memorandum of Intent should be signed this week the Health Ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pfizer/brazil-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-70-million-doses-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-health-ministry-idUSKBN28I05V | 2020-12-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the government will offer COVID19 vaccines to all Brazilians without cost or obligation once health regulator Anvisa gives it scientific and legal approval | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the government will offer COVID19 vaccines to all Brazilians without cost or obligation once health regulator Anvisa gives it scientific and legal approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-to-offer-covid-19-vaccine-for-all-at-no-cost-says-president-idUSKBN28H2ST | 2020-12-08 |
| MOSCOW Russia has granted approval for clinical trials to be held for the Chinese COVID19 vaccine Ad5Ncov involving 8000 volunteers the Interfax news agency reported on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has granted approval for clinical trials to be held for the Chinese COVID19 vaccine Ad5Ncov involving 8000 volunteers the Interfax news agency reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-russia/russia-approves-clinical-trials-for-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-ad5-ncov-ifax-idUSKBN28H0RN | 2020-12-08 |
| TOKYO Japanese biotech company AnGes Inc said on Tuesday it had initiated a phase clinical trial of its DNAbased COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | TOKYO Japanese biotech company AnGes Inc said on Tuesday it had initiated a phase clinical trial of its DNAbased COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-anges-covid-vaccine/japans-anges-begins-phase-2-3-clinical-trial-of-dna-based-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28I0EA | 2020-12-08 |
| The appeal of financial technology companies as acquisition targets has increased during the COVID19 pandemic as more people shop online and make more of their payments digitally | Positive | A blankcheck acquisition firm backed by veteran investor Bill Foley said on Monday it had agreed to merge with Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd valuing the payments platform at around billion including debt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/paysafe-m-a-foley-trasimene/paysafe-to-go-public-in-bill-foley-backed-9-billion-deal-idUSKBN28H1GP | 2020-12-08 |
| Australian BNPL companies have seen their share prices soar in 2020 as COVID19 lockdown measures and government economic stimulus payments for individuals spurred online shopping | Positive | SYDNEY Capital One Financial Corp has barred customers using its credit cards to clear buynowpaylater debt as the transactions bear unacceptable risk it told Reuters making it the first to distance itself from the finance alternative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-capital-one-fin-payments/capital-one-stops-risky-buy-now-pay-later-credit-card-transactions-idUSKBN28H0OR | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-funding/u-s-congress-eyes-short-term-funding-measure-as-covid-19-omnibus-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H2BZ | 2020-12-08 |
| With Britain preparing to roll out the COVID19 vaccine this week Londons FTSE 100 rose 0 | Positive | European shares slipped on Monday as rising tension between the United States and China sapped some appetite for risky assets while a battered pound on growing fears of Brexit without a trade deal buoyed Londons bluechip index | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-slip-on-u-s-china-worries-ftse-100-rises-idUSKBN28H0Q4 | 2020-12-08 |
| SYDNEY Dec 8 The Australian dollar was higher on Tuesday as the commoditypegged economy recovers following its relative success in combating COVID19 while its New Zealand counterpart traded slightly lower but still near recent peaks | Positive | SYDNEY Dec 8 The Australian dollar was higher on Tuesday as the commoditypegged economy recovers following its relative success in combating COVID19 while its New Zealand counterpart traded slightly lower but still near recent peaks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/aussie-dollar-slightly-firmer-on-goldilocks-economy-kiwi-ticks-down-idUSL1N2IO096 | 2020-12-08 |
| Sentiment remained upbeat as investors expect the global economic recovery to continue with COVID19 vaccines look set to be rolled out soon and stimulate consumption worldwide | Positive | TOKYO Dec 8 Japanese shares dipped on Tuesday as a monthold bull run ran out of gas with investors looking to see whether U.S. lawmakers can agree on a fresh pandemic relief package soon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-slip-back-as-investors-look-to-u-s-stimulus-debate-idUSL1N2IO067 | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-to-vote-on-stopgap-funding-bill-as-covid-19-aid-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H15D | 2020-12-08 |
| There could be a dangerous situation where it becomes difficult not only to treat COVID19 patients but also to provide essential medical he said | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Tuesday it had signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year but it would not hurry inoculation to allow more time to observe potential side effects | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-buy-millions-of-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-but-sees-no-need-to-hurry-idUSKBN28I053 | 2020-12-08 |
| They have tested negative for COVID19 | Negative | BHUBANESWAR India Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of more than 400 in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in the past few days a health official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/india-infection/india-investigates-if-organochlorines-behind-unknown-illness-idUSKBN28I0G5 | 2020-12-08 |
| President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID19 Trump said on Sunday prompting one state legislature to close for a week after Giuliani visited to try to persuade lawmakers to help reverse Trumps election defeat | Negative | President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID19 Trump said on Sunday prompting one state legislature to close for a week after Giuliani visited to try to persuade lawmakers to help reverse Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-trump-giuliani/giuliani-tests-positive-for-covid-19-latest-in-trumps-inner-circle-idUSKBN28G0T2 | 2020-12-07 |
| LOS ANGELES More than 23 million people in Southern California were preparing on Sunday for the harshest lockdowns in the United States as COVID19 cases spiked to record levels in the countrys most populous state | Negative | LOS ANGELES More than 23 million people in Southern California were preparing on Sunday for the harshest lockdowns in the United States as COVID19 cases spiked to record levels in the countrys most populous state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-faces-strict-new-coronavirus-lockdowns-some-sheriffs-push-back-idUSKBN28G0NK | 2020-12-07 |
| We confirm that we have now identified a number of COVID19 confirmed cases arising from these superspreader Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement | Neutral | CAPE TOWN South Africa on Sunday urged school students who attended a series of endofyear parties to enter 10 days of quarantine after identifying four such parties as COVID19 superspreader | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-urges-quarantine-after-super-spreader-student-parties-idUSKBN28G0M2 | 2020-12-07 |
| We also urge that Rage attendees test for COVID19 | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa on Sunday urged school students who attended a series of endofyear parties to enter 10 days of quarantine after identifying four such parties as COVID19 superspreader | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-urges-quarantine-after-super-spreader-student-parties-idUSKBN28G0M2 | 2020-12-07 |
| South Africa has recorded more than 800000 coronavirus infections and more than 21000 deaths related to COVID19 the most in Africa | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa on Sunday urged school students who attended a series of endofyear parties to enter 10 days of quarantine after identifying four such parties as COVID19 superspreader | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-urges-quarantine-after-super-spreader-student-parties-idUSKBN28G0M2 | 2020-12-07 |
| We believe Chinas export growth could remain elevated for another several months due to the worsening COVID19 situation the note said | Negative | BEIJING Chinas exports rose at the fastest pace in almost three years in November as strong global demand for goods needed to ride out the pandemic landed the worlds secondlargest economy a record trade surplus | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-trade/chinas-exports-surge-on-hot-demand-for-ppe-remote-working-tech-idUSKBN28H07K | 2020-12-07 |
| The investment deal also comes as Sinovac expands supply deals and trials of its experimental COVID19 vaccine CoronaVac with more countries following positive results from early to midstage clinical trials | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Sinovac Biotech has secured million in funding from a local firm to double production capacity of its coronavirus vaccine the companies said on Monday as it expects efficacy data of its experimental shot this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sinovac-vaccine-funding/sinovac-secures-515-million-funding-to-boost-covid-19-vaccine-production-idUSKBN28G0YH | 2020-12-07 |
| CoronaVac is also one of three experimental COVID19 vaccines China has been using to inoculate around 1 million people under an emergency use programme | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Sinovac Biotech has secured million in funding from a local firm to double production capacity of its coronavirus vaccine the companies said on Monday as it expects efficacy data of its experimental shot this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sinovac-vaccine-funding/sinovac-secures-515-million-funding-to-boost-covid-19-vaccine-production-idUSKBN28G0YH | 2020-12-07 |
| While winter cold and dry air have been factors in Hokkaidos COVID19 clusters a lack of aggressive testing and containment have also exacerbated the outbreaks in Asahikawa Shibuya said | Negative | TOKYO The emergence of Japans coldest city as a COVID19 hotspot has raised fears among health experts that it could be a sign of what the rest of the nation may face as winter sets in and more people stay indoors raising airborne transmission risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-hokkaido/covid-19-clusters-break-out-in-japans-coldest-city-as-winter-closes-in-idUSKBN28H0D3 | 2020-12-07 |
| after a top government health adviser said the U.S. drugmaker had applied for emergency use authorisation of its COVID19 vaccine in India | Positive | BENGALURU Dec 7 Indian shares touched record highs on Monday as private sector lender ICICI Bank hit a ninemonth high although losses in larger rival HDFC Bank weighed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-stocks/indian-shares-hit-record-highs-as-icici-bank-climbs-hdfc-bank-weighs-idUSL4N2IN1BA | 2020-12-07 |
| Australia has reported about 28000 cases of COVID19 and 908 deaths since the pandemic began | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondlargest city welcomed its first international passenger flight in five months on Monday an arrival that will test the state of Victorias revamped hotel quarantine system | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/melbourne-welcomes-first-international-flight-in-five-months-as-coronavirus-curbs-ease-idUSKBN28G0XO | 2020-12-07 |
| Californias two most densely inhabited regions and its agricultural breadbasket will be under stayathome orders by Sunday night as the COVID19 pandemic strains hospitals in the most populous U.S. state officials said | Negative | Sacramento Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/most-of-california-to-be-under-stay-at-home-orders-as-covid-19-surges-idUSKBN28F0WC | 2020-12-06 |
| Turkey has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | ANKARA Turkey has entered its first full weekend lockdown since May as deaths from coronavirus more than doubled in less than three weeks to hit record highs with daily infections now among the highest numbers recorded globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-in-weekend-lockdown-with-coronavirus-cases-at-record-highs-idUSKBN28F0FF | 2020-12-06 |
| The presidentelect said he would not make the vaccines being developed for COVID19 mandatory but hoped the public would develop confidence in them over time | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden/biden-urges-broad-action-on-coronavirus-aid-after-grim-jobs-report-idUSKBN28E2Y7 | 2020-12-05 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico can see an end to the coronavirus pandemic on the horizon with the first doses of Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine scheduled to arrive in weeks said a top official in charge of the countrys international response to the health crisis | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico can see an end to the coronavirus pandemic on the horizon with the first doses of Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine scheduled to arrive in weeks said a top official in charge of the countrys international response to the health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-mexico/with-vaccines-on-the-way-mexico-sees-beginning-of-the-end-of-pandemic-idUSKBN28E32N | 2020-12-05 |
| Several cities that were dismantling field hospitals used to receive COVID19 patients in the first stage of the pandemic are now scrambling for more hospital capacity | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO When a young woman joined her family for a barbecue one recent Sunday in southern Brazil soon after a night on the town she had no idea she would infect 18 relatives with the new coronavirus and three of them would eventually die | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-youth/young-brazilian-partygoers-stir-fears-of-second-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN28E2X3 | 2020-12-05 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africa expects to receive its first batch of COVID19 vaccines from the global vaccine distribution scheme coled by the World Health Organization in the second quarter of next year the health ministry said on Friday | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africa expects to receive its first batch of COVID19 vaccines from the global vaccine distribution scheme coled by the World Health Organization in the second quarter of next year the health ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccines/south-africa-expects-first-vaccines-from-covax-scheme-in-q2-2021-idUSKBN28E2WY | 2020-12-05 |
| South Africa has recorded more than 800000 coronavirus infections and over 21000 deaths related to COVID19 the most on the African continent | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa expects to receive its first batch of COVID19 vaccines from the global vaccine distribution scheme coled by the World Health Organization in the second quarter of next year the health ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccines/south-africa-expects-first-vaccines-from-covax-scheme-in-q2-2021-idUSKBN28E2WY | 2020-12-05 |
| Russia has so far recorded 2402949 COVID19 infections taking fourth place globally behind only the United States India and Brazil | Negative | MOSCOW Muscovites from highrisk groups such as healthcare workers began registering for jabs of a Russianmade COVID19 vaccine on Friday two days after President Vladimir Putin called for largescale vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-key-workers-register-for-jabs-of-russian-made-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28E0VN | 2020-12-05 |
| The former Soviet republic of 19 million has imposed two lockdowns this year and reported 134706 COVID19 cases with 1990 deaths | Negative | ALMATY Kazakhstan will start producing the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the novel coronavirus this month and begin a mass vaccination campaign next year President KassymJomart Tokayevs office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-russia/kazakhstan-to-start-producing-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28E0SQ | 2020-12-05 |
| PARIS France is preparing the rollout of a first round of COVID19 vaccines that it hopes will start reaching the most at risk citizens early next year pending regulatory approvals of the European Medicines Agency | Positive | PARIS France is preparing the rollout of a first round of COVID19 vaccines that it hopes will start reaching the most at risk citizens early next year pending regulatory approvals of the European Medicines Agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccines-ex/explainer-how-france-will-distribute-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28E1XQ | 2020-12-05 |
| OSLO Norway plans to use the three vaccines developed by Moderna AstraZeneca Pfizer and BioNTech in its first push to inoculate its population against COVID19 Norways health minister said on Friday | Positive | OSLO Norway plans to use the three vaccines developed by Moderna AstraZeneca Pfizer and BioNTech in its first push to inoculate its population against COVID19 Norways health minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-vaccine/norway-to-use-three-vaccines-to-stop-covid-19-from-early-2021-idUSKBN28E1AU | 2020-12-05 |
| Britain on Wednesday became the first nation in the Western world to approve a COVID19 vaccine the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech | Positive | OSLO Norway plans to use the three vaccines developed by Moderna AstraZeneca Pfizer and BioNTech in its first push to inoculate its population against COVID19 Norways health minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-vaccine/norway-to-use-three-vaccines-to-stop-covid-19-from-early-2021-idUSKBN28E1AU | 2020-12-05 |
| Policymakers believe this years yuan climb is supported by the sharp recovery from the economic damage of COVID19 which emerged in China a year ago | Positive | BEIJING Chinese policymakers are comfortable with the yuans rise to twoandahalfyear highs as a rebound in the worlds secondbiggest economy accelerates and the central bank gives the market greater leeway in setting the currencys value sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-yuan-exclusive/exclusive-china-comfortable-with-yuan-rises-for-now-as-economy-recovers-sources-say-idUSKBN28E1F8 | 2020-12-05 |
| Based on the positive Phase 1 results reported and the unprecedented need for COVID19 its clinical adjuvanted the company said | Positive | BEIJING Two coronavirus vaccine candidates developed by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals triggered strong immune responses in an earlystage human trial and appeared to be safe the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover/chinas-clover-says-its-covid-19-vaccines-trigger-strong-immune-responses-in-early-trial-idUSKBN28E151 | 2020-12-05 |
| Energy shares overall soared nearly in November leading the charge among sectors expected to benefit from the broad economic revival promised by encouraging developments for several vaccines against COVID19 | Positive | NEW YORK Investors are gauging how far a rally in beatendown energy shares could run as an expected recovery for the coronavirushit economy clashes with skepticism about the longterm prospects of fossil fuels | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-after-blazing-energy-rally-investors-check-the-fuel-gauge-idUSKBN28E1K3 | 2020-12-05 |
| Moderna Inc will be able to produce 500 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine in 2021 Chief Executive Officer Bancel said on Friday | Positive | Moderna Inc will be able to produce 500 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine in 2021 Chief Executive Officer Bancel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/moderna-ceo-confident-of-producing-500-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-2021-idUSKBN28E2QX | 2020-12-05 |
| Earlier on Friday Moderna extended its contract with the Israeli health ministry to supply an additional 4 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Moderna Inc will be able to produce 500 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine in 2021 Chief Executive Officer Bancel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/moderna-ceo-confident-of-producing-500-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-in-2021-idUSKBN28E2QX | 2020-12-05 |
| Shares in United have declined due to the sharp drop for air travel caused by the COVID19 pandemic making it vulnerable to takeovers | Negative | United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it was seeking shareholder approval for a rights offering as part of a plan to thwart any hostile takeover moves and preserve a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-united-arlns-tax/united-airlines-unveils-rights-issue-plan-to-protect-tax-assets-idUSKBN28E37G | 2020-12-05 |
| after Pfizer said supply chain obstacles forced it to slash the 2020 production target of its COVID19 vaccine developed with BioNtech by half | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/energy-stocks-drive-gains-in-european-shares-idUSL4N2IK1XT | 2020-12-05 |
| LONDON Dec 4 The dollar was headed for its worst week in a month on Friday while the euro gained as investors bet the U.S. currency has further to fall and that the worst of the COVID19 pandemic may be over within months | Negative | By Iain Withers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-worst-week-in-a-month-euro-rides-high-idUSL1N2IK0W8 | 2020-12-05 |
| Reed told reporters that disagreements over rival COVID19 demands for state and local government aid from Democrats and liability protection for businesses from Republicans continue to pose issues | Negative | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| States meanwhile are preparing for the first distribution to fall short as hospitals across the country grapple with record numbers of COVID19 patients and staffing shortages | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. governments first shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to be divided among states and federal agencies including the Department of Defense will fall far short of protecting high priority groups such as healthcare workers a Reuters analysis has found | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-distributi/analysis-first-u-s-delivery-of-covid-19-vaccine-will-leave-out-many-high-risk-workers-idUSKBN28E1JP | 2020-12-05 |
| The truth is that at present many places are witnessing very high transmission of the COVID19 virus which is putting enormous pressure on hospitals intensive care units and health workers | Negative | GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID pandemic now a vaccination was close saying healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-pandemic-complacency-amid-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28E2HH | 2020-12-05 |
| Californias governor on Thursday announced plans to impose COVID19 stayathome orders on a regional basis with tougher social and economic restrictions to be triggered when intensive care units near maximum capacity at a regions hospitals | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-governor-issues-regional-lockdown-plans-as-icus-near-capacity-idUSKBN28D38N | 2020-12-04 |
| Relations between the worlds two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues such as trade technology security human rights and COVID19 | Negative | Some damage to SinoU.S. ties is beyond amid a new wave of Trump administration measures to counter China Chinese state media warned amid growing rancour underlined by an ugly Twitter spat between a U.S. senator and Chinese journalists | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/usa-china-state-media/some-sino-u-s-relations-damage-beyond-repair-china-state-media-warn-idUSKBN28E02G | 2020-12-04 |
| Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | Positive | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| Brazils health regulator said it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | Positive | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| China ordered inspections of imported cold chain products to prevent the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| The WHO does not recommend countries issuing immunity for those who have recovered from COVID19 but is investigating the prospect of using evaccination certificates | Negative | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| Eli Lilly and Co said the U.S. government had purchased 650000 additional doses of its COVID19 antibody drug | Negative | Moscow plans to open its COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and Englands National Health Service is looking at ways to deploy vaccinations in care homes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28D0LA | 2020-12-04 |
| The president said South Africa had made a 327 million rand payment to the COVAX global COVID19 vaccine distribution scheme | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africa on Thursday tightened COVID19 rules in the Eastern Cape province where infections are rising the most curbing movement and gatherings but decided against reinstating a nationwide lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-tightens-covid-19-rules-in-eastern-cape-ramaphosa-says-in-the-fight-of-our-lives-idUSKBN28D32X | 2020-12-04 |
| MOSCOW Moscow will open its new COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers doctors and social workers Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow will open its new COVID19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers doctors and social workers Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/moscow-to-open-covid-19-vaccination-centres-on-saturday-mayor-idUSKBN28D1BL | 2020-12-04 |
| 5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average as vaccinations are set to begin in December in a handful of developed nations | Negative | Over 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-casualties/coronavirus-claims-1-5-million-lives-globally-with-10000-dying-each-day-idUSKBN28D37B | 2020-12-04 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Thursday he had asked Fauci to be the chief medical adviser on his COVID19 team when he takes office on Jan | Positive | LONDON Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci apologized on Thursday for casting doubt on the rigor of the British regulators who approved the Pfizer Inc vaccine against COVID19 saying he had faith in the quality of their work | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-fauci/fauci-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-over-uks-approval-of-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28D31J | 2020-12-04 |
| An increase in new infections and hospital admissions has slowed in recent weeks but Italy is still reporting more daily COVID19 fatalities than any other European nation | Negative | ROME Italy approved new restrictions on Thursday to avoid a surge in novel coronavirus infections over Christmas and the New Year banning midnight mass and halting movement between towns as the country posted its highest daily death toll of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-regions/italy-tightens-curbs-for-christmas-as-covid-deaths-hit-record-high-idUSKBN28D2FU | 2020-12-04 |
| Asda CEO Roger Burnley said the group recognised there were other industries for whom the effects of COVID19 would be much more long lasting | Positive | LONDON Sainsburys Asda Aldi and will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total recouped by the government from retailers to 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sainsbury-s-business-rates/uk-food-retailers-hand-back-2-4-billion-in-property-tax-relief-idUSKBN28D1DC | 2020-12-04 |
| The company has seen air freight demand surge as the cargo capacity usually available in passenger planes has evaporated during the COVID19 pandemic as air travel all but shut down | Positive | KONG Apex Logistics has been put up for sale by MBK Partners which hopes to lock in a valuation of more than billion after the coronavirus crisis boosted the Chinese freight forwarding companys business people close to the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-apex-sale/chinese-air-freight-firm-apex-up-for-sale-after-coronavirus-boost-sources-idUSKBN28D13K | 2020-12-04 |
| TOKYO A trilateral summit between Japan China and South Korea has been postponed until next year as the countries prioritize their COVID19 response Japans Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday | Negative | TOKYO A trilateral summit between Japan China and South Korea has been postponed until next year as the countries prioritize their COVID19 response Japans Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-asia-summit-postponed/japan-china-south-korea-summit-postponed-due-to-covid-19-media-idUSKBN28D166 | 2020-12-04 |
| Wang the fur trader and breeder said after the Danish cull was announced China began administering free COVID19 tests for captive minks | Negative | China As millions of mink are culled in Europe amid fears they could spread the novel coronavirus struggling Chinese suppliers are defying calls for their business to be banned and taking advantage of a surge in global prices for the prized fur | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-mink/chinas-fur-farms-see-opportunity-as-countries-cull-mink-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN28D0PV | 2020-12-04 |
| Japans Kaneka Corp has entered into a deal to manufacture Inovio Pharmaceuticals Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate the U.S.based vaccine maker said on Thursday | Positive | Japans Kaneka Corp has entered into a deal to manufacture Inovio Pharmaceuticals Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate the U.S.based vaccine maker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-inovio-pharma/inovio-signs-covid-19-vaccine-manufacturing-deal-with-japans-kaneka-idUSKBN28D1ZF | 2020-12-04 |
| Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to designate its ridehail and delivery drivers as nonhealth essential workers entitled to early COVID19 vaccine distribution | Positive | Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to designate its ridehail and delivery drivers as nonhealth essential workers entitled to early COVID19 vaccine distribution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-vaccine/uber-asks-u-s-cdc-to-consider-ride-hail-drivers-essential-for-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-idUSKBN28E04L | 2020-12-04 |
| Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts following a similar announcement by Alphabet Incs YouTube in October | Positive | PALO ALTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook/facebook-bans-false-claims-about-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28D202 | 2020-12-04 |
| Facebook said it would remove debunked COVID19 vaccine conspiracies such as that the vaccines safety is being tested on specific populations without their consent and misinformation about the vaccines | Positive | PALO ALTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook/facebook-bans-false-claims-about-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28D202 | 2020-12-04 |
| MILAN The number of high speed fibre optic broadband lines in Europe is expected to more than double over the next six years from last years levels as the COVID19 pandemic accelerates demand for faster internet services a study showed on Thursday | Positive | MILAN The number of high speed fibre optic broadband lines in Europe is expected to more than double over the next six years from last years levels as the COVID19 pandemic accelerates demand for faster internet services a study showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-europe-broadband/high-speed-internet-lines-to-surge-in-europe-as-virus-boosts-demand-study-idUSKBN28D2WP | 2020-12-04 |
| Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 358 people had died from the coronavirus since Wednesday and that confirmed cases of COVID19 infection had reached 1003494 | Negative | DUBAI Irans total cases of novel coronavirus hit 1 million on Thursday with 13922 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours the health ministry said as the Middle Easts worstaffected countrys death toll reached 49348 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/irans-coronavirus-cases-exceed-one-million-health-ministry-idUSKBN28D1EZ | 2020-12-04 |
| OTTAWA Canada is readying a plan to distribute a first round of COVID19 vaccines to the most vulnerable groups as soon as regulatory approvals are issued but managing the nationwide rollout will be one of the most complex logistical undertakings in the countrys history officials said on Thursday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada is readying a plan to distribute a first round of COVID19 vaccines to the most vulnerable groups as soon as regulatory approvals are issued but managing the nationwide rollout will be one of the most complex logistical undertakings in the countrys history officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine-exp/explainer-how-canada-will-distribute-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28D3D2 | 2020-12-04 |
| 5 million people have died globally from the COVID19 disease related to the coronavirus and some 63 million people have been infected | Negative | On Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-global-poy-covid-widerimage/how-covid-upended-life-as-we-knew-it-in-a-matter-of-weeks-idUSKBN28D1K8 | 2020-12-04 |
| Studies show that people usually start showing symptoms of the disease within five days of exposure but the CDC had earlier said between and of people with COVID19 are asymptomatic | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said a shorter quarantine period of seven days with a negative COVID19 test and 10 days without a test would work for individuals showing no symptoms after virus exposure providing alternatives to the current 14day standard | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/u-s-health-agency-shortens-quarantine-guidance-following-coronavirus-exposure-idUSKBN28C2LR | 2020-12-03 |
| PARIS Former French President Valery Giscard dEstaing a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID19 | Negative | PARIS Former French President Valery Giscard dEstaing a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-people-giscard/former-french-president-giscard-destaing-dies-at-94-idUSKBN28C3D1 | 2020-12-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday it was open to approving COVID19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-opens-route-for-emergency-approval-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28C317 | 2020-12-03 |
| Although officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines within a year experts say it will take at least twice as long which could leaving Brazil reliant on imports | Negative | BRASILIA The first batch of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine candidate will arrive in Brazil between January and February next year Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Wednesday with 100 million doses to arrive in the first half of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/first-doses-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-to-arrive-in-brazil-by-february-health-minister-says-idUSKBN28C2AI | 2020-12-03 |
| Russia said last month that the Sputnik jab was effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim results | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin ordered a largescale voluntary vaccination programme against COVID19 to begin next week across Russia saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the countrys flagship Sputnik V vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-orders-russia-to-begin-large-scale-covid-19-vaccinations-next-week-idUSKBN28C21E | 2020-12-03 |
| With 2347401 infections Russia only has fewer COVID19 cases than the United States India and Brazil | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin ordered a largescale voluntary vaccination programme against COVID19 to begin next week across Russia saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the countrys flagship Sputnik V vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-orders-russia-to-begin-large-scale-covid-19-vaccinations-next-week-idUSKBN28C21E | 2020-12-03 |
| It has recorded 41053 deaths related to COVID19 since the start of the pandemic | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin ordered a largescale voluntary vaccination programme against COVID19 to begin next week across Russia saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the countrys flagship Sputnik V vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-orders-russia-to-begin-large-scale-covid-19-vaccinations-next-week-idUSKBN28C21E | 2020-12-03 |
| BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to stem a tide of new COVID19 infections until Jan | Negative | BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to stem a tide of new COVID19 infections until Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-extend-covid-19-restrictions-until-jan-10-merkel-idUSKBN28C175 | 2020-12-03 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID19 vaccination on television to show it is safe but he would not have one before those in greater need his press secretary said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID19 vaccination on television to show it is safe but he would not have one before those in greater need his press secretary said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-jo/uk-pm-johnson-might-take-covid-shot-on-tv-but-wont-jump-queue-press-secretary-idUSKBN28C292 | 2020-12-03 |
| LONDON Pfizer is seeking full marketing authorisation from Britain for its COVID19 vaccine an executive said on Wednesday as the U.S. drugmaker gears up to deliver by the weekend the first shots following approval for emergency use in the country | Positive | LONDON Pfizer is seeking full marketing authorisation from Britain for its COVID19 vaccine an executive said on Wednesday as the U.S. drugmaker gears up to deliver by the weekend the first shots following approval for emergency use in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pfizer/pfizer-biontech-seeks-full-marketing-approval-from-uk-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28C22V | 2020-12-03 |
| Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech and said it will be rolled out from early next week | Positive | Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech and said it will be rolled out from early next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-vi/britain-approves-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-to-begin-next-week-idUSKBN28C0TN | 2020-12-03 |
| LONDON Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week | Positive | LONDON Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-fa/factbox-uk-approves-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-who-gets-it-first-idUSKBN28C0XH | 2020-12-03 |
| Suspected North Korean hackers have recently tried to break into at least nine health organizations including pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson and vaccine developer Novavax Inc revealing a broader effort to target key players in the race to develop treatments for COVID19 | Negative | Suspected North Korean hackers have recently tried to break into at least nine health organizations including pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson and vaccine developer Novavax Inc revealing a broader effort to target key players in the race to develop treatments for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-north-korea-cyber/north-korea-linked-hackers-targeted-jj-novavax-in-hunt-for-covid-research-idUSKBN28C1UE | 2020-12-03 |
| Digital espionage against health bodies vaccine scientists and drugmakers has intensified during the COVID19 pandemic as statebacked hacking groups scramble to obtain the latest research and information about the outbreak | Negative | Suspected North Korean hackers have recently tried to break into at least nine health organizations including pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson and vaccine developer Novavax Inc revealing a broader effort to target key players in the race to develop treatments for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-north-korea-cyber/north-korea-linked-hackers-targeted-jj-novavax-in-hunt-for-covid-research-idUSKBN28C1UE | 2020-12-03 |
| New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Wednesday acknowledged growth was slowing due to the spreading COVID19 cases and lack of more fiscal stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. private payrolls increased less than expected in November as soaring new COVID19 infections led to a wave of business restrictions adding to signs of slowing economic activity as a turbulent year winds down | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-private-payrolls-miss-expectations-as-covid-19-infections-spread-idUSKBN28C1YG | 2020-12-03 |
| Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID19 but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash experts said | Negative | Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID19 but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-companies/u-s-employers-could-mandate-a-covid-19-vaccine-but-are-unlikely-to-do-so-experts-idUSKBN28C2LL | 2020-12-03 |
| In Germany currently only measles vaccines are mandatory for some employees and companies have no sufficient legal basis to order COVID19 vaccination said Pauline Moritz a Frankfurtbased employment law attorney | Negative | Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID19 but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-companies/u-s-employers-could-mandate-a-covid-19-vaccine-but-are-unlikely-to-do-so-experts-idUSKBN28C2LL | 2020-12-03 |
| Qantas international fleet remains grounded until at least next July and the airline has flagged it will require international passengers to receive a COVID19 vaccine in order to travel | Positive | SYDNEY Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday its outlook had improved significantly because Australia had reopened its state borders with rising domestic capacity allowing the airline to start the process of repairing its pandemichit balance sheet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-qantas-outlook/australias-qantas-to-lift-domestic-capacity-repair-finances-as-state-borders-reopen-idUSKBN28C3B4 | 2020-12-03 |
| European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | Positive | European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-dip-ftse-100-outperforms-on-uk-vaccine-approval-idUSKBN28C0WK | 2020-12-03 |
| Dec 2 European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-dip-uk-vaccine-approval-limits-losses-on-ftse-100-idUSL4N2II1XA | 2020-12-03 |
| Britain became the first Western country to approve a COVID19 vaccine with 800000 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine available for those at high risk starting next week | Positive | SYDNEY Dec 3 Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after a choppy day of Wall Street trade thanks in part to a disappointing U.S. jobs report while the greenback languished near year lows on growing optimism of a coronavirus vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-mixed-u-s-dollar-near-2-1-2-year-lows-idUSL1N2IJ02S | 2020-12-03 |
| BUDAPEST With Hungary under partial lockdown to curb a surge in COVID19 cases several local companies have started offering online meetings with Santa Claus for children holed up at home with their families | Positive | BUDAPEST With Hungary under partial lockdown to curb a surge in COVID19 cases several local companies have started offering online meetings with Santa Claus for children holed up at home with their families | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-christmas-season-hungary-online-santa/hungarian-santas-ditch-the-chimney-for-the-internet-idUSKBN28C1T9 | 2020-12-03 |
| An editorial in the influential New England Journal of Medicine cites problems with a World Health Organization study that found Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral remdesivir failed to improve COVID19 survival and said it does not refute trials that demonstrated benefits of the drug in treating the illness | Negative | An editorial in the influential New England Journal of Medicine cites problems with a World Health Organization study that found Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral remdesivir failed to improve COVID19 survival and said it does not refute trials that demonstrated benefits of the drug in treating the illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/medical-journal-editorial-refutes-who-finding-on-gileads-remdesivir-for-covid-19-idUSKBN28C3EZ | 2020-12-03 |
| AstraZeneca Plc will likely get results of its U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial in lateJanuary and could potentially file for an emergency authorization the chief adviser for the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program said on Wednesday | Positive | AstraZeneca Plc will likely get results of its U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial in lateJanuary and could potentially file for an emergency authorization the chief adviser for the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccin/astrazeneca-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-trial-results-likely-in-late-january-says-health-official-idUSKBN28C349 | 2020-12-03 |
| SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | Positive | SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-aims-to-complete-review-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-by-january-2021-idUSKBN28C3EF | 2020-12-03 |
| Pfizers is one of the four COVID19 vaccines Australia has agreed to buy including from Novavax AstraZeneca and CSL Ltd should trials prove successful | Positive | SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-aims-to-complete-review-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-by-january-2021-idUSKBN28C3EF | 2020-12-03 |
| Australia is in the fortunate position of being able to allow regulators time to complete checks without the pressure of mounting cases of COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-aims-to-complete-review-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-by-january-2021-idUSKBN28C3EF | 2020-12-03 |
| Its tally of more than 27800 infections is far fewer than many other developed countries and until Wednesday gone nearly three weeks without any local transmission of COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-aims-to-complete-review-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-by-january-2021-idUSKBN28C3EF | 2020-12-03 |
| The streak was broken when Australias most populous state said a worker at a hotel where overseas travellers are quarantined for two weeks tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australias pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizers COVID19 vaccine by January 2021 with the country sticking to a March timetable to start vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-aims-to-complete-review-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-by-january-2021-idUSKBN28C3EF | 2020-12-03 |
| Some 35 people who have tested positive for COVID19 sat for the test at designated hospitals while special venues were provided to help another 404 who are in self isolation | Positive | SEOUL Nearly half a million South Korean students nervously began a hypercompetitive university entrance exam on Thursday with COVID19 students taking the exam in hospital and others separated by transparent barriers | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-exam/south-korea-students-sit-college-exam-behind-plastic-barriers-and-in-hospitals-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN28D0FT | 2020-12-03 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | Positive | WASHINGTON Top U.S. health officials announced plans on Tuesday to begin vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus as early as midDecember as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-plans-for-first-covid-vaccines-as-pandemic-deaths-surge-again-idUSKBN28B4YV | 2020-12-02 |
| Earlier on Tuesday yet another plan was floated by a bipartisan group of senators and House members seeking billion in a range of COVID19 relief measures | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| BRASILIA Indigenous people health workers and those aged 75 years and older will be at the front of the line to be vaccinated against COVID19 Brazils Health Ministry said on Tuesday as it unveiled a fourstage preliminary plan for national immunization | Positive | BRASILIA Indigenous people health workers and those aged 75 years and older will be at the front of the line to be vaccinated against COVID19 Brazils Health Ministry said on Tuesday as it unveiled a fourstage preliminary plan for national immunization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaacination/brazil-to-prioritize-elderly-indigenous-and-health-workers-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28B6FH | 2020-12-02 |
| BRASILIA A senior Brazilian Health Ministry official said on Tuesday that the ideal vaccine to immunize the country against COVID19 would be one that could be stored at temperatures of a regular refrigerator and does not require multiple doses | Positive | BRASILIA A senior Brazilian Health Ministry official said on Tuesday that the ideal vaccine to immunize the country against COVID19 would be one that could be stored at temperatures of a regular refrigerator and does not require multiple doses | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccines/brazil-sees-one-dose-unfrozen-vaccine-as-ideal-for-covid-19-official-says-idUSKBN28B6H8 | 2020-12-02 |
| Diamonds are among the main sources of income in the Lobaye region where the mine is located but COVID19 has hit exports of the precious stone | Positive | I prefer school | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-centralafrica-diamonds-mining-feature/children-head-to-diamond-mines-in-pandemic-hit-central-african-republic-idUSKBN28C0FI | 2020-12-02 |
| But the premiers of Canadas major provinces say they have no interest in reopening the border as long as cases of COVID19 escalate in the United States | Negative | OTTAWA Canada will not agree to lifting a ban on nonessential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak is significantly under control around the world Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/health-coronavirus-canada/canada-pm-trudeau-indicates-u-s-border-restrictions-to-last-a-long-time-idUSKBN28B5FY | 2020-12-02 |
| MOSCOW Russia is trying to import foreignmade drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic due to a shortage of products at home Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Tuesday as authorities reported a record 569 new daily deaths from the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is trying to import foreignmade drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic due to a shortage of products at home Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Tuesday as authorities reported a record 569 new daily deaths from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-tries-to-import-covid-19-drugs-as-deaths-hit-high-idUSKBN28B43L | 2020-12-02 |
| PARIS France will put restrictions on people traveling abroad to find ski resorts not subject to COVID19 shutdowns this Christmas French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday | Negative | PARIS France will put restrictions on people traveling abroad to find ski resorts not subject to COVID19 shutdowns this Christmas French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-ski/france-to-deter-skiers-searching-for-resorts-still-open-abroad-idUSKBN28B5V4 | 2020-12-02 |
| 29 three days after the owner of Chez had texted Griset France recorded just over 8000 new COVID19 cases a decline from earlier in the month | Negative | PARIS Chez is a discreetly located venue near the French parliament whose visitors book boasts signatures from former leaders including Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-restaurants/chefs-versus-scientists-frances-pandemic-fight-to-keep-eating-out-idUSKBN28B4S6 | 2020-12-02 |
| The NIS said last week it had foiled North Koreas attempts to hack into South Korean COVID19 vaccine makers | Negative | story corrects identity and removes RIC of third company listed in para 5 to China Pharmaceutical Group and in para 6 corrects to show Phase 3 trials being conducted outside | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china/china-gave-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-to-north-koreas-kim-u-s-analyst-idUSKBN28B3C9 | 2020-12-02 |
| 8 billion in its initial public offering in what would cap a stunning recovery in its fortunes after the U.S. home rental firms business was heavily damaged by the COVID19 pandemic earlier this year | Positive | Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday it is aiming for a valuation of up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbnb-ipo/airbnb-aims-for-35-billion-valuation-in-long-awaited-ipo-idUSKBN28B5CC | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. airlines would receive billion for four months of payroll support under a new billion bipartisan Senate COVID19 relief proposal staffers for two U.S. Senators said on Tuesday | Positive | U.S. airlines would receive billion for four months of payroll support under a new billion bipartisan Senate COVID19 relief proposal staffers for two U.S. Senators said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/u-s-senators-say-pandemic-relief-plan-would-give-airlines-17-billion-over-four-months-idUSKBN28B5IB | 2020-12-02 |
| Elsewhere in Europe impacts of lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID19 continued to be felt with manufacturing activity in France and Germany slowing in November | Negative | FTSE leads gains in Europe up 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-brexit-talks-eyed-idUSL4N2IH247 | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-vetting-covid-19-relief-that-trump-would-sign-idUSKBN28B69P | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Tuesday it was the agency could approve Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine by midDecember if everything falls into place but that it may take longer | Positive | U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said on Tuesday it was the agency could approve Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine by midDecember if everything falls into place but that it may take longer | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-hahn/fda-chief-hahn-says-mid-december-vaccine-approval-just-possible-abc-news-idUSKBN28B6I9 | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-says-ready-for-immediate-domestic-shipment-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28B5BY | 2020-12-02 |
| The department has laid the groundwork for the safe transportation of the COVID19 vaccine and is proud to support this historic Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-says-ready-for-immediate-domestic-shipment-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28B5BY | 2020-12-02 |
| flights from Miami to South America to prepare for its role in transporting COVID19 vaccines the carrier said Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it has made preparations to enable the immediate mass of COVID19 vaccines and completed all necessary regulatory measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-says-ready-for-immediate-domestic-shipment-of-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN28B5BY | 2020-12-02 |
| For students who are suspected cases of COVID19 proctors must wear protective equipment and collect exam papers in plastic bags and wipe them before handing over to the staff outside | Negative | SEOUL From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at cram the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean testtakers and proctors to rethink their strategies ahead of a hypercompetitive university entrance exam this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-exam/south-korea-coronavirus-outbreak-adds-new-stress-to-gruelling-eight-hour-exam-idUSKBN28C0H9 | 2020-12-02 |
| LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | Negative | LOS ANGELES Californias governor said on Monday the state was at a tipping in the COVID19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest surge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-at-covid-19-tipping-point-as-trump-administration-hopes-for-vaccines-by-christmas-idUSKBN28A2FG | 2020-12-01 |
| Californias governor the first to impose a statewide lockdown at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic said on Monday he may renew a stayathome order in the coming days to counter surging COVID19 infections that threaten to overwhelm hospital intensive care units | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/new-california-stay-home-order-weighed-as-covid-hospitalizations-surge-idUSKBN28A2ZC | 2020-12-01 |
| Much of the U.S. transportation sector has been battered by COVID19 as millions of workers stay home rather than commute to urban centers and tourism remains sharply lower | Negative | WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/u-s-capital-may-end-weekend-subway-service-in-2021-idUSKBN28B3JO | 2020-12-01 |
| Home finance has become one of the fastest growing areas of credit for Itau and rivals eager for collateralized loans as COVID19 threatens to tip unsecured borrowers into default | Negative | SAO PAULO Owning their first home on the outskirts of Sao Paulo felt like a distant dream when tattoo artist Fernando do Prado and pharmacist Jenifer Ferreira got engaged in January | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mortgages-focus/mortgage-boom-risks-coming-home-to-roost-for-brazils-banks-idUSKBN28A0Y3 | 2020-12-01 |
| Russia said earlier this month that its other Sputnik V vaccine was effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim results | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to begin mass trials of its second coronavirus vaccine EpiVacCorona on people aged over 18 on Monday the RIA news agency cited the consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-begins-mass-trials-of-second-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN28A0P0 | 2020-12-01 |
| LONDON British tycoon Philip Greens Arcadia fashion group has collapsed into administration putting over 13000 jobs at risk and becoming the countrys biggest corporate casualty of the COVID19 pandemic so far | Negative | LONDON British tycoon Philip Greens Arcadia fashion group has collapsed into administration putting over 13000 jobs at risk and becoming the countrys biggest corporate casualty of the COVID19 pandemic so far | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-retail-green/philip-greens-arcadia-uk-fashion-group-falls-into-administration-idUSKBN28A2TQ | 2020-12-01 |
| Moderna Inc said on Monday it has applied for U.S. emergency authorization for its COVID19 vaccine after full results from a latestage study showed it was 94 | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Monday it has applied for U.S. emergency authorization for its COVID19 vaccine after full results from a latestage study showed it was 94 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-moderna/moderna-files-for-u-s-vaccine-authorization-will-seek-eu-nod-idUSKBN28A1IU | 2020-12-01 |
| He had been stricken by COVID19 and the home recommended putting him on endoflife care she said | Negative | STOCKHOLM In April a nurse at a Stockholm home for the elderly told Helen Gluckman that her 83yearold father would likely not live for long | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-nursinghome/swedens-nursing-home-covid-failures-haunt-relatives-left-behind-idUSKBN28A28O | 2020-12-01 |
| Since the start of the pandemic 23 of Bergas patients have died from COVID19 but the nursing home has not had any cases since May Mardh said | Negative | STOCKHOLM In April a nurse at a Stockholm home for the elderly told Helen Gluckman that her 83yearold father would likely not live for long | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-nursinghome/swedens-nursing-home-covid-failures-haunt-relatives-left-behind-idUSKBN28A28O | 2020-12-01 |
| TOKYO An 18metre robot that can walk and move its arms was unveiled in Japan on Monday amid hopes that it will help invigorate tourism hit by COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO An 18metre robot that can walk and move its arms was unveiled in Japan on Monday amid hopes that it will help invigorate tourism hit by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-robot/giant-japanese-robot-spurs-hopes-for-tourism-after-virus-hit-idUSKBN28A1WF | 2020-12-01 |
| Nunn will be charged with steering Lloyds seen as a bellwether for Britains economy through the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic and an era of rockbottom central bank interest rates | Negative | LONDON Britains biggest domestic lender Lloyds Banking Group has named Charlie Nunn currently head of wealth and personal banking at rival HSBC as its next chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-lloyds-ceo/lloyds-names-hsbcs-charlie-nunn-as-chief-executive-idUSKBN28A0L9 | 2020-12-01 |
| Moderna Inc said on Monday it had applied for U.S. emergency authorization for its COVID19 vaccine supporting broader Asian shares on Tuesday despite an overnight dip on Wall Street | Positive | BENGALURU Dec 1 Indian shares rose on Tuesday following their best monthly gain since April with sentiment lifted by data showing a smallerthanexpected contraction in Asias thirdlargest economy and broader optimism stemming from hopes for a COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-stocks/indian-shares-rise-on-economic-recovery-signs-auto-sales-data-eyed-idUSL4N2IH1CW | 2020-12-01 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden spoke with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday Bidens transition team said discussing the need for a strengthened to combat COVID19 pandemic and climate change two areas where President Donald Trump shunned a multilateral approach | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden spoke with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Monday Bidens transition team said discussing the need for a strengthened to combat COVID19 pandemic and climate change two areas where President Donald Trump shunned a multilateral approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-biden-un/biden-u-n-chief-discuss-strengthened-partnership-on-covid-19-climate-idUSKBN28A37P | 2020-12-01 |
| JAKARTA Anies Baswedan the governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta said on Tuesday he had tested positive for COVID19 as the worlds fourth most populous country struggles to contain a spike in the number of infections | Negative | JAKARTA Anies Baswedan the governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta said on Tuesday he had tested positive for COVID19 as the worlds fourth most populous country struggles to contain a spike in the number of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-governor/jakarta-governor-contracts-covid-19-as-indonesia-infections-spike-idUSKBN28B3QW | 2020-12-01 |
| On Monday 29 people were reported dead from COVID19 the highest number of daily fatalities since Nov | Negative | Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepals capital Kathmandu and hand it over to crematory workers a scene unimaginable in the conservative country in recent years | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-nepal-women/nepals-female-soldiers-break-taboos-to-tackle-covid-crisis-idUSKBN28B3EO | 2020-12-01 |
| LONDON British pop star Rita Ora apologised on Monday after she admitted she had attended a party to celebrate her 30th birthday which broke Englands strict COVID19 lockdown laws | Negative | LONDON British pop star Rita Ora apologised on Monday after she admitted she had attended a party to celebrate her 30th birthday which broke Englands strict COVID19 lockdown laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ora/singer-rita-ora-apologises-for-breaking-lockdown-rules-with-party-idUSKBN28A287 | 2020-12-01 |
| 21 the government said on Sunday in a move to limit the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Canada will extend its restrictions for all travelers entering the country except from the United States until Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-travel/canada-extends-travel-restrictions-for-those-entering-the-country-idUSKBN2890XG | 2020-11-30 |
| Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that billion in federal funds was needed to distribute the COVID19 vaccine as legislative negotiations over an economic relief bill remain stalled | Negative | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that billion in federal funds was needed to distribute the COVID19 vaccine as legislative negotiations over an economic relief bill remain stalled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrat-schumer-says-30-billion-in-federal-funds-needed-to-distribute-covid-vaccine-idUSKBN2890PT | 2020-11-30 |
| Hong Kong reported 115 new coronavirus infections on Sunday including 109 locally transmitted the highest in nearly four months as authorities battle a renewed wave of COVID19 | Negative | Britain is at risk of suffering a third wave of coronavirus infections if it does not get the approach to lockdown restrictions right foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28A0F5 | 2020-11-30 |
| LONDON Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquitoborne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID19 in subSaharan Africa the World Health Organization warned on Monday | Negative | LONDON Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquitoborne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID19 in subSaharan Africa the World Health Organization warned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-malaria-who/malaria-death-toll-to-exceed-covid-19s-in-sub-saharan-africa-who-idUSKBN28A009 | 2020-11-30 |
| The plan proposes rebuilding ties with common fronts on issues from digital regulation to tackling the COVID19 pandemic the FT said | Neutral | The European Union is seeking to forge a new alliance with the United States to bury the tensions of the Trump era and meet the challenges posed by China the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing a draft plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-usa-trade/eu-proposes-new-post-trump-alliance-with-u-s-in-face-of-china-threat-financial-times-idUSKBN2890VH | 2020-11-30 |
| SINGAPORE Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease | Neutral | SINGAPORE Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-experts-studying-effect-of-covid-on-unborn-babies-idUSKBN28A0HO | 2020-11-30 |
| The National University Hospital another hospital involved said the study aims looks at the effects of COVID19 on pregnant women their foetus and outcomes after delivery | Neutral | SINGAPORE Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-experts-studying-effect-of-covid-on-unborn-babies-idUSKBN28A0HO | 2020-11-30 |
| NEW The Indian Council of Medical Research is assisting an inquiry into an alleged adverse reaction during AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine trial but has found no reason to recommend halting it a senior official at the regulator said on Sunday | Negative | NEW The Indian Council of Medical Research is assisting an inquiry into an alleged adverse reaction during AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine trial but has found no reason to recommend halting it a senior official at the regulator said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/india-regulators-probe-alleged-astrazeneca-shot-reaction-trial-continues-idUSKBN2890QJ | 2020-11-30 |
| My doctor suspects I have transferred my COVID19 antibodies to him during my Celine NgChan told the paper | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singaporean woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singaporean-gives-birth-to-baby-with-covid-19-antibodies-report-idUSKBN289069 | 2020-11-29 |
| The World Health Organisation says it is not yet known whether a pregnant woman with COVID19 can pass the virus to her foetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery | Negative | SINGAPORE A Singaporean woman who was infected with the novel coronavirus in March when she was pregnant has given birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus offering a new clue as to whether the infection can be transferred from mother to child | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singaporean-gives-birth-to-baby-with-covid-19-antibodies-report-idUSKBN289069 | 2020-11-29 |
| Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate to be available in Europe as early as the spring the government said on Sunday in addition to the 5 million doses it secured from the U.S. company two weeks ago | Positive | Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate to be available in Europe as early as the spring the government said on Sunday in addition to the 5 million doses it secured from the U.S. company two weeks ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/uk-secures-2-million-more-doses-of-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28903C | 2020-11-29 |
| LONDON Nov 28 Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane said inflation could rise by more than expected as progress on COVID19 vaccines and huge amounts of stimulus raised the chances of a swift economic bounceback | Negative | details and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-boe-haldane/update-1-boes-haldane-sees-inflation-risks-as-economies-bounce-back-idUSL8N2IE091 | 2020-11-29 |
| Britain is set to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation the Financial Times reported on Saturday | Positive | Britain is set to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation the Financial Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-britain/uk-regulator-set-to-approve-covid-19-vaccine-next-week-ft-idUSKBN2880KN | 2020-11-29 |
| The government asked the regulator on Friday to assess AstraZeneca Plcs COVID19 vaccine for a possible rollout | Positive | Britain is set to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation the Financial Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-britain/uk-regulator-set-to-approve-covid-19-vaccine-next-week-ft-idUSKBN2880KN | 2020-11-29 |
| The two sides will shortly resume facetoface negotiations after they had to be suspended last week when one of EU chief negotiator Michel Barniers team tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| 2 trillion reais worth of credit and liquidity to businesses banks and financial markets to cushion the economic shock of COVID19 | Positive | BRASILIA Loan defaults in Brazil fell to historic lows in October figures showed on Friday in further evidence of the economys recovery and that the central banks steps to loosen financial conditions were working | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-lending/brazil-loan-defaults-fall-to-record-low-in-october-idUSKBN2871JN | 2020-11-28 |
| MOSCOW Russia plans to vaccinate more than 400000 military personnel against COVID19 Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as authorities reported a record 27543 new coronavirus cases | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to vaccinate more than 400000 military personnel against COVID19 Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as authorities reported a record 27543 new coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-to-vaccinate-armed-forces-against-covid-19-as-new-cases-hit-daily-record-idUSKBN2870MO | 2020-11-28 |
| Shoigu said 2500 military personnel had been vaccinated against COVID19 already with the total expected to reach 80000 by the end of the year news agencies cited him as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to vaccinate more than 400000 military personnel against COVID19 Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as authorities reported a record 27543 new coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-to-vaccinate-armed-forces-against-covid-19-as-new-cases-hit-daily-record-idUSKBN2870MO | 2020-11-28 |
| European banks are struggling with ultra low interest rates and the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic is forcing them to focus on cutting costs either alone or through tieups | Negative | MADRID BBVA and Sabadell ended merger talks on Friday after they failed to agree on price stalling a wave of Spanish bank tieups and putting Sabadells lossmaking British lender TSB on the block | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sabadell-m-a-bbva/spains-bbva-and-sabadell-end-tie-up-talks-tsb-up-for-sale-idUSKBN28712X | 2020-11-28 |
| UNICEF said in August eight children had died in alHol where it said children from 60 countries were languishing and COVID19 infections among camp workers had worsened conditions | Negative | TASHKENT Uzbekistan plans to repatriate another group of its citizens mostly women and children from Syria where they are staying at crowded camps with other families of Islamic State fighters an Uzbek government source told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-uzbekistan-syria-repatriation/uzbekistan-to-repatriate-more-citizens-from-crowded-syrian-camps-source-says-idUSKBN2872E9 | 2020-11-28 |
| The hacking attempts targeted a broad set of including staff working on COVID19 research said one of the sources but are not thought to have been successful | Neutral | LONDON Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID19 virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-astrazeneca-no/exclusive-suspected-north-korean-hackers-targeted-covid-vaccine-maker-astrazeneca-sources-idUSKBN2871A2 | 2020-11-28 |
| AstraZeneca which has emerged as one of the top three COVID19 vaccine developers declined to comment | Negative | LONDON Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID19 virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-astrazeneca-no/exclusive-suspected-north-korean-hackers-targeted-covid-vaccine-maker-astrazeneca-sources-idUSKBN2871A2 | 2020-11-28 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to push back an election for the lower house of parliament to some time after next summer as the country tackles a third wave of COVID19 infections the Nikkei reported on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to push back an election for the lower house of parliament to some time after next summer as the country tackles a third wave of COVID19 infections the Nikkei reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-snap-election/japan-pm-likely-to-push-back-parliament-election-nikkei-idUSKBN2871EP | 2020-11-28 |
| The proposal by Oasis would not result in an increase of corporate Tokyo Dome said in a statement adding it hasnt been taking the prolonged COVID19 outbreak into consideration | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese property developer Mitsui Fudosan Co said on Friday it would pay | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-tokyo-dome-m-a-mitsui-fudosan/mitsui-fudosan-to-pay-1-2-billion-in-white-knight-bid-for-tokyo-dome-idUSKBN2870RX | 2020-11-28 |
| NEW YORK Masked shoppers turned up in smaller numbers at major U.S. retailers including Macys Inc Walmart Inc and Best Buy Co Inc on Black Friday as early online deals and worry about the spike in COVID19 cases dulled enthusiasm for trips to the mall | Positive | NEW YORK Masked shoppers turned up in smaller numbers at major U.S. retailers including Macys Inc Walmart Inc and Best Buy Co Inc on Black Friday as early online deals and worry about the spike in COVID19 cases dulled enthusiasm for trips to the mall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-black-friday/pandemic-fears-online-deals-thin-u-s-black-friday-crowds-idUSKBN28710B | 2020-11-28 |
| Target employee Seth Schaffer 22 from Lufkin Texas said shoppers in his store appeared less concerned about taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK Masked shoppers turned up in smaller numbers at major U.S. retailers including Macys Inc Walmart Inc and Best Buy Co Inc on Black Friday as early online deals and worry about the spike in COVID19 cases dulled enthusiasm for trips to the mall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-holidayshopping-black-friday/pandemic-fears-online-deals-thin-u-s-black-friday-crowds-idUSKBN28710B | 2020-11-28 |
| 4 in total to sophisticated investment scams since a government lockdown in March to fight the COVID19 pandemic a trade body said on Saturday | Negative | LONDON More than 200 British retail investors have lost nearly 10 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-investment-scams/scammers-fool-britons-with-investment-firm-clones-says-trade-body-idUSKBN28800L | 2020-11-28 |
| Germanys bluechip DAX was flat as COVID19 infections in the country surpassed the one million mark and the daily death toll hit a record | Negative | Nov 27 European shares edged lower on Friday as investors exercised caution ahead of a barrage of economic data due later in the day while doubts about the effectiveness of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine also hit sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-set-for-fourth-weekly-gain-but-vaccine-worries-weigh-idUSL4N2ID24P | 2020-11-28 |
| The riskon moves were not deterred by questions over trial data on AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine for the even as several scientists sounded caution over the trial results | Positive | Highly anticipated vaccine facing more scrutiny | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-at-record-high-as-risk-trade-continues-dollar-under-pressure-idUSL1N2ID0Z1 | 2020-11-28 |
| Australias secondlargest state Victoria which was once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday that it has gone 28 days without detecting new infections | Positive | By Elizabeth Howcroft | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-down-set-for-weekly-loss-kiwi-having-best-month-since-2013-idUSL1N2ID0K3 | 2020-11-28 |
| Britains AstraZeneca announced an average efficacy rate of still well above the rate that U.S. regulators have said they want to see before approving a COVID19 vaccine for use | Positive | The frontrunners in the COVID19 vaccine race have emerged with different success rates for their shots in clinical trials but what does that mean for the global fight against the | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-protection/explainer-will-covid-19-vaccines-protect-us-does-efficacy-equal-effectiveness-idUSKBN287279 | 2020-11-28 |
| SAO PAULO Sao Paulo could roll out a COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac without approval from the national health regulator Governor Joao Doria said in an interview on Thursday pressuring Brasilia to greenlight the vaccine | Negative | SAO PAULO Sao Paulo could roll out a COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac without approval from the national health regulator Governor Joao Doria said in an interview on Thursday pressuring Brasilia to greenlight the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-biotech-br/sao-paulo-governor-floats-using-sinovac-vaccine-without-brasilias-approval-idUSKBN2862AS | 2020-11-27 |
| Last month Mahdis family said he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | KHARTOUM Sadiq alMahdi Sudans last democratically elected leader and the greatgrandson of the messianic figure who fought the British in the 19th century has died from the coronavirus the party he led said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudans-last-democratically-elected-pm-dies-from-covid-19-idUSKBN2853EB | 2020-11-27 |
| With 2187990 infections Russia has the fourthlargest number of COVID19 cases in the world behind the United States India and Brazil | Negative | MOSCOW Developers of the Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-sputni/russias-sputnik-v-developers-call-on-astrazeneca-to-try-combining-vaccines-idUSKBN28629Q | 2020-11-27 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID19 as the country reported record high numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID19 as the country reported record high numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-opens-covid-19-drug-plant-as-russia-reports-daily-record-for-cases-deaths-idUSKBN28614C | 2020-11-27 |
| Speaking at the inauguration via video link Putin said the plant would produce COVID19 drugs as well as medicine used to treat tuberculosis diabetes hepatitis and other diseases | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID19 as the country reported record high numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-opens-covid-19-drug-plant-as-russia-reports-daily-record-for-cases-deaths-idUSKBN28614C | 2020-11-27 |
| SCHIPHOL AIRPORT Netherlands In cavernous coldstorage warehouses at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport KLM workers are gearing up for a surge next year in COVID19 vaccine cargos that will need to be flown around the world at ultralow temperatures | Positive | SCHIPHOL AIRPORT Netherlands In cavernous coldstorage warehouses at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport KLM workers are gearing up for a surge next year in COVID19 vaccine cargos that will need to be flown around the world at ultralow temperatures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-air-france-klm-vac/were-ready-schiphol-airport-gears-up-for-chilled-vaccine-cargos-idUSKBN2861IY | 2020-11-27 |
| Some other vaccines being developed in China are also stable in normal fridges and Kuijn reckons only a minority COVID19 shots will need to be transported frozen | Positive | SCHIPHOL AIRPORT Netherlands In cavernous coldstorage warehouses at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport KLM workers are gearing up for a surge next year in COVID19 vaccine cargos that will need to be flown around the world at ultralow temperatures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-air-france-klm-vac/were-ready-schiphol-airport-gears-up-for-chilled-vaccine-cargos-idUSKBN2861IY | 2020-11-27 |
| Biden urged Americans to avoid big family gatherings and to wear protective masks and maintain social distancing as COVID19 cases soar | Negative | LONDON Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday as recent vaccine progress Joe Bidens U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-hold-close-to-record-highs-u-s-markets-close-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-27 |
| The Global Times a nationalist tabloid published by the Peoples Daily has also promoted the theory that COVID19 originated outside China | Negative | SHANGHAI As global COVID19 infections surge China is pushing a narrative via state media that the virus existed abroad before it was discovered late last year in the central city of Wuhan where it was traced to a seafood market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-origin/with-frozen-food-clampdown-china-points-overseas-as-source-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2861A2 | 2020-11-27 |
| Companies had stockpiled goods before previous Brexit deadlines but many held off this time weakened by the COVID19 hit to cash flow | Negative | LONDON British businesses are rushing to stockpile goods just five weeks before postBrexit customs checks come into force on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-borders/exclusive-uk-delivery-prices-jump-ahead-of-brexit-cliff-edge-as-firms-rush-to-stockpile-idUSKBN2860ZK | 2020-11-27 |
| PARIS French Health Minister Oliver Veran confirmed on Thursday France could start rolling out COVID19 vaccines by the end of the year stressing the need for authorities to be transparent about the process given French citizens high level of scepticism towards vaccinations | Positive | PARIS French Health Minister Oliver Veran confirmed on Thursday France could start rolling out COVID19 vaccines by the end of the year stressing the need for authorities to be transparent about the process given French citizens high level of scepticism towards vaccinations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccines/french-health-minister-confirms-vaccination-could-start-by-end-of-year-idUSKBN286151 | 2020-11-27 |
| The proposal suggests incentives to promote green investment will be among key pillars of the package along with spending to cushion the immediate economic blow from COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO Japans ruling party will urge the government to lay out a big decadelong spending programme to promote green investment a draft proposal obtained by Reuters showed on Friday a nod to Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas carbon emission goals | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-ldp-stimulus/japans-ruling-party-to-propose-big-spending-on-green-investment-draft-idUSKBN28705N | 2020-11-27 |
| AstraZeneca is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID19 vaccine using a lower dosage its chief executive was quoted as saying on Thursday amid questions over the results of its latestage study | Negative | AstraZeneca is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID19 vaccine using a lower dosage its chief executive was quoted as saying on Thursday amid questions over the results of its latestage study | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-ceo-expects-to-run-new-global-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-bloomberg-idUSKBN28620H | 2020-11-27 |
| Nina Jain was regularly checking the nations COVID19 data and holding out hope that her son Antonio a sophomore who attends college in Iowa could come home to Sacramento California for Thanksgiving this week | Positive | Nina Jain was regularly checking the nations COVID19 data and holding out hope that her son Antonio a sophomore who attends college in Iowa could come home to Sacramento California for Thanksgiving this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-thanksgiving-college/as-covid-19-cases-soar-u-s-families-weigh-risks-of-welcoming-college-kids-home-idUSKBN2851F9 | 2020-11-26 |
| For some students lastminute COVID19 testing before leaving campus derailed their travel | Negative | Nina Jain was regularly checking the nations COVID19 data and holding out hope that her son Antonio a sophomore who attends college in Iowa could come home to Sacramento California for Thanksgiving this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-thanksgiving-college/as-covid-19-cases-soar-u-s-families-weigh-risks-of-welcoming-college-kids-home-idUSKBN2851F9 | 2020-11-26 |
| Turkey which announced asymptomatic case numbers for the first time since July has signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech | Positive | Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections crossed 60 million and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-26 |
| Dutch researchers are preparing for a potential human COVID19 vaccine trial advocacy group 1Day Sooner said | Positive | Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections crossed 60 million and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-26 |
| Last month alMahdis family said he had tested positive for COVID19 and was transferred to the UAE for treatment a few days later following a brief hospitalisation in Sudan | Negative | KHARTOUM Leading Sudanese politician and former prime minister Sadiq alMahdi died from a coronavirus infection three weeks after being hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates according to family sources and a party statement early on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudans-former-pm-sadiq-al-mahdi-dies-from-coronavirus-in-uae-idUSKBN2853EB | 2020-11-26 |
| It has never been more important that UK aid and climate finance work together to build resilience in the face of climate change and the COVID19 they wrote | Positive | The temporary reduction to 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-aid-britain-trfn/uk-climate-leadership-seen-weakened-by-aid-cut-for-worlds-poor-idUSKBN28533P | 2020-11-26 |
| The companies are looking to cut costs wherever they can bruised by a COVID19induced collapse in global oil and gas prices and facing a worsening security situation in Mozambique | Negative | ExxonMobil and Total are in negotiations over their massive LNG projects in Mozambique with each seeking to extract more gas from a shared field that straddles the two developments and cut costs three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-exxonmobil-mozambique-lng-exclusive/exclusive-exxon-and-total-in-talks-over-mozambique-lng-resource-sharing-deal-sources-idUSKBN285326 | 2020-11-26 |
| The bilateral ties have overcome the COVID19 ordeals and are showing their strength and ever more vigour | Positive | SEOUL The foreign ministers of South Korea and China pledged on Thursday to work together to advance bilateral ties and tackle regional and global issues including stalled nuclear talks involving North Korea and the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-southkorea-china/south-korea-china-top-diplomats-vow-to-work-on-xi-visit-north-korea-idUSKBN28609L | 2020-11-26 |
| Separately he said Turkey had signed a contract to buy 50 million doses of COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey recorded 28351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours including 6814 with symptoms Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday the first time since July Ankara has included asymptomatic cases in the total | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-cases/turkey-announces-asymptomatic-coronavirus-case-numbers-for-first-time-since-july-idUSKBN2852W3 | 2020-11-26 |
| OSLO Chinas greenhouse gas emissions will increase in 2020 compared to 2019 as they have rebounded after the COVID19 outbreak the head of the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday | Negative | OSLO Chinas greenhouse gas emissions will increase in 2020 compared to 2019 as they have rebounded after the COVID19 outbreak the head of the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-emissions/chinas-co2-emissions-will-be-higher-in-2020-than-in-2019-says-ieas-birol-idUSKBN28510F | 2020-11-26 |
| FRANKFURT BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday they would launch a Phase II clinical trial of BioNTechs experimental COVID19 vaccine in China | Positive | FRANKFURT BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday they would launch a Phase II clinical trial of BioNTechs experimental COVID19 vaccine in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-fosunphar/biontech-fosun-start-phase-ii-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-china-idUSKBN2850ZZ | 2020-11-26 |
| TOKYO Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Wednesday the government wants to limit attendance at sports and other large events through end of the year to contain the spread of COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Wednesday the government wants to limit attendance at sports and other large events through end of the year to contain the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-nishimura/japan-plans-to-limit-event-attendance-through-year-end-amid-covid-19-surge-econ-minister-idUSKBN28513J | 2020-11-26 |
| 8 billion to deliver more than 140 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine to developing countries including Brazil Peru and Ecuador | Positive | COVAXX a unit of United Biomedical Inc said on Thursday it has received purchase commitments totaling | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-covaxx/covaxx-gets-supply-deals-worth-2-8-billion-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28526F | 2020-11-26 |
| 2 trillion across two stimulus packages to respond to the COVID19 pandemic including cash payments to households and small business loans | Negative | TOKYO Nov 26 Yields on superlong Japanese government bonds rose on Thursday weighed down by worries about a probable increase in bond issuance by the government to help fund its stimulus package aimed at reviving the coronavirushit economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/superlong-jgb-yields-rise-on-worries-over-debt-issuance-idUSL1N2IC07L | 2020-11-26 |
| TANTA Egypt With Egypt facing a second an inventor is trialing a remotecontrol robot which can test for COVID19 take the temperature of patients and warn them if they dont wear masks at a private hospital north of Cairo | Negative | TANTA Egypt With Egypt facing a second an inventor is trialing a remotecontrol robot which can test for COVID19 take the temperature of patients and warn them if they dont wear masks at a private hospital north of Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-egypt-robot/egyptian-inventor-trials-robot-that-can-test-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2852F6 | 2020-11-26 |
| Abu Bakr ElMihi head of a private hospital where the robot is being tested said they were using the robot to take the temperature of anyone suspected of having COVID19 | Negative | TANTA Egypt With Egypt facing a second an inventor is trialing a remotecontrol robot which can test for COVID19 take the temperature of patients and warn them if they dont wear masks at a private hospital north of Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/health-coronavirus-egypt-robot/egyptian-inventor-trials-robot-that-can-test-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2852F6 | 2020-11-26 |
| BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils debt has ballooned to unprecedented levels due to the COVID19 pandemic and the government faces a billion refinancing cliff early next year with Aprils funding needs the highest ever for a single month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-funding-analysis/analysis-brazil-faces-112-billion-refinancing-cliff-in-early-2021-idUSKBN28433Z | 2020-11-25 |
| Kang said early this month that both sides were arranging a Xi trip on the assumption he would come as soon as the COVID19 situation stabilises | Neutral | SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit South Korea on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-china/chinese-foreign-minister-due-in-south-korea-amid-talk-about-xi-visit-idUSKBN2850LI | 2020-11-25 |
| JOHANNESBURG The South African government is going with the COVAX global COVID19 vaccine distribution scheme with a committed purchase for of its population of 58 million a senior health official said on Tuesday | Positive | JOHANNESBURG The South African government is going with the COVAX global COVID19 vaccine distribution scheme with a committed purchase for of its population of 58 million a senior health official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccines/exclusive-south-africa-confirms-going-for-covax-vaccine-scheme-for-10-of-population-idUSKBN2842FH | 2020-11-25 |
| Russias healthcare system is under heavy strain the Kremlin said on Tuesday as authorities reported a record 491 deaths linked to COVID19 and infections surged | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine will cost under per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-eyeing-foreign-markets-says-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-under-20-idUSKBN28415J | 2020-11-25 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday Russias healthcare system was under heavy strain as authorities reported a record 491 deaths linked to COVID19 and infections surged | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday Russias healthcare system was under heavy strain as authorities reported a record 491 deaths linked to COVID19 and infections surged | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/kremlin-says-healthcare-under-heavy-strain-as-covid-19-deaths-hit-new-high-idUSKBN2840Q3 | 2020-11-25 |
| For many health experts such incidents exemplify a systemic failure to control COVID19 | Negative | On the doorstep of a terraced house in northern England virus hunter Colin Hutchinson came facetoface with the new wave of COVID19 and the obstacles to slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | 2020-11-25 |
| Most of the time the contact tracers said they had little to do even when COVID19 cases were rising | Neutral | On the doorstep of a terraced house in northern England virus hunter Colin Hutchinson came facetoface with the new wave of COVID19 and the obstacles to slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | 2020-11-25 |
| Several of the residents had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | On the doorstep of a terraced house in northern England virus hunter Colin Hutchinson came facetoface with the new wave of COVID19 and the obstacles to slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | 2020-11-25 |
| 15 allowing passengers arriving from highrisk countries to take a COVID19 test after five days of quarantine and to be released from any further selfisolation if they test negative | Neutral | LONDON England will introduce a new system on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-travel/england-to-use-testing-to-shorten-quarantine-for-incoming-passengers-idUSKBN28400T | 2020-11-25 |
| TOKYO Tokyo will urge bars and restaurants to operate shortened hours the latest restriction to be implemented in Japan following sharp rises in COVID19 infections media reported on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo will urge bars and restaurants to operate shortened hours the latest restriction to be implemented in Japan following sharp rises in COVID19 infections media reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-to-call-for-shortened-hours-for-bars-restaurants-report-idUSKBN28507M | 2020-11-25 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid rising COVID19 cases after insisting it would go ahead looks likely to cost him support and may cloud his chances of a longterm tenure | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid rising COVID19 cases after insisting it would go ahead looks likely to cost him support and may cloud his chances of a longterm tenure | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-suga/japan-pm-suga-trips-up-with-messy-reversal-on-tourism-campaign-idUSKBN2850BM | 2020-11-25 |
| NEW YORK The 500 is poised to climb between now and the end of 2021 as the anticipated widespread release of a COVID19 vaccine drives an economic and corporate earnings recovery from the pandemic according to a Reuters poll of strategists | Positive | NEW YORK The 500 is poised to climb between now and the end of 2021 as the anticipated widespread release of a COVID19 vaccine drives an economic and corporate earnings recovery from the pandemic according to a Reuters poll of strategists | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-poll/wall-streets-rise-from-pandemic-lows-has-further-to-go-say-strategists-reuters-poll-idUSKBN28500H | 2020-11-25 |
| Asked when earnings will return to preCOVID19 levels most respondents said it would happen within a year | Neutral | NEW YORK The 500 is poised to climb between now and the end of 2021 as the anticipated widespread release of a COVID19 vaccine drives an economic and corporate earnings recovery from the pandemic according to a Reuters poll of strategists | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-poll/wall-streets-rise-from-pandemic-lows-has-further-to-go-say-strategists-reuters-poll-idUSKBN28500H | 2020-11-25 |
| But several of its largest customers are struggling in the wake of COVID19 restrictions that have devastated the global airline industry | Negative | DUBLIN Ryanair hopes to place additional orders for Boeings freshly approved 737 MAX in talks that are set to conclude late this year or in early 2021 Group Chief Executive Michael OLeary said in an interview on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-ryanair/ryanair-wants-to-be-at-the-front-of-the-queue-for-a-new-737-max-order-ceo-idUSKBN2841CK | 2020-11-25 |
| In the following year Ryanair could fly anywhere between 80 million and 130 million passengers depending on how the rollout of COVID19 vaccines progress he said | Positive | DUBLIN Recent COVID19 lockdowns mean Ryanair will fly fewer passengers than planned this winter and Europes biggest lowcost airline doesnt expect to return to prepandemic levels of service until next autumn its chief executive said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ryanair-ceo-interview/ryanair-trims-winter-plans-sees-full-service-in-autumn-2021-idUSKBN2841HW | 2020-11-25 |
| DETROIT Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it has ordered a dozen ultracold freezers that can safely store Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine a move aimed at ensuring the U.S. automakers workers have access to vaccines when they are rolled out nationally | Positive | DETROIT Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it has ordered a dozen ultracold freezers that can safely store Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine a move aimed at ensuring the U.S. automakers workers have access to vaccines when they are rolled out nationally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-ford-motor-freezer/ford-orders-12-ultra-cold-freezers-to-distribute-covid-19-vaccines-to-employees-idUSKBN284291 | 2020-11-25 |
| As the economy backslides amid skyrocketing COVID19 cases Secretary Mnuchin is engaged in economic sabotage and trying to tie the Biden administrations Wyden said in a statement to Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/yellen-would-need-congress-to-approve-use-of-clawed-back-fed-loan-funds-treasury-says-idUSKBN284365 | 2020-11-25 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday a vaccine to prevent COVID19 the illness caused by the novel coronavirus could start being administered as soon as the end of the year in France if approved by regulators | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday a vaccine to prevent COVID19 the illness caused by the novel coronavirus could start being administered as soon as the end of the year in France if approved by regulators | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-macron-vacc/frances-macron-eyes-covid-19-vaccination-starting-by-year-end-idUSKBN28434B | 2020-11-25 |
| There is no internationally approved vaccine to prevent COVID19 which has killed more than 1 | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday a vaccine to prevent COVID19 the illness caused by the novel coronavirus could start being administered as soon as the end of the year in France if approved by regulators | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-macron-vacc/frances-macron-eyes-covid-19-vaccination-starting-by-year-end-idUSKBN28434B | 2020-11-25 |
| YouTube said on Tuesday it had barred the rightwing outlet One America News Network from posting new videos for a week after it broke the sites rules against content that claims there is a guaranteed cure for COVID19 | Negative | YouTube said on Tuesday it had barred the rightwing outlet One America News Network from posting new videos for a week after it broke the sites rules against content that claims there is a guaranteed cure for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-youtube/youtube-bans-one-america-news-network-from-posting-new-videos-for-a-week-idUSKBN2843B6 | 2020-11-25 |
| SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | Negative | SINGAPORE Having once had the highest COVID19 rate in Southeast Asia Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday and saying it had snuffed out the last cluster of infection at a worker dormitory | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-nearly-virus-free-after-local-cases-and-clusters-cease-idUSKBN2850G6 | 2020-11-25 |
| It is important to ensure the freedom of assembly but following rules to protect peoples lives should come first under the current situation where COVID19 is spreading rapidly | Positive | SEOUL South Korea called on unionists to cancel protests on Wednesday as the country grapples with a third wave of coronavirus infections warning any violations of social distancing measures will be punished | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korean-protests-fan-covid-19-fears-idUSKBN2850FU | 2020-11-25 |
| The rallies have revived memories of a major COVID19 outbreak following a political protest in August | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea called on unionists to cancel protests on Wednesday as the country grapples with a third wave of coronavirus infections warning any violations of social distancing measures will be punished | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korean-protests-fan-covid-19-fears-idUSKBN2850FU | 2020-11-25 |
| Maxwell has not shown any symptoms of COVID19 and will be tested again at the end of her twoweek quarantine | Positive | Ghislaine Maxwell has been quarantined after staff tested positive for coronavirus at the jail where she is awaiting trial on charges she aided late financier Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls U.S. prosecutors said in a letter on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-quarantined-after-jail-staff-member-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2840KY | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing COVID19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals urging Americans to sacrifice their normal holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House plans to hold indoor holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite ongoing COVID19 outbreaks and the advice of public health professionals urging Americans to sacrifice their normal holiday gatherings to curb the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whitehouse/white-house-plans-holiday-parties-as-americans-urged-to-stay-home-idUSKBN2831S1 | 2020-11-24 |
| The health conditions the country is experiencing due to COVID19 do not permit us at this time to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe together at her the statement said | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican church and civic leaders on Monday canceled an annual gathering that attracts massive crowds of Catholic pilgrims to protect people amid an intensifying coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-guadalupe/catholic-leaders-in-mexico-move-guadalupe-pilgrimage-online-to-avoid-crowds-idUSKBN2832TB | 2020-11-24 |
| BRASILIA Brazils biomedical center Fiocruz expects to start producing the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID19 in December or January its production vicepresident Marco Krieger said in a TV interview on Monday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils biomedical center Fiocruz expects to start producing the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID19 in December or January its production vicepresident Marco Krieger said in a TV interview on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-to-start-production-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-by-january-says-biomedical-center-idUSKBN283231 | 2020-11-24 |
| Canada could approve one or more COVID19 vaccines early in the first quarter of 2021 under a new accelerated process similar to the U.S. emergency use authorization | Positive | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and travelling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Australia prepared to lift more internal border curbs to boost tourism as it plans to obtain its first vaccines in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-24 |
| Australias Qantas will insist in future that international travellers have a COVID19 vaccination before they fly describing the move as a | Positive | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and travelling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Australia prepared to lift more internal border curbs to boost tourism as it plans to obtain its first vaccines in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-24 |
| Malaysia said it would close some factories of the worlds biggest rubber glove maker as more than 2000 of its workers had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and travelling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Australia prepared to lift more internal border curbs to boost tourism as it plans to obtain its first vaccines in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-24 |
| Nigeria will bar passengers who fail to follow the countrys COVID19 protocol from flying for six months an official said | Negative | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and travelling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Australia prepared to lift more internal border curbs to boost tourism as it plans to obtain its first vaccines in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-24 |
| The U.S. government will start distributing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs newly authorized COVID19 antibody combination on Tuesday beginning with over 30000 treatment courses | Positive | Millions of Americans appeared to be disregarding public health warnings and travelling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday while Australia prepared to lift more internal border curbs to boost tourism as it plans to obtain its first vaccines in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-24 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global deal to help tackle COVID19 and future pandemics | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global deal to help tackle COVID19 and future pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/eu-canada-others-push-trade-plan-to-help-in-covid-19-battle-idUSKBN2832H4 | 2020-11-24 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations chief scientist said on Monday the organisation was waiting to see the efficacy and safety of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine and urged other developers to maintain efforts in order to provide enough doses for billions of people | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organizations chief scientist said on Monday the organisation was waiting to see the efficacy and safety of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine and urged other developers to maintain efforts in order to provide enough doses for billions of people | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccine/who-awaits-astrazeneca-data-says-more-vaccines-needed-idUSKBN28329Y | 2020-11-24 |
| But demand is in the doldrums due to a glut of used planes and the markets exposure to small operators hardhit by COVID19 | Negative | PARIS Brazils Embraer is in active talks with potential partners to build a new regional turboprop and could opt for a combination of industrial and financial backing the head of the planemakers commercial division told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-embraer-commercial/embraer-in-turboprop-talks-as-it-charts-future-without-boeing-idUSKBN2831ZV | 2020-11-24 |
| BERLIN Germany is heading towards an extension of its lockdown for another three weeks to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible state premiers of the two governing parties said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Germany is heading towards an extension of its lockdown for another three weeks to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible state premiers of the two governing parties said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-states/german-states-favour-extending-covid-19-lockdown-to-boost-christmas-prospects-idUSKBN2830IV | 2020-11-24 |
| In the wideranging Let Us The Path to A Better Francis also says the COVID19 pandemic should spur governments to consider permanently establishing a universal basic income | Negative | VATICAN CITY In a new book Pope Francis for the first time calls Chinas Muslim Uighurs a people something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-pope-book/pope-for-first-time-says-chinas-uighurs-are-persecuted-idUSKBN2832RU | 2020-11-24 |
| TOKYO The Japanese government is preparing to pause its domestic travel campaign in two cities following sharp rises in COVID19 cases the minister handling the governments coronavirus response said on Tuesday | Positive | TOKYO The Japanese government is preparing to pause its domestic travel campaign in two cities following sharp rises in COVID19 cases the minister handling the governments coronavirus response said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-travel/japan-to-suspend-domestic-travel-campaign-in-two-cities-minister-says-idUSKBN28408Y | 2020-11-24 |
| The move comes at a time when restrictions to stop the COVID19 pandemic have led to a boom in ecommerce with luxury online shopping thriving | Positive | German online luxury retailer Mytheresa Group GmbHs parent company said on Monday it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-mytheresa-ipo/german-online-retailer-mytheresa-confidentially-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN28333S | 2020-11-24 |
| PARIS Global aviation body IATA is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate COVID19 travel restrictions and securely share test and vaccine certificates with airlines and governments it said on Monday | Positive | PARIS Global aviation body IATA is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate COVID19 travel restrictions and securely share test and vaccine certificates with airlines and governments it said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-apps/airline-body-iata-develops-mobile-apps-for-covid-era-travel-idUSKBN28327K | 2020-11-24 |
| Airlines are pressing governments to replace trafficstifling quarantine requirements with systematic COVID19 testing with some success | Neutral | PARIS Global aviation body IATA is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate COVID19 travel restrictions and securely share test and vaccine certificates with airlines and governments it said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-apps/airline-body-iata-develops-mobile-apps-for-covid-era-travel-idUSKBN28327K | 2020-11-24 |
| The unprecedented urgency and resources given to Oxford to prove the platforms effectiveness against COVID19 meant it leapfrogged the vaccines against those other pathogens which are still in earlystage trials | Positive | It took Oxford Universitys brightest minds decades of work to give them the expertise to develop a COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-oxford/decades-of-work-and-half-a-dose-of-fortune-drove-oxford-vaccine-success-idUSKBN2832NC | 2020-11-24 |
| The U.S. government will start distributing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs newly authorized COVID19 antibody combination on Tuesday beginning with over 30000 treatment courses a health official said on Monday | Positive | The U.S. government will start distributing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs newly authorized COVID19 antibody combination on Tuesday beginning with over 30000 treatment courses a health official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms-a/u-s-to-begin-distributing-regenerons-covid-19-antibody-therapy-tuesday-idUSKBN2832P8 | 2020-11-24 |
| The antibody cocktail was among the treatments given to U.S. President Trump during his bout with COVID19 last month | Positive | The U.S. government will start distributing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs newly authorized COVID19 antibody combination on Tuesday beginning with over 30000 treatment courses a health official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms-a/u-s-to-begin-distributing-regenerons-covid-19-antibody-therapy-tuesday-idUSKBN2832P8 | 2020-11-24 |
| Qantas meanwhile said it will insist in future that international travelers have a COVID19 vaccination before they fly describing the move as a | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will lift more internal state border restrictions in a boost for tourism as new coronavirus infections slow to a trickle while the first vaccines could be available in March a government minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-opens-up-more-borders-in-domestic-travel-boost-eyes-vaccine-idUSKBN2840AY | 2020-11-24 |
| Trump who did not follow the same precautions contracted COVID19 himself in early October and there have been multiple outbreaks among White House staff and in his own family | Negative | WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/biden-inauguration-will-be-scaled-down-amid-covid-aide-says-idUSKBN2820LG | 2020-11-23 |
| Leaders of the 20 biggest economies vowed on Sunday to spare no effort to supply COVID19 drugs tests and vaccines affordably and fairly to all reflecting worries that the pandemic could deepen divisions between the worlds rich and poor | Negative | Leaders of the 20 biggest economies vowed on Sunday to spare no effort to supply COVID19 drugs tests and vaccines affordably and fairly to all reflecting worries that the pandemic could deepen divisions between the worlds rich and poor | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-g20-saudi/g20-says-it-will-strive-for-fair-global-access-to-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2820KH | 2020-11-23 |
| BERLIN Many of Germanys 16 federal states are in favour of extending a partial shutdown meant to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible one of the state prime ministers said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Many of Germanys 16 federal states are in favour of extending a partial shutdown meant to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible one of the state prime ministers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-states/many-german-states-favour-extending-covid-19-shutdown-state-pm-idUSKBN2830IV | 2020-11-23 |
| Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week even before the United States authorises it the Telegraph news site reported on Sunday | Positive | Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week even before the United States authorises it the Telegraph news site reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-br/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-could-get-uk-approval-this-week-telegraph-idUSKBN2820QU | 2020-11-23 |
| An enormous amount of planning has taken place to ensure our health service stands ready to roll out a COVID19 the spokesman added | Positive | Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week even before the United States authorises it the Telegraph news site reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-br/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-could-get-uk-approval-this-week-telegraph-idUSKBN2820QU | 2020-11-23 |
| LONDON The British government said on Sunday it was working with Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland to ease COVID19 restrictions over Christmas to allow families to get together | Negative | LONDON The British government said on Sunday it was working with Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland to ease COVID19 restrictions over Christmas to allow families to get together | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-christmas/england-scotland-wales-northern-ireland-aim-to-ease-covid-rules-for-christmas-idUSKBN2820MQ | 2020-11-23 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-plans-for-190-billion-in-new-debt-in-2021-sources-say-idUSKBN2820DY | 2020-11-23 |
| It has so far reported an accumulated total of 86431 COVID19 cases with the official death toll at 4634 | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 17 new COVID19 cases on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-17-new-covid-19-cases-versus-16-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN2820EP | 2020-11-23 |
| story corrects the number of confirmed COVID19 infections that originated from overseas in the first paragraph to | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported 17 new COVID19 cases on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-17-new-covid-19-cases-versus-16-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN2820EP | 2020-11-23 |
| And Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week | Positive | SYDNEY Nov 23 The U.S. dollar marked time on Monday as the prospect of an early rollout of coronavirus vaccines was offset by concerns about economic restrictions to control the spread of the virus leaving safehaven assets in limbo | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pinned-near-major-support-as-vaccine-progress-weighs-idUSL4N2I80E4 | 2020-11-23 |
| FRANKFURT Germany could start administering shots of COVID19 vaccines as soon as next month Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany could start administering shots of COVID19 vaccines as soon as next month Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-may-start-covid-19-vaccine-programme-in-december-health-minister-idUSKBN2820UV | 2020-11-23 |
| Casinos which reopened in June after being ordered closed for more than two months following the COVID19 outbreak will likewise be capped at capacity | Negative | Nevadas governor diagnosed with COVID19 himself earlier this month said on Sunday he was tightening coronavirus restrictions on casinos restaurants and bars while imposing a broader statewide mandate for facecoverings over the next three weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nevada/nevada-tightens-covid-19-limits-on-casinos-eateries-broadens-mask-mandate-idUSKBN283060 | 2020-11-23 |
| LONDON Britain will seek to start administering a COVID19 vaccine before Christmas with the bulk of the rollout at the start of the new year with life getting back to normal after Easter health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Britain will seek to start administering a COVID19 vaccine before Christmas with the bulk of the rollout at the start of the new year with life getting back to normal after Easter health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hancock-va/back-to-normal-after-easter-uk-aims-to-roll-out-covid-vaccines-next-month-idUSKBN2830M8 | 2020-11-23 |
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday it recommended that all people avoid cruise ship travel as the risk of COVID19 on liners is very high | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday it recommended that all people avoid cruise ship travel as the risk of COVID19 on liners is very high | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-cruiseship/cdc-raises-warning-on-cruise-line-travel-to-very-high-risk-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2810X8 | 2020-11-22 |
| Saturdays game between Clemson University and Florida State University was postponed hours before it was set to kick off due to health concerns the 18th college football game called off this week amid a spike in COVID19 cases across the United States | Negative | Saturdays game between Clemson University and Florida State University was postponed hours before it was set to kick off due to health concerns the 18th college football game called off this week amid a spike in COVID19 cases across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ncaa/another-college-football-game-postponed-amid-covid-19-surge-in-u-s-idUSKBN2810U8 | 2020-11-22 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday urged fellow leaders from the 20 biggest world economies to steer clear of debt and bailouts in the efforts to handle the COVID19 crisis that has caused a global recession | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday urged fellow leaders from the 20 biggest world economies to steer clear of debt and bailouts in the efforts to handle the COVID19 crisis that has caused a global recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-g20-saudi-mexico/mexican-president-urges-g20-to-avoid-debt-bailouts-in-pandemic-idUSKBN2810RP | 2020-11-22 |
| WASHINGTON Leaders of the worlds 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID19 vaccines drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out and to extend debt relief to them a draft G20 communique showed | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders of the worlds 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID19 vaccines drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out and to extend debt relief to them a draft G20 communique showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-communique/g20-leaders-pledge-to-fund-fair-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccines-draft-statement-idUSKBN2810T8 | 2020-11-22 |
| 5 billion by the end of the year from the G20 to pay for COVID19 fighting tools for poorer countries | Positive | WASHINGTON Leaders of the worlds 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID19 vaccines drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out and to extend debt relief to them a draft G20 communique showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-communique/g20-leaders-pledge-to-fund-fair-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccines-draft-statement-idUSKBN2810T8 | 2020-11-22 |
| WASHINGTON Group of 20 major economies should work to provide trillions of dollars in trade financing for developing countries to ensure the recovery of the global economy from the COVID19 pandemic a top official with the World Trade Organization said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Group of 20 major economies should work to provide trillions of dollars in trade financing for developing countries to ensure the recovery of the global economy from the COVID19 pandemic a top official with the World Trade Organization said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-wto/g20-should-boost-trade-financing-for-developing-countries-back-reforms-says-wto-official-idUSKBN2810UB | 2020-11-22 |
| LONDON England will end a national COVID19 lockdown on Dec | Negative | LONDON England will end a national COVID19 lockdown on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/england-will-end-covid-lockdown-with-stricter-tiered-system-idUSKBN2810VX | 2020-11-22 |
| The region which comprises Belarus Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Poland Moldova Romania Russia Slovakia and Ukraine has the highest count of reported COVID19 cases in Europe | Negative | The tally of coronavirus cases in the Eastern European subregion passed 5 million on Saturday a Reuters tally showed as governments across Europe take measures to try to rein in surging cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eastern-europe/eastern-europe-crosses-over-5-million-covid-19-cases-reuters-tally-idUSKBN2810EB | 2020-11-22 |
| BEIJING President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID19 vaccine cooperation and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate movement of people | Positive | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID19 vaccine cooperation and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate movement of people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-g20-saudi-china-xi/xi-says-china-ready-to-boost-global-covid-19-vaccine-cooperation-idUSKBN2810L7 | 2020-11-22 |
| The FDA said the antibodies are not authorized for patients who are hospitalized due to COVID19 or require oxygen therapy due to COVID19 | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued emergency use authorization for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incs COVID19 antibody therapy an experimental treatment given to U.S. President Donald Trump that he said helped cure him of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms-f/u-s-fda-grants-emergency-use-authorization-to-regeneron-covid-19-antibody-given-to-trump-idUSKBN28201L | 2020-11-22 |
| FRANKFURT Moderna will charge governments between and per dose of its COVID19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag | Neutral | FRANKFURT Moderna will charge governments between and per dose of its COVID19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-eu/moderna-to-charge-25-37-for-covid-19-vaccine-ceo-tells-paper-idUSKBN2810W4 | 2020-11-22 |
| The EU has been in talks with Moderna for its experimental COVID19 vaccine at least since July | Positive | FRANKFURT Moderna will charge governments between and per dose of its COVID19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-eu/moderna-to-charge-25-37-for-covid-19-vaccine-ceo-tells-paper-idUSKBN2810W4 | 2020-11-22 |
| Hes been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically recommended COVID19 he said | Positive | WASHINGTON Donald Trump Jr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-junior/donald-trump-jr-tests-positive-for-covid-19-says-spokesman-idUSKBN2802VT | 2020-11-21 |
| LOS YORK Toilet paper aisles are emptying again as COVID19 curfews and shutdowns in states from California to New York send pandemicweary shoppers on a new scramble for essentials | Negative | LOS YORK Toilet paper aisles are emptying again as COVID19 curfews and shutdowns in states from California to New York send pandemicweary shoppers on a new scramble for essentials | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-toiletpaper/panic-buying-of-toilet-paper-hits-u-s-stores-again-with-new-pandemic-restrictions-idUSKBN2802W3 | 2020-11-21 |
| G20 nations are determined to continue doing everything possible to contain the COVID19 pandemic warning in a draft communique that the global economic recovery remains uneven highly uncertain and subject to elevated downside | Negative | G20 nations are determined to continue doing everything possible to contain the COVID19 pandemic warning in a draft communique that the global economic recovery remains uneven highly uncertain and subject to elevated downside | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-communique/g20-determined-to-use-all-tools-to-contain-pandemic-save-jobs-incomes-idUSKBN2802DX | 2020-11-21 |
| New Yorkbased Human Rights Watch said authorities were COVID19 to suppress opposition ahead of the elections | Negative | KAMPALA Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine whose arrest this week triggered protests that led to at least 37 deaths was released on bail on Friday after being charged with holding rallies likely to spread the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-uganda-politics/ugandas-bobi-wine-released-on-bail-as-protest-death-toll-rises-to-37-idUSKBN2800ZH | 2020-11-21 |
| The only cure is to said an official who works in a regional COVID19 crisis centre | Negative | MOSCOW Some Russian hospitals are experiencing serious shortages of drugs used to treat COVID19 and cannot restock because of panic buying high demand and problems with a new labelling system officials distributors and doctors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-shortages/some-russian-hospitals-face-shortages-of-covid-19-drugs-idUSKBN2800S0 | 2020-11-21 |
| There are just not so many of these drugs said a regional official from a COVID19 crisis centre | Negative | MOSCOW Some Russian hospitals are experiencing serious shortages of drugs used to treat COVID19 and cannot restock because of panic buying high demand and problems with a new labelling system officials distributors and doctors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-shortages/some-russian-hospitals-face-shortages-of-covid-19-drugs-idUSKBN2800S0 | 2020-11-21 |
| Vectors vaccine centre said all volunteers injected with EpiVacCorona had developed antibodies against COVID19 the Interfax news agency reported without specifying the number of people involved | Positive | MOSCOW The developers of Russias second vaccine against COVID19 on Friday said mass production would begin in 2021 as Russia reported a record daily increase in coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-covid-19-cases-soar-second-vaccine-due-in-2021-idUSKBN2800RV | 2020-11-21 |
| LONDON Britain could ease stringent COVID19 rules to allow families to gather for Christmas as signs indicate that coronavirus cases are starting to flatten as a result of current lockdowns Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday | Negative | LONDON Britain could ease stringent COVID19 rules to allow families to gather for Christmas as signs indicate that coronavirus cases are starting to flatten as a result of current lockdowns Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hancock/britain-hopes-christmas-can-be-saved-as-covid-cases-flatten-idUSKBN2800Q1 | 2020-11-21 |
| BERLIN Germany must do more to reduce high COVID19 infection rates among teenagers and young adults but wants to keep its schools open Chancellor Angela Merkels chief of staff was quoted as saying by the RND newspaper group on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Germany must do more to reduce high COVID19 infection rates among teenagers and young adults but wants to keep its schools open Chancellor Angela Merkels chief of staff was quoted as saying by the RND newspaper group on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-braun/germany-must-reduce-infection-rates-among-young-people-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN2801YA | 2020-11-21 |
| LONDON People whove had COVID19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LONDON People whove had COVID19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-reinfection/covid-19-reinfection-unlikely-for-at-least-six-months-study-finds-idUSKBN28015L | 2020-11-21 |
| TEL AVIV Israel has reached an understanding with AstraZeneca to receive about 10 million doses of its experimental COVID19 vaccine a joint statement from the Israeli government and the drugmaker said on Friday | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel has reached an understanding with AstraZeneca to receive about 10 million doses of its experimental COVID19 vaccine a joint statement from the Israeli government and the drugmaker said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-israel/israel-nears-deal-for-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2801SQ | 2020-11-21 |
| It has so far reported an accumulated total of 86414 COVID19 cases with the official death toll at 4634 | Negative | SHANGHAI Mainland China reported 16 new COVID19 cases on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-16-new-covid-19-cases-vs-17-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN28101F | 2020-11-21 |
| Coons stressed that foreign policy had to be rooted in domestic policy and that dealing with the COVID19 pandemic and the economy were the priority | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration told Reuters on Friday he hoped to see a bipartisan policy take shape for the United States to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-coons/coons-says-hopes-for-bipartisan-u-s-policy-to-out-compete-china-idUSKBN2802DB | 2020-11-21 |
| Chinas financial hub of Shanghai said on Friday it had confirmed two coronavirus cases in a married couple in the citys Pudong district its first locally transmitted COVID19 infections in 11 days | Negative | Chinas financial hub of Shanghai said on Friday it had confirmed two coronavirus cases in a married couple in the citys Pudong district its first locally transmitted COVID19 infections in 11 days | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-shanghai-reports-two-local-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN280255 | 2020-11-21 |
| TOKYO Japanese health experts said the government should consider pausing its domestic travel campaign in some regions amid a record surge in COVID19 cases and as the nation heads into a holiday weekend | Negative | TOKYO Japanese health experts said the government should consider pausing its domestic travel campaign in some regions amid a record surge in COVID19 cases and as the nation heads into a holiday weekend | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-health-experts-urge-pause-in-domestic-travel-campaign-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN2801P5 | 2020-11-21 |
| He is now pressing ahead with a stock market debut just as the COVID19 pandemic hits its peak | Negative | Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky resisted calls from his investors for years to follow the lead of other Silicon Valley unicorns and take the home rental startup public as he pursued his dream of turning it into a onestop shop for leisure and travel | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airbnb-ipo-chesky-newsmaker/how-airbnbs-ceo-succumbed-to-an-ipo-he-resisted-idUSKBN2801CR | 2020-11-21 |
| The IPO plan coincides with the COVID19 pandemic driving more businesses to operate digitally and rely on cloud computing for more of their workflow | Negative | NEW YORK Backblaze Inc is seeking to hire investment banks for an initial public offering in 2021 that could value the cloud storage and backup software provider at around billion people familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-backblaze-ipo/u-s-cloud-storage-provider-backblaze-eyes-1-bln-valuation-in-ipo-sources-idUSKBN2802TX | 2020-11-21 |
| Shares of Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc MRVI.O which provides a capping reagent to Pfizer and BioNTech for their COVID19 vaccine rose 18 | Positive | Shares of Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc MRVI.O which provides a capping reagent to Pfizer and BioNTech for their COVID19 vaccine rose 18 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-maravai-lifesciences-ipo/maravai-lifesciences-shares-rise-18-in-debut-idUSKBN2802A4 | 2020-11-21 |
| NetJets a private jet firm owned by Hathaway expects aircraft deliveries to rise by a third next year as wealthy travelers looking to avoid commercial flights due to the COVID19 pandemic fuel a recovery in demand | Positive | NetJets a private jet firm owned by Hathaway expects aircraft deliveries to rise by a third next year as wealthy travelers looking to avoid commercial flights due to the COVID19 pandemic fuel a recovery in demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-netjets-deliveries/buffetts-netjets-sees-boost-in-2021-from-nervous-wealthy-fliers-idUSKBN2801NP | 2020-11-21 |
| Nov 20 Peter Thielbacked biotech developer AbCellera Biologics Inc which has partnered with Eli Lilly for its COVID19 antibody drug on Friday filed for an initial public offering on the Nasdaq | Positive | details on revenue background | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/abcellera-ipo/update-1-thiel-backed-antibody-therapy-developer-abcellera-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSL4N2I63RQ | 2020-11-21 |
| as crude prices were buoyed by successful COVID19 vaccine trials | Positive | European stocks ended higher on Friday with the benchmark STOXX 600 clocking its third straight week of gains as a jump in commoditylinked stocks helped to counter worries about rising coronavirus cases and an impasse over new U.S. stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/commodity-rally-leads-european-stocks-to-third-straight-week-of-gains-idUSKBN2800TV | 2020-11-21 |
| LONDON Nov 20 The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies on Friday and was set to end the week on a loss while riskier currencies were set for weekly gains buoyed by improved risk appetite following COVID19 vaccine progress and Joe Bidens U.S. election victory | Positive | Dollar recovers overnight losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-weekly-loss-risk-sentiment-still-buoyed-by-vaccine-progress-idUSL1N2I60RH | 2020-11-21 |
| 10 to discuss whether to authorize the COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech for emergency use the agency said on Friday | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations outside advisers will meet on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-fda/fda-panel-to-discuss-emergency-use-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-december-10-idUSKBN2802UL | 2020-11-21 |
| MELBOURNE South Australia was on track on Saturday to end its hard COVID19 lockdown three days early recording only one new infection while other states marked weeks of no new cases or deaths related to the novel coronavirus | Negative | MELBOURNE South Australia was on track on Saturday to end its hard COVID19 lockdown three days early recording only one new infection while other states marked weeks of no new cases or deaths related to the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/south-australia-emerges-carefully-from-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN28108J | 2020-11-21 |
| Canada has granted interim authorization to Eli Lillys antibody drug for treating COVID19 in patients who are not hospitalized but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions the drugmaker said on Friday | Negative | Canada has granted interim authorization to Eli Lillys antibody drug for treating COVID19 in patients who are not hospitalized but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions the drugmaker said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-canada/canada-grants-interim-authorization-to-eli-lillys-covid-19-antibody-drug-idUSKBN2802RV | 2020-11-21 |
| OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canadas hospital system could be overwhelmed by a possible quadrupling of new COVID19 cases by year end as its biggest city Toronto prepared to impose a lockdown | Negative | OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canadas hospital system could be overwhelmed by a possible quadrupling of new COVID19 cases by year end as its biggest city Toronto prepared to impose a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/trudeau-warns-canadas-hospitals-could-be-swamped-toronto-to-enter-covid-19-lockdown-idUSKBN2801W1 | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
| On Wednesday Biden expressed hope that Republicans in Congress would be more inclined to move forward on COVID19 relief legislation after Republican President Donald Trump leaves office in January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazil does not intend to draw up legislation that would exempt makers of COVID19 vaccines from liability the countrys deputy health minister Elcio Franco said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil does not intend to draw up legislation that would exempt makers of COVID19 vaccines from liability the countrys deputy health minister Elcio Franco said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccines/brazil-will-not-exempt-covid-19-vaccine-makers-from-liability-deputy-minister-says-idUSKBN27Z3A4 | 2020-11-20 |
| Franco said meetings held this week in Brasilia with vaccine developers should lead to nonbinding memorandums of understanding on possible future purchases of vaccines against COVID19 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil does not intend to draw up legislation that would exempt makers of COVID19 vaccines from liability the countrys deputy health minister Elcio Franco said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccines/brazil-will-not-exempt-covid-19-vaccine-makers-from-liability-deputy-minister-says-idUSKBN27Z3A4 | 2020-11-20 |
| MOSCOW Russias health minister urged regional leaders on Thursday to take further steps to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus as the countrys COVID19 case tally passed 2 million and the number of daily deaths and infections hit new highs | Negative | MOSCOW Russias health minister urged regional leaders on Thursday to take further steps to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus as the countrys COVID19 case tally passed 2 million and the number of daily deaths and infections hit new highs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russian-covid-19-cases-pass-2-million-minister-urges-regions-to-act-idUSKBN27Z0U2 | 2020-11-20 |
| Pfizer and BioNTech said on Wednesday that final data showed their shot was effective against COVID19 and that they could start distributing shots before Christmas should they secure emergency authorisations | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union could pay more than billion to secure hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine candidates being developed by PfizerBioNTech and CureVac an EU official involved in the talks told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-pfizer-exclusiv/exclusive-eu-could-pay-over-10-billion-for-pfizer-and-curevac-vaccines-source-idUSKBN2800IC | 2020-11-20 |
| 8 trillion euro plan to recover from the recession caused by the COVID19 pandemic but agreed in a virtual summit to allow more time for an agreement | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders clashed briefly on Thursday over a veto by Poland and Hungary of the blocs 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-coronavirus/eu-leaders-deadlocked-over-recovery-plan-after-hungary-poland-veto-idUSKBN27Z2LY | 2020-11-20 |
| 14 plan to recover from the recession caused by the COVID19 pandemic which has been vetoed by Poland and Hungary German Chancellor Angela Merkel said | Negative | BERLIN European Union leaders will continue to discuss the blocs 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-budget/eu-leaders-to-continue-talks-on-budget-with-hungary-poland-merkel-idUSKBN27Z303 | 2020-11-20 |
| GENEVA G20 leaders must help close a funding gap to buy vaccines drugs and tests to combat the COVID19 pandemic a letter from South Africas president Norways prime minister and the heads of the World Health Organization and European Commission said | Positive | GENEVA G20 leaders must help close a funding gap to buy vaccines drugs and tests to combat the COVID19 pandemic a letter from South Africas president Norways prime minister and the heads of the World Health Organization and European Commission said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20/g20-leaders-urged-to-provide-funds-for-covid-19-vaccines-drugs-tests-idUSKBN27Z2QA | 2020-11-20 |
| BRUSSELS Hungarys plans to import and possibly use Russias touted Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine raise safety concerns and could damage trust in potential shots the European Commission said opening a new front in the EUs fraught relations with Budapest | Negative | BRUSSELS Hungarys plans to import and possibly use Russias touted Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine raise safety concerns and could damage trust in potential shots the European Commission said opening a new front in the EUs fraught relations with Budapest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-hungary/eu-warns-hungary-against-use-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27Z1H4 | 2020-11-20 |
| MILAN The authors of a study showing that the new coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than experts had previously believed said on Thursday their data did not dispute the origins of COVID19 as they defended the accuracy of their findings | Neutral | MILAN The authors of a study showing that the new coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than experts had previously believed said on Thursday their data did not dispute the origins of COVID19 as they defended the accuracy of their findings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-china/researchers-say-study-on-covid-19-in-italy-doesnt-dispute-virus-origins-idUSKBN27Z2QG | 2020-11-20 |
| CHICAGO Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges managers at an Iowa pork plant took bets on how many employees would catch COVID19 | Negative | CHICAGO Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges managers at an Iowa pork plant took bets on how many employees would catch COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tyson/tyson-foods-suspends-employees-after-lawsuit-alleges-managers-bet-on-workers-catching-covid-19-idUSKBN27Z2ZF | 2020-11-20 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery the lone woman on federal death row after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 and were unable to file a timely clemency petition on her behalf | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery the lone woman on federal death row after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 and were unable to file a timely clemency petition on her behalf | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions/federal-judge-stays-execution-of-lone-woman-on-federal-death-row-idUSKBN27Z2VI | 2020-11-20 |
| Both her lead clemency attorneys Kelley Henry and Amy Harwell have been too sick with COVID19 to prepare and file her petition | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery the lone woman on federal death row after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 and were unable to file a timely clemency petition on her behalf | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions/federal-judge-stays-execution-of-lone-woman-on-federal-death-row-idUSKBN27Z2VI | 2020-11-20 |
| Miners travel oil and gas and banking sectors that have rallied strongly in November on positive COVID19 vaccine data shed almost | Positive | European stocks fell on Thursday as investors feared another round of shutdowns due to soaring coronavirus cases globally with growthlinked cyclical stocks leading losses across regional markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-ease-from-recent-peak-on-global-virus-worries-idUSKBN27Z0X5 | 2020-11-20 |
| Investors have been weighing the consequences of tighter restrictions globally on economic growth against hopes of a COVID19 vaccine supporting a recovery | Positive | European stocks fell on Thursday as investors feared another round of shutdowns due to soaring coronavirus cases globally with growthlinked cyclical stocks leading losses across regional markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-ease-from-recent-peak-on-global-virus-worries-idUSKBN27Z0X5 | 2020-11-20 |
| As his live concerts were canceled due to COVID19 Groban reluctantly decided to livestream three concerts | Negative | Josh Groban is wishing for some as he releases a new album with that title during a virtual concert tour that lacks the usual live action and applause | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-music-josh-groban/josh-groban-seeking-harmony-through-new-album-idUSKBN27Z2R4 | 2020-11-20 |
| NEW YORK WeWork Companies LLCs revenue declined in the third quarter but its cash burn slowed a company memo showed on Thursday with management confident the sharedworkplace provider can weather the hit to the office sector from COVID19 | Positive | Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-wework-results/wework-losses-mount-but-seismic-shift-in-office-use-seen-helping-recovery-idUSKBN27S3B4 | 2020-11-20 |
| LONDON Gileads remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID19 regardless of how ill they are as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation a World Health Organization panel said on Friday | Negative | LONDON Gileads remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID19 regardless of how ill they are as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation a World Health Organization panel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-who/who-advises-against-gileads-remdesivir-for-all-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN28000Q | 2020-11-20 |
| The advice is another setback for the drug which grabbed worldwide attention as a potentially effective treatment for COVID19 in the summer after early trials showed some promise | Positive | LONDON Gileads remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID19 regardless of how ill they are as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation a World Health Organization panel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-who/who-advises-against-gileads-remdesivir-for-all-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN28000Q | 2020-11-20 |
| Veklury is recognised as a standard of care for the treatment of hospitalised patients with COVID19 in guidelines from numerous credible national Gilead said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Gileads remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID19 regardless of how ill they are as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation a World Health Organization panel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-who/who-advises-against-gileads-remdesivir-for-all-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN28000Q | 2020-11-20 |
| The latest WHO advice comes after one of the worlds top bodies representing intensive care doctors said the antiviral should not be used for COVID19 patients in critical care wards | Neutral | LONDON Gileads remdesivir is not recommended for patients hospitalised with COVID19 regardless of how ill they are as there is no evidence the drug improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation a World Health Organization panel said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-who/who-advises-against-gileads-remdesivir-for-all-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN28000Q | 2020-11-20 |
| TORONTO Canada is on track to record 20000 new cases of COVID19 per day by the end of December several media outlets reported late on Thursday citing new modelling data which is set to be released on Friday | Negative | TORONTO Canada is on track to record 20000 new cases of COVID19 per day by the end of December several media outlets reported late on Thursday citing new modelling data which is set to be released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-on-track-to-hit-20000-covid-19-cases-a-day-by-end-of-december-media-idUSKBN280058 | 2020-11-20 |
| If we dont stop this pace of spread now our daily lives where we could at least catch a breath will again be he told a COVID19 response meeting | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas prime minister on Friday pleaded with the public to avoid social gatherings and warned that tougher measures may be needed if a new wave of coronavirus infections is not quickly contained | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-warns-of-return-to-tough-covid-measures-to-fight-third-wave-idUSKBN2800C1 | 2020-11-20 |
| The order which begins on Saturday comes as the state saw 67 COVID19 deaths on Wednesday the most since the pandemic began according to the states health department | Negative | Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Wednesday ordered all restaurants and bars to halt inperson dining fitness and entertainment centers to close and youth sports to be canceled for four weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-minnesota/minnesota-governor-orders-restaurants-bars-to-halt-in-person-dining-for-four-weeks-idUSKBN27Z04M | 2020-11-19 |
| Still the industrys aid request has received wide bipartisan support but has so far failed to pass as Congress remains deadlocked over a broader COVID19 relief and stimulus plan | Neutral | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| BRASILIA Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it had offered to provide Brazil with millions of doses of a COVID19 vaccine in the first half of 2021 amid evidence the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in South Americas largest country | Positive | BRASILIA Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it had offered to provide Brazil with millions of doses of a COVID19 vaccine in the first half of 2021 amid evidence the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in South Americas largest country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/pfizer-offers-brazil-deal-for-millions-of-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN27Y2UC | 2020-11-19 |
| Anvisa has signed off on rules to accelerate COVID19 vaccine approvals according to a notice published in the government gazette on Wednesday | Positive | BRASILIA Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it had offered to provide Brazil with millions of doses of a COVID19 vaccine in the first half of 2021 amid evidence the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in South Americas largest country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/pfizer-offers-brazil-deal-for-millions-of-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN27Y2UC | 2020-11-19 |
| When we lost they said it looks like the whole team has COVID19 dont bother playing those kind of things you said captain Lohane Ferreira | Neutral | TABOAO DA SERRA Brazil When the womens team of Taboao da Serra lost a league match 290 last month it looked like things could hardly get much worse for the small club based outside Brazils biggest city Sao Paulo | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-soccer-brazil-women-feature/soccer-29-0-loss-reopens-debate-on-womens-football-in-brazil-idUSKBN27Y2FB | 2020-11-19 |
| It cited India which despite rapid progress towards universal electrification driven by an ambitious renewable energy policy has started auctioning more than 40 stateowned coal mines in response to COVID19 | Negative | Fossil fuels accounted for the largest share of electricity finance allocations for the first time in at least six years | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-energy-development-finance-trf/under-investment-threatens-to-delay-clean-energy-for-poor-by-decades-idUSKBN27Z0WC | 2020-11-19 |
| Relief loans now could shore up companies to start growing again in 2021 once COVID19 restrictions ease and sales pick up she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Positive | Fossil fuels accounted for the largest share of electricity finance allocations for the first time in at least six years | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-energy-development-finance-trf/under-investment-threatens-to-delay-clean-energy-for-poor-by-decades-idUSKBN27Z0WC | 2020-11-19 |
| The coronavirus crisis response centre reported on Thursday that there had been 23610 new daily infections and 463 deaths related to COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW Russias COVID19 case tally passed the 2 million mark on Thursday as the number of daily deaths and infections hit new highs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/covid-cases-in-russia-surpass-two-million-as-infections-and-deaths-hit-new-highs-idUSKBN27Z0U2 | 2020-11-19 |
| MOSCOW A Russian regional governors decision to be treated for COVID19 in a private Moscow clinic rather than in his own region drew public criticism on Wednesday as Russia reported a new record daily high of 456 coronavirusrelated deaths | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian regional governors decision to be treated for COVID19 in a private Moscow clinic rather than in his own region drew public criticism on Wednesday as Russia reported a new record daily high of 456 coronavirusrelated deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/covid-deaths-spike-in-russia-as-infected-governor-sparks-anger-idUSKBN27Y0V9 | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has made no plans to host a summit of the Group of Seven advanced economies after cancelling a June gathering because of the COVID19 pandemic three diplomatic sources said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump has made no plans to host a summit of the Group of Seven advanced economies after cancelling a June gathering because of the COVID19 pandemic three diplomatic sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-g7-summit-usa/trump-has-made-no-plans-to-host-g7-summit-diplomatic-sources-idUSKBN27Y337 | 2020-11-19 |
| Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | Neutral | Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-analysis/analysis-can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts-idUSKBN27Y124 | 2020-11-19 |
| For a start figuring out whats needed to achieve herd immunity with COVID19 vaccines involves a range of factors several of which are unknown | Positive | Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-analysis/analysis-can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts-idUSKBN27Y124 | 2020-11-19 |
| Experts say another important factor is whether the COVID19 vaccines a government chooses to deploy can stop transmission of the virus | Positive | Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-analysis/analysis-can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts-idUSKBN27Y124 | 2020-11-19 |
| Edinburghs Riley said this suggests that for now pursuing an idea of herd immunity through COVID19 vaccination is fruitless | Negative | Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-analysis/analysis-can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts-idUSKBN27Y124 | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON Britains medicines regulator said on Wednesday that final latestage trial results from Pfizer and BioNTechs COVID19 vaccine candidate were very encouraging adding it would need to see the full data before making an assessment of the shot | Positive | LONDON Britains medicines regulator said on Wednesday that final latestage trial results from Pfizer and BioNTechs COVID19 vaccine candidate were very encouraging adding it would need to see the full data before making an assessment of the shot | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-mhra/uk-regulator-says-pfizer-results-very-encouraging-wants-to-assess-full-data-idUSKBN27Y2LQ | 2020-11-19 |
| PARIS Air FranceKLM is among airlines gearing up for the challenge of transporting millions of doses of temperaturesensitive COVID19 vaccines in the midst of a travel slump | Positive | PARIS Air FranceKLM is among airlines gearing up for the challenge of transporting millions of doses of temperaturesensitive COVID19 vaccines in the midst of a travel slump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-air-france-klm-vac/air-france-klm-prepares-covid-19-vaccine-airlift-idUSKBN27Y2KT | 2020-11-19 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who was asked to selfisolate himself on Sunday after he came in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID19 tested negative on Tuesday | Negative | The number of reported global daily deaths from the coronavirus stood at 10816 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally the highest singleday death count as the viruss global epicenter the United States entered winter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-casualties/global-daily-coronavirus-deaths-cross-record-of-10733-single-day-deaths-reuters-tally-idUSKBN27Y10K | 2020-11-19 |
| KYIV Ukraine faces a very period of COVID19 cases but will not tighten lockdown restrictions because measures taken last week should stabilise the situation Health Minister Maksym Stepanov told Reuters on Wednesday | Negative | KYIV Ukraine faces a very period of COVID19 cases but will not tighten lockdown restrictions because measures taken last week should stabilise the situation Health Minister Maksym Stepanov told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-ukraine-minister/ukraine-faces-severe-coronavirus-winter-but-no-new-lockdown-measures-minister-says-idUSKBN27Y29D | 2020-11-19 |
| But Stepanov said the move meant there would be fewer COVID19 cases than there might have been | Neutral | KYIV Ukraine faces a very period of COVID19 cases but will not tighten lockdown restrictions because measures taken last week should stabilise the situation Health Minister Maksym Stepanov told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-ukraine-minister/ukraine-faces-severe-coronavirus-winter-but-no-new-lockdown-measures-minister-says-idUSKBN27Y29D | 2020-11-19 |
| LISBON Portugal has set up a taskforce to come up with a COVID19 vaccination strategy and hopes to be prepared to start distributing shots as early as January Health Minister Marta Temido said on Wednesday | Positive | LISBON Portugal has set up a taskforce to come up with a COVID19 vaccination strategy and hopes to be prepared to start distributing shots as early as January Health Minister Marta Temido said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugal-sets-up-taskforce-to-prepare-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-idUSKBN27Y266 | 2020-11-19 |
| In July Canada Britain and the United States accused Russianbacked hackers of trying to steal COVID19 vaccine data | Negative | OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday identified statesponsored programs in China Russia Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt power supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-canada-cyber/canada-names-china-russia-as-main-cyber-crime-threats-sees-risk-to-power-supply-idUSKBN27Y2N3 | 2020-11-19 |
| The company whose steelmaking roots go back more than 200 years is struggling to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic that hit it during a cool down of the global economy | Negative | Ailing conglomerate Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE said on Thursday it would need to cut a further 5000 jobs to ease the impact of the coronavirus crisis on its businesses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-thyssenkrupp-results/thyssenkrupp-cuts-5000-more-jobs-as-ceo-warns-of-more-pain-idUSKBN27Z0K2 | 2020-11-19 |
| The ministry has secured 120 hospital beds in 29 medical facilities for students with COVID19 ahead of exam day | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea kicked off a special twoweek coronavirus prevention period on Thursday after the countrys daily infection tallies mounted ahead of highly competitive annual college entrance exams | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-begins-anti-coronavirus-period-ahead-of-college-entrance-exam-idUSKBN27Z0BS | 2020-11-19 |
| For students in quarantine including those who had contacted COVID19 patients the ministry has secured at least 113 test centres and 754 individual test rooms enough to accommodate 3800 | Negative | SEOUL South Korea kicked off a special twoweek coronavirus prevention period on Thursday after the countrys daily infection tallies mounted ahead of highly competitive annual college entrance exams | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-begins-anti-coronavirus-period-ahead-of-college-entrance-exam-idUSKBN27Z0BS | 2020-11-19 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved the first COVID19 selftesting kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved the first COVID19 selftesting kit for home use that provides results within 30 minutes | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/fda-approves-first-covid-19-test-kit-for-home-use-idUSKBN27Y09U | 2020-11-18 |
| The U.S. medical establishment on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to share critical COVID19 data with Presidentelect Joe Bidens team to avoid needless deadly lags in tackling a raging pandemic that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals nationwide | Negative | The U.S. medical establishment on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to share critical COVID19 data with Presidentelect Joe Bidens team to avoid needless deadly lags in tackling a raging pandemic that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-medical-leaders-rebuke-trump-urge-covid-19-cooperation-with-biden-team-idUSKBN27X2IK | 2020-11-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Sao Paulo state is set to begin importing the first of 46 million doses of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 this week while the federal government takes a more cautious approach with a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-to-receive-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-eyes-pfizer-candidate-idUSKBN27X2KQ | 2020-11-18 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the country would purchase the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine after it is proven safe in clinical trials and registered with the domestic health regulator | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the country would purchase the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine after it is proven safe in clinical trials and registered with the domestic health regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-brazil/brazil-to-purchase-pfizer-vaccine-after-trials-conclude-registration-with-health-authority-idUSKBN27X328 | 2020-11-18 |
| Of those 120 nations affirmed they would submit updated climate action plans since the start of the COVID19 crisis suggesting they are aiming for a green recovery the CVF noted | Positive | Of those 120 nations affirmed they would submit updated climate action plans since the start of the COVID19 crisis suggesting they are aiming for a green recovery the CVF noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-politics-trfn/about-150-nations-due-to-deliver-stronger-climate-plans-in-2020-tracker-shows-idUSKBN27X2TH | 2020-11-18 |
| RABAT Morocco has placed orders for two COVID19 vaccines that are in phase 3 clinical trials and is also in talks with other developers its prime minister said on Tuesday | Positive | RABAT Morocco has placed orders for two COVID19 vaccines that are in phase 3 clinical trials and is also in talks with other developers its prime minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco/morocco-has-ordered-two-covid-19-vaccines-aims-to-order-others-pm-says-idUSKBN27X2NK | 2020-11-18 |
| Like most ecommerce firms Ozon has recorded increased online orders during the COVID19 pandemic as lockdown measures keep people at home | Negative | Russian online retailer Ozon Holdings is looking to raise up to million from a U.S. initial public offering it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ozon-ipo/russian-online-retailer-ozon-expects-to-raise-up-to-825-mln-in-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN27X2YI | 2020-11-18 |
| Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultracold shipping and storage facilities to transport COVID19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna whose doses which require deep freezing are likely to be among the first to be distributed | Positive | Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultracold shipping and storage facilities to transport COVID19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna whose doses which require deep freezing are likely to be among the first to be distributed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-freight-a/analysis-airlines-scramble-to-prepare-for-ultra-cold-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-idUSKBN27Y0NN | 2020-11-18 |
| VaQtec also said this month that it would significantly expand its container fleet over the coming months in anticipation of orders COVID19 vaccine transport | Positive | Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultracold shipping and storage facilities to transport COVID19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna whose doses which require deep freezing are likely to be among the first to be distributed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-freight-a/analysis-airlines-scramble-to-prepare-for-ultra-cold-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-idUSKBN27Y0NN | 2020-11-18 |
| Efforts to share development costs come as the growth potential for combustion engines faces the twin threat of the COVID19 crisis and stricter fuelefficiency and emission rules | Negative | BERLIN German car maker Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daimler-geely-automobile/daimler-to-develop-next-generation-engines-with-chinas-geely-idUSKBN27X1XO | 2020-11-18 |
| Chinese scientists are leading more than 10 COVID19 vaccine projects that have entered human tests and five candidates are undergoing large finalstage trials overseas | Positive | BEIJING An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by West China Hospital has entered a midstage human test authorities of Chinas southwestern province of Sichuan said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/west-china-hospitals-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-enters-mid-stage-human-trial-idUSKBN27X0T1 | 2020-11-18 |
| According to the citys website 1281 patients are currently hospitalised with COVID19 against capacity of 2640 beds | Neutral | TOKYO Coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit a record daily high of 493 cases on Wednesday as local media reported the Japanese capital was preparing to raise its alert level for infections to the highest of four stages | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-tokyo/tokyo-coronavirus-cases-hit-record-493-may-raise-alert-level-idUSKBN27Y0H0 | 2020-11-18 |
| A skittish mood also swept investors as several U.S. states began restricting gatherings and mandating facecoverings after more than 70000 Americans were hospitalized for treatment of COVID19 | Negative | YORK Global shares stepped back on Wednesday as soft U.S. retail sales fuelled worries that rising coronavirus cases could stifle a still fragile economic recovery dampening the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-slip-as-u-s-retail-sales-dampen-vaccine-euphoria-idUSKBN27X366 | 2020-11-18 |
| Demand for healthy snacks has also risen during the COVID19 pandemic as consumers limiting restaurant visits and working from homes stock up on snacks | Positive | Candy manufacturer Mars Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Kind North America the company that makes healthy granola and energy bars as the Snickers and maker looks to extend its global reach | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-kind-m-a-mars/mars-to-buy-kind-bars-maker-to-push-into-healthy-snacks-market-idUSKBN27X2GS | 2020-11-18 |
| Biden said business and labor leaders had signaled willingness to work together to bolster the pandemicbattered U.S. economy but stressed COVID19 first must be brought under control | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election/more-people-may-die-biden-says-if-trump-goes-on-blocking-pandemic-cooperation-idUSKBN27W0ID | 2020-11-18 |
| Earlier in the day the Nikkei business daily reported that Tokyo was preparing to raise its COVID19 alert level to the highest of four levels | Negative | TOKYO Nov 18 Japanese shares closed lower on Wednesday with the Nikkei retreating from a more than 29year closing high notched a day earlier as soaring COVID19 cases in Tokyo halted a recent equity rally fuelled by vaccine optimism | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/japan-shares-end-lower-as-covid-19-cases-jump-in-tokyo-idUSL1N2I40CC | 2020-11-18 |
| Nov 17 European stocks eased from eightmonth highs on Tuesday as tighter coronavirus restrictions across the continent halted a market rally that was powered by encouraging COVID19 vaccine updates | Negative | Nov 17 European stocks eased from eightmonth highs on Tuesday as tighter coronavirus restrictions across the continent halted a market rally that was powered by encouraging COVID19 vaccine updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-slip-after-vaccine-driven-rally-idUSL4N2I31T3 | 2020-11-18 |
| Kelley said warnings or labels which Twitter has started applying to content such as manipulated media and misinformation about civic processes or COVID19 could be applied to fleets | Negative | Twitter has previously announced its plan for these ephemeral tweets dubbed and tested the feature in Brazil Italy India and South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-twitter-fleets/twitter-launches-disappearing-fleets-worldwide-idUSKBN27X1TD | 2020-11-18 |
| 56 to support the development and production of climatefriendly cars as the auto industry grapples with challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and global climate crisis the government said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Germany will earmark 3 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-germany-autos/germany-pledges-3-billion-euros-to-support-crisis-hit-autos-sector-idUSKBN27X1S7 | 2020-11-18 |
| CoronaVac and four other experimental vaccines developed in China are currently undergoing latestage trials to determine their effectiveness in preventing COVID19 | Positive | Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac/sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine-induces-quick-immune-response-study-idUSKBN27X354 | 2020-11-18 |
| CoronaVac is one of three experimental COVID19 vaccines China has been using to inoculate hundreds of thousands of people under an emergency use programme | Positive | Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac/sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine-induces-quick-immune-response-study-idUSKBN27X354 | 2020-11-18 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan a poster child for efforts to control the novel coronavirus will from next month require almost all visitors to have negative COVID19 tests before arriving it said on Wednesday tightening rules after an uptick in imported cases | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan a poster child for efforts to control the novel coronavirus will from next month require almost all visitors to have negative COVID19 tests before arriving it said on Wednesday tightening rules after an uptick in imported cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/coronavirus-prevention-success-story-taiwan-to-tighten-restrictions-idUSKBN27Y0R7 | 2020-11-18 |
| Australias Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said South Australian authorities had found secondary cases of COVID19 were spreading quickly in the new outbreak | Negative | We need this circuit breaker this community South Australian Premier Steven Marshall told media on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/south-australia-plans-six-day-lockdown-after-highly-contagious-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN27Y08F | 2020-11-18 |
| At a press conference on Monday Biden again called upon Trump to cooperate with the transfer of power arguing that the resurgent COVID19 pandemic meant lives were in the balance | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-turns-focus-to-building-white-house-team-as-trump-legal-efforts-flounder-idUSKBN27X0HR | 2020-11-17 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery the only woman on federal death row extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 before they could complete her application | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery the only woman on federal death row extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 before they could complete her application | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-executions/u-s-judge-reluctant-to-give-woman-on-death-row-more-time-to-seek-clemency-idUSKBN27W2Y3 | 2020-11-17 |
| Three months on when he visited in October more than 800000 people were receiving minimal humanitarian support with the transitional government forced to divert resources to tackle COVID19 he added | Positive | The same level of energy and should be mobilised to curb global warming and use a window of opportunity created by the pandemic to prepare for future shocks it added | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-aid-climate-disaster-trfn/battle-climate-crisis-like-covid-red-cross-urges-governments-idUSKBN27X0EP | 2020-11-17 |
| This really is a significant milestone two Monday mornings in a row with remarkable results to report of interim analysis of COVID19 vaccine trials | Positive | Following are reactions to the news | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-moderna-i/instant-view-moderna-says-its-vaccine-is-94-5-effective-in-preventing-covid-19-idUSKBN27W1FD | 2020-11-17 |
| Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a viruszapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next scientists say | Positive | Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a viruszapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-technolog/breakthrough-covid-vaccine-tech-could-help-defeat-other-diseases-idUSKBN27W2PJ | 2020-11-17 |
| Kariko said her lifes work could pay dividends not just against COVID19 but other diseases | Neutral | Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a viruszapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-technolog/breakthrough-covid-vaccine-tech-could-help-defeat-other-diseases-idUSKBN27W2PJ | 2020-11-17 |
| 13 budget and recovery fund with funds needed to fuel a recovery from the COVID19 pandemic the European Commissions economic chief said on Monday | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union needs rapidly to resolve a standoff over its 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-dombrovskis/budget-stand-off-must-be-resolved-rapidly-eus-dombrovskis-says-idUSKBN27W20N | 2020-11-17 |
| Investor sentiment was given a boost when Moderna Inc said its experimental COVID19 vaccine was 94 | Positive | HONG YORK Asian stocks held gains and moved tentatively further into record territory on Tuesday after U.S. benchmarks were pepped up by news of another promising coronavirus vaccine though futures indicated the rally could stall in European hours | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-edge-higher-after-vaccine-hopes-push-wall-street-to-record-highs-idUSKBN27X012 | 2020-11-17 |
| NEW YORK Investors are weighing the chances the Federal Reserve will increase its purchases of U.S. government debt in coming weeks to counteract the economic fallout of a COVID19 resurgence an intervention that could reverse a recent rise in Treasury yields to multimonth highs | Negative | NEW YORK Investors are weighing the chances the Federal Reserve will increase its purchases of U.S. government debt in coming weeks to counteract the economic fallout of a COVID19 resurgence an intervention that could reverse a recent rise in Treasury yields to multimonth highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed-analysis/analysis-despite-vaccine-progress-investors-eye-fed-support-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27X0H9 | 2020-11-17 |
| Natural gas explorer and producer Gulfport Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday becoming the latest company in the U.S. energy sector to succumb to weak crude prices as the COVID19 pandemic crimps fuel demand | Negative | Natural gas explorer and producer Gulfport Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday becoming the latest company in the U.S. energy sector to succumb to weak crude prices as the COVID19 pandemic crimps fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-gulfport-energy-bankruptcy/natural-gas-producer-gulfport-energy-files-for-bankruptcy-idUSKBN27U0ND | 2020-11-17 |
| PARIS Air cargo operators may struggle to distribute new COVID19 vaccines effectively unless pandemic travel restrictions are eased global airlines cautioned on Monday | Negative | PARIS Air cargo operators may struggle to distribute new COVID19 vaccines effectively unless pandemic travel restrictions are eased global airlines cautioned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-airlines/travel-restrictions-challenge-vaccine-rollout-airlines-warn-idUSKBN27W26Y | 2020-11-17 |
| LONDON Britain has secured 5 million doses of Modernas experimental COVID19 vaccine after interim data indicated it was 94 | Positive | LONDON Britain has secured 5 million doses of Modernas experimental COVID19 vaccine after interim data indicated it was 94 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-moderna/britain-secures-5-million-doses-of-modernas-covid-vaccine-health-minister-idUSKBN27W2E3 | 2020-11-17 |
| Risk assets were buoyed overnight by news that Modernas COVID19 vaccine recorded a 94 | Neutral | SYDNEY Nov 17 The Australian dollar climbed to a oneweek high on Tuesday holding above key chart resistance of 73 U.S. cents while its New Zealand peer was perched at a 19month top as investor sentiment was boosted by coronavirus vaccine hopes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dollars-resurgent-on-virus-vaccine-hopes-idUSL1N2I303W | 2020-11-17 |
| Their campaigns are emphasizing healthcare COVID19 relief and Republicans response to the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic candidates in a pair of U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia on Monday challenged the two incumbent Republican senators to debates ahead of a Jan | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-democrats-ossoff-warnock-challenge-republicans-to-debate-in-senate-runoff-idUSKBN27W2J0 | 2020-11-17 |
| SEOUL Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd on Tuesday said it is massproducing a COVID19 antibody treatment developed by Eli Lilly and Co as the United States began distributing the drug last week after emergencyuse approval | Positive | SEOUL Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd on Tuesday said it is massproducing a COVID19 antibody treatment developed by Eli Lilly and Co as the United States began distributing the drug last week after emergencyuse approval | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-samsung-biologic-l/samsung-biologics-says-mass-producing-eli-lillys-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN27X046 | 2020-11-17 |
| Other potential antibody treatments being developed for COVID19 patients include one by U.S. drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc which U.S. President Donald Trump received after his diagnosis last month | Positive | SEOUL Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd on Tuesday said it is massproducing a COVID19 antibody treatment developed by Eli Lilly and Co as the United States began distributing the drug last week after emergencyuse approval | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-samsung-biologic-l/samsung-biologics-says-mass-producing-eli-lillys-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN27X046 | 2020-11-17 |
| SEOUL South Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them officials said on Tuesday warning of an even bigger crisis if antiCOVID19 efforts fail to dampen a spike in new cases | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them officials said on Tuesday warning of an even bigger crisis if antiCOVID19 efforts fail to dampen a spike in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-tighten-social-distancing-warns-of-new-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN27W32M | 2020-11-17 |
| The U.S. government will send over 7 million of Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests for COVID19 to states hospice providers and for other uses this week a top administration official said at a press briefing on Monday | Positive | The U.S. government will send over 7 million of Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests for COVID19 to states hospice providers and for other uses this week a top administration official said at a press briefing on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/u-s-government-to-send-out-over-7-million-abbott-binaxnow-tests-this-week-idUSKBN27W2XN | 2020-11-17 |
| The state to date has reported 251813 COVID19 cases and 7994 deaths | Negative | The U.S. state of Michigan will ban indoor dining and inperson high school and college for three weeks starting on Wednesday as coronavirus cases rise sharply Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/michigan-to-halt-indoor-dining-in-person-high-school-college-for-three-weeks-idUSKBN27V0T0 | 2020-11-16 |
| Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced sweeping new restrictions on gatherings and businesses on Sunday including a ban on indoor service at restaurants and bars to combat a recent surge in COVID19 cases in the state | Negative | Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced sweeping new restrictions on gatherings and businesses on Sunday including a ban on indoor service at restaurants and bars to combat a recent surge in COVID19 cases in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-washington/washington-state-governor-imposes-sweeping-restrictions-amid-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN27V0P3 | 2020-11-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens incoming chief of staff on Sunday said the federal government needs to sign off on transition team efforts this week so that Bidens team can receive national security briefings and address COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens incoming chief of staff on Sunday said the federal government needs to sign off on transition team efforts this week so that Bidens team can receive national security briefings and address COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/top-biden-aide-says-u-s-government-must-approve-transition-this-week-idUSKBN27V0FU | 2020-11-16 |
| MBABANE ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for COVID19 and is selfisolating at home he said in a government statement on Sunday | Negative | MBABANE ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has tested positive for COVID19 and is selfisolating at home he said in a government statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eswatini/eswatinis-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27V0M9 | 2020-11-16 |
| ALGIERS Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has finished treatment for COVID19 but will undergo followup checks the presidency said on Sunday | Neutral | ALGIERS Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has finished treatment for COVID19 but will undergo followup checks the presidency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-algeria-president/algerian-president-ends-covid-19-treatment-to-undergo-checks-idUSKBN27V0GB | 2020-11-16 |
| BERLIN Germanys federal government and states are considering new COVID19 measures to halt the rise in infections such as dramatically reducing the number of people at household gatherings and compulsory mask wearing for school students | Negative | BERLIN Germanys federal government and states are considering new COVID19 measures to halt the rise in infections such as dramatically reducing the number of people at household gatherings and compulsory mask wearing for school students | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/merkel-german-states-consider-tougher-covid-measures-document-idUSKBN27W01K | 2020-11-16 |
| PARIS France has registered 27228 new confirmed cases of COVID19 and a further 302 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours health ministry data showed on Sunday although there were signs of a fall in the rate of new cases | Negative | PARIS France has registered 27228 new confirmed cases of COVID19 and a further 302 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours health ministry data showed on Sunday although there were signs of a fall in the rate of new cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-records-27228-new-covid-19-cases-302-more-deaths-idUSKBN27V0MZ | 2020-11-16 |
| France has now recorded 1981827 confirmed COVID19 cases in all while 44548 people have died from the virus the seventhhighest death toll in the world | Negative | PARIS France has registered 27228 new confirmed cases of COVID19 and a further 302 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours health ministry data showed on Sunday although there were signs of a fall in the rate of new cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-records-27228-new-covid-19-cases-302-more-deaths-idUSKBN27V0MZ | 2020-11-16 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she was confident no meat products were exported from the country with COVID19 after Chinese authorities said they had detected coronavirus on its frozen beef products | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she was confident no meat products were exported from the country with COVID19 after Chinese authorities said they had detected coronavirus on its frozen beef products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-beef/new-zealands-ardern-says-no-covid-on-meat-exports-checking-chinese-claims-idUSKBN27V0PU | 2020-11-16 |
| BEIJING The WHO says the risk of catching COVID19 from frozen food is low but China has repeatedly sounded alarms after detecting the virus on packaging of products ranging from German pork knuckles to Ecuadorian shrimp triggering disruptive import bans | Negative | BEIJING The WHO says the risk of catching COVID19 from frozen food is low but China has repeatedly sounded alarms after detecting the virus on packaging of products ranging from German pork knuckles to Ecuadorian shrimp triggering disruptive import bans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-frozenfood/chinas-sweeping-covid-controls-put-frozen-food-importers-on-ice-idUSKBN27T0YK | 2020-11-16 |
| Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday he most has a moderate case of COVID19 as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests | Neutral | Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday he most has a moderate case of COVID19 as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-musk/elon-musk-says-most-likely-has-a-moderate-case-of-covid-19-idUSKBN27V017 | 2020-11-16 |
| Musks presence at the weekend launch of four NASA astronauts into orbit aboard his SpaceX companys spacecraft had been thrown into question due to COVID19 | Negative | Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Saturday he most has a moderate case of COVID19 as he continued to question the accuracy of the tests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-musk/elon-musk-says-most-likely-has-a-moderate-case-of-covid-19-idUSKBN27V017 | 2020-11-16 |
| 3 to ensure all students including COVID19 patients can take it | Positive | SEOUL South Korea reported more than 200 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Monday as the government mulls tightening social distancing to curb persistent outbreaks from offices medical facilities and small gatherings | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-mulls-stricter-distancing-as-covid-19-takes-a-very-dangerous-turn-idUSKBN27W046 | 2020-11-16 |
| Others were chosen for the stories they had to share including London motheroffour Ouida Wickramaratne who lost her 17yearold son Daniel to COVID19 in April | Negative | LONDON Rankin the British photographer best known for his shots of celebrities and supermodels has turned his lens to the subject of death in a online exhibition that opened on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-rankin/celebrity-snapper-rankin-focuses-on-death-in-online-show-idUSKBN27W01O | 2020-11-16 |
| Health Minister Nelu Tataru told reporters six surviving patients would be transferred to a COVID19 hospital in the eastern Romanian city of Iasi | Neutral | BUCHAREST Ten people died on Saturday in a fire at a Romanian hospital treating coronavirus patients the countrys agency for emergency situations said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-romania-fire/fire-kills-10-at-romanian-covid-19-hospital-idUSKBN27U0OZ | 2020-11-15 |
| NEW YORK The 500 notched a record closing high on Friday with upbeat earnings reports helping to drive optimism about the economy along with hopes for successful COVID19 vaccines even as investors monitored a surge in virus cases and restrictions around the country | Positive | NEW YORK The 500 notched a record closing high on Friday with upbeat earnings reports helping to drive optimism about the economy along with hopes for successful COVID19 vaccines even as investors monitored a surge in virus cases and restrictions around the country | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-boasts-record-close-with-earnings-reports-adding-to-vaccine-fueled-optimism-idUSKBN27T1HK | 2020-11-15 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens top coronavirus adviser said on Friday there were no plans for a wholesale nationwide lockdown to curb the surging COVID19 pandemic while three U.S. West Coast states jointly called for a halt in nonessential travel | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27T2GL | 2020-11-15 |
| Natural gas explorer and producer Gulfport Energy Corp GPOR.O filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday becoming the latest company in the U.S. energy sector to succumb to weak crude prices as the COVID19 pandemic crimps fuel demand | Negative | Natural gas explorer and producer Gulfport Energy Corp GPOR.O filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday becoming the latest company in the U.S. energy sector to succumb to weak crude prices as the COVID19 pandemic crimps fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-gulfport-energy-bankruptcy/natural-gas-producer-gulfport-energy-files-for-bankruptcy-idUSKBN27U0ND | 2020-11-15 |
| The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/riskier-blood-thinner-used-more-often-in-black-patients-psychiatric-issues-linked-to-covid-19-idUSKBN27R2T9 | 2020-11-15 |
| More than 7500 people who may have had contact with the contaminated products and other related personnel have tested negative for the virus that causes COVID19 it said | Negative | BEIJING The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe and on packaging for these products from Brazil New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/china-finds-coronavirus-on-frozen-beef-tripe-from-various-countries-idUSKBN27V03M | 2020-11-15 |
| BRASILIA Economic activity in Brazil rose in September for a fifth month a central bank survey showed on Friday more than economists had expected pointing to a solid recovery in the third quarter from the worst of the COVID19 shock earlier in the year | Positive | BRASILIA Economic activity in Brazil rose in September for a fifth month a central bank survey showed on Friday more than economists had expected pointing to a solid recovery in the third quarter from the worst of the COVID19 shock earlier in the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-activity/brazil-economic-activity-rises-in-september-points-to-solid-third-quarter-rebound-idUSKBN27T1OH | 2020-11-14 |
| STOCKHOLM Sweden remains steadfast in its strategy of voluntary measures and no lockdowns the architect of its unorthodox COVID19 response said on Friday as the country battles a growing second wave of a disease that has now killed more than 6000 Swedes | Negative | STOCKHOLM Sweden remains steadfast in its strategy of voluntary measures and no lockdowns the architect of its unorthodox COVID19 response said on Friday as the country battles a growing second wave of a disease that has now killed more than 6000 Swedes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-tegnell/second-wave-same-strategy-swedish-covid-19-czar-defiant-despite-surge-idUSKBN27T2R1 | 2020-11-14 |
| Not every infected person sheds virus in their waste and there is some disagreement among researchers on how early in the course of COVID19 that shedding begins on average | Negative | TORONTO Early in the pandemic a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus hoping to detect rising infections early | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-sewage-buildings/sewage-testing-could-protect-schools-hospitals-from-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN27T1DF | 2020-11-14 |
| A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | Positive | A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax/vaccine-alliance-secures-2-billion-to-fund-covid-shots-for-poor-nations-idUSKBN27T13O | 2020-11-14 |
| Another billion will be needed in 2021 to procure COVID19 vaccine doses as they come through development and are approved by regulators GAVI said in a statement | Positive | A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax/vaccine-alliance-secures-2-billion-to-fund-covid-shots-for-poor-nations-idUSKBN27T13O | 2020-11-14 |
| Its positive that the incoming administration has already established a COVID19 task force filled with many scientists we know are believers in science and moving this he said | Positive | A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax/vaccine-alliance-secures-2-billion-to-fund-covid-shots-for-poor-nations-idUSKBN27T13O | 2020-11-14 |
| SANTIAGO Joe Bidens win in the U.S. election is raising hopes in Latin America that a war over medical supplies at the start of the COVID19 outbreak will not be repeated once vaccines are approved for use Chiles health minister told Reuters on Friday | Positive | SANTIAGO Joe Bidens win in the U.S. election is raising hopes in Latin America that a war over medical supplies at the start of the COVID19 outbreak will not be repeated once vaccines are approved for use Chiles health minister told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-minister-exc/exclusive-chile-health-minister-hopes-biden-victory-will-help-avoid-vaccine-trade-war-idUSKBN27T2WT | 2020-11-14 |
| NEW YORK Nov 13 Wall Street closed higher on Friday with upbeat earnings reports helping to drive optimism about the economy along with hopes for successful COVID19 vaccines even as investors monitored a surge in virus cases and restrictions around the country | Positive | By Carew | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-closes-higher-as-upbeat-cisco-and-disney-results-help-fuel-optimism-idUSL1N2HZ2HU | 2020-11-14 |
| Biden this week formed a task force of independent health experts who are advising him on his plans to fight COVID19 | Positive | REHOBOTH Delaware U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week Biden transition official Jen Psaki said on Friday amid concerns that being out of the loop due to delays to the transition could be a national security risk | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-transition/president-elect-biden-denied-classified-intel-briefings-to-bring-in-national-security-experts-idUSKBN27T2KX | 2020-11-14 |
| WASHINGTON Dozens of U.S. Secret Service officers assigned to protect President Donald Trump have been sidelined by COVID19 the Washington Post and New York Times reported on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak spread at the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON Dozens of U.S. Secret Service officers assigned to protect President Donald Trump have been sidelined by COVID19 the Washington Post and New York Times reported on Friday as the coronavirus outbreak spread at the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-secretservic/u-s-secret-service-officers-sidelined-by-covid-19-idUSKBN27T2NZ | 2020-11-14 |
| OTTAWA Canadians have time to tamp down the surging second wave of COVID19 by Christmas if they act now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he urged provincial leaders for the second time this week to impose more health restrictions | Negative | OTTAWA Canadians have time to tamp down the surging second wave of COVID19 by Christmas if they act now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday as he urged provincial leaders for the second time this week to impose more health restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadians-can-save-christmas-if-covid-19-contained-now-trudeau-says-idUSKBN27T240 | 2020-11-14 |
| CHICAGO Chicagos mayor issued a monthlong stayathome advisory on Thursday and Detroits public schools called a halt to inperson instruction to curb the spread of the coronavirus as more than a dozen U.S. states reported a doubling of new COVID19 cases in the last two weeks | Negative | CHICAGO Chicagos mayor issued a monthlong stayathome advisory on Thursday and Detroits public schools called a halt to inperson instruction to curb the spread of the coronavirus as more than a dozen U.S. states reported a doubling of new COVID19 cases in the last two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/chicago-and-detroit-told-to-hunker-down-as-pandemic-surges-idUSKBN27S2VF | 2020-11-13 |
| The thirdlargest city in the United States could see 1000 more COVID19 deaths by the end of 2020 unless residents modify their behavior Lightfoot said | Negative | CHICAGO Chicagos mayor issued a monthlong stayathome advisory on Thursday and Detroits public schools called a halt to inperson instruction to curb the spread of the coronavirus as more than a dozen U.S. states reported a doubling of new COVID19 cases in the last two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/chicago-and-detroit-told-to-hunker-down-as-pandemic-surges-idUSKBN27S2VF | 2020-11-13 |
| Alito said that it was hard to imagine before COVID19 that places of worship like churches would be empty on occasions such as Easter | Neutral | U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito raised concerns on Thursday night over individual liberty including religious liberty in the United States with reference to restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-supremecourt/u-s-supreme-courts-alito-raised-concerns-over-individual-liberty-amid-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0LD | 2020-11-13 |
| I have tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
| Young who was just reelected to his 25th term and is the longestserving member of Congress said in March that COVID19 concerns were created primarily by hysteria | Negative | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The head of Pfizer Inc in Brazil said on Thursday the drugmaker is negotiating with the South American nation to supply its potential COVID19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021 | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The head of Pfizer Inc in Brazil said on Thursday the drugmaker is negotiating with the South American nation to supply its potential COVID19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-pfizer/pfizer-in-talks-with-brazil-to-supply-covid-19-vaccine-by-early-2021-idUSKBN27S3DN | 2020-11-13 |
| The power failure has made it impossible to monitor the COVID19 outbreak in the state the government has said and new cases have not been counted for a week | Negative | BRASILIA Local elections in the northern Brazilian city of slated for Sunday have been postponed due to security concerns because of a statewide power outage according to a Supreme Electoral Court ruling | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-election-delay/local-elections-in-brazils-macap-postponed-due-to-state-wide-power-outage-idUSKBN27S1WQ | 2020-11-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V candidate vaccine against COVID19 over its potential application for emergency use listing the U.N. agency said on Thursday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V candidate vaccine against COVID19 over its potential application for emergency use listing the U.N. agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-who/who-in-talks-with-russian-institute-on-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27S27E | 2020-11-13 |
| Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V candidate vaccine against COVID19 over its potential application for emergency use listing the U.N. agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-who/who-in-talks-with-russian-institute-on-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27S27E | 2020-11-13 |
| That is particularly so in the elderly and that is an especially important outcome given the global vulnerability to elderly around the world from COVID19 | Neutral | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN27T0KM | 2020-11-13 |
| KYIV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the nation in two videos on Thursday his first appearance since being hospitalised after testing positive for COVID19 this week | Positive | KYIV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the nation in two videos on Thursday his first appearance since being hospitalised after testing positive for COVID19 this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-ukraine-president/ukrainian-president-addresses-nation-after-being-taken-to-hospital-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27S0QC | 2020-11-13 |
| As you know COVID19 has not avoided me but I feel Zelenskiy said | Neutral | KYIV Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the nation in two videos on Thursday his first appearance since being hospitalised after testing positive for COVID19 this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-ukraine-president/ukrainian-president-addresses-nation-after-being-taken-to-hospital-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27S0QC | 2020-11-13 |
| PARIS French Prime Minister Jean Castex said there would be no easing for at least two weeks of the countrys second COVID19 lockdown with the number of people in hospital with coronavirus now higher than at the peak of the first wave | Negative | PARIS French Prime Minister Jean Castex said there would be no easing for at least two weeks of the countrys second COVID19 lockdown with the number of people in hospital with coronavirus now higher than at the peak of the first wave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-castex/french-pm-says-easing-covid-19-lockdown-now-would-be-irresponsible-idUSKBN27S2O8 | 2020-11-13 |
| ZURICH This week has seen a flurry of good news from COVID19 vaccine developers with Pfizer Inc | Positive | ZURICH This week has seen a flurry of good news from COVID19 vaccine developers with Pfizer Inc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-efficacy-e/shot-in-the-dark-early-covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-explained-idUSKBN27S2EI | 2020-11-13 |
| The interim data is promising since it appears to demonstrate that a vaccine can be effective in preventing COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH This week has seen a flurry of good news from COVID19 vaccine developers with Pfizer Inc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-efficacy-e/shot-in-the-dark-early-covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-explained-idUSKBN27S2EI | 2020-11-13 |
| Hospitals across the country have struggled to manage the skyrocketing COVID19 numbers but the poorer south has appeared particularly illequipped to cope despite having all summer to bolster their defences | Negative | NAPLES Italy The health crisis in Italys third largest city Naples is out of control Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday after a video was posted on social media showing a corpse sprawled in a hospital lavatory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy/video-of-dead-man-in-hospital-lavatory-highlights-covid-crisis-in-italys-south-idUSKBN27S2PQ | 2020-11-13 |
| Wieler noted that there was currently a high incidence of COVID19 in those aged 10 to 19 | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys health minister said on Thursday he expects restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic will continue through winter with life unlikely to get back to normal in December or January even if infections fall | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-minister-sees-covid-19-restrictions-through-winter-idUSKBN27S0X8 | 2020-11-13 |
| BUENOS AIRES Argentine authorities said on Thursday that they had been informed about an alleged finding by China of traces of COVID19 on the external packaging of a shipment of the South American countrys beef | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentine authorities said on Thursday that they had been informed about an alleged finding by China of traces of COVID19 on the external packaging of a shipment of the South American countrys beef | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-beef/argentina-says-china-has-found-coronavirus-trace-on-beef-shipment-packaging-idUSKBN27S342 | 2020-11-13 |
| TOKYO Japan is not in a situation that requires a stateofemergency declaration again over the COVID19 pandemic Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday adding that experts backed that view | Positive | TOKYO Japan is not in a situation that requires a stateofemergency declaration again over the COVID19 pandemic Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday adding that experts backed that view | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-not-in-situation-to-declare-state-of-emergency-over-covid-19-pm-suga-says-idUSKBN27S3ES | 2020-11-13 |
| WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a sevenmonth low last week but the pace of decline has slowed and further improvement could be limited by a raging COVID19 pandemic and lack of additional fiscal stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a sevenmonth low last week but the pace of decline has slowed and further improvement could be limited by a raging COVID19 pandemic and lack of additional fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-labor-market-gradually-healing-inflation-still-benign-idUSKBN27S1YW | 2020-11-13 |
| Earlier this month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers that false positive results can occur with COVID19 antigen tests | Negative | Musk who took rapid antigen tests on Thursday said he was also awaiting results from polymerase chain reaction tests from different labs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-musk/musk-questions-coronavirus-tests-saying-they-gave-opposite-results-on-same-day-idUSKBN27T0J8 | 2020-11-13 |
| 1 billion comes as the COVID19 pandemic has pushed more consumers to shop online | Negative | Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc said on Thursday it had invested more than million in Pharmapacks a U.S. ecommerce firm focused on health personal care and beauty products | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-carlyle-group-investment/carlyle-invests-250-million-in-u-s-e-commerce-firm-pharmapacks-idUSKBN27S1KW | 2020-11-13 |
| Airlines pay RollsRoyce based on how many hours its engines fly so the companys finances have come under increasing pressure after COVID19 stopped travel earlier this year | Negative | LONDON British engineering company RollsRoyce raised 2 billion pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-rolls-royce-hldg-finances/britains-rolls-royce-raises-2-billion-pounds-with-rights-issue-idUSKBN27S0WD | 2020-11-13 |
| Both the indexes are tracking their best week since June 5 after U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Monday its COVID19 vaccine was effective | Positive | FTSE 100 down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/energy-stocks-stronger-pound-drag-ftse-100-lower-as-virus-worries-remain-idUSL4N2HZ1Y5 | 2020-11-13 |
| 18 to show COVID19 testing and documentation requirements for their destination | Neutral | American Airlines Group Inc said on Thursday it would offer its customers a mobile app from Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-american-airline-app/american-airlines-to-offer-app-detailing-pandemic-related-travel-requirements-idUSKBN27S3EN | 2020-11-13 |
| Hollywood movies and television shows have slowly resumed production under complex safety guidelines that include social distancing frequent testing for cast and crews and COVID19 advisers on sets | Negative | LOS ANGELES The longdelayed reunion special is expected to shoot in March actor Matthew Perry said on Thursday a year after plans to get the cast back together were wrecked because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-television-friends/delayed-friends-reunion-expected-to-film-in-march-matthew-perry-says-idUSKBN27S3DT | 2020-11-13 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden will continue to lay the groundwork for his administration on Thursday against the backdrop of a resurgence of COVID19 cases across the United States while President Donald Trump refuses to accept the elections outcome | Negative | Presidentelect Joe Biden will continue to lay the groundwork for his administration on Thursday against the backdrop of a resurgence of COVID19 cases across the United States while President Donald Trump refuses to accept the elections outcome | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27S1KC | 2020-11-13 |
| ZURICH Relief Therapeutics and partner NeuroRx Inc announced on Friday that 150 patients had been enrolled to date in a phase trial of RLF100 for treating respiratory failure in patients with critical COVID19 | Negative | ZURICH Relief Therapeutics and partner NeuroRx Inc announced on Friday that 150 patients had been enrolled to date in a phase trial of RLF100 for treating respiratory failure in patients with critical COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-relief-hldg/relief-therapeutics-says-150-enrolled-in-covid-drug-trial-idUSKBN27T0L5 | 2020-11-13 |
| Russia in August became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | MOSCOW Postregistration trials of Russias second COVID19 vaccine are expected to start on Sunday Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said as authorities urged the population to cancel yearend holiday plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-vec/russia-set-to-start-post-registration-trials-for-second-covid-19-shot-idUSKBN27R1B2 | 2020-11-12 |
| The countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday that interim trial results for the Sputnik V vaccine had shown it was effective at protecting people from COVID19 | Positive | MOSCOW Postregistration trials of Russias second COVID19 vaccine are expected to start on Sunday Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said as authorities urged the population to cancel yearend holiday plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-vec/russia-set-to-start-post-registration-trials-for-second-covid-19-shot-idUSKBN27R1B2 | 2020-11-12 |
| While experts said the Russian data was encouraging they warned that the results were only based on a small number of trial volunteers who had contracted COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW Postregistration trials of Russias second COVID19 vaccine are expected to start on Sunday Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said as authorities urged the population to cancel yearend holiday plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-vec/russia-set-to-start-post-registration-trials-for-second-covid-19-shot-idUSKBN27R1B2 | 2020-11-12 |
| Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | Positive | Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ins/instant-view-russia-says-its-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-is-92-effective-idUSKBN27R10Y | 2020-11-12 |
| The Sputnik data are based on only 20 cases of COVID19 in the trial participants compared to more than 90 cases in the earlier trial | Neutral | Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ins/instant-view-russia-says-its-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-is-92-effective-idUSKBN27R10Y | 2020-11-12 |
| These preliminary results provide further reassurance that it should be possible to produce an effective vaccine against COVID19 | Positive | Russias Sputnik V vaccine is effective at protecting people from COVID19 according to interim trial results the countrys sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ins/instant-view-russia-says-its-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-is-92-effective-idUSKBN27R10Y | 2020-11-12 |
| We exchanged views on issues in the health sector on which we are cooperating namely the COVID19 vaccine efforts and international operations that we are part Koca said | Positive | MOSCOW Turkey is interested in producing Russias first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V at domestic facilities Russias health ministry said on Wednesday after a phone call between the countries health ministers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-tur/turkey-interested-in-producing-russias-sputnik-v-vaccine-russian-health-ministry-idUSKBN27R0T0 | 2020-11-12 |
| Sunak said steps taken to restrict the spread of COVID19 had likely slowed economic growth since September | Negative | LONDON Britains economy which has struggled to maintain its recovery from its coronavirus lockdown crash grew by a slower than expected 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-economy/uk-economy-loses-more-speed-in-september-before-new-lockdown-idUSKBN27S0RV | 2020-11-12 |
| Marczak said police had blocked the protesters in the vicinity to protect a route used to transport ventilators for the handful of COVID19 patients being treated there | Negative | WARSAW Farright sympathisers clashed with police on Wednesday near Polands National Stadium recently converted into a COVID19 field hospital at the end of an Independence Day march that took place in defiance of pandemic restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-poland-independence-march/far-right-polish-independence-day-march-draws-thousands-despite-ban-idUSKBN27R2PY | 2020-11-12 |
| More than 400000 people have been infected with COVID19 in Turkey and 11145 have died from the respiratory disease according to Health Ministry data | Negative | ANKARA Turkey on Wednesday banned smoking in crowded public places to slow a recent surge in symptomatic coronavirus patients the Interior Minister said as the government warned citizens to abide by protective measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-bans-smoking-in-public-areas-amid-surge-of-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN27R2QQ | 2020-11-12 |
| The deal makes the Zhifei Longcom vaccine the fifth COVID19 candidate in China to enter latestage large scale human tests overseas | Positive | TASHKENT Uzbekistan will carry out a phase III trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chinas Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-uzbekistan-china/uzbekistan-to-carry-out-late-stage-trial-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN27R1FX | 2020-11-12 |
| Morrison said bilateral talks would focus on boosting trade and suppressing the spread of COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday he would travel to Japan next week becoming the first world leader to meet in person with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-australia-japan/australian-pm-morrison-to-be-first-head-of-state-to-meet-in-person-with-new-japanese-leader-suga-idUSKBN27S06V | 2020-11-12 |
| NEW YORK Yearend bonuses for most Wall Street workers are expected to decline this year compared with 2019 due to the impact of the COVID19 impact on the U.S. economy compensation firm Johnson Associates Inc said on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK Yearend bonuses for most Wall Street workers are expected to decline this year compared with 2019 due to the impact of the COVID19 impact on the U.S. economy compensation firm Johnson Associates Inc said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-banks-bonuses/most-wall-street-workers-to-get-lower-2020-bonuses-study-idUSKBN27S0HT | 2020-11-12 |
| Airlines pay Rolls based on how many hours its engines fly and as such the companys finances have come under increasing pressure after COVID19 stopped travel earlier this year | Negative | Airlines pay Rolls based on how many hours its engines fly and as such the companys finances have come under increasing pressure after COVID19 stopped travel earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-rolls-royce-hldg-finances/rolls-royce-sells-94-of-new-shares-in-2-billion-pound-rights-issue-idUSKBN27S0WD | 2020-11-12 |
| CHICAGO A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | CHICAGO A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meat/u-s-meat-company-sues-new-mexico-to-stay-open-after-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN27R326 | 2020-11-12 |
| TOKYO Nov 12 Japans Nikkei share average closed near a high on Thursday as technology shares tracked their U.S. peers higher although gains were checked by profitbooking following a rally fuelled by optimism over COVID19 vaccinerelated developments | Positive | TOKYO Nov 12 Japans Nikkei share average closed near a high on Thursday as technology shares tracked their U.S. peers higher although gains were checked by profitbooking following a rally fuelled by optimism over COVID19 vaccinerelated developments | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/nikkei-closes-near-29-1-2-year-high-vaccine-caution-weighs-idUSL1N2HY0DZ | 2020-11-12 |
| TOKYO Sony Corps PlayStation 5 console launched in core markets on Thursday to intense interest online but with first day realworld sales limited to preorder pickups due to the COVID19 pandemic that has driven a boom in gaming demand | Negative | TOKYO Sony Corps PlayStation 5 console launched in core markets on Thursday to intense interest online but with first day realworld sales limited to preorder pickups due to the COVID19 pandemic that has driven a boom in gaming demand | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-sony-playstation-5/sony-ps5-sold-out-online-as-pandemic-chills-real-world-retailing-idUSKBN27S041 | 2020-11-12 |
| AstraZenecas blood cancer treatment Calquence failed to improve survival rates and prevent lung failure in patients hospitalised with symptoms of COVID19 the drugmaker said on Thursday citing results from midstage trials | Negative | AstraZenecas blood cancer treatment Calquence failed to improve survival rates and prevent lung failure in patients hospitalised with symptoms of COVID19 the drugmaker said on Thursday citing results from midstage trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazenecas-cancer-drug-fails-to-meet-main-goal-in-covid-19-trials-idUSKBN27S0XV | 2020-11-12 |
| It said its other efforts to combat the pandemic a possible vaccine developed with Oxford University and an experimental antibodybased COVID19 treatment were not affected | Negative | AstraZenecas blood cancer treatment Calquence failed to improve survival rates and prevent lung failure in patients hospitalised with symptoms of COVID19 the drugmaker said on Thursday citing results from midstage trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazenecas-cancer-drug-fails-to-meet-main-goal-in-covid-19-trials-idUSKBN27S0XV | 2020-11-12 |
| More than 300000 people have died of COVID19 across Europe according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads into winter despite hopes for a new vaccine | Negative | More than 300000 people have died of COVID19 across Europe according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads into winter despite hopes for a new vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/europe-covid-death-toll-tops-300000-as-winter-looms-and-infections-surge-idUSKBN27Q1H5 | 2020-11-11 |
| Ardern has won global acclaim for her decisive response to COVID19 and healing the nation after a massacre of Muslims by a white supremacist last year | Positive | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has plans in place for her wedding but hasnt set a date yet | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-newzealand-ardern-wedding/new-zealands-ardern-says-has-plans-for-wedding-but-no-date-yet-idUSKBN27R0GJ | 2020-11-11 |
| The setback to Sinovacs efforts contrasts with welcome news from Pfizer Inc which said on Monday its experimental COVID19 vaccine is more than effective based on initial trial results | Positive | SAO Brazils health regulator suspended a clinical trial of Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event delighting President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly criticized the vaccines credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/suicide-halts-brazil-trial-of-chinese-vaccine-attacked-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that its decision to suspend trials for Chinas Sinovac COVID19 vaccine was purely technical and dismissed any of its work to ensure a safe and effective vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-regulator-says-suspension-of-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-was-technical-idUSKBN27Q2TH | 2020-11-11 |
| SAO PAULO The severe adverse event which caused the Brazilian health regulator to suspend trials of the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac was a suicide broadcaster TV Cultura reported on Tuesday | Negative | SAO PAULO The severe adverse event which caused the Brazilian health regulator to suspend trials of the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac was a suicide broadcaster TV Cultura reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-death/event-that-caused-brazil-trial-for-chinese-vaccine-to-be-suspended-was-suicide-tv-cultura-idUSKBN27Q2LF | 2020-11-11 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank On the 16th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat preparations were underway on Wednesday for the funeral of his former confidant and spokesman Saeb Erekat who died after contracting COVID19 | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank On the 16th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat preparations were underway on Wednesday for the funeral of his former confidant and spokesman Saeb Erekat who died after contracting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-ereka/plos-saeb-erekat-to-be-buried-amid-military-ceremony-wreath-laying-idUSKBN27R0N8 | 2020-11-11 |
| Fewer people have died of COVID19 in Africa than initially feared and the continent has registered roughly 35000 deaths and 1 | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has driven many firms to do just that he said describing the health crisis as an opportunity for companies to reassess their priorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-economies-conference-kenya-interview/how-covid-proofing-the-slums-upended-kenyas-business-culture-idUSKBN27R0FI | 2020-11-11 |
| Mobile apps that transmit agricultural prices and weather forecasts to farmers are being used to send out messages on how to avoid contagion by COVID19 | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has driven many firms to do just that he said describing the health crisis as an opportunity for companies to reassess their priorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-economies-conference-kenya-interview/how-covid-proofing-the-slums-upended-kenyas-business-culture-idUSKBN27R0FI | 2020-11-11 |
| LONDON News of a breakthrough in the race to find a COVID19 vaccine sparked one of the heaviest trading days since the height of the pandemic crisis according to early data analysed by Reuters with nearly trillion changing hands on Monday | Negative | LONDON News of a breakthrough in the race to find a COVID19 vaccine sparked one of the heaviest trading days since the height of the pandemic crisis according to early data analysed by Reuters with nearly trillion changing hands on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-markets-volumes/nearly-2-trillion-traded-on-covid-19-vaccine-news-idUSKBN27Q2EN | 2020-11-11 |
| MOSCOW Bars clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID19 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday as Russias daily tally of cases exceeded 20000 | Negative | MOSCOW Bars clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of overnight closures to reduce the spread of COVID19 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday as Russias daily tally of cases exceeded 20000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/moscow-to-close-bars-and-restaurants-overnight-as-russias-covid-19-cases-climb-idUSKBN27Q1EF | 2020-11-11 |
| for two months Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW Restaurants and nightclubs in Moscow will be forbidden from serving customers between 11 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-close-restaurants-and-clubs-overnight-for-two-months-from-nov-13-mayor-idUSKBN27Q1IW | 2020-11-11 |
| Illa said the Spanish government would act to convince a substantial portion of the population which public opinion polls suggest are wary of any vaccine against COVID19 | Negative | Spain would initially get 20 million vaccine doses enough to immunize 10 million people Health Minister Salvador Illa said on state broadcaster TVE adding that the vaccination would be free | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-vaccine/spain-hopes-to-receive-first-pfizer-vaccines-in-early-2021-minister-idUSKBN27Q0Y3 | 2020-11-11 |
| BERLIN Mondays potential breakthrough in the race to develop a COVID19 vaccine has left governments scrambling to meet the logistical challenge of distributing hundreds of millions of doses once it becomes available in coming months | Positive | BERLIN Mondays potential breakthrough in the race to develop a COVID19 vaccine has left governments scrambling to meet the logistical challenge of distributing hundreds of millions of doses once it becomes available in coming months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribut/covid-vaccine-breakthrough-raises-hopes-poses-logistical-headache-idUSKBN27Q2OK | 2020-11-11 |
| It also runs a logistics service that has dispatched medical cargoes to over 120 countries throughout the pandemic to help governments and health partners fighting COVID19 | Neutral | OSLO Norway will exempt United Nations World Food Programme delegates from coronavirus quarantine when they arrive next month to receive this years Nobel Peace Prize ensuring that the live ceremony can go ahead the government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-nobel-prize-peace/nobel-peace-prize-winners-exempted-from-norway-quarantine-idUSKBN27Q2AP | 2020-11-11 |
| With a population of nine million Israel has so far reported more than 300000 confirmed COVID19 cases and 2674 deaths | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel said on Monday it would test people arriving from Denmark for a new mutated strain of coronavirus stemming from Danish mink farms and ask them to selfisolate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-denmark/israel-tests-passengers-from-denmark-for-new-mutated-coronavirus-idUSKBN27P1NL | 2020-11-11 |
| Investors are betting that a less fractious global trade policy under Biden and a COVID19 vaccine will lead to a stronger economic rebound and higher bond yields | Positive | Japans traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S. administration to hunt for more fairly valued growthoriented markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-markets-nikkei-yen-analysis/analysis-japanese-stocks-catch-global-investors-eyes-as-post-covid-growth-play-idUSKBN27R0PI | 2020-11-11 |
| TOKYO Nov 11 Japans Nikkei surged to close at a fresh 29year high on Wednesday as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic on vaccinerelated developments | Positive | TOKYO Nov 11 Japans Nikkei surged to close at a fresh 29year high on Wednesday as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic on vaccinerelated developments | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ends-at-fresh-29-year-peak-as-vaccine-hopes-continue-to-rise-idUSL1N2HX0CD | 2020-11-11 |
| The country has so far reported a total of 376 confirmed cases of COVID19 and no deaths | Positive | ULAANBAATAR Mongolia recorded its first domestic coronavirus transmission on Wednesday following hundreds of imported cases the countrys health minister said during a briefing | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mongolia/mongolia-records-first-local-coronavirus-transmission-idUSKBN27R0MJ | 2020-11-11 |
| Overall 5323 people have died after testing positive for COVID19 | Negative | PRAGUE The Czech Republic reported 9016 new coronavirus cases for Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech-cases/czech-republic-reports-9016-new-coronavirus-cases-249-deaths-idUSKBN27R0ON | 2020-11-11 |
| There were just over 59000 COVID19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday the countrys highest number ever of inpatients being treated for the disease as new infections at record levels for the sixth consecutive day | Negative | There were just over 59000 COVID19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday the countrys highest number ever of inpatients being treated for the disease as new infections at record levels for the sixth consecutive day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitalizatio/u-s-covid-19-hospitalizations-surge-to-record-of-just-over-59000-patients-reuters-tally-idUSKBN27Q0DX | 2020-11-10 |
| The setback to Sinovacs efforts contrasts with good news from Pfizer Inc which said its experimental COVID19 vaccine is more than effective based on initial trial results | Positive | SAO Brazils health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-suspends-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-trial-due-to-severe-adverse-event-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-10 |
| The company said on Monday its vaccine is more than effective based on initial trial results making it one of the most promising ones against COVID19 | Positive | Brazils Ministry of Health in response to a Reuters request for comment said it was considering all potential vaccines in latestage trials including Pfizers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-brazil/brazil-in-talks-with-pfizer-to-buy-promising-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27P2LD | 2020-11-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the federal government would buy whatever COVID19 vaccine is approved by the Health Ministry and certified by the countrys regulator Anvisa | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the federal government would buy whatever COVID19 vaccine is approved by the Health Ministry and certified by the countrys regulator Anvisa | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/bolsonarso-says-brazil-will-buy-any-vaccine-approved-by-ministry-regulator-idUSKBN27P301 | 2020-11-10 |
| SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 which will be ready by September next year Governor Doria said on Monday | Positive | SAO PAULO The Brazilian state of Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 which will be ready by September next year Governor Doria said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/sao-paulo-starts-building-production-plant-for-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-governor-idUSKBN27P24K | 2020-11-10 |
| But for now this is shifting the winners and losers sectoral narrative that was created by COVID19 and leading to a revival in value sectors such as energy and financials | Positive | The MSCI world equity index | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-highlights/highlights-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-news-delivers-hope-around-the-globe-idUSKBN27P2MO | 2020-11-10 |
| Now that a vaccine can stop COVID19 the Fed is likely to stop its unlimited support doctrine and this will pull the rug from whats been supporting gains in equities | Positive | The MSCI world equity index | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-highlights/highlights-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-news-delivers-hope-around-the-globe-idUSKBN27P2MO | 2020-11-10 |
| While rolling out a vaccine assuming its ultimate success will take time industries devastated by COVID19 can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel | Positive | The MSCI world equity index | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-highlights/highlights-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-news-delivers-hope-around-the-globe-idUSKBN27P2MO | 2020-11-10 |
| A coalition of the U.S. and European drinks industry said the tariffs would damage a sector already devastated by COVID19 related closures | Negative | Lighthizers office said the two sides were in negotiations to resolve the longstanding dispute but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu/eu-regrettably-hits-u-s-with-tariffs-seeks-better-biden-ties-idUSKBN27P102 | 2020-11-10 |
| Israel already has an agreement with Moderna Inc for the future purchase of its potential COVID19 vaccine and has been in talks with other companies as well | Positive | Israels finance minister Israel Katz said he had discussed the vaccine during talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-is/israel-asks-for-u-s-help-in-getting-potential-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27P2C0 | 2020-11-10 |
| Companies from Brazil Ecuador and Russia have faced oneweek suspensions during the last month after their products tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | SHANGHAI China has suspended imports from Indonesias PT. Anugrah Laut Indonesia for one week after the novel coronavirus was detected in a sample of frozen fish products supplied by the firm Chinese customs said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-seafood/china-suspends-fish-imports-from-indonesian-firm-after-coronavirus-detected-idUSKBN27Q02O | 2020-11-10 |
| Retailers have been hit hard by the COVID19 pandemic with many forced to close during governmentenforced lockdowns | Negative | We will need to study all possible alternatives to rapidly strengthen the groups financial Chief Executive Christophe Cuvillier said on a call | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-unibail-rodamco-agm/westfield-owner-unibails-shareholders-reject-rights-issue-idUSKBN27Q0XN | 2020-11-10 |
| WASHINGTON Corporate America says it is ready to work with Presidentelect Joe Biden hoping for quick action on a new round of COVID19 relief and infrastructure spending | Positive | WASHINGTON Corporate America says it is ready to work with Presidentelect Joe Biden hoping for quick action on a new round of COVID19 relief and infrastructure spending | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-biden-companies/corporate-america-says-it-is-ready-to-work-with-biden-idUSKBN27P28S | 2020-11-10 |
| AMSTERDAM Nov 10 Safehaven German bond yields held near their highest level in a month on Tuesday as markets continued to digest news of a promising vaccine against COVID19 | Positive | Bond yields steady after Mondays vaccine selloff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/german-yields-hold-near-one-month-high-after-vaccine-sell-off-idUSL1N2HW0IY | 2020-11-10 |
| Trump himself tested positive and was hospitalized with COVID19 in early October | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus has spread further among U.S. President Donald Trumps top aides infecting Housing Secretary Ben Carson and the man leading the Trump campaigns legal challenges to his election loss officials and sources said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whitehouse/covid-19-ensnares-trump-housing-secretary-ben-carson-and-aide-challenging-election-loss-idUSKBN27P31I | 2020-11-10 |
| The trial being run online due to COVID19 restrictions is scheduled to last up to 15 days | Negative | MELBOURNE A trial began on Monday alleging dozens of journalists editors and media companies breached an Australiawide court suppression order in reporting on exVatican treasurer George Pells child sex abuse conviction in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-australia-abuse-pell-media/australian-media-face-trial-over-cardinal-pells-child-sex-abuse-case-reporting-idUSKBN27Q068 | 2020-11-10 |
| Regeneron is also seeking an EUA for its dualantibody against COVID19 | Positive | U.S. regulators on Monday authorized emergency use of the first experimental antibody drug for COVID19 in patients who are not hospitalized but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-eli-lilly-fda/u-s-allows-emergency-use-of-first-covid-19-antibody-drug-idUSKBN27P35L | 2020-11-10 |
| SINGAPORE U.S. biotech firm Arcturus Therapeutics said it expects to start distributing its COVID19 vaccine candidate in the first quarter of next year after early stage trials showed promising results | Positive | SINGAPORE U.S. biotech firm Arcturus Therapeutics said it expects to start distributing its COVID19 vaccine candidate in the first quarter of next year after early stage trials showed promising results | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-arcturus/arcturus-expects-its-covid-19-vaccine-to-be-ready-by-first-quarter-2021-idUSKBN27Q0HS | 2020-11-10 |
| U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens healthcare advisers have held talks with drugmaker executives on the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate development of a possible COVID19 treatment a Biden spokesman said on Sunday | Positive | U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens healthcare advisers have held talks with drugmaker executives on the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate development of a possible COVID19 treatment a Biden spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-biden/biden-team-held-covid-19-talks-with-operation-warp-speed-drugmakers-before-election-idUSKBN27P022 | 2020-11-09 |
| Bidens advisers met with companies that have COVID19 vaccines or therapies in latestage clinical trials in September and October Bloomberg News had reported earlier | Positive | U.S. Presidentelect Joe Bidens healthcare advisers have held talks with drugmaker executives on the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate development of a possible COVID19 treatment a Biden spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-biden/biden-team-held-covid-19-talks-with-operation-warp-speed-drugmakers-before-election-idUSKBN27P022 | 2020-11-09 |
| NEW Joe Bidens projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions that took a hit amid the COVID19 pandemic dealmakers said | Positive | NEW Joe Bidens projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions that took a hit amid the COVID19 pandemic dealmakers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-deals-analysis/analysis-dealmakers-see-divided-u-s-government-favoring-mergers-and-acquisitions-idUSKBN27O06K | 2020-11-09 |
| Analysts also warned the road might get tougher from here as investors focus on Bidens ability to expand fiscal stimulus and measures to reduce the spread of COVID19 | Negative | By Swati Pandey | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-higher-dollar-extends-losses-on-biden-win-idUSL1N2HU0NY | 2020-11-09 |
| Analysts warn the road might get tougher from here as investors focus on Bidens ability to expand fiscal stimulus and measures to reduce the spread of COVID19 | Negative | percentage change for in para | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/corrected-global-markets-stocks-seen-buoyant-dollar-likely-to-extend-losses-idUSL1N2HU0N2 | 2020-11-09 |
| Utah has had 132621 total confirmed cases and 659 deaths from COVID19 since the pandemic began | Negative | The governor of the U.S. state of Utah Gary Herbert declared late on Sunday a new state of emergency to address hospital overcrowding in response to weeks of stress on its hospital networks due to a surge of novel coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-utah/utah-governor-declares-new-state-of-emergency-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN27P0I5 | 2020-11-09 |
| A total of 41394 people have died because of COVID19 in Italy which has registered 935104 infections since the start of its outbreak | Negative | MILAN Italy has registered 32616 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours the health ministry said on Sunday compared to 39811 on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy/italy-new-covid-19-cases-fall-to-32616-on-sunday-idUSKBN27O0OR | 2020-11-09 |
| However points of difference on Mideast issues may be deferred because both Biden and Netanyahu face crises over COVID19 and their economies | Negative | JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-reaction-israel/in-israel-biden-could-differ-with-netanyahu-on-iran-and-settlements-idUSKBN27N0RK | 2020-11-08 |
| Trump who was hospitalized for three days after contracting COVID19 mocked Biden for regularly wearing a face mask to guard against the pathogens spread | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president completed a long climb to the political summit that included two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-finally-wins-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27N0LP | 2020-11-08 |
| BUENOS AIRES Argentina has struck a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to receive around 22 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine being developed with the University of Oxford with the aim to start deliveries in the first half of next year | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina has struck a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to receive around 22 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine being developed with the University of Oxford with the aim to start deliveries in the first half of next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-astrazen/argentina-agrees-deal-for-22-million-doses-of-astrazeneca-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27N0UQ | 2020-11-08 |
| 8 2020 Tigray holds regional elections in defiance of the federal government which postponed nationwide polls due in August because of COVID19 | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia is mobilising troops from around the country and sending them to the northern Tigray region to fight a powerful ethnic faction that led the ruling coalition for decades | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-timeline/timeline-key-events-leading-to-ethiopias-crisis-in-tigray-idUSKBN27M1O9 | 2020-11-07 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was alarmed by a rise in COVID19 cases but it was too early to judge the effectiveness of its policy of trying to contain the disease without a full lockdown | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was alarmed by a rise in COVID19 cases but it was too early to judge the effectiveness of its policy of trying to contain the disease without a full lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-rise-in-covid-19-cases-alarming-but-too-soon-to-judge-policy-idUSKBN27M150 | 2020-11-07 |
| A total of 40638 people have now died because of COVID19 in Italy which has registered some 862681 coronavirus infections since the start of its outbreak | Negative | ROME Italy has registered 37809 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours the health ministry said on Friday the countrys highest ever daily tally and up from 34505 on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-tally/italy-reports-daily-record-of-37809-coronavirus-cases-446-deaths-health-ministry-idUSKBN27M26O | 2020-11-07 |
| GENEVA Denmark is taking steps to prevent the establishment of a new animal reservoir for this the WHOs technical lead for COVID19 Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday after the country reported widespread coronavirus outbreaks in mink farms | Negative | GENEVA Denmark is taking steps to prevent the establishment of a new animal reservoir for this the WHOs technical lead for COVID19 Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday after the country reported widespread coronavirus outbreaks in mink farms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-mink/denmark-taking-steps-to-stop-new-animal-reservoir-for-covid-19-says-who-idUSKBN27M1GB | 2020-11-07 |
| It has raised concerns that the mutations could affect the potential efficacy of COVID19 vaccines in development | Neutral | The World Health Organization is looking at biosecurity around mink farms in countries across the world to prevent further spillover after Denmark ordered a national mink cull because of an outbreak of coronavirus infections in the animals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-looks-at-mink-farm-biosecurity-globally-after-danish-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN27M1DD | 2020-11-07 |
| NEW FRANCISCO The big decline in the U.S. unemployment rate last month suggests the economy needs less a broad pandemic relief package than targeted support for hardhit sectors even as an unprecedented surge in COVID19 cases raises questions about the durability of the job market rebound | Positive | NEW FRANCISCO The big decline in the U.S. unemployment rate last month suggests the economy needs less a broad pandemic relief package than targeted support for hardhit sectors even as an unprecedented surge in COVID19 cases raises questions about the durability of the job market rebound | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-fiscal/uneven-u-s-job-market-recovery-points-to-need-for-focused-fiscal-aid-idUSKBN27M2QK | 2020-11-07 |
| Treasury yields rose on betterthanexpected October employment data while oil prices slid below a barrel as new lockdowns in Europe to halt the surging COVID19 pandemic dimmed the demand outlook | Negative | gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-edge-higher-dollar-slips-as-biden-victory-looms-idUSL1N2HS25L | 2020-11-07 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the resurgence of COVID19 infections in Europe and said they need to work harder against the spread of disinformation related to the pandemic | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the resurgence of COVID19 infections in Europe and said they need to work harder against the spread of disinformation related to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-scams/eu-urges-online-platforms-to-gird-for-new-wave-of-covid-consumer-scams-idUSKBN27M1MH | 2020-11-07 |
| Humanigen Inc has partnered with the U.S. government to help advance development of its drug candidate as a potential COVID19 treatment following positive response in hospitalized patients in a latestage study the company said on Friday | Positive | Humanigen Inc has partnered with the U.S. government to help advance development of its drug candidate as a potential COVID19 treatment following positive response in hospitalized patients in a latestage study the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-humanigen-dod/humanigen-inks-covid-19-drug-development-agreement-with-u-s-defense-department-idUSKBN27M1JX | 2020-11-07 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was light at the end of the tunnel on COVID19 as England entered its second countrywide lockdown for four weeks to prevent a rising number of cases and deaths from the virus | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was light at the end of the tunnel on COVID19 as England entered its second countrywide lockdown for four weeks to prevent a rising number of cases and deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/uk-pm-says-there-is-light-at-end-of-covid-tunnel-idUSKBN27L2G6 | 2020-11-06 |
| Airbnb Inc plans to make its IPO registration public next week putting it on course for a New York stock market debut in December even as the COVID19 pandemic intensifies two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | Positive | Airbnb Inc plans to make its IPO registration public next week putting it on course for a New York stock market debut in December even as the COVID19 pandemic intensifies two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbnb-ipo/airbnb-to-make-ipo-filing-public-next-week-despite-covid-19-surge-sources-idUSKBN27L1D5 | 2020-11-06 |
| Hong Kongs economy has been in a downturn since mid2019 due to the double blow of COVID19 and antigovernment protests | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday she had discussed coronavirus controls and economic relief measures with mainland Chinese officials during her threeday trip to Beijing and that the central government has welcomed her proposals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-hongkong-china-lam/hong-kong-leader-lam-discussed-coronavirus-economic-relief-with-beijing-idUSKBN27M0PV | 2020-11-06 |
| LONDON Bitcoins price rose to more than on Thursday its highest level since January 2018 amid volatility caused by the U.S. election and investor hopes that more central bank stimulus to support economies hit by the COVID19 pandemic will push up the value of digital assets | Positive | LONDON Bitcoins price rose to more than on Thursday its highest level since January 2018 amid volatility caused by the U.S. election and investor hopes that more central bank stimulus to support economies hit by the COVID19 pandemic will push up the value of digital assets | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-crypto-currencies-bitcoin/bitcoin-hits-highest-level-since-jan-2018-amid-post-election-volatility-idUSKBN27L234 | 2020-11-06 |
| The thirdstage trials will be conducted on about 1000 asymptomatic coronavirus patients and those who have come into close contact with COVID19 patients in Korea | Positive | South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc said on Friday patients treated with its experimental COVID19 antibody drug in a smallsize earlystage trial showed at least a improvement in recovery time | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-celltri/celltrions-covid-19-antibody-drug-cut-recovery-time-early-study-idUSKBN27M060 | 2020-11-06 |
| No monoclonal antibody has been approved against COVID19 so far | Positive | South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc said on Friday patients treated with its experimental COVID19 antibody drug in a smallsize earlystage trial showed at least a improvement in recovery time | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-celltri/celltrions-covid-19-antibody-drug-cut-recovery-time-early-study-idUSKBN27M060 | 2020-11-06 |
| HANOI Vietnam will stick to its strategy of containing COVID19 rather than rush to secure a supply of a vaccine that could be expensive and potentially risky the head of the countrys coronavirus task force said on Friday | Positive | HANOI Vietnam will stick to its strategy of containing COVID19 rather than rush to secure a supply of a vaccine that could be expensive and potentially risky the head of the countrys coronavirus task force said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam/vietnam-opts-for-containment-over-high-risk-rush-for-costly-vaccine-idUSKBN27M0L8 | 2020-11-06 |
| Just 35 people have died from COVID19 in Vietnam according to official data with the country widely praised for its decisive response to quelling outbreaks | Negative | HANOI Vietnam will stick to its strategy of containing COVID19 rather than rush to secure a supply of a vaccine that could be expensive and potentially risky the head of the countrys coronavirus task force said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam/vietnam-opts-for-containment-over-high-risk-rush-for-costly-vaccine-idUSKBN27M0L8 | 2020-11-06 |
| LONDON Wind energy will achieve record growth globally over the next five years the Global Wind Energy Council trade association said on Thursday as the impact of COVID19 has only been to delay not cancel projects | Positive | LONDON Wind energy will achieve record growth globally over the next five years the Global Wind Energy Council trade association said on Thursday as the impact of COVID19 has only been to delay not cancel projects | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-windpower/global-wind-energy-set-for-five-years-of-record-growth-research-idUSKBN27L00A | 2020-11-05 |
| A total of 39764 people have now died in Italy because of COVID19 while 790377 cases of the disease have been registered to date | Negative | ROME Italy has registered 30550 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours the health ministry said on Wednesday up from 28244 on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy/italy-reports-30550-new-coronavirus-cases-352-deaths-health-ministry-idUSKBN27K27S | 2020-11-05 |
| Coronavirus infections rose by 10073 in a day data from Swiss health authorities showed on Wednesday as the Alpine country is trying to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Coronavirus infections rose by 10073 in a day data from Swiss health authorities showed on Wednesday as the Alpine country is trying to slow the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-numbers/swiss-report-10073-new-coronavirus-infections-73-more-deaths-idUSKBN27K1FJ | 2020-11-05 |
| The overnight drop of 11 basis points was the largest singleday move since the COVID19 market panic of March | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares climbed on Thursday and bonds extended their blistering rally as investors wagered the prospect of U.S. policy gridlock would greatly favour some industries while also restraining government borrowing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-near-three-year-high-bonds-see-boon-in-u-s-stalemate-idUSKBN27L01S | 2020-11-05 |
| WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the Trump administration planned to push ahead with its agenda this year even as the election results remained unknown including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a possible COVID19 stimulus bill | Positive | WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the Trump administration planned to push ahead with its agenda this year even as the election results remained unknown including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a possible COVID19 stimulus bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-budget/kudlow-says-unclear-if-covid-19-aid-would-be-part-of-government-funding-bill-idUSKBN27K27F | 2020-11-05 |
| This view will though remain contingent on some sort of COVID19 related fiscal package being agreed ideally sooner rather than later | Positive | MSCI exJapan index reaches highest since early 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-follow-wall-st-higher-on-u-s-gridlock-bets-idUSL4N2HQ4U6 | 2020-11-05 |
| SYDNEY The Australian government has agreed to purchase two more COVID19 vaccines in development beefing up the countrys prospective arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation programme within months | Positive | SYDNEY The Australian government has agreed to purchase two more COVID19 vaccines in development beefing up the countrys prospective arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation programme within months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-orders-more-covid-19-vaccines-for-total-of-135-million-doses-idUSKBN27K2WI | 2020-11-05 |
| 2 chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Tuesday as it is designed reduce COVID19 transmission rates enough to move into less stringent measures | Negative | LONDON It is realistic that Englands forthcoming national lockdown can end on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-whitty/ending-englands-lockdown-in-december-is-realistic-says-medical-chief-idUSKBN27J2CQ | 2020-11-04 |
| Tedros was addressing a WHO news briefing in Geneva from selfisolation at home after announcing on Twitter that he had been in contact with a person infected with COVID19 | Negative | A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europes-covid-19-curbs-prompt-pushback-amid-bleak-countdown-to-christmas-idUSKBN27I17E | 2020-11-04 |
| There will be no contact between the military personnel of the four nations because of COVID19 restrictions during the first phase of the drills running till Nov | Negative | NEW DELHI India the United States Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday Indian government sources said seen as part of efforts to balance Chinas vast military and economic power in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-india-navy-drills/india-u-s-japan-and-australia-kick-off-large-naval-drills-idUSKBN27J11Z | 2020-11-04 |
| gaining for a third day after signing a 210 billion won supply contract to distribute its rapid COVID19 testing kit Sampinute in the United States | Positive | KOSPI rises foreigners net sellers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-shares-extend-gains-as-investors-eye-tight-u-s-election-race-idUSAZN21TI00 | 2020-11-04 |
| HONG KONG Chinas Lenovo Group the worlds biggest PC maker posted a betterthanexpected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is continuing to benefit from new remote working after COVID19 | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas Lenovo Group the worlds biggest PC maker posted a betterthanexpected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is continuing to benefit from new remote working after COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-lenovo-results/lenovo-profit-beats-expectations-helped-by-remote-working-trend-idUSKBN27J0C8 | 2020-11-04 |
| LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | Negative | LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-tcells/t-cell-study-adds-to-debate-over-duration-of-covid-19-immunity-idUSKBN27I1LL | 2020-11-04 |
| Experts not directly involved with the study said its findings were important and would add to a growing body of knowledge about potential protective immunity to COVID19 | Positive | LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-tcells/t-cell-study-adds-to-debate-over-duration-of-covid-19-immunity-idUSKBN27I1LL | 2020-11-04 |
| The study also found the size of Tcell response differed and was considerably higher in people who had had symptomatic COVID19 than those who had no symptoms when infected | Positive | LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-tcells/t-cell-study-adds-to-debate-over-duration-of-covid-19-immunity-idUSKBN27I1LL | 2020-11-04 |
| While more than 46 million people worldwide have been infected with COVID19 confirmed cases of reinfection are so far very rare | Negative | LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-tcells/t-cell-study-adds-to-debate-over-duration-of-covid-19-immunity-idUSKBN27I1LL | 2020-11-04 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it is alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers that false positive results can occur with COVID19 antigen tests | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it is alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers that false positive results can occur with COVID19 antigen tests | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-test/u-s-fda-warns-about-false-positive-results-from-covid-19-antigen-tests-idUSKBN27J2K6 | 2020-11-04 |
| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said people needed to act now to tamp down the spread of a second wave of COVID19 before it gets out of hand | Negative | TORONTO Indoor dining and gyms in Canadas financial capital Toronto will reopen on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-toronto/canadian-province-of-ontario-plans-to-allow-indoor-dining-gyms-to-reopen-in-toronto-idUSKBN27J2HF | 2020-11-04 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia imposed a record oil output cut in April to support prices as the COVID19 pandemic shrank demand | Negative | MOSCOW Top managers of Russian oil companies and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Monday discussed a possible extension of oil output restrictions into the first quarter of 2021 two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russian-oil-bosses-debate-extending-output-curbs-into-2021-sources-idUSKBN27I1AX | 2020-11-03 |
| MOSCOW A growing number of Russians are unwilling to be inoculated against COVID19 once a vaccine becomes widely available the Levada Centre Russias only major independent pollster said on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW A growing number of Russians are unwilling to be inoculated against COVID19 once a vaccine becomes widely available the Levada Centre Russias only major independent pollster said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/share-of-russians-who-would-decline-covid-19-vaccine-grows-pollster-says-idUSKBN27I1Q7 | 2020-11-03 |
| MOSCOW Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin to allow it to produce a generic version of U.S. COVID19 drug remdesivir used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump despite lacking a patent to do so the firms director said on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin to allow it to produce a generic version of U.S. COVID19 drug remdesivir used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump despite lacking a patent to do so the firms director said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-remdesivir/russian-firm-seeks-to-produce-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-without-patent-idUSKBN27I0QH | 2020-11-03 |
| Pharmasyntez has completed a clinical trial of the generic drug on 300 COVID19 patients across 23 Russian hospitals according to a register entry | Positive | MOSCOW Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin to allow it to produce a generic version of U.S. COVID19 drug remdesivir used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump despite lacking a patent to do so the firms director said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-remdesivir/russian-firm-seeks-to-produce-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-without-patent-idUSKBN27I0QH | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON Britain will launch a COVID19 mass testing pilot scheme in Liverpool this week offering everyone in the city tests whether or not they have symptoms in an attempt to find a better way to use testing to limit the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | LONDON Britain will launch a COVID19 mass testing pilot scheme in Liverpool this week offering everyone in the city tests whether or not they have symptoms in an attempt to find a better way to use testing to limit the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uk-to-pilot-new-covid-19-mass-testing-approach-in-liverpool-idUSKBN27J009 | 2020-11-03 |
| The United Kingdom has the highest COVID19 death toll in Europe and a second national lockdown is due to come into force in England on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Britain will launch a COVID19 mass testing pilot scheme in Liverpool this week offering everyone in the city tests whether or not they have symptoms in an attempt to find a better way to use testing to limit the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uk-to-pilot-new-covid-19-mass-testing-approach-in-liverpool-idUSKBN27J009 | 2020-11-03 |
| GENEVA Restaurants and shopkeepers in Geneva prepared to close in line with new COVID19 measures on Monday that go beyond more lenient Swiss rules elsewhere as its main hospital fills up and prepares to begin airlifting out patients to less burdened cantons | Positive | GENEVA Restaurants and shopkeepers in Geneva prepared to close in line with new COVID19 measures on Monday that go beyond more lenient Swiss rules elsewhere as its main hospital fills up and prepares to begin airlifting out patients to less burdened cantons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-geneva/swiss-city-of-geneva-locks-down-as-covid-surges-idUSKBN27I22N | 2020-11-03 |
| The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | Positive | The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover-cepi/cepi-to-fund-development-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-by-chinas-clover-idUSKBN27J05S | 2020-11-03 |
| The extension of CEPIs partnership with Clover comes months after it invested million to boost the Chinese companys COVID19 vaccine trial in July | Positive | The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover-cepi/cepi-to-fund-development-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-by-chinas-clover-idUSKBN27J05S | 2020-11-03 |
| CEPI has previously deployed vast sums of money in search of a COVID19 vaccine through partnerships with drug developers including Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc Moderna Inc and Novavax Inc | Neutral | The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation said on Tuesday it will fund the development of the proteinbased STrimer COVID19 vaccine candidate by Chinas Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-clover-cepi/cepi-to-fund-development-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-by-chinas-clover-idUSKBN27J05S | 2020-11-03 |
| HONG KONG Chinas Lenovo Group the worlds biggest PC maker posted a better than expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is continuing to benefit from new remote working after COVID19 | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas Lenovo Group the worlds biggest PC maker posted a better than expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it is continuing to benefit from new remote working after COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-lenovo-results/lenovo-profit-beats-expectations-helped-by-remote-working-trend-idUSKBN27J0C8 | 2020-11-03 |
| Nov 2 Most European markets started Novembers trading on a positive note as accelerating Chinese factory activity helped outweigh concerns about a second wave of COVID19 outbreak that drove major economies back into a lockdown | Positive | Nov 2 Most European markets started Novembers trading on a positive note as accelerating Chinese factory activity helped outweigh concerns about a second wave of COVID19 outbreak that drove major economies back into a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/german-stocks-boosted-by-upbeat-china-data-london-lags-on-lockdown-worries-idUSL4N2HO1T1 | 2020-11-03 |
| Tedros was addressing a regular WHO news briefing in Geneva from selfisolation at home after announcing on Twitter that he had been in contact with a person infected with COVID19 | Negative | GENEVA World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that a recent spike in COVID19 cases in some countries in Europe and North America presented leaders with a critical moment for | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/leaders-face-critical-moment-as-covid-cases-spike-says-who-chief-idUSKBN27I25K | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON The onemonth lockdown for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson this weekend could be extended as Britain struggles to contain a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic a senior cabinet member said on Sunday | Negative | LONDON The onemonth lockdown for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson this weekend could be extended as Britain struggles to contain a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic a senior cabinet member said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/lockdown-in-england-could-be-extended-uk-minister-warns-idUSKBN27H16C | 2020-11-02 |
| The other parts of the United Kingdom Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland have their own policies and enacted tougher COVID19 health restrictions in recent weeks | Negative | LONDON The onemonth lockdown for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson this weekend could be extended as Britain struggles to contain a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic a senior cabinet member said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/lockdown-in-england-could-be-extended-uk-minister-warns-idUSKBN27H16C | 2020-11-02 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello who is ill with COVID19 will stay in a military hospital overnight on Sunday after having been discharged from a civilian facility earlier in the day the ministry said in a statement | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello who is ill with COVID19 will stay in a military hospital overnight on Sunday after having been discharged from a civilian facility earlier in the day the ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-minister-back-in-hospital-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27H1H6 | 2020-11-02 |
| Brazil has the worlds seconddeadliest outbreak of COVID19 with 160074 people killed second to only the United States according to a Reuters tally | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello who is ill with COVID19 will stay in a military hospital overnight on Sunday after having been discharged from a civilian facility earlier in the day the ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-minister-back-in-hospital-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27H1H6 | 2020-11-02 |
| Brazil has suffered the second highest number of COVID19 deaths globally at about 160000 with reports of 5 | Negative | One year after Lobo died still no one has been put in prison | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-logging-trfn/one-year-on-family-of-murdered-amazon-land-defender-say-nothing-has-changed-idUSKBN27H16P | 2020-11-02 |
| Weddings wakes and conferences will be banned in the Iranian capital until further notice as the Middle Easts hardesthit nation battles a third wave of COVID19 police said on Saturday | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27H16R | 2020-11-02 |
| LONDON Lazard Ltd has hired restructuring banker Sam Whittaker from PJT Partners to oversee negotiations between companies and their creditors across Europe the Middle East and Africa as a second wave of COVID19 leaves many businesses fighting for survival | Negative | LONDON Lazard Ltd has hired restructuring banker Sam Whittaker from PJT Partners to oversee negotiations between companies and their creditors across Europe the Middle East and Africa as a second wave of COVID19 leaves many businesses fighting for survival | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lazard-whittaker/lazard-snaps-up-pjt-restructuring-banker-as-covid-second-wave-hits-idUSKBN27I003 | 2020-11-02 |
| Trumps false accusation Friday that doctors were profiting from COVID19 deaths drew harsh criticism from the governor of the election battleground state of Wisconsin | Negative | Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States on Sunday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations as increasingly bitter rhetoric kept the virus front and center of campaigning two days before the presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-cases-keep-rising-in-grim-march-to-election-day-idUSKBN27H1NW | 2020-11-02 |
| France said 231 more people had died from COVID19 in the period bringing the total to 37019 | Negative | PARIS New confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 46290 in France in the past 24 hours official data showed on Sunday while the number of people needing treatment in intensive care also crept up | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-cases/frances-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-46290-idUSKBN27H1P0 | 2020-11-02 |
| STOCKHOLM Stockholm has paused home COVID19 testing for four days after surging demand left 16000 people waiting for tests for active infections in Swedens biggest city overwhelming the system regional authorities said on Sunday | Negative | STOCKHOLM Stockholm has paused home COVID19 testing for four days after surging demand left 16000 people waiting for tests for active infections in Swedens biggest city overwhelming the system regional authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-stockholm-testing/stockholm-pauses-home-covid-19-testing-as-system-overwhelmed-idUSKBN27H1OG | 2020-11-02 |
| WASHINGTON Businessmanturnedpolitician Donald Trump has promoted America nationalism withstood impeachment and a bout with COVID19 and taken contentious stands on race and immigration during a turbulent presidency that detractors say has flouted U.S. democratic norms | Negative | WASHINGTON Businessmanturnedpolitician Donald Trump has promoted America nationalism withstood impeachment and a bout with COVID19 and taken contentious stands on race and immigration during a turbulent presidency that detractors say has flouted U.S. democratic norms | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-profile-newsmaker/brash-and-pugnacious-trump-has-presided-over-a-tumultuous-presidency-idUSKBN27G0EK | 2020-11-01 |
| Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | Positive | Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-global-coronavirus-solar-trfn/can-solar-fridges-helping-vaccinate-african-children-work-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0WX | 2020-11-01 |
| It is not only ultracold temperatures for COVID19 vaccines that Africa may need to contend with | Neutral | Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-global-coronavirus-solar-trfn/can-solar-fridges-helping-vaccinate-african-children-work-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0WX | 2020-11-01 |
| While child vaccination campaigns typically reach about 115 million infants annually worldwide the COVID19 vaccine will need to reach as many as 750 million people in Africa alone health experts predict | Positive | Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-global-coronavirus-solar-trfn/can-solar-fridges-helping-vaccinate-african-children-work-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0WX | 2020-11-01 |
| But that is before factoring in the potential ultracooling needs COVID19 vaccines may require which solar directdrive fridges are typically not equipped to handle | Positive | Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-global-coronavirus-solar-trfn/can-solar-fridges-helping-vaccinate-african-children-work-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0WX | 2020-11-01 |
| Peters is hoping COVID19 vaccines will require only the standard cold storage at 28C which solar directdrive refrigerators can provide at rural health centers | Positive | Now the world is looking to launch a far bigger immunisation push once vaccines for COVID19 become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-global-coronavirus-solar-trfn/can-solar-fridges-helping-vaccinate-african-children-work-for-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0WX | 2020-11-01 |
| The health system which prior to the pandemic had the lowest number of critical care beds per 100000 inhabitants in Europe can accommodate 800 COVID19 patients in ICUs | Negative | LISBON Portugals government on Saturday announced new lockdown restrictions from Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugal-reimposes-partial-lockdown-in-most-of-the-country-idUSKBN27G0VN | 2020-11-01 |
| Trump who was hospitalized for three days after contracting COVID19 has mocked Biden for regularly wearing a face mask to guard against the pathogens spread | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president is seeking to complete a long climb to the political mountaintop that includes two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-seeks-to-win-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27G0EV | 2020-11-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello is in stable condition in a hospital after being diagnosed with COVID19 the ministry said in a statement on Saturday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello is in stable condition in a hospital after being diagnosed with COVID19 the ministry said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-minister-hospitalized-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0SH | 2020-11-01 |
| The president said Pazuellos case was another instance demonstrating that the controversial drug chloroquine helped those with COVID19 to recover quickly | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello is in stable condition in a hospital after being diagnosed with COVID19 the ministry said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-minister-hospitalized-with-covid-19-idUSKBN27G0SH | 2020-11-01 |
| Several U.S. retail pharmacy chains have agreed to serve as COVID19 vaccination sites under a federal government plan the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday | Positive | Several U.S. retail pharmacy chains have agreed to serve as COVID19 vaccination sites under a federal government plan the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/u-s-signs-up-pharmacy-chains-as-covid-19-vaccination-centres-wsj-idUSKBN27G04R | 2020-10-31 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said the capital could next week impose tougher restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus if the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID19 rises further in the coming days | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said the capital could next week impose tougher restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus if the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID19 rises further in the coming days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-city-says-tougher-coronavirus-curbs-could-be-needed-by-next-week-idUSKBN27F2VA | 2020-10-31 |
| If the number of hospitalizations continues to increase next week we could be announcing next Friday measures to restrict said Sheinbaum who tested positive for COVID19 earlier this week | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said the capital could next week impose tougher restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus if the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID19 rises further in the coming days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-city-says-tougher-coronavirus-curbs-could-be-needed-by-next-week-idUSKBN27F2VA | 2020-10-31 |
| Mexico has the worlds fourth highest official death toll from COVID19 with over 90000 fatalities and is grappling in several states with an upsurge in infections | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said the capital could next week impose tougher restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus if the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID19 rises further in the coming days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-city-says-tougher-coronavirus-curbs-could-be-needed-by-next-week-idUSKBN27F2VA | 2020-10-31 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government will of buy a Chinese COVID19 vaccine that is being tested in the country Vice President Hamilton said on Friday in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils government will of buy a Chinese COVID19 vaccine that is being tested in the country Vice President Hamilton said on Friday in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-will-buy-china-covid-19-vaccine-vp-mouro-says-contradicting-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27F343 | 2020-10-31 |
| The Russian Direct Investment Fund which is backing the development and rollout of Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it had completed the presubmission of preliminary documents to Brazils health regulator | Positive | The Russian Direct Investment Fund which is backing the development and rollout of Russias Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it had completed the presubmission of preliminary documents to Brazils health regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bra/russia-makes-preliminary-submission-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-brazil-regulators-idUSKBN27F2OO | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin on Friday said there was a shortage of doctors across Russia as COVID19 cases surged past 18000 to a record daily high | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Friday said there was a shortage of doctors across Russia as COVID19 cases surged past 18000 to a record daily high | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/russia-experiencing-shortage-of-doctors-as-covid-19-cases-surge-says-kremlin-idUSKBN27F1A7 | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID19 and Russias daily tally of infections rose past 18000 to a record high amid a shortage of doctors across the country the Kremlin said on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID19 and Russias daily tally of infections rose past 18000 to a record high amid a shortage of doctors across the country the Kremlin said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-plans-vaccinations-as-russias-covid-19-cases-hit-record-amid-doctor-shortage-idUSKBN27F0Y0 | 2020-10-31 |
| MOSCOW Ekaterina Saraichenko who lives in Saratov posted a video on Russian social media this month describing her mothers ordeal with COVID19 as they waited for an ambulance she said was taking too long | Negative | MOSCOW Ekaterina Saraichenko who lives in Saratov posted a video on Russian social media this month describing her mothers ordeal with COVID19 as they waited for an ambulance she said was taking too long | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-regions/hospital-beds-oxygen-run-short-in-russias-regions-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN27F25V | 2020-10-31 |
| BRUSSELS Belgium stopped short on Friday of confining people to their homes but tightened restrictions on businesses and social life to avert a breakdown of the health system as the country records the highest rate of COVID19 infections in Europe | Negative | BRUSSELS Belgium stopped short on Friday of confining people to their homes but tightened restrictions on businesses and social life to avert a breakdown of the health system as the country records the highest rate of COVID19 infections in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium/belgium-with-eus-worst-covid-numbers-ducks-full-lockdown-idUSKBN27F1O9 | 2020-10-31 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will kick off its megashopping extravaganza Singles early this year a move that will likely see a big jump in its sales as the easing of the countrys COVID19 pandemic drives an economic rebound | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will kick off its megashopping extravaganza Singles early this year a move that will likely see a big jump in its sales as the easing of the countrys COVID19 pandemic drives an economic rebound | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singles-day-alibaba/alibaba-to-kick-off-chinas-first-post-pandemic-singles-day-early-idUSKBN27F101 | 2020-10-31 |
| China has taken the most comprehensive strictest and most thorough control and prevention measures since the COVID19 pandemic foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday | Negative | BEIJING Days after a 17yearold girl tested positive for COVID19 in a remote part of western China last week health authorities said they had tested over 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/organised-overkill-china-shows-off-rapid-lockdown-system-after-latest-outbreak-idUSKBN27F1DY | 2020-10-31 |
| Future has argued it entered into the deal with Reliance because its retail business was severely hit during the COVID19 pandemic and it was critical to protect all its stakeholders | Negative | NEW DELHI Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-india-future-reliance-excl/exclusive-amazon-tells-india-regulator-its-partner-future-retail-is-misleading-public-idUSKBN27G0AO | 2020-10-31 |
| Oct 30 World stocks slipped further on Friday and save havens got a fillip as jitters over a rising global COVID19 infection rate and next weeks U.S. presidential election weighed on sentiment | Negative | from | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-take-fresh-dip-as-covid-infection-rate-weighs-idUSL8N2HL2F6 | 2020-10-31 |
| WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| Health experts believe the virus is surging in part because colder temperatures are driving social gatherings indoors while Americans fatigued with COVID19 restrictions are letting their guard down | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| Mexico has the worlds fourth highest official death toll from COVID19 with over 90000 fatalities | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicans this year paid their respects early to departed lovedones in the capital city where the coronavirus pandemic will cast a pall over cemeteries usually resplendent with color and light during the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-day-of-the-dead/coronavirus-forces-mexicans-to-celebrate-day-of-the-dead-early-idUSKBN27E3ML | 2020-10-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation program by June the head of the countrys health regulator Anvisa Antonio Barra Torres said on Thursday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation program by June the head of the countrys health regulator Anvisa Antonio Barra Torres said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-exclusive/exclusive-brazil-will-have-a-covid-19-vaccine-by-june-2021-says-regulator-idUSKBN27E3AM | 2020-10-30 |
| The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | Negative | The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27F0PV | 2020-10-30 |
| The European Union will finance the transfer of patients across borders within the bloc to prevent hospitals from getting overwhelmed as COVID19 infections and hospitalizations spike in the continent | Positive | The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27F0PV | 2020-10-30 |
| Experts advising the Canadian province of Ontario said their modelling shows new COVID19 cases and hospital admissions slowing | Negative | The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27F0PV | 2020-10-30 |
| Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation program by June | Positive | The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27F0PV | 2020-10-30 |
| MOSCOW Russia has temporarily paused the vaccination of new volunteers in its COVID19 vaccine trial staff at eight of 25 trial clinics said with some citing high demand and a shortage of doses | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has temporarily paused the vaccination of new volunteers in its COVID19 vaccine trial staff at eight of 25 trial clinics said with some citing high demand and a shortage of doses | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-exc/exclusive-russias-covid-19-vaccine-trial-slows-as-focus-shifts-to-second-dose-idUSKBN27E2KE | 2020-10-30 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was facing challenges scaling up production of its main COVID19 vaccine due to problems with equipment availability but hoped to start mass vaccinations by the end of the year | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was facing challenges scaling up production of its main COVID19 vaccine due to problems with equipment availability but hoped to start mass vaccinations by the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin/putin-says-equipment-a-problem-in-production-of-russian-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN27E21X | 2020-10-30 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russias healthcare system was under pressure due to COVID19 and that more than of hospital beds in some regions were full | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russias healthcare system was under pressure due to COVID19 and that more than of hospital beds in some regions were full | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-says-russian-healthcare-under-maximum-pressure-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN27E1NL | 2020-10-30 |
| Demand from players continues to boost videogame sales as a surge in COVID19 cases in several parts of the country has forced people to remain indoors | Positive | The company raised its fullyear adjusted revenue forecast to | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-activision-results/activision-raises-sales-forecast-on-lockdown-demand-new-cod-release-hopes-idUSKBN27E3DA | 2020-10-30 |
| ZURICH Lonza Group has agreed with AstraZeneca to make AZD7442 an experimental combination of two antibodies that may be used to prevent and treat COVID19 the Swiss contract manufacturer said on Friday | Positive | ZURICH Lonza Group has agreed with AstraZeneca to make AZD7442 an experimental combination of two antibodies that may be used to prevent and treat COVID19 the Swiss contract manufacturer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-lonza-group-astrazeneca/lonza-to-make-covid-19-antibody-combination-for-astrazeneca-idUSKBN27F0ON | 2020-10-30 |
| The Philippines is also evaluating COVID19 vaccines of Johnson Johnsons Janssen and Russias Gamaleya Research Institute for latestage trials | Positive | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he preferred that his country source its COVID19 vaccines from either China or Russia | Positive | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| The Philippines has recorded 376935 coronavirus cases and 7147 COVID19 deaths as of Thursday the second highest in Southeast Asia | Negative | MANILA Clover Biopharmaceuticals is seeking to conduct latestage clinical trials in the Philippines of its coronavirus vaccine the countrys foods and drugs agency chief said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-clover/chinas-clover-applies-for-philippines-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN27F0RQ | 2020-10-30 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has recorded 510 new COVID19 deaths and 28629 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Wednesday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has recorded 510 new COVID19 deaths and 28629 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-sees-510-covid-19-deaths-28629-new-cases-health-minister-says-idUSKBN27D34R | 2020-10-29 |
| Robust demand from China and India has bolstered physical crude oil prices from around the world traders said in contrast to the futures market that is wrestling with oversupply and demand uncertainty wrought by COVID19 | Negative | Robust demand from China and India has bolstered physical crude oil prices from around the world traders said in contrast to the futures market that is wrestling with oversupply and demand uncertainty wrought by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-physical/asian-buyers-boost-physical-oil-as-pandemic-punishes-futures-idUSKBN27E04J | 2020-10-29 |
| MOSCOW Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID19 cases the defence ministry said on Wednesday after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID19 cases the defence ministry said on Wednesday after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-sends-army-doctors-to-help-covid-fight-in-urals-idUSKBN27D0W9 | 2020-10-29 |
| Consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said the situation there was stable and the number of people hospitalised with COVID19 had levelled out at 11001200 a day the Interfax news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID19 cases the defence ministry said on Wednesday after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-sends-army-doctors-to-help-covid-fight-in-urals-idUSKBN27D0W9 | 2020-10-29 |
| Banks have prioritised process automation in the face of spiking workloads as a result of the COVID19 crisis based on IDC surveys of bank executives | Positive | LONDON When banks were flooded with loan requests from businesses struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic hastily built robots helped several lenders cope with the deluge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-technology-f/banks-roll-out-robots-as-pandemic-shakes-up-it-plans-idUSKBN27E0NK | 2020-10-29 |
| PARIS France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday | Negative | PARIS France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-to-enact-second-lockdown-to-put-brakes-on-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN27D2WO | 2020-10-29 |
| The new measures echo the eightweek lockdown that France enforced in the spring when hospitalisations and deaths caused by the COVID19 epidemic reached a peak | Negative | PARIS France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-to-enact-second-lockdown-to-put-brakes-on-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN27D2WO | 2020-10-29 |
| TOKYO Shionogi Co is planning clinical trials by yearend for what may be one of Japans first domestically produced COVID19 vaccines to reach the market as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic | Positive | TOKYO Shionogi Co is planning clinical trials by yearend for what may be one of Japans first domestically produced COVID19 vaccines to reach the market as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-shionogi/japans-shionogi-readies-covid-19-vaccine-for-december-trial-ceo-idUSKBN27E08X | 2020-10-29 |
| But a Phase 3 trial would likely be done overseas due to the relative lack of COVID19 cases in Japan he said | Positive | TOKYO Shionogi Co is planning clinical trials by yearend for what may be one of Japans first domestically produced COVID19 vaccines to reach the market as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-shionogi/japans-shionogi-readies-covid-19-vaccine-for-december-trial-ceo-idUSKBN27E08X | 2020-10-29 |
| Shionogi has received about million from the Japanese government for its COVID19 vaccine research | Positive | TOKYO Shionogi Co is planning clinical trials by yearend for what may be one of Japans first domestically produced COVID19 vaccines to reach the market as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-shionogi/japans-shionogi-readies-covid-19-vaccine-for-december-trial-ceo-idUSKBN27E08X | 2020-10-29 |
| The iconic 118yearold retailer had filed for bankruptcy in a Texas court in May after the COVID19 pandemic forced it to temporarily close its then nearly 850 stores | Negative | J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Wednesday it has entered an asset purchase agreement with Brookfield Asset Management Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-jc-penney-sale-bankruptcy/j-c-penney-enters-asset-purchase-agreement-with-brookfield-simon-idUSKBN27E07T | 2020-10-29 |
| Whoop founder Will Ahmed said customers were increasingly using the technology to measure their respiratory rate which is a key statistic for understanding COVID19 | Positive | Fitness tracker startup Whoop said on Wednesday it raised million in Series E funding from investors including venture capital firm IVP and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 valuing the company at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-whoop-funding/whoop-raises-100-million-valuing-the-fitness-tracker-startup-at-1-2-billion-idUSKBN27D26Y | 2020-10-29 |
| Kim sends a getwell message to Trump who tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | SEOUL North Koreas Kim Jong Un awaits the winner of next weeks U.S. presidential election armed with greater leverage in their highstakes nuclear diplomacy thanks to a more powerful and versatile arsenal of weapons than at the start of the Trump presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-northkorea-timline/timeline-key-events-in-north-korea-u-s-ties-since-2017-idUSKBN27E0XW | 2020-10-29 |
| Novakovic said that of 100000 employees 1800 have had COVID19 with 1500 of those recovered and back at work | Positive | Shares fell 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-general-dynamics-results/general-dynamics-third-quarter-sales-fall-amid-aerospace-headwinds-but-margins-rise-idUSKBN27D1MH | 2020-10-29 |
| German shares suffered their weakest day since early June on Wednesday as the government agreed on an emergency lockdown to combat surging COVID19 cases with other European markets following suit on fears of more curbs around the continent | Negative | German shares suffered their weakest day since early June on Wednesday as the government agreed on an emergency lockdown to combat surging COVID19 cases with other European markets following suit on fears of more curbs around the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-a-sea-of-red-german-shares-plunge-up-to-5-on-emergency-lockdown-idUSKBN27D0VI | 2020-10-29 |
| Ecommerce firms and retailers with a strong online presence have witnessed a spike in demand as the COVID19 pandemic has led more people to shop online | Negative | EBay said it expects fourthquarter revenue in the range of | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-ebay-results/ebay-beats-quarterly-profit-estimates-forecasts-current-quarter-sales-above-expectations-idUSKBN27D30P | 2020-10-29 |
| NEW YORK UW Health University Hospital in Madison Wisconsin has been rushing to convert available space into units for COVID19 patients as the states medical facilities struggle to keep pace with a surge in new infections | Negative | NEW YORK UW Health University Hospital in Madison Wisconsin has been rushing to convert available space into units for COVID19 patients as the states medical facilities struggle to keep pace with a surge in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/hospitals-in-wisconsin-texas-under-strain-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN27D2RT | 2020-10-29 |
| The largest increase in U.S. hospitalizations was in Texas which reported almost 1000 new COVID19 hospitalizations on Tuesday up from a week ago | Negative | NEW YORK UW Health University Hospital in Madison Wisconsin has been rushing to convert available space into units for COVID19 patients as the states medical facilities struggle to keep pace with a surge in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/hospitals-in-wisconsin-texas-under-strain-as-covid-19-cases-surge-idUSKBN27D2RT | 2020-10-29 |
| CHICAGO Nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days according to a Reuters tally as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest | Negative | CHICAGO Nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days according to a Reuters tally as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-hospitalizations-surge-governors-crack-down-idUSKBN27A0JK | 2020-10-28 |
| Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced he was reinstating some coronavirus rules to combat what city officials described as a dramatic in COVID19 cases and hospitalizations | Negative | CHICAGO Nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days according to a Reuters tally as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-hospitalizations-surge-governors-crack-down-idUSKBN27A0JK | 2020-10-28 |
| Chinas diplomatic standing has been damaged by claims that its authoritarian political system led to a coverup of the COVID19 outbreak allowing it to spread worldwide | Negative | A senior Chinese official accused the United States on Wednesday of deflecting blame and breaking its word when it comes to fighting climate change as the simmering diplomatic row between the worlds two biggest economies shifts to the environment | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-climatechange-china-politics/china-accuses-u-s-of-deflecting-blame-as-diplomatic-row-shifts-to-climate-idUSKBN27D0JB | 2020-10-28 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has recorded 549 new COVID19 deaths and 29787 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil has recorded 549 new COVID19 deaths and 29787 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-suffers-549-new-covid-19-deaths-29787-new-cases-idUSKBN27C34Y | 2020-10-28 |
| JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into quarantine after a guest at a charity dinner he attended tested positive for COVID19 his office said on Wednesday | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into quarantine after a guest at a charity dinner he attended tested positive for COVID19 his office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-ramaphosa-self-isolates-after-dinner-guest-gets-covid-19-idUSKBN27D0O3 | 2020-10-28 |
| The President is showing no symptoms at this time and will in line with COVID19 health advice be tested should symptoms it said | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into quarantine after a guest at a charity dinner he attended tested positive for COVID19 his office said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-ramaphosa-self-isolates-after-dinner-guest-gets-covid-19-idUSKBN27D0O3 | 2020-10-28 |
| Indias tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million while a Reuters tally showed nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days | Negative | Indias tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million while a Reuters tally showed nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27D0MA | 2020-10-28 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is selfisolating after coming into contact with a person infected with COVID19 the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is selfisolating after coming into contact with a person infected with COVID19 the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-lavrov/russian-foreign-minister-lavrov-in-self-isolation-after-covid-contact-ria-idUSKBN27C293 | 2020-10-28 |
| Russia has seen a surge in new COVID19 infections in recent weeks prompting the authorities to open temporary hospitals and urge the population to take precautionary measures | Negative | MOSCOW Russian authorities on Tuesday ordered people across the country to wear facemasks in some public places and asked regional authorities to consider shutting bars and restaurants overnight after a surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restriction/russia-orders-wider-use-of-masks-calls-for-bars-to-close-overnight-idUSKBN27C0S2 | 2020-10-28 |
| Russia had reported 1547774 infections the worlds fourth largest COVID19 case load after the United States India and Brazil | Negative | MOSCOW Russian authorities on Tuesday ordered people across the country to wear facemasks in some public places and asked regional authorities to consider shutting bars and restaurants overnight after a surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restriction/russia-orders-wider-use-of-masks-calls-for-bars-to-close-overnight-idUSKBN27C0S2 | 2020-10-28 |
| There were also 12 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday | Negative | ATHENS Greece recorded a singleday record of 1259 confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday health authorities said while the education minister tested positive for the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece/greece-exceeds-1200-daily-covid-19-infections-for-first-time-idUSKBN27C2HE | 2020-10-28 |
| Tuesdays data put Greeces total tally of COVID19 cases since the start of the pandemic at 32752 with 593 deaths | Negative | ATHENS Greece recorded a singleday record of 1259 confirmed coronavirus infections on Tuesday health authorities said while the education minister tested positive for the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece/greece-exceeds-1200-daily-covid-19-infections-for-first-time-idUSKBN27C2HE | 2020-10-28 |
| LONDON A firstofitskind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID19 or COVIDrelated causes is far higher than official government figures suggest | Negative | LONDON A firstofitskind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID19 or COVIDrelated causes is far higher than official government figures suggest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-graves/grave-counting-satellite-images-seek-to-track-yemens-covid-death-toll-idUSKBN27C3BT | 2020-10-28 |
| By estimating excess mortality we aimed to develop a more accurate estimate of the toll of COVID19 in he said | Positive | LONDON A firstofitskind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID19 or COVIDrelated causes is far higher than official government figures suggest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-graves/grave-counting-satellite-images-seek-to-track-yemens-covid-death-toll-idUSKBN27C3BT | 2020-10-28 |
| The PS5 launch comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic that has boosted gaming companies but also disrupted retail networks games development and manufacturing supply chains around the world | Negative | TOKYO Sony Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-sony-playstation-5/sony-seeing-very-considerable-ps5-demand-ahead-of-launch-idUSKBN27C2P5 | 2020-10-28 |
| Analysts have said the overhaul is starting to show its benefits although uncertainties linked to COVID19 cloud its outlook | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-results/deutsche-bank-swings-to-surprise-profit-in-third-quarter-idUSKBN27D0L3 | 2020-10-28 |
| So far none of the Detroit Three has had a major COVID19 outbreak since restarting production even as the coronavirus is surging in Midwestern and Southern communities outside factory walls | Negative | DETROIT When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-factories/detroit-automakers-keep-masks-on-to-keep-the-factories-running-idUSKBN27C1IG | 2020-10-28 |
| We are confident in our multilayered approach to COVID19 safety which has proven effective in preventing workplace transmission of COVID19 in our GM spokesman Dan Flores said in a statement | Positive | DETROIT When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-factories/detroit-automakers-keep-masks-on-to-keep-the-factories-running-idUSKBN27C1IG | 2020-10-28 |
| All three companies have encountered workers who tested positive for COVID19 exposure and early on there were brief shutdowns to clean plants | Positive | DETROIT When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-factories/detroit-automakers-keep-masks-on-to-keep-the-factories-running-idUSKBN27C1IG | 2020-10-28 |
| The protests were widely criticized as an attempt by rightwing opponents of Whitmers COVID19 lockdown restrictions to intimidate legislators voting on the issue | Negative | A Michigan judge sided with gunrights advocates on Tuesday in allowing the open carrying of firearms at Election Day polling sites blocking enforcement of an order by state authorities barring such displays of weapons to prevent voter intimidation | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-michigan-guns/michigan-judge-sides-with-open-carry-of-firearms-at-polling-stations-idUSKBN27C37D | 2020-10-28 |
| LONDON There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID19 data in England British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense of the patchwork of stats | Negative | LONDON There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID19 data in England British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense of the patchwork of stats | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-dashboard/english-covid-data-patchy-researchers-say-as-new-dashboard-launched-idUSKBN27D02J | 2020-10-28 |
| The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported late on Monday citing four people with knowledge of the plan | Positive | The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported late on Monday citing four people with knowledge of the plan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cms/u-s-to-announce-plan-for-medicare-medicaid-to-cover-early-covid-19-vaccine-politico-idUSKBN27C0GZ | 2020-10-27 |
| The planned rule will also address other COVID19 related issues like expanding flexibility for Medicaid patients seeking care for the coronavirus Politico reported | Negative | The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported late on Monday citing four people with knowledge of the plan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cms/u-s-to-announce-plan-for-medicare-medicaid-to-cover-early-covid-19-vaccine-politico-idUSKBN27C0GZ | 2020-10-27 |
| ATLANTA A decade after Dan Berschinski deployed to Afghanistan to fight for freedom and lost his legs in battle the former Army infantry officer is training for a key role in U.S. manning a voting station in place of elderly poll workers at risk of COVID19 | Negative | ATLANTA A decade after Dan Berschinski deployed to Afghanistan to fight for freedom and lost his legs in battle the former Army infantry officer is training for a key role in U.S. manning a voting station in place of elderly poll workers at risk of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-polls-vets/veterans-answer-call-to-staff-u-s-voting-stations-amid-covid-19-idUSKBN27B2JX | 2020-10-27 |
| In Brazil more than 150000 people have died due to COVID19 the worlds second highest death toll behind the United States | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday it would be easier and cheaper to invest in a cure for Covid19 rather than a vaccine in a clear sign the president is increasingly positioning himself against inoculation programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-cure-not-vaccine-way-out-of-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN27B23G | 2020-10-27 |
| None of the drugs mentioned by Bolsonaro have been proven to work and none are authorized for the treatment of COVID19 in Europe for example | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday it would be easier and cheaper to invest in a cure for Covid19 rather than a vaccine in a clear sign the president is increasingly positioning himself against inoculation programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-cure-not-vaccine-way-out-of-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN27B23G | 2020-10-27 |
| The Spanish government faced a backlash over its plans to put the country one of Europes worst COVID19 hotspots under a state of emergency for six months | Negative | The number of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the United States is at a twomonth high straining health care systems in some states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27C0NI | 2020-10-27 |
| The Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover outofpocket costs of COVID19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid Politico reported | Positive | The number of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the United States is at a twomonth high straining health care systems in some states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27C0NI | 2020-10-27 |
| Iran extended COVID19 curbs in Tehran and across the country as health authorities said they were recording a COVID19 death every four minutes | Negative | The number of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the United States is at a twomonth high straining health care systems in some states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27C0NI | 2020-10-27 |
| 5 million infections the country of around 145 million people has recorded the worlds fourth largest COVID19 case load after the United States India and Brazil | Negative | The United States Russia France and many other countries are setting records for coronavirus infections as a tidal wave of cases washes over parts of the Northern Hemisphere forcing some countries to impose new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/wave-of-new-covid-19-cases-crashes-across-u-s-and-europe-as-winter-looms-idUSKBN27B118 | 2020-10-27 |
| Several regions in France have implemented emergency plans in hospitals delaying nonessential operations to make space in ICU units for COVID19 patients and cancelling staff holidays | Negative | PARIS French hospitals registered 1307 new coronavirus patients on Monday in the highest oneday increase since April 2 which saw 1607 new patients as the health system comes under increasing stress from a runaway infection rate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-casualties/france-sees-highest-number-of-covid-19-patients-going-into-hospital-since-april-idUSKBN27B2DB | 2020-10-27 |
| MADRID The Spanish government faced a backlash on Monday over its plans to put the country one of Europes worst COVID19 hotspots under a state of emergency for six months | Negative | MADRID The Spanish government faced a backlash on Monday over its plans to put the country one of Europes worst COVID19 hotspots under a state of emergency for six months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spains-covid-19-state-of-emergency-faces-backlash-idUSKBN27B1Q2 | 2020-10-27 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel in planning a lockdown that will focus on closing bars restaurants and public events to slow a second wave of COVID19 infections in Germany Bild newspaper reported on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel in planning a lockdown that will focus on closing bars restaurants and public events to slow a second wave of COVID19 infections in Germany Bild newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-lockdown/merkel-plans-lockdown-light-to-slow-infection-wave-in-germany-bild-idUSKBN27B1FG | 2020-10-27 |
| The regional grocery chain Giant Eagle has a strict policy to combat COVID19 at its Pennsylvania Customers are not permitted to enter its shops without a face covering | Negative | The regional grocery chain Giant Eagle has a strict policy to combat COVID19 at its Pennsylvania Customers are not permitted to enter its shops without a face covering | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-masks/as-covid-19-spreads-pittsburgh-judge-rejects-injunction-bid-by-mask-challengers-idUSKBN27B2DQ | 2020-10-27 |
| U.S. indices fell sharply overnight to open the weeks trading as anxiety over new record daily COVID19 cases in the United States Russia and France weighed on investor appetite | Negative | Oct 27 Asian stocks markets fell on Tuesday as soaring global coronavirus cases and slow progress on a U.S. stimulus deal hammered investor sentiment and took a toll on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hit-by-surging-coronavirus-cases-u-s-stimulus-woes-idUSL1N2HI03J | 2020-10-27 |
| The United States has seen its highest ever number of new COVID19 cases in the past two days keeping the pandemic a top election issue as Vice President Mike Pence travels the country to campaign despite close aides testing positive | Negative | The United States has seen its highest ever number of new COVID19 cases in the past two days keeping the pandemic a top election issue as Vice President Mike Pence travels the country to campaign despite close aides testing positive | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sees-highest-number-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-past-two-days-idUSKBN27A0JK | 2020-10-26 |
| The United States has the most COVID19 cases in the world at 8 | Negative | New York the former epicenter of the U.S. COVID19 pandemic became on Sunday the fourth U.S. state to surpass half a million coronavirus cases amid a nationwide surge in infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-cases/new-york-reports-half-a-million-covid-19-cases-as-infections-surge-nationwide-idUSKBN27A0TW | 2020-10-26 |
| Australias Victoria state said it had gone 24 hours without detecting any new COVID19 cases while U.S. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned despite a COVID19 outbreak among his aides as the United States set records for daily infections | Positive | Australias Victoria state said it had gone 24 hours without detecting any new COVID19 cases while U.S. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned despite a COVID19 outbreak among his aides as the United States set records for daily infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27B0EJ | 2020-10-26 |
| The Irish government expects to be able to begin to vaccinate vulnerable people against COVID19 in first quarter or first half of 2021 | Neutral | Australias Victoria state said it had gone 24 hours without detecting any new COVID19 cases while U.S. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned despite a COVID19 outbreak among his aides as the United States set records for daily infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27B0EJ | 2020-10-26 |
| Benjamin a Parisian who runs a film production studio in Beijing said many small entertainment businesses had started recovering from COVID19 in the past two months | Positive | BEIJING Over the weekend crowds packed a former industrial warehouse in Beijing as the China Fashion Week got underway with models strutting maskless on a square runway and guests oblivious to social distancing norms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-consumption/packed-bars-and-mask-less-catwalks-with-covid-curbs-fading-china-set-for-consumption-rebound-idUSKBN27B0C3 | 2020-10-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the Trump administration was reviewing the latest plan for more COVID19 relief over the weekend and that she expected a response on Monday adding that she was still optimistic a deal could be reached | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the Trump administration was reviewing the latest plan for more COVID19 relief over the weekend and that she expected a response on Monday adding that she was still optimistic a deal could be reached | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-aid-bill-talks-continue-pelosi-says-idUSKBN27A0K2 | 2020-10-26 |
| AstraZeneca which is developing the vaccine with Oxford University researchers is seen as a frontrunner in the race to produce a vaccine to protect against COVID19 | Positive | Details of the finding are expected to be published shortly in a clinical journal the FT said without naming the publication | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccin/oxford-covid-19-vaccine-trials-produce-robust-immune-response-in-elderly-ft-idUSKBN27B0IV | 2020-10-26 |
| BC finances were hit by the economic downturn triggered by COVID19 going from a projected surplus of million for financial year 202021 to a forecasted | Negative | The leftleaning New Democratic Party is on track to form a majority government in the western Canadian province of British Columbia Canadian Broadcasting Corp News projected after Saturdays election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-canada-bc-election/left-leaning-ndp-projected-to-form-majority-british-columbia-government-cbc-idUSKBN27A05A | 2020-10-25 |
| Spain has recorded the highest number of COVID19 infections in Western Europe | Negative | MADRID Spain will hold a special cabinet meeting on Sunday to discuss a new state of emergency after regions urged government action to allow them to impose curfews to help tackle its escalating COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-to-discuss-new-state-of-emergency-at-cabinet-meeting-on-sunday-idUSKBN2790H0 | 2020-10-25 |
| NEW YORK More than 84000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally a record oneday increase in infections during the pandemic as the virus surges again nationwide | Negative | NEW YORK More than 84000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally a record oneday increase in infections during the pandemic as the virus surges again nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-single-day-record-for-covid-19-cases-during-new-surge-idUSKBN2781UF | 2020-10-24 |
| In Tennessee hospitals in Nashville said they have experienced a increase in patients admitted for COVID19 | Neutral | NEW YORK More than 84000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 across the United States on Friday according to a Reuters tally a record oneday increase in infections during the pandemic as the virus surges again nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-single-day-record-for-covid-19-cases-during-new-surge-idUSKBN2781UF | 2020-10-24 |
| BRASILIA A Brazilian pharmaceutical company said on Friday it has signed an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to produce Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 starting in the second half of November | Positive | BRASILIA A Brazilian pharmaceutical company said on Friday it has signed an agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to produce Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 starting in the second half of November | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sputnik/second-brazilian-company-to-produce-russias-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2782VS | 2020-10-24 |
| Brazil has the seconddeadliest outbreak of COVID19 after the United States with 156471 deaths | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian regulator Anvisa on Friday authorized a biomedical center to import 6 million doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine one day after President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil would not buy the Chinese vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-institute-to-import-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-rejected-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN2782V6 | 2020-10-24 |
| Poland is seeing a sharp rise in COVID19 cases with new infections hitting a daily record of 13632 on Friday | Neutral | WARSAW Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus and is subject to quarantine but is feeling good officials announced on Saturday as the country imposed fresh restrictions to try to stem a surge in the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland/polish-president-duda-infected-with-coronavirus-swiatek-goes-into-quarantine-idUSKBN2790AK | 2020-10-24 |
| MADRID Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez exhorted Spaniards on Friday to further limit social contact to combat Europes worst COVID19 hotspot but he stopped short of announcing new measures amid political disputes over potential curfews | Negative | MADRID Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez exhorted Spaniards on Friday to further limit social contact to combat Europes worst COVID19 hotspot but he stopped short of announcing new measures amid political disputes over potential curfews | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-holds-off-on-curfews-but-struggles-to-contain-covid-19-idUSKBN2781CH | 2020-10-24 |
| South Korea ordered more flu vaccines this year to ward off what it calls a of concurrent major flu and COVID19 outbreaks in winter | Positive | SEOUL The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Friday it would press on with a wide flu vaccination programme aimed at heading off complications from the coronavirus after reviewing more than two dozen cases of deaths that have raised public concern | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-flushot/south-korea-presses-on-with-flu-vaccination-programme-amid-concerns-about-deaths-idUSKBN27801A | 2020-10-24 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. Treasury market still runs the risk of abrupt freezes in liquidity like the one seen in March and April as the COVID19 pandemic roiled the financial system a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Market Committee said on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. Treasury market still runs the risk of abrupt freezes in liquidity like the one seen in March and April as the COVID19 pandemic roiled the financial system a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Market Committee said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-treasuries/threats-to-u-s-treasury-market-liquidity-still-exist-fed-says-idUSKBN2782O6 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-trump-trade-blame-on-covid-19-stimulus-talks-senate-republicans-on-sidelines-idUSKBN278252 | 2020-10-24 |
| However Renault did not give an earnings forecast for 2020 and said the outlook for next year remained uncertain because of the risk new COVID19 lockdowns would hit business again | Negative | Renault shares were up 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-outlook/european-recovery-helps-cushion-renaults-sales-idUSKBN2780JG | 2020-10-24 |
| As more manufacturers get back or close to preCOVID19 levels of activity however sustaining growth is going to become more Smith added | Positive | BERLIN German private sector activity grew for the fourth month running in October a survey showed on Friday but while the manufacturing sector expanded at a faster rate services activity shrank suggesting Europes largest economy is operating at two speeds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-factories-hum-services-shrink-in-two-speed-economy-pmi-idUSKBN2780VG | 2020-10-24 |
| However said it anticipates Italys GDP will not return to 2019 levels until 2023 due to the COVID19 impact on the economy | Neutral | quotes detail | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/italy-ratings-sp/update-2-sp-gives-respite-to-italy-with-surprise-upgrade-to-rating-outlook-idUSL4N2HE4CA | 2020-10-24 |
| MOSCOW Oct 23 Russias central bank kept interest rates at a record low on Friday amid increased geopolitical risks but said there was room for lower rates as the COVID19 pandemic situation was deteriorating | Negative | Bank of Russia keeps key rate at 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-economy-rates/update-2-russia-keeps-key-rate-at-4-25-leaves-door-open-for-cuts-idUSL8N2HE31Z | 2020-10-24 |
| Remdesivir given intravenously was one of the drugs used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump during his bout with COVID19 | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalized with COVID19 making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead/gileads-remdesivir-gets-u-s-fda-approval-for-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2772XQ | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-white-house-see-progress-on-covid-19-aid-talks-senate-republicans-wary-idUSKBN2771VQ | 2020-10-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday visited Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello who has COVID19 and made his point that the disease is easy to recover quickly from with the help of the controversial drug chloroquine | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday visited Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello who has COVID19 and made his point that the disease is easy to recover quickly from with the help of the controversial drug chloroquine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister/brazils-bolsonaro-chats-with-coronavirus-infected-health-minister-wearing-no-mask-idUSKBN2772V3 | 2020-10-23 |
| With Pazuello roughly half of Bolsonaros 23member Cabinet have now caught COVID19 besides the president and the first lady | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday visited Health Minister General Eduardo Pazuello who has COVID19 and made his point that the disease is easy to recover quickly from with the help of the controversial drug chloroquine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister/brazils-bolsonaro-chats-with-coronavirus-infected-health-minister-wearing-no-mask-idUSKBN2772V3 | 2020-10-23 |
| 13 million people and has ordered a COVID19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University | Positive | RABAT Moroccos health ministry reported 4151 new coronavirus infections on Thursday the largest oneday rise on record with nearly half of cases in economic powerhouse Casablanca | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco/morocco-reports-daily-record-of-4151-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN2772QL | 2020-10-23 |
| ADDIS ABABA The African Export Import Bank is ready to raise up to billion to purchase COVID19 vaccines for African countries the head of the continents disease control body told Reuters on Thursday | Positive | ADDIS ABABA The African Export Import Bank is ready to raise up to billion to purchase COVID19 vaccines for African countries the head of the continents disease control body told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/afreximbank-ready-to-raise-up-to-5-billion-for-covid-19-vaccines-for-africa-cdc-head-idUSKBN2771NW | 2020-10-23 |
| A surge in demand for vaccines to ward off the winter flu has led to shortages in some European cities raising the risk of a potentially lethal as COVID19 cases soar | Negative | A surge in demand for vaccines to ward off the winter flu has led to shortages in some European cities raising the risk of a potentially lethal as COVID19 cases soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-flu/european-cities-plead-for-more-flu-shots-as-winter-looms-pandemic-rages-idUSKBN2771PD | 2020-10-23 |
| Precautionary measures to curb COVID19 transmission such as social distancing mask wearing and hand washing may help curb infections this season | Negative | A surge in demand for vaccines to ward off the winter flu has led to shortages in some European cities raising the risk of a potentially lethal as COVID19 cases soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-flu/european-cities-plead-for-more-flu-shots-as-winter-looms-pandemic-rages-idUSKBN2771PD | 2020-10-23 |
| Even so surging coronavirus infections across the continent prompted EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to warn last month of the risk of a twindemic of COVID19 and the | Negative | A surge in demand for vaccines to ward off the winter flu has led to shortages in some European cities raising the risk of a potentially lethal as COVID19 cases soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-flu/european-cities-plead-for-more-flu-shots-as-winter-looms-pandemic-rages-idUSKBN2771PD | 2020-10-23 |
| BUDAPEST Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbans government has asked local health experts to look into the efficacy of COVID19 vaccines developed by Russia and China for possible later purchases Orbans chief of staff said on Thursday | Positive | BUDAPEST Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbans government has asked local health experts to look into the efficacy of COVID19 vaccines developed by Russia and China for possible later purchases Orbans chief of staff said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-hungary-vaccine/hungary-looking-at-russian-and-chinese-covid-19-vaccines-pm-aide-idUSKBN27716G | 2020-10-23 |
| LONDON Englands test and trace scheme needs improvement and it is hard to run an effective system when there are large and increasing numbers of COVID19 cases UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Englands test and trace scheme needs improvement and it is hard to run an effective system when there are large and increasing numbers of COVID19 cases UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/test-and-trace-works-better-when-numbers-are-low-uk-science-adviser-idUSKBN2772DB | 2020-10-23 |
| Pfizer said demand for pneumococcal vaccines has increased in some markets due to COVID19 and heightened awareness about adult vaccination but it was ramping up production and had a healthy | Positive | Demand for Mercks Pneumovax 23 which is used to prevent pneumococcal lung infections has hit record highs across the world the company said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pneumonia-vaccine/as-covid-19-cases-spike-pneumonia-vaccine-demand-rockets-and-europe-runs-low-idUSKBN2780N4 | 2020-10-23 |
| NEW YORK Several U.S. states many of them in the Midwest reported record singleday increases in COVID19 infections on Thursday further evidence that the pandemic is accelerating anew as cooler weather takes hold in many parts of the country | Negative | NEW YORK Several U.S. states many of them in the Midwest reported record singleday increases in COVID19 infections on Thursday further evidence that the pandemic is accelerating anew as cooler weather takes hold in many parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-surges-across-u-s-as-some-hospitals-stretched-idUSKBN2772CN | 2020-10-23 |
| Twentyeight states have reported their daily record high of COVID19 cases in the month of October alone | Neutral | NEW YORK Several U.S. states many of them in the Midwest reported record singleday increases in COVID19 infections on Thursday further evidence that the pandemic is accelerating anew as cooler weather takes hold in many parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-surges-across-u-s-as-some-hospitals-stretched-idUSKBN2772CN | 2020-10-23 |
| He said the plasma is more likely to work if given very swiftly after someone is contracts COVID19 | Positive | LONDON Using blood of recovered COVID19 patients or socalled convalescent plasma as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight off the infection according to results of a clinical trial in India | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-plasma/blood-of-recovered-covid-19-patients-shows-little-benefit-as-treatment-idUSKBN27738R | 2020-10-23 |
| He urged these and other researchers to continue to conduct trials of convalescent plasma as a potential COVID19 treatment but to do so in newly diagnosed patients | Neutral | LONDON Using blood of recovered COVID19 patients or socalled convalescent plasma as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight off the infection according to results of a clinical trial in India | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-plasma/blood-of-recovered-covid-19-patients-shows-little-benefit-as-treatment-idUSKBN27738R | 2020-10-23 |
| Both U.S. companies are among a handful with pivotal latestage COVID19 vaccine trials underway | Positive | Both U.S. companies are among a handful with pivotal latestage COVID19 vaccine trials underway | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-vaccine/pfizer-jj-urge-clarity-from-fda-on-future-of-covid-19-vaccine-trials-once-a-vaccine-is-available-idUSKBN2772KJ | 2020-10-23 |
| CHICAGO Six U.S. states reported record dayoverday increases in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday according to a Reuters analysis as infections rose across the Midwest and elsewhere prompting new clampdowns on residents schools and businesses | Negative | CHICAGO Six U.S. states reported record dayoverday increases in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday according to a Reuters analysis as infections rose across the Midwest and elsewhere prompting new clampdowns on residents schools and businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/please-stay-home-covid-19-tightens-grip-on-u-s-midwest-idUSKBN2762FT | 2020-10-22 |
| The tragic deaths in Norton are a stark reminder that COVID19 poses a real threat to all Kelly told an afternoon news conference | Negative | CHICAGO Six U.S. states reported record dayoverday increases in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday according to a Reuters analysis as infections rose across the Midwest and elsewhere prompting new clampdowns on residents schools and businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/please-stay-home-covid-19-tightens-grip-on-u-s-midwest-idUSKBN2762FT | 2020-10-22 |
| New York was an early epicenter of the pandemic and has seen more deaths from COVID19 than any other U.S. state more than 33000 as of Wednesday | Negative | CHICAGO Six U.S. states reported record dayoverday increases in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday according to a Reuters analysis as infections rose across the Midwest and elsewhere prompting new clampdowns on residents schools and businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/please-stay-home-covid-19-tightens-grip-on-u-s-midwest-idUSKBN2762FT | 2020-10-22 |
| The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | Positive | The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-likely-to-have-enough-covid-19-vaccines-for-all-vulnerable-americans-by-year-end-official-idUSKBN27633V | 2020-10-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazils-bolsonaro-rejects-plan-to-buy-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-health-minister-tests-positive-idUSKBN2761MX | 2020-10-22 |
| Brazil has been among the worlds hardest hit nations by the pandemic with more than 5 million infections and nearly 155000 COVID19 deaths according health ministry statistics | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday the federal government will not buy a COVID19 vaccine from Chinas Sinovac one day after the health minister said it would be included in the nations immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazils-bolsonaro-rejects-plan-to-buy-chinas-sinovac-vaccine-health-minister-tests-positive-idUSKBN2761MX | 2020-10-22 |
| MOSCOW Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the COVID19 pandemic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday even as the country reported a record new daily death toll from the respiratory disease | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the COVID19 pandemic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday even as the country reported a record new daily death toll from the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-not-planning-lockdowns-putin-says-despite-record-high-covid-deaths-idUSKBN2760U2 | 2020-10-22 |
| Russia needs keep on carrying out tests for COVID19 observe safety measures and start vaccinations Putin said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the COVID19 pandemic President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday even as the country reported a record new daily death toll from the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-not-planning-lockdowns-putin-says-despite-record-high-covid-deaths-idUSKBN2760U2 | 2020-10-22 |
| NEW Nearly twothirds of U.S. states were in a danger zone of coronavirus spread and six including election battleground Wisconsin reported a record oneday increase in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday while the pandemics resurgence in Europe strained hospitals | Negative | NEW Nearly twothirds of U.S. states were in a danger zone of coronavirus spread and six including election battleground Wisconsin reported a record oneday increase in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday while the pandemics resurgence in Europe strained hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/u-s-on-brink-of-rampant-coronavirus-spread-europe-hospitals-strained-idUSKBN27629L | 2020-10-22 |
| ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH President Donald Trumps national security adviser accused China on Wednesday of trying to steal COVID19 vaccine research from the West casting it as a malign rival that was seeking to monopolise every important industry of the 21st Century | Negative | ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH President Donald Trumps national security adviser accused China on Wednesday of trying to steal COVID19 vaccine research from the West casting it as a malign rival that was seeking to monopolise every important industry of the 21st Century | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-china/trumps-security-adviser-says-china-is-the-threat-of-the-century-idUSKBN2762Z4 | 2020-10-22 |
| Poland has recorded a total of 3851 COVID19 deaths 130 were reported on Wednesday | Negative | WARSAW Polands prime minister on Wednesday said he will recommend imposing the highest level of highest level of coronavirus restrictions nationwide after the country reported a new record of over 10000 daily cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland/polish-pm-to-recommend-tightest-virus-rules-for-whole-country-idUSKBN276116 | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON Britains plans to define its postBrexit role on the world stage risk being derailed by the COVID19 pandemic after a longterm spending plan was cancelled on Wednesday throwing a review of defence and diplomatic strategy into doubt | Negative | LONDON Britains plans to define its postBrexit role on the world stage risk being derailed by the COVID19 pandemic after a longterm spending plan was cancelled on Wednesday throwing a review of defence and diplomatic strategy into doubt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-defence/covid-crisis-derails-britains-plan-to-recast-its-global-role-idUSKBN2761V6 | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that among other things they have potential rescue or antidotes to halt the disease | Negative | LONDON UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that among other things they have potential rescue or antidotes to halt the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-ethics-a/analysis-lack-of-antidotes-adds-to-ethical-dilemmas-for-uk-covid-19-challenge-trials-idUSKBN2761XE | 2020-10-22 |
| Plans to reduce those risks include picking the most robust healthy young volunteers to be infected and using the bare minimum amount of the coronavirus to infect them with COVID19 | Negative | LONDON UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that among other things they have potential rescue or antidotes to halt the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-ethics-a/analysis-lack-of-antidotes-adds-to-ethical-dilemmas-for-uk-covid-19-challenge-trials-idUSKBN2761XE | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON The entire 67 million population of the United Kingdom is living under some sort of COVID19 restrictions though the severity of the rules varies | Negative | LONDON The entire 67 million population of the United Kingdom is living under some sort of COVID19 restrictions though the severity of the rules varies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-tiers-fact/factbox-uk-in-covid-19-lockdown-what-are-the-restrictions-idUSKBN27620Y | 2020-10-22 |
| PARIS A drug that fights inflammation made by Switzerlands Roche limits the need for a transfer to intensive care units for patients suffering from moderate to severe COVID19 related pneumonia Paris hospitals group APHP said on Wednesday | Negative | PARIS A drug that fights inflammation made by Switzerlands Roche limits the need for a transfer to intensive care units for patients suffering from moderate to severe COVID19 related pneumonia Paris hospitals group APHP said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-roche/frances-ap-hp-says-roches-actemra-limits-need-for-icu-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2761XZ | 2020-10-22 |
| Everything of course depends on COVID19 | Neutral | LONDON The refined copper market is on course to register a supplydemand shortfall this year according to the International Copper Study Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-copper-ahome-column/column-chinas-imports-are-soaking-up-the-worlds-excess-copper-andy-home-idUSKBN27628L | 2020-10-22 |
| Nearly twothirds of U.S. states were in a danger zone of coronavirus spread and six including election battleground Wisconsin reported a record oneday increase in COVID19 deaths on Wednesday | Negative | SHANGHAI Asian shares fell on Thursday and the dollar edged higher as investors fretted over the slow pace of U.S. stimulus talks and a surge in global cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-drop-as-u-s-stimulus-talks-drag-on-idUSKBN2763DC | 2020-10-22 |
| Merrill has said the ban will prevent election fraud while proponents of curbside voting say it will help people vote during the COVID19 health crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes it harder to fix problems with absentee ballot requests ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-courts/republicans-in-iowa-alabama-score-legal-victories-on-election-rules-idUSKBN27704X | 2020-10-22 |
| ZURICH Roche Holding and Atea Pharmaceuticals have joined forces to develop an antiviral oral treatment called AT527 now in phase 2 clinical trials as a potential treatment for COVID19 patients the companies said on Thursday | Positive | ZURICH Roche Holding and Atea Pharmaceuticals have joined forces to develop an antiviral oral treatment called AT527 now in phase 2 clinical trials as a potential treatment for COVID19 patients the companies said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-hldg-atea/roche-atea-team-up-on-potential-covid-19-pill-idUSKBN2770II | 2020-10-22 |
| NEW YORK New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | Negative | NEW YORK New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-u-s-northeast-states-discourage-travel-california-rebuffs-theme-parks-idUSKBN2752LN | 2020-10-21 |
| Nearly 300000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected based on historical trends with at least twothirds due to COVID19 a government report released on Tuesday showed adding that COVID deaths likely were undercounted | Negative | Nearly 300000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected based on historical trends with at least twothirds due to COVID19 a government report released on Tuesday showed adding that COVID deaths likely were undercounted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-deaths/u-s-reports-about-300000-more-deaths-during-pandemic-than-in-typical-year-idUSKBN2752NQ | 2020-10-21 |
| The data show disproportionate increases among racial and ethnic groups that have been seen as particularly affected by COVID19 | Negative | Nearly 300000 more people have died in the United States in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected based on historical trends with at least twothirds due to COVID19 a government report released on Tuesday showed adding that COVID deaths likely were undercounted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-deaths/u-s-reports-about-300000-more-deaths-during-pandemic-than-in-typical-year-idUSKBN2752NQ | 2020-10-21 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico could share some liabilities arising from any adverse side effects of the COVID19 vaccines used in the country but it will negotiate the issue once laboratories have finished developing the medicines the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico could share some liabilities arising from any adverse side effects of the COVID19 vaccines used in the country but it will negotiate the issue once laboratories have finished developing the medicines the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-could-share-some-covid-19-vaccine-liabilities-with-laboratories-idUSKBN2752H3 | 2020-10-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID19 the ministrys press office said on Tuesday as the country battles with the thirdworst coronavirus outbreak globally with nearly 5 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID19 the ministrys press office said on Tuesday as the country battles with the thirdworst coronavirus outbreak globally with nearly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister/brazil-health-minister-ill-with-suspected-case-of-covid-19-idUSKBN27604D | 2020-10-21 |
| The ministry said Pazuello had a fever on Tuesday and would be tested for COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID19 the ministrys press office said on Tuesday as the country battles with the thirdworst coronavirus outbreak globally with nearly 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-minister/brazil-health-minister-ill-with-suspected-case-of-covid-19-idUSKBN27604D | 2020-10-21 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian government will include Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 in its national immunization program state governors said on Tuesday after a meeting with the countrys health minister in addition to one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian government will include Chinas Sinovac vaccine against COVID19 in its national immunization program state governors said on Tuesday after a meeting with the countrys health minister in addition to one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/chinas-sinovac-vaccine-to-be-included-in-brazils-immunization-program-governors-say-idUSKBN2752N2 | 2020-10-21 |
| The senator Chico Rodrigues is the target of an investigation into the misuse of COVID19 response funding in the northern state of Roraima | Negative | SAO PAULO A Brazilian senator caught in a police raid hiding cash between his buttocks last week has requested a 90day leave from the Senate his spokesperson said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-senator-caught-with-cash-in-underwear-seeks-90-day-leave-idUSKBN27524I | 2020-10-21 |
| New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | Negative | New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2760LM | 2020-10-21 |
| Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will have to selfisolate pending a coronavirus test after coming into contact late last week with a top military officer who later tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2760LM | 2020-10-21 |
| Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID19 | Negative | New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Tuesday urged their residents to not travel between the three states as the U.S. Northeast sees a rise in COVID19 cases while California said major theme parks including Disneyland would not be opening anytime soon | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2760LM | 2020-10-21 |
| No country has achieved gender equality and the COVID19 crisis threatens to erode the limited gains that have been made | Negative | NEW YORK Reuters The coronavirus pandemic threatens to grind down progress toward gender equality that already was creeping along at a snails pace the United Nations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-unitednations-women-rights-trfn/u-n-says-pandemic-will-slow-already-miniscule-progress-in-womens-rights-idUSKBN2752SD | 2020-10-21 |
| However the International Energy Agency has said the second wave of COVID19 is slowing demand and will complicate efforts by producers to balance the market | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias energy minister said on Tuesday it was too early to discuss the future of global oil production curbs beyond December less than a week after saying plans to reduce the output restrictions should proceed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russias-novak-says-premature-to-talk-about-opec-plans-beyond-2020-idUSKBN2751TG | 2020-10-21 |
| Belgium will need to postpone all nonessential hospital procedures to deal with a surge in COVID19 infections Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told lawmakers on Tuesday days after warning of a COVID hitting the country | Negative | Belgium will need to postpone all nonessential hospital procedures to deal with a surge in COVID19 infections Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told lawmakers on Tuesday days after warning of a COVID hitting the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium/belgium-postpones-non-essential-hospital-work-to-deal-with-covid-surge-idUSKBN2750XL | 2020-10-21 |
| The worlds biggest food group has weathered the COVID19 pandemic better than some peers thanks to its broad portfolio helping offset a slump in food sales to restaurants and cafes | Neutral | The worlds biggest food group has weathered the COVID19 pandemic better than some peers thanks to its broad portfolio helping offset a slump in food sales to restaurants and cafes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-nestle-results/nestle-raises-guidance-after-third-quarter-sales-beat-expectations-idUSKBN2760JL | 2020-10-21 |
| ROME Top Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni and her rapper husband Fedez have urged their fans to wear face masks heeding a call from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to raise awareness about battling COVID19 | Positive | ROME Top Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni and her rapper husband Fedez have urged their fans to wear face masks heeding a call from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to raise awareness about battling COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-influencers/italian-govt-enlists-top-influencers-to-promote-covid-masks-idUSKBN27525U | 2020-10-21 |
| He said Trump could have done more to prepare the country for COVID19 | Neutral | CORTLAND Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-coronavirus-insight/in-2016-trump-won-these-rust-belt-counties-on-the-economy-in-2020-he-might-lose-them-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN27416C | 2020-10-20 |
| Smoking whether marijuana or tobacco could increase risk of severe COVID19 due to potential for lung inflammation | Negative | WASHINGTON Montanas top federal prosecutor is urging voters to tread carefully before voting to legalize recreational marijuana taking the unusual step of jumping into a political debate about a ballot initiative in the weeks before the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-election-marijuana/montana-federal-prosecutor-warns-of-dangers-of-pot-legalization-ahead-of-vote-idUSKBN2742VB | 2020-10-20 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico Citys mayor on Monday warned tighter coronavirus curbs could be imposed later in the week as COVID19 hospitalizations rise in the sprawling capital | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico Citys mayor on Monday warned tighter coronavirus curbs could be imposed later in the week as COVID19 hospitalizations rise in the sprawling capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexicocity/mexico-city-warns-of-possible-tighter-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKBN2742UI | 2020-10-20 |
| Sheinbaum said she did not want to ban any activities outright but would consider limitations such as reducing the operating hours of some businesses to curb the spread of COVID19 | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico Citys mayor on Monday warned tighter coronavirus curbs could be imposed later in the week as COVID19 hospitalizations rise in the sprawling capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexicocity/mexico-city-warns-of-possible-tighter-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKBN2742UI | 2020-10-20 |
| Canadas Public Safety Minister Bill Blair earlier disclosed the latest onemonth extension on Twitter confirming a policy put in place in March to control the spread of COVID19 | Negative | The United States land borders between Canada and Mexico will remain closed to all nonessential travel until Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-border/u-s-borders-with-canada-mexico-to-stay-closed-to-non-essential-travel-until-nov-21-idUSKBN2741VM | 2020-10-20 |
| LONDON The entire 67 million population of the United Kingdom is living under some sort of COVID19 restrictions though the severity of the rules varies across different countries and provinces | Negative | LONDON The entire 67 million population of the United Kingdom is living under some sort of COVID19 restrictions though the severity of the rules varies across different countries and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-tiers-fact/factbox-uk-in-covid-19-lockdown-what-are-the-restrictions-idUSKBN2741S2 | 2020-10-20 |
| A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | Negative | A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that would have cut food stamp benefits to almost 700000 unemployed Americans amidst the COVID19 pandemic court documents showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-food-stamps/u-s-judge-strikes-down-usda-rule-on-food-benefits-during-pandemic-idUSKBN27417U | 2020-10-20 |
| State court judge Tim Sulak who sits in Austin said Abbotts order would increase risks of exposure to COVID19 and substantially burden voters constitutionally protected rights to vote | Negative | WASHINGTON Both sides in the U.S. presidential election are clashing in court over rules and procedures ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/factbox-key-court-victories-as-campaigns-battle-over-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN274184 | 2020-10-20 |
| Farmers initially pleaded to Trump for trade not in 2018 but have since received repeated bailouts even as COVID19 stimulus for millions of other Americans stalls in Congress | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-farmers-aid/trumps-payments-to-farmers-hit-all-time-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN2741D4 | 2020-10-20 |
| For young voters passionate about reversing climate change other issues have eclipsed environmental concerns as their top priorities in 2020 the economy COVID19 and racial justice | Negative | Early voting for the U.S. election kicks off in the battleground state of Florida with a record 28 million nationwide ballots already cast and just over two weeks remaining in the race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27419B | 2020-10-20 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a strong that all passengers and employees on airplanes trains subways buses taxis and rideshare vehicles should wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a strong that all passengers and employees on airplanes trains subways buses taxis and rideshare vehicles should wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-transit/u-s-cdc-issues-strong-recommendation-for-mask-mandate-on-airplanes-trains-idUSKBN2742V7 | 2020-10-20 |
| NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that healthcare workers and highrisk populations including some longterm care residents would get priority in his state to receive a COVID19 vaccine when one is approved and available | Positive | NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that healthcare workers and highrisk populations including some longterm care residents would get priority in his state to receive a COVID19 vaccine when one is approved and available | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york/healthcare-workers-high-risk-people-will-get-priority-for-covid-19-vaccine-in-new-york-governor-idUSKBN2730QG | 2020-10-19 |
| 3 election reflect those of the wider the battered U.S. economy the COVID19 pandemic and racial justice | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-young-voters/economy-pandemic-overshadow-climate-for-young-u-s-voters-idUSKBN2730CQ | 2020-10-19 |
| MEXICO CITY The head of Mexicos navy Jose Rafael Ojeda said on Sunday he has tested positive for COVID19 but was asymptomatic and working from home as the number of confirmed cases in the country continues to climb | Negative | MEXICO CITY The head of Mexicos navy Jose Rafael Ojeda said on Sunday he has tested positive for COVID19 but was asymptomatic and working from home as the number of confirmed cases in the country continues to climb | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-ojeda/head-of-mexicos-navy-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2730P8 | 2020-10-19 |
| 1 million people have died due to COVID19 with the global fatality rate hovering around 2 | Negative | Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday according to a Reuters tally as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-surpass-the-40-million-milestone-idUSKBN2740C8 | 2020-10-19 |
| Ireland will bring in nationwide COVID19 restrictions on Monday but will stop short of reintroducing the kind of lockdown imposed earlier this year | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria on Monday eased some coronavirusled restrictions after months while much of Europe enacted new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2740FL | 2020-10-19 |
| Panama will offer travelers a COVID19 test when they arrive at its main airport a little less than a week after resuming international flights | Positive | The Australian state of Victoria on Monday eased some coronavirusled restrictions after months while much of Europe enacted new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2740FL | 2020-10-19 |
| Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Israel on Sunday for treatment of a worsening case of COVID19 the Palestine Liberation Organization said | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria on Monday eased some coronavirusled restrictions after months while much of Europe enacted new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2740FL | 2020-10-19 |
| South Africas health minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for COVID19 his office said late on Sunday | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria on Monday eased some coronavirusled restrictions after months while much of Europe enacted new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2740FL | 2020-10-19 |
| CAPE TOWN South Africas health minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for COVID19 his office said late on Sunday | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africas health minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for COVID19 his office said late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-health-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2730UO | 2020-10-19 |
| Suga also said that Japan would help Vietnamese working in Japan many of whom are struggling as the COVID19 outbreak hits Japanese companies | Positive | HANOI Japan and Vietnam agreed on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties including an agreement in principle for Japan to export military gear and technology to the Southeast Asian nation amid concerns about Chinas regional assertiveness | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/japan-vietnam-reach-broad-agreement-on-transfer-of-defence-gear-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-19 |
| Oct 19 London stocks tracked gains in Asian markets on Monday as investors bet on a COVID19 vaccine before the end of the year although concerns over tougher business restrictions in the UK kept demand for risky assets in check | Negative | FTSE 100 up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/london-stocks-track-asian-gains-on-vaccine-optimism-idUSL4N2HA1QJ | 2020-10-19 |
| MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-afl/afl-fans-in-locked-down-melbourne-told-to-behave-on-grand-final-day-idUSKBN2740PN | 2020-10-19 |
| The Grand Final is being played at the Gabba in Brisbane and away from Melbourne for the first time in its history because of COVID19 | Positive | MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-afl/afl-fans-in-locked-down-melbourne-told-to-behave-on-grand-final-day-idUSKBN2740PN | 2020-10-19 |
| Latin America is the worstaffected region with about of total COVID19 cases followed by Asia North America and Europe according to a Reuters analysis | Negative | Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400000 for the first time late on Friday a record oneday increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-one-day-record-of-400000-idUSKBN2720OZ | 2020-10-18 |
| MOSCOW The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd have received renewed approval to conduct latestage clinical trials in India of the Russian COVID19 vaccine the sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd have received renewed approval to conduct latestage clinical trials in India of the Russian COVID19 vaccine the sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-india/russia-receives-renewed-approval-for-covid-19-vaccine-trials-in-india-rdif-idUSKBN2720FI | 2020-10-18 |
| MILAN Oct 17 Italy is considering tightening nationwide restrictions in response to a spike in COVID19 cases the head of the northwestern region of Liguria said on Saturday | Negative | MILAN Oct 17 Italy is considering tightening nationwide restrictions in response to a spike in COVID19 cases the head of the northwestern region of Liguria said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-italy-government/italy-considers-new-covid-19-restrictions-as-infections-spike-official-idUSL8N2H80EH | 2020-10-18 |
| LISBON A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID19 pandemic U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger | Negative | LISBON A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID19 pandemic U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/divided-world-is-failing-covid-19-test-says-frustrated-u-n-chief-idUSKBN2720JB | 2020-10-18 |
| More than 39 million people have been infected by COVID19 according to a Reuters tally based on official disclosures | Negative | LISBON A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID19 pandemic U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/divided-world-is-failing-covid-19-test-says-frustrated-u-n-chief-idUSKBN2720JB | 2020-10-18 |
| His running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California is also eschewing travel for a few days after an aide came down with COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will take his reelection push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up political support as he trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-heads-to-michigan-wisconsin-in-re-election-campaign-push-idUSKBN27206V | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID19 | Positive | LONDON The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-russia/who-in-dialogue-with-russia-on-its-second-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN2712KA | 2020-10-17 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Friday it would assess monoclonal antibodies and other antiviral drugs in its trial of potential COVID19 treatments after the trial found Gilead Sciences remdesivir had no impact on survival rates | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Friday it would assess monoclonal antibodies and other antiviral drugs in its trial of potential COVID19 treatments after the trial found Gilead Sciences remdesivir had no impact on survival rates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-trials/who-trial-to-assess-other-antibody-antiviral-drugs-after-remdesivir-doubt-idUSKBN2712HV | 2020-10-17 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it was worried by a record surge in COVID19 cases but that the situation was still under control in Russia which has the worlds fourth highest infection tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kremlin/kremlin-frets-at-covid-surge-but-calls-it-under-control-idUSKBN2711F4 | 2020-10-17 |
| A government spokesman said the UK was working with partners to understand how we might collaborate on the potential development of a COVID19 vaccine through human challenge | Positive | LONDON Human trials of potential COVID19 vaccines where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease could become a reality after a British biotech firm said it was in advanced talks with the government to create and provide strains of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-virus/britain-moves-closer-to-covid-19-vaccine-trials-that-infect-volunteers-idUSKBN2710RP | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON When it comes to trials of any drug size matters potentially giving the World Health Organizations gloomy verdict on Gilead Sciences COVID19 treatment remdesivir an edge over the companys more positive data leading scientists say | Neutral | LONDON When it comes to trials of any drug size matters potentially giving the World Health Organizations gloomy verdict on Gilead Sciences COVID19 treatment remdesivir an edge over the companys more positive data leading scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-trials/gloomy-covid-drug-data-shows-why-big-randomised-trials-matter-idUSKBN2712FS | 2020-10-17 |
| The Solidarity data also showed that three other drugs being tested in COVID19 patients malaria drug hydroxychloroquine an HIV drug combination and interferon also offered little or no benefit | Negative | LONDON When it comes to trials of any drug size matters potentially giving the World Health Organizations gloomy verdict on Gilead Sciences COVID19 treatment remdesivir an edge over the companys more positive data leading scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-trials/gloomy-covid-drug-data-shows-why-big-randomised-trials-matter-idUSKBN2712FS | 2020-10-17 |
| The conflict between the two former Soviet republics threatens to further damage their economies already hit by the COVID19 pandemic and in Azerbaijans case weak oil prices | Negative | Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-pompeo-says-turkey-makes-situation-worse-idUSKBN2711CI | 2020-10-17 |
| MOSCOW OPEC and its allies fear a prolonged second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and a jump in Libyan output could push the oil market into surplus next year according to a confidential document seen by Reuters a gloomier outlook than just a month ago | Negative | MOSCOW OPEC and its allies fear a prolonged second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and a jump in Libyan output could push the oil market into surplus next year according to a confidential document seen by Reuters a gloomier outlook than just a month ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil-opec-exclusive/exclusive-opec-fears-second-virus-wave-could-lead-to-oil-surplus-in-2021-idUSKBN27124V | 2020-10-17 |
| Just as tighter European restrictions to contain COVID19 fuel concern about economic activity the thirdquarter earnings season about to start in earnest may prove a beacon of hope | Negative | LOOKING TO CHINA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-china-gdp-earnings-and-a-messy-divorce-idUSKBN2711PJ | 2020-10-17 |
| BEIJING A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine to essential workers and other highrisk groups as part of a national programme for about | Positive | BEIJING A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine to essential workers and other highrisk groups as part of a national programme for about | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/sinovac-coronavirus-vaccine-offered-by-chinese-city-for-emergency-use-costs-60-idUSKBN2710UQ | 2020-10-17 |
| China has said that while reasonable profits for companies are permitted COVID19 vaccines should be priced close to cost | Positive | BEIJING A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotechs experimental COVID19 vaccine to essential workers and other highrisk groups as part of a national programme for about | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/sinovac-coronavirus-vaccine-offered-by-chinese-city-for-emergency-use-costs-60-idUSKBN2710UQ | 2020-10-17 |
| TOKYO Yokohama Stadium will hold three baseball games at around capacity later this month as Japan looks to test its COVID19 countermeasures at big events ahead of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics next year | Neutral | TOKYO Yokohama Stadium will hold three baseball games at around capacity later this month as Japan looks to test its COVID19 countermeasures at big events ahead of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-baseball-fans/olympics-japan-to-test-anti-virus-measures-at-near-full-baseball-stadium-idUSKBN2710H4 | 2020-10-17 |
| Economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura who heads Japans COVID19 fight told reporters late on Thursday that if the was a success all professional stadiums would be allowed to boost capacity | Positive | TOKYO Yokohama Stadium will hold three baseball games at around capacity later this month as Japan looks to test its COVID19 countermeasures at big events ahead of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-baseball-fans/olympics-japan-to-test-anti-virus-measures-at-near-full-baseball-stadium-idUSKBN2710H4 | 2020-10-17 |
| We see this as a valuable opportunity to gain expertise on COVID19 countermeasures and are exchanging information with parties involved | Positive | TOKYO Yokohama Stadium will hold three baseball games at around capacity later this month as Japan looks to test its COVID19 countermeasures at big events ahead of the rearranged Tokyo Olympics next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-baseball-fans/olympics-japan-to-test-anti-virus-measures-at-near-full-baseball-stadium-idUSKBN2710H4 | 2020-10-17 |
| The Commissions decision was made after EU countries warned of shortages of remdesivir in their hospitals amid a new surge of COVID19 infections across Europe | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union should renegotiate a 1 billion euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-eu/eu-urged-to-review-remdesivir-supply-deal-after-covid-19-trial-results-idUSKBN2712AG | 2020-10-17 |
| Some European countries were reviving curfews and lockdowns to fight a surge in new coronavirus cases with Britain imposing tougher COVID19 restrictions in London on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday dragged down by concerns that a spike in COVID19 cases in the United States and Europe will continue to drag on demand in two of the worlds biggest fuelconsuming regions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-on-covid-19-resurgence-fears-of-more-supply-idUSKBN27106N | 2020-10-17 |
| European stocks are still down 11 percent in 2020 after COVID19 sent the panEuropean STOXX 600 index spiralling down about in March | Negative | A sudden tightening of social restrictions to tackle the resurgent coronavirus pandemic across Europe threatens to spoil any stock market boost third quarter earnings might bring | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks-results/analysis-europes-earnings-optimism-dwindles-with-resurgent-virus-idUSKBN2712LR | 2020-10-17 |
| Oct 16 European shares bounced from twoweek lows on Friday but were still set for weekly losses after a selloff that was marked by fears of a second wave of COVID19 infections Brexitrelated uncertainty and doubts about more U.S. fiscal stimulus | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-set-for-weekly-losses-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSL4N2H71UH | 2020-10-17 |
| TOKYO Oct 16 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on Friday central banks and governments may need to agree on an accord similar to one signed between the BOJ and Japans government in 2013 that clarified the divison of labor between the two in battling headwinds to the economy caused by COVID19 | Positive | comments from Wakatabe to clarify his remarks on accord were referring to general terms not calling for fresh one by BOJ and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-boj/corrected-update-1-bojs-deputy-governor-says-c-banks-govts-may-need-accord-on-division-of-labor-idUSL1N2H70VC | 2020-10-17 |
| NEW Oct 16 Global shares rose on Friday while the dollar was on the defensive after drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it may apply for a U.S. emergency use of its COVID19 vaccine in November assuaging market fears that a resurgent pandemic may scuttle a fragile economic recovery | Negative | NEW Oct 16 Global shares rose on Friday while the dollar was on the defensive after drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it may apply for a U.S. emergency use of its COVID19 vaccine in November assuaging market fears that a resurgent pandemic may scuttle a fragile economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-pfizer-vaccine-hopes-aid-world-stocks-u-s-dollar-gold-on-the-defensive-idUSL4N2H736Z | 2020-10-17 |
| Fresh restrictions to combat COVID19 have been introduced across Europe and the U.S. Midwest is battling spikes in new cases as data show the countrys economic recovery is losing steam | Negative | By Iain Withers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-biggest-weekly-gain-in-a-month-as-stimulus-talks-falter-idUSL8N2H72OA | 2020-10-17 |
| Since then lowcost steroids have demonstrated an ability to cut death risk in severely ill COVID19 patients and doctors question the medical value of using remdesivir for moderatelyill patients | Negative | Gilead whose shares have fallen since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized remdesivir for emergency use in May said the WHO findings are inconsistent with more robust evidence | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/analysis-sales-of-first-big-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-may-disappoint-idUSKBN2711FG | 2020-10-17 |
| Public health authorities have said that COVID19 patients are not being denied drugs because of cost but U.S. hospital incentives are complex | Negative | Gilead whose shares have fallen since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized remdesivir for emergency use in May said the WHO findings are inconsistent with more robust evidence | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/analysis-sales-of-first-big-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-may-disappoint-idUSKBN2711FG | 2020-10-17 |
| BANGKOK Thailand has recorded its first two locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus in more than one month the COVID19 administration center said on Saturday | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand has recorded its first two locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus in more than one month the COVID19 administration center said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-first-local-coronavirus-cases-in-over-a-month-idUSKBN27206R | 2020-10-17 |
| CHICAGO Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Midwest and beyond are battling surges in COVID19 cases with new infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels in an ominous sign of a nationwide resurgence as temperatures get colder | Negative | CHICAGO Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Midwest and beyond are battling surges in COVID19 cases with new infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels in an ominous sign of a nationwide resurgence as temperatures get colder | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-coronavirus-infections-rise-to-record-highs-in-u-s-midwest-and-beyond-idUSKBN2702HS | 2020-10-16 |
| The International Air Transport Association said it has identified only 44 flightrelated COVID19 cases since the beginning of 2020 versus some 1 | Neutral | The risk of exposure to the coronavirus on flights is very low a U.S. Department of Defense study released on Thursday found a positive sign for the airline industry as it tries to rebound from the pandemics crushing effect on travel | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/coronavirus-exposure-risk-on-airplanes-very-low-u-s-defense-study-finds-idUSKBN2702S7 | 2020-10-16 |
| MONTERREY Mexico Mexican business tycoon and billionaire Ricardo Salinas has COVID19 he said on Twitter on Wednesday | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico Mexican business tycoon and billionaire Ricardo Salinas has COVID19 he said on Twitter on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-salinas/mexican-billionaire-salinas-says-has-contracted-covid-19-idUSKBN270038 | 2020-10-16 |
| The ministry also said 127053 healthcare workers have contracted confirmed cases of COVID19 with at least 1744 fatalities since the pandemic began | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico Mexicos health ministry on Wednesday reported 4056 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 478 additional fatalities bringing the total in the country to 829396 cases and 84898 deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexicos-coronavirus-death-tally-nears-85000-including-1744-health-workers-idUSKBN270018 | 2020-10-16 |
| LONDON London the worlds international financial capital will enter a tighter COVID19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave | Negative | LONDON London the worlds international financial capital will enter a tighter COVID19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/things-will-get-worse-london-goes-into-stricter-lockdown-idUSKBN2700O3 | 2020-10-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks on Wednesday a judicial source briefed on the matter told Reuters amid an investigation into the misuse of COVID19 response funding | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks on Wednesday a judicial source briefed on the matter told Reuters amid an investigation into the misuse of COVID19 response funding | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazilian-police-catch-senator-hiding-cash-between-his-buttcheeks-source-says-idUSKBN27024E | 2020-10-16 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2710EU | 2020-10-16 |
| Gilead Sciences Incs remdesivir had little or no effect on COVID19 patients length of hospital stay or chances of survival a clinical trial by the World Health Organization has found | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2710EU | 2020-10-16 |
| Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it had applied for approval in Japan for its antiinfluenza drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID19 | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2710EU | 2020-10-16 |
| After flirting with each other for decades surfing and the Olympics were set to tie the knot in July until COVID19 crashed the wedding to spoil the sports debut at the Tokyo Games | Negative | After flirting with each other for decades surfing and the Olympics were set to tie the knot in July until COVID19 crashed the wedding to spoil the sports debut at the Tokyo Games | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-olympics-surfing/surfing-and-games-still-in-love-but-wedding-on-hold-idUSKBN27031M | 2020-10-16 |
| Commodity trading volumes this year have come under pressure from COVID19 lockdowns which have hit demand for oil and industrial metals such as aluminium and zinc | Negative | LONDON The British arm of China Merchants Securities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-commodities-london-cms-exclusive/exclusive-china-merchants-securities-to-close-london-commodities-brokerage-idUSKBN270270 | 2020-10-16 |
| Renault was already struggling with faltering sales before the COVID19 pandemic and is simultaneously trying to reboot a strained relationship with Japanese partner Nissan | Negative | MEUDON France French carmaker Renault unveiled on Thursday a new electric car concept with a larger sportier design as it bets on mediumsize family vehicles to try to turn itself around | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-strategy/renault-adds-to-electric-car-range-with-sportier-model-idUSKBN2702AI | 2020-10-16 |
| TOKYO Japans government needs to compile a third extra budget for the current fiscal year ending March to shore up an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic economists said in a Reuters poll | Negative | TOKYO Japans government needs to compile a third extra budget for the current fiscal year ending March to shore up an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic economists said in a Reuters poll | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-poll/japan-needs-another-extra-budget-to-help-ailing-economy-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2710FK | 2020-10-16 |
| 715 poll said the government should launch a third extra budget to cushion the blow from COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Japans government needs to compile a third extra budget for the current fiscal year ending March to shore up an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic economists said in a Reuters poll | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-poll/japan-needs-another-extra-budget-to-help-ailing-economy-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2710FK | 2020-10-16 |
| SHANGHAI Oct 16 China stocks were on track to end the week firmer buoyed by fresh policy support and upbeat data that pointed to an economic recovery from the COVID19 fallout despite a slight easing on the day after heavy selling in consumer and healthcare players | Positive | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-set-for-weekly-rise-on-upbeat-data-policy-support-idUSL4N2H7173 | 2020-10-16 |
| An unexpected rise in U.S. weekly jobless claims figures added to worries about a sputtering world economy especially in the face of a spike in COVID19 cases in Europe | Negative | Sentiment cautious as coronavirus makes a comeback | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-perk-up-on-china-gains-virus-woes-linger-idUSL4N2H705N | 2020-10-16 |
| HANOI Vietnams first Formula One grand prix has been officially cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic organisers said on Friday | Negative | HANOI Vietnams first Formula One grand prix has been officially cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic organisers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-motor-f1-vietnam/motor-racing-vietnam-cancels-2020-f1-race-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN2710D0 | 2020-10-16 |
| Vietnam has recorded over 1110 COVID19 infections with 35 deaths Ministry of Health data showed | Negative | HANOI Vietnams first Formula One grand prix has been officially cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic organisers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-motor-f1-vietnam/motor-racing-vietnam-cancels-2020-f1-race-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN2710D0 | 2020-10-16 |
| The National Health Service is in talks with the British Medical Association and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID19 vaccine from December Pulse website for health professionals reported on Thursday | Positive | The National Health Service is in talks with the British Medical Association and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID19 vaccine from December Pulse website for health professionals reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/nhs-england-in-talks-on-rollout-of-potential-covid-vaccine-from-december-pulse-health-website-idUSKBN27032F | 2020-10-16 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals triple antibody cocktail as the first Ebola virus treatment lending validation to similar drugs being developed for COVID19 | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals triple antibody cocktail as the first Ebola virus treatment lending validation to similar drugs being developed for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-ebola-regeneron/regenerons-drug-becomes-first-fda-approved-ebola-virus-treatment-idUSKBN26Z32X | 2020-10-15 |
| The son who denies wrongdoing was in July barred from doing business with the government for overcharging state health authorities for ventilators to battle COVID19 | Negative | MEXICO CITY Three months after taking charge of a new office created by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to compensate Mexicans for years of public sector embezzlement its director quit complaining the organization was tainted by corruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-corruption/mexican-presidents-anti-corruption-drive-buffeted-by-scandals-idUSKBN26Z1J4 | 2020-10-15 |
| CAPE TOWN A South African company partowned by the government is in talks with the global COVID19 vaccine distribution scheme and pharmaceutical companies to produce some of the vaccines the country needs to protect itself against the disease | Positive | CAPE TOWN A South African company partowned by the government is in talks with the global COVID19 vaccine distribution scheme and pharmaceutical companies to produce some of the vaccines the country needs to protect itself against the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-vaccines/south-africas-biovac-in-talks-to-manufacture-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKBN26Z1DJ | 2020-10-15 |
| MOSCOW Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID19 vaccine according to its register of authorised medicines | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID19 vaccine according to its register of authorised medicines | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-approves-second-covid-19-vaccine-after-preliminary-trials-idUSKBN26Z1T3 | 2020-10-15 |
| PARIS The French government on Wednesday declared a public health state of emergency giving officials greater powers to impose new measures to contain the spread of COVID19 | Negative | PARIS The French government on Wednesday declared a public health state of emergency giving officials greater powers to impose new measures to contain the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-emergency/france-declares-public-health-state-of-emergency-over-covid-19-idUSKBN26Z2PQ | 2020-10-15 |
| The state of emergency was lifted in mainland France in July after the number of COVID19 cases subsided | Negative | PARIS The French government on Wednesday declared a public health state of emergency giving officials greater powers to impose new measures to contain the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-emergency/france-declares-public-health-state-of-emergency-over-covid-19-idUSKBN26Z2PQ | 2020-10-15 |
| French health authorities reported on Wednesday that the number of people being treated in hospital for COVID19 went above the 9100 threshold for the first time since June 25. | Negative | PARIS The French government on Wednesday declared a public health state of emergency giving officials greater powers to impose new measures to contain the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-emergency/france-declares-public-health-state-of-emergency-over-covid-19-idUSKBN26Z2PQ | 2020-10-15 |
| Broadcaster Polsat News said Zygmunt Solorz one of the countrys richest men and owner of the television station had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WARSAW Poland is ramping up training for nurses and could consider setting up military field hospitals for coronavirus patients as daily reported cases hit a new record of 6526 on Wednesday officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland-record/poland-ramps-up-health-training-as-covid-19-cases-hit-fresh-records-idUSKBN26Z134 | 2020-10-15 |
| LONDON British spies are trying to defend COVID19 vaccine work against hostile powers who are seeking to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that can provide immunity the head of MI5 said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON British spies are trying to defend COVID19 vaccine work against hostile powers who are seeking to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that can provide immunity the head of MI5 said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-security-quotes-factbox/factbox-britains-mi5-spy-chief-on-covid-19-china-russia-and-threats-idUSKBN26Z1QG | 2020-10-15 |
| United Airlines said on Wednesday it cut operating costs by in the third quarter and had nearly billion of liquidity to position it for an eventual recovery from the COVID19 crisis that has hammered the travel industry | Negative | United Airlines said on Wednesday it cut operating costs by in the third quarter and had nearly billion of liquidity to position it for an eventual recovery from the COVID19 crisis that has hammered the travel industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-united-arlns-results/united-airlines-slashes-costs-to-prepare-for-eventual-covid-19-rebound-idUSKBN26Z301 | 2020-10-15 |
| com Inc has reinstated warehouse productivity quotas despite telling a judge it was suspending them during the COVID19 pandemic Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a court filing by company workers | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-workers-say-prime-day-rush-breaks-virus-safety-vows-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN26Z2XV | 2020-10-15 |
| The lawsuit claims the companys oppressive and policies violated publicnuisance laws and exacerbated COVID19 hazards according to the report | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com/amazon-workers-say-prime-day-rush-breaks-virus-safety-vows-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN26Z2XV | 2020-10-15 |
| Tiffany has alleged that LVMH has improperly tried to renegotiate the deal which was agreed in November last year before the COVID19 pandemic emerged and hit countries and companies worldwide | Positive | Tiffany has alleged that LVMH has improperly tried to renegotiate the deal which was agreed in November last year before the COVID19 pandemic emerged and hit countries and companies worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tiffany-m-a-lvmh-eu/lvmh-to-win-eu-antitrust-approval-for-tiffany-deal-sources-idUSKBN26Z1YZ | 2020-10-15 |
| The meeting will take place on November 3 at the LSEs head office but due to the COVID19 pandemic shareholders will not be able to attend in person | Positive | The meeting will take place on November 3 at the LSEs head office but due to the COVID19 pandemic shareholders will not be able to attend in person | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-lse-borsaitaliana-m-a/lse-to-ask-shareholders-to-approve-borsa-italiana-sale-idUSKBN26Z23S | 2020-10-15 |
| Investors are hoping that a quick development of a treatment or vaccine for COVID19 would end the pandemic and aid a recovery in the world economy | Positive | NEW Oct 14 U.S. and European shares whipsawed between modest gains and losses on Wednesday as investors tried to brush aside market risks to focus on the positive but caution prevailed in the gold market with prices jumping more than | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-whipsaw-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-idUSL1N2H510O | 2020-10-15 |
| LONDON Oct 14 European shares fell on Wednesday as countries began to close schools and cancel surgeries on a resurgence of the COVID19 pandemic though sterling gained on hopes of further Brexit talks | Negative | European shares Wall Street futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-dip-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL8N2H52F0 | 2020-10-15 |
| Stock market losses began on Wall Street Tuesday when Johnson Johnson said it was pausing a COVID19 vaccine trial after a study participant suffered an unexplained illness | Negative | European shares Wall Street futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-dip-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL8N2H52F0 | 2020-10-15 |
| Oct 14 Renewed worries about South Africas bloated debt levels put the rand among the worstperforming EMEA currencies on Wednesday while emerging market stocks fell as another COVID19 vaccine delay hurt demand for risklinked assets | Negative | Turkish lira nears record low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-emea-fx-falls-south-africas-rand-hit-by-debt-concerns-idUSL8N2H51QU | 2020-10-15 |
| The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/covid-19-increases-risks-for-cancer-patients-common-cold-antibodies-no-help-vs-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Z30B | 2020-10-15 |
| Common cold antibodies do not protect against COVID19 | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/covid-19-increases-risks-for-cancer-patients-common-cold-antibodies-no-help-vs-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Z30B | 2020-10-15 |
| DUBLIN Ireland is more likely to tighten its COVID19 restrictions in the coming weeks than to ease them and may decide on Wednesday to impose new measures in areas bordering Northern Ireland deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday | Negative | DUBLIN Ireland is more likely to tighten its COVID19 restrictions in the coming weeks than to ease them and may decide on Wednesday to impose new measures in areas bordering Northern Ireland deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland-varadkar/ireland-may-tighten-covid-19-restrictions-further-deputy-pm-idUSKBN26Z14H | 2020-10-15 |
| In case of limited supply some groups may be recommended to get a COVID19 vaccine first the CDC said | Positive | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that COVID19 vaccines may not be initially recommended for children when they become available | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-children/kids-may-not-be-recommended-for-covid-19-vaccination-initially-u-s-cdc-says-idUSKBN26Z2IP | 2020-10-15 |
| Those data are published as French President Emmanuel Macron is announcing new restrictions to contain the spread of the virus including curfews imposed on COVID19 hotspots including Paris | Negative | PARIS France reported 22591 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday the daily tally going beyond the 20000 threshold for the third time in six days while hospitalisations and deaths linked to the disease also keep ramping up | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-casualties/frances-new-daily-covid-19-cases-above-20000-again-idUSKBN26Z2TK | 2020-10-15 |
| The U.S. government has awarded diagnostic testing company Cue Health Inc million to scale up the production of rapid COVID19 molecular test the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government has awarded diagnostic testing company Cue Health Inc million to scale up the production of rapid COVID19 molecular test the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-cuehealth/cue-health-awarded-481-million-to-scale-up-production-of-covid-19-test-hhs-idUSKBN26Y2TI | 2020-10-14 |
| BARDA later expanded the collaboration with the company to include the development of Cues COVID19 test it added | Positive | The U.S. government has awarded diagnostic testing company Cue Health Inc million to scale up the production of rapid COVID19 molecular test the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-cuehealth/cue-health-awarded-481-million-to-scale-up-production-of-covid-19-test-hhs-idUSKBN26Y2TI | 2020-10-14 |
| The U.S. government has entered an agreement with life sciences company Cytiva a unit of Danaher Corp to expand the manufacturing of products needed to make COVID19 vaccines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government has entered an agreement with life sciences company Cytiva a unit of Danaher Corp to expand the manufacturing of products needed to make COVID19 vaccines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-cytiva/u-s-government-signs-deal-to-make-more-covid-19-vaccine-components-idUSKBN26Y2S3 | 2020-10-14 |
| The rally came hours after the White House said Trump had tested negative for COVID19 on consecutive days and was not infectious to others | Neutral | PEMBROKE PINES Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-vies-for-senior-vote-in-florida-as-trump-heads-for-pennsylvania-idUSKBN26Y19G | 2020-10-14 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to vaccinate nearly all of its population against COVID19 by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organizationbacked COVAX plan the government said on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to vaccinate nearly all of its population against COVID19 by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organizationbacked COVAX plan the government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-aims-to-vaccinate-vast-bulk-of-population-for-covid-19-by-end-2021-idUSKBN26Y1R9 | 2020-10-14 |
| Countries straining to contain a second wave of COVID19 are turning to faster cheaper but less accurate tests to avoid the delays and shortages that have plagued efforts to diagnose and trace those infected quickly | Negative | Countries straining to contain a second wave of COVID19 are turning to faster cheaper but less accurate tests to avoid the delays and shortages that have plagued efforts to diagnose and trace those infected quickly | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-rapid-tests/countries-turn-to-rapid-antigen-tests-to-contain-second-wave-of-covid-19-idUSKBN26Y2PX | 2020-10-14 |
| Rivals including Siemens Healthineers Abbott Laboratories and Becton Dickinson also offer numerous COVID19 diagnostic tests | Positive | Countries straining to contain a second wave of COVID19 are turning to faster cheaper but less accurate tests to avoid the delays and shortages that have plagued efforts to diagnose and trace those infected quickly | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-rapid-tests/countries-turn-to-rapid-antigen-tests-to-contain-second-wave-of-covid-19-idUSKBN26Y2PX | 2020-10-14 |
| The South American country has now registered 5113628 total confirmed cases of COVID19 and 150998 total deaths | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil registered 10220 additional cases of COVID19 over the last 24 hours and 309 deaths the nations health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-registers-10220-new-covid-19-cases-on-tuesday-idUSKBN26Y31X | 2020-10-14 |
| MOSCOW Russias health ministry has approved a trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 on 110 volunteers over the age of 60 the RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russias health ministry has approved a trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 on 110 volunteers over the age of 60 the RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-reg/russia-approves-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-on-group-of-over-60s-ria-idUSKBN26Y28G | 2020-10-14 |
| Her comments come a day after the Kremlin said Russia could afford to be more flexible in its response to COVID19 than earlier this year when it imposed a lockdown | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Tuesday reported record high daily coronavirus cases and deaths pushing total infections to 1326178 but authorities said they do not plan to impose lockdowns across the vast country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-reports-record-high-daily-coronavirus-cases-and-deaths-idUSKBN26Y0W9 | 2020-10-14 |
| LISBON Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID19 Portugals Football Federation said in a statement on its website on Tuesday | Negative | LISBON Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID19 Portugals Football Federation said in a statement on its website on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-ronaldo/cristiano-ronaldo-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26Y23K | 2020-10-14 |
| OSLO Norway will provide a vaccine against COVID19 free of charge to its inhabitants when one becomes available the government said on Tuesday and this would become part of the countrys national vaccination programme | Positive | OSLO Norway will provide a vaccine against COVID19 free of charge to its inhabitants when one becomes available the government said on Tuesday and this would become part of the countrys national vaccination programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway/norway-to-provide-covid-19-vaccine-free-of-charge-idUSKBN26Y1XL | 2020-10-14 |
| The programme aims to offer equitable access to COVID19 vaccines for rich and poor countries alike | Positive | OSLO Norway will provide a vaccine against COVID19 free of charge to its inhabitants when one becomes available the government said on Tuesday and this would become part of the countrys national vaccination programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway/norway-to-provide-covid-19-vaccine-free-of-charge-idUSKBN26Y1XL | 2020-10-14 |
| U.S. drug inspectors uncovered serious quality control problems at an Eli Lilly and Co pharmaceutical plant that is ramping up to manufacture one of two promising COVID19 drugs touted by President Trump as a for the disease according to government documents and three sources familiar with the matter | Negative | U.S. drug inspectors uncovered serious quality control problems at an Eli Lilly and Co pharmaceutical plant that is ramping up to manufacture one of two promising COVID19 drugs touted by President Trump as a for the disease according to government documents and three sources familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-fda-faults-quality-control-at-lilly-plant-making-trump-touted-covid-drug-idUSKBN26Y30C | 2020-10-14 |
| Alonso said preparing for the limited mileage outing had been complicated by COVID19 restrictions with fewer days in the simulator to adjust but the run was worth it | Negative | Double world champion Fernando Alonso said he was ready for a fresh start as he tested the latest Renault Formula One car in Barcelona on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-alonso/alonso-sees-new-beginning-with-renault-f1-test-idUSKBN26Y182 | 2020-10-14 |
| LONDON Britains opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer called on Tuesday for a two to three week circuit lockdown piling pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is struggling to sell his own plan to tackle COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Britains opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer called on Tuesday for a two to three week circuit lockdown piling pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is struggling to sell his own plan to tackle COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-labour/uk-labour-opposition-leader-calls-for-circuit-breaker-virus-lockdown-idUSKBN26Y2IC | 2020-10-14 |
| NEW YORK Oct 13 Private equity fund investors have been favoring established buyout firms over firsttime managers in recent months as the challenges of carrying out due diligence remotely during the COVID19 pandemic reduce their appetite for risk | Neutral | NEW YORK Oct 13 Private equity fund investors have been favoring established buyout firms over firsttime managers in recent months as the challenges of carrying out due diligence remotely during the COVID19 pandemic reduce their appetite for risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-privateequity/fledgling-private-equity-firms-falter-as-virus-curbs-in-person-wooing-idUSL1N2GY200 | 2020-10-14 |
| European shares fell on Tuesday as Johnson Johnsons move to pause its COVID19 clinical trials raised doubts about the timeline of a vaccine while bank stocks tracked a slide in bond yields on bets of more stimulus by the European Central Bank | Negative | European shares fell on Tuesday as Johnson Johnsons move to pause its COVID19 clinical trials raised doubts about the timeline of a vaccine while bank stocks tracked a slide in bond yields on bets of more stimulus by the European Central Bank | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-tumble-on-jj-vaccine-worries-banks-slide-idUSKBN26Y0TK | 2020-10-14 |
| UK unemployment is unfortunately set to rise further on the combined impact of fresh COVID19 restrictions and the end of the original furlough said ING economist James Smith | Negative | European shares fell on Tuesday as Johnson Johnsons move to pause its COVID19 clinical trials raised doubts about the timeline of a vaccine while bank stocks tracked a slide in bond yields on bets of more stimulus by the European Central Bank | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-tumble-on-jj-vaccine-worries-banks-slide-idUSKBN26Y0TK | 2020-10-14 |
| Moderna Inc said on Tuesday Canadas health ministry will review its experimental COVID19 vaccine in real time becoming the third vaccine maker to be accepted by the country for the process that may speed up approval | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Tuesday Canadas health ministry will review its experimental COVID19 vaccine in real time becoming the third vaccine maker to be accepted by the country for the process that may speed up approval | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/canada-to-review-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-in-real-time-idUSKBN26Y2V5 | 2020-10-14 |
| Health Canada is already conducting realtime reviews of COVID19 vaccine candidates from BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc as well as AstraZeneca | Positive | Moderna Inc said on Tuesday Canadas health ministry will review its experimental COVID19 vaccine in real time becoming the third vaccine maker to be accepted by the country for the process that may speed up approval | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/canada-to-review-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-in-real-time-idUSKBN26Y2V5 | 2020-10-14 |
| Johnson Johnson said on Tuesday it would take a few days at least to hear from a safety monitoring panel about its review of the companys latestage COVID19 vaccine trial after announcing that the large study had been paused due to an unexplained illness in one participant | Negative | Johnson Johnson said on Tuesday it would take a few days at least to hear from a safety monitoring panel about its review of the companys latestage COVID19 vaccine trial after announcing that the large study had been paused due to an unexplained illness in one participant | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-johnson-johnson/jj-says-review-of-illness-that-led-to-pause-of-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-could-take-days-idUSKBN26Y01Q | 2020-10-14 |
| Republican Senator Mike Lee personally attended the hearing nine days after revealing he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/harris-fellow-democrats-target-trump-supreme-court-nominee-on-obamacare-idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| Travellers across Europe could avoid quarantine under plans to introduce a comprehensive COVID19 testing regime the Telegraph reported on Monday | Neutral | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN26Y0KR | 2020-10-13 |
| Johnson Johnson said it had temporarily paused its COVID19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant delaying one of the highprofile efforts to contain the pandemic | Negative | Johnson Johnson said it had temporarily paused its COVID19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant delaying one of the highprofile efforts to contain the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Y0HG | 2020-10-13 |
| The number of people being treated in French intensive care units for COVID19 exceeded 1500 on Monday for the first time since May 27 authorities said | Negative | Johnson Johnson said it had temporarily paused its COVID19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant delaying one of the highprofile efforts to contain the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Y0HG | 2020-10-13 |
| Australias most populous state said on Tuesday it will ease restrictions despite reporting the biggest oneday jump in new COVID19 cases in six weeks | Negative | Johnson Johnson said it had temporarily paused its COVID19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant delaying one of the highprofile efforts to contain the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Y0HG | 2020-10-13 |
| The Takeda Pharmaceutical Coled group that is developing a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 has started manufacturing while the latestage trial to determine whether it works is ongoing | Positive | Johnson Johnson said it had temporarily paused its COVID19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant delaying one of the highprofile efforts to contain the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Y0HG | 2020-10-13 |
| ZURICH More than 180 countries have committed to participate in the World Health Organizations effort to finance COVID19 vaccines to be distributed fairly to both rich and poor countries the groups chief scientist said on Monday | Positive | ZURICH More than 180 countries have committed to participate in the World Health Organizations effort to finance COVID19 vaccines to be distributed fairly to both rich and poor countries the groups chief scientist said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-180-plus-countries-including-china-committed-to-vaccine-effort-idUSKBN26X25E | 2020-10-13 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday including shutting pubs to curb an acceleration in COVID19 cases though anger was rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday including shutting pubs to curb an acceleration in COVID19 cases though anger was rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-shuts-pubs-in-parts-of-england-with-new-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN26W0YA | 2020-10-13 |
| Manchester intensive care consultant Jane Eddleston said of critical care beds were taken up with COVID19 patients and this was starting to affect healthcare for others | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday including shutting pubs to curb an acceleration in COVID19 cases though anger was rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-shuts-pubs-in-parts-of-england-with-new-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN26W0YA | 2020-10-13 |
| Prices were also pressured by a jump in new COVID19 cases which has raised the spectre of more lockdowns which could dampen demand for oil | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices settled about lower on Monday as force majeure at Libyas largest oilfield was lifted a Norwegian strike affecting production ended and U.S. producers began restoring output after Hurricane Delta | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-fall-3-as-u-s-libyan-norwegian-supplies-resume-idUSKBN26X02B | 2020-10-13 |
| The daily number of deaths was 50 taking the total number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID19 in the United Kingdom to 42875 | Negative | LONDON The daily number of new COVID19 cases in the United Kingdom rose to 13972 on Monday compared with 12872 the day before government data showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cases/uk-reports-13972-new-daily-covid-cases-idUSKBN26X21G | 2020-10-13 |
| Senator Mike Lee personally attended the hearing nine days after revealing he had tested positive for COVID19. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| This looks to be no more than a blowoff of speculative froth accumulated on coppers long march higher from the COVID19 lows in March | Neutral | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| Net length has been cut by over the last two weeks which included an earlymonth price crash triggered by news that President Donald Trump had tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Fund managers have trimmed their exposure to copper after a mini price crash over the first two days of the month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-metals-copper-ahome/column-funds-faith-in-turbulent-copper-stirred-but-not-shaken-andy-home-idUSKBN26Y00D | 2020-10-13 |
| Investors have not lost faith that further stimulus measures will follow and that an effective COVID19 vaccine will soon be placed on the said Milan Cutkovic market analyst at Axi | Positive | European shares hit a fiveweek high on Monday as optimism about a stable economic recovery in China and hopes of more U.S. fiscal stimulus helped offset concerns around surging COVID19 cases across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-five-week-high-on-rebound-optimism-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26X26D | 2020-10-13 |
| NEW YORK The Takeda Pharmaceutical Coled group that is developing a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 has started manufacturing while the latestage trial to determine whether it works is ongoing Takeda Chief Executive Christophe Weber said on Monday | Positive | NEW YORK The Takeda Pharmaceutical Coled group that is developing a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 has started manufacturing while the latestage trial to determine whether it works is ongoing Takeda Chief Executive Christophe Weber said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda/takeda-group-begins-manufacturing-covid-19-plasma-treatment-ahead-of-approval-idUSKBN26X2MW | 2020-10-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID19 and was not an infection risk for others freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID19 and was not an infection risk for others freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-says-he-is-recovered-from-covid-19-prepares-for-return-to-campaign-trail-idUSKBN26W09G | 2020-10-12 |
| The scientific evidence has been inconclusive on how long people who have recovered from COVID19 have antibodies and are protected from a second infection | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID19 and was not an infection risk for others freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-says-he-is-recovered-from-covid-19-prepares-for-return-to-campaign-trail-idUSKBN26W09G | 2020-10-12 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday he no longer has COVID19 and is not a transmission risk for the virus as he prepares to hit the campaign trail on Monday with a return to big rallies | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday he no longer has COVID19 and is not a transmission risk for the virus as he prepares to hit the campaign trail on Monday with a return to big rallies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26W0OE | 2020-10-12 |
| The Spanish regions of Catalonia and Navarre will bring in new restrictions on working and public gatherings after worrying rises in COVID19 cases authorities said on Sunday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday he no longer has COVID19 and is not a transmission risk for the virus as he prepares to hit the campaign trail on Monday with a return to big rallies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26W0OE | 2020-10-12 |
| The widely used BCG tuberculosis vaccine will be tested on frontline care workers in Britain for its effectiveness against COVID19 researchers running the UK arm of a global trial said | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday he no longer has COVID19 and is not a transmission risk for the virus as he prepares to hit the campaign trail on Monday with a return to big rallies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26W0OE | 2020-10-12 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a country also reeling from financial crisis and an explosion in Beirut two months ago | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a country also reeling from financial crisis and an explosion in Beirut two months ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-closes-bars-nightclubs-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKBN26W0J9 | 2020-10-12 |
| The tensions expose the balancing act to maintain output at full blast while containing COVID19 in mines like Grasberg the worlds largest gold mine and secondlargest copper mine | Negative | When miners at Indonesias giant Grasberg gold and copper mine started testing positive for coronavirus early in the pandemic the mountaintop mining complex was quickly locked down with a skeletal staff left in place to maintain production | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-mining/freeport-does-a-balancing-act-as-worlds-biggest-gold-mine-grapples-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26W019 | 2020-10-12 |
| Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the U.S. President claimed he was immune to the coronavirus saying it violated the social media platforms rules about misleading information related to COVID19 | Negative | Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the U.S. President claimed he was immune to the coronavirus saying it violated the social media platforms rules about misleading information related to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter/twitter-flags-trump-tweet-for-violating-its-rules-on-covid-19-information-idUSKBN26W0TI | 2020-10-12 |
| The scientific evidence is unclear on how long people who have recovered from COVID19 have antibodies and are protected from a second infection | Neutral | Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the U.S. President claimed he was immune to the coronavirus saying it violated the social media platforms rules about misleading information related to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-twitter/twitter-flags-trump-tweet-for-violating-its-rules-on-covid-19-information-idUSKBN26W0TI | 2020-10-12 |
| The number of people who succumb to COVID19 is expected to accelerate this winter | Negative | New cases of COVID19 in the United States hit a twomonth high on Friday with over 58000 infections of the coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth day in a row according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-covid-19-cases-hit-two-month-high-10-states-report-record-increases-idUSKBN26V0GA | 2020-10-11 |
| WASHINGTON Boasting about his achievements and hurling unsubstantiated allegations against his opponents U.S. President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Boasting about his achievements and hurling unsubstantiated allegations against his opponents U.S. President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/feeling-great-trump-appears-in-public-for-first-time-since-return-from-hospital-idUSKBN26V09I | 2020-10-11 |
| On Friday a White House spokeswoman said Trump would be tested for COVID19 and would not go out in public if it was determined he could still spread the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON Boasting about his achievements and hurling unsubstantiated allegations against his opponents U.S. President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/feeling-great-trump-appears-in-public-for-first-time-since-return-from-hospital-idUSKBN26V09I | 2020-10-11 |
| NEW YORK Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he was released from a hospital on Saturday where he had spent the past week being treated for COVID19 after testing positive for the coronavirus | Neutral | NEW YORK Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he was released from a hospital on Saturday where he had spent the past week being treated for COVID19 after testing positive for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-christie/former-new-jersey-governor-christie-leaves-hospital-after-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN26V0RB | 2020-10-11 |
| 88 million to secure access to COVID19 vaccines through the agencys COVAX plan as countries across the globe race to secure supplies | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government announced on Saturday that it paid the World Health Organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-covax/mexico-makes-nearly-160-million-down-payment-for-covax-vaccine-plan-idUSKBN26V0VO | 2020-10-11 |
| Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he was released from a hospital on Saturday where he had spent the past week being treated for COVID19 | Positive | New cases of COVID19 in the United States hit a twomonth high on Friday with over 58000 infections reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth day in a row according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26V0SN | 2020-10-11 |
| Health Canada will start a realtime review of Germanys BioNTech SE and Pfizer Incs experimental COVID19 vaccine the companies said on Friday | Positive | New cases of COVID19 in the United States hit a twomonth high on Friday with over 58000 infections reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth day in a row according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26V0SN | 2020-10-11 |
| Spaniards are bemused and angry over the political bickering as their nation suffers the highest COVID19 caseload in Western Europe and its worst recession since the civil war | Negative | MADRID Spains Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appealed for unity on Saturday after the farright Vox party said it would take legal action against a partial lockdown imposed on Madrid to contain one of Europes worst coronavirus outbreaks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spanish-pm-urges-end-to-covid-feud-as-far-right-protests-idUSKBN26V0LY | 2020-10-11 |
| Trump was preparing to return to the campaign trail a week after he announced that he had contracted COVID19 | Negative | By Stephen Culp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-wall-st-gains-gold-jumps-on-stimulus-likelihood-idUSL8N2H045H | 2020-10-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will resume inperson campaigning on Saturday after being sidelined by a case of COVID19 but a debate next week against his presidential election opponent Joe Biden was canceled because Trump refused to participate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will resume inperson campaigning on Saturday after being sidelined by a case of COVID19 but a debate next week against his presidential election opponent Joe Biden was canceled because Trump refused to participate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-resume-campaigning-second-debate-canceled-idUSKBN26U0F5 | 2020-10-10 |
| They are accused of conspiring to abduct Governor Gretchen Whitmer a Democrat who has clashed sharply with Republican U.S. President Donald Trump over her COVID19 public health orders | Negative | Six men arrested on suspicion of taking part in a plot by armed extremists to kidnap Michigans governor have been arraigned on domestic terrorism and weapons charges while a seventh awaits extradition from South Carolina authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-michigan-whitmer/accused-militia-members-arraigned-on-domestic-terrorism-charges-in-michigan-idUSKBN26V00U | 2020-10-10 |
| South Africa has suffered so far the worst COVID19 pandemic in Africa with more than 685000 cases and over 17000 deaths | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa On Broadhurst Conas fifth night in the COVID19 ward of Cape Towns Groote Schuur Hospital the patient in the bed next to him was giving up | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-rugby-spec/special-report-for-black-south-african-rugby-player-a-covid-victory-and-loss-idUSKBN26U0ZS | 2020-10-10 |
| Conas friends and family persuaded him to go to hospital to get a COVID19 test on May 15 2020 when Cape Town was at the heart of South Africas epidemic | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa On Broadhurst Conas fifth night in the COVID19 ward of Cape Towns Groote Schuur Hospital the patient in the bed next to him was giving up | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-rugby-spec/special-report-for-black-south-african-rugby-player-a-covid-victory-and-loss-idUSKBN26U0ZS | 2020-10-10 |
| Officials said on Friday that 201 people had died of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours pushing the official death toll to 22257 | Negative | MOSCOW Authorities in Moscow were considering closing bars and nightclubs to halt a second coronavirus wave as the number of new cases surged on Friday to an alltime high described by the Kremlin as an | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/kremlin-rues-anti-record-as-russias-new-covid-19-cases-jump-to-all-time-high-idUSKBN26U0RY | 2020-10-10 |
| Karzin who contracted the virus during the first wave said the only time off he had taken this year was spent looking after his elderly parents who also got COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW Alexei Karzin head of a 20bed intensive care unit in a Moscow hospital felt a sense of relief when his unit stopped treating COVID19 patients in early September and could get back to looking after stroke victims | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-hospital-feels-strain-of-second-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN26U1I9 | 2020-10-10 |
| Hospital Number 52 has nearly 1000 beds and focused on mainly treating COVID19 patients throughout the summer when dozens of other medical facilities in Moscow reverted to previous working patterns | Neutral | MOSCOW Alexei Karzin head of a 20bed intensive care unit in a Moscow hospital felt a sense of relief when his unit stopped treating COVID19 patients in early September and could get back to looking after stroke victims | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/moscow-hospital-feels-strain-of-second-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN26U1I9 | 2020-10-10 |
| MOSCOW Russia is expected to register a second potential vaccine against COVID19 on Oct | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is expected to register a second potential vaccine against COVID19 on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-expected-to-register-second-covid-19-vaccine-on-october-15-developer-idUSKBN26U0X1 | 2020-10-10 |
| MADRID Spains Socialistled government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to reimpose a partial lockdown for several million people in and around Madrid one of Europes worst COVID19 hotspots after a court had struck down the measures | Negative | MADRID Spains Socialistled government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to reimpose a partial lockdown for several million people in and around Madrid one of Europes worst COVID19 hotspots after a court had struck down the measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-invokes-state-of-emergency-for-madrid-lockdown-idUSKBN26U145 | 2020-10-10 |
| BEIJING China will purchase COVID19 vaccines for of its population or 15 million people via a global scheme backed by the World Health Organization the Foreign Ministry said on Friday | Positive | BEIJING China will purchase COVID19 vaccines for of its population or 15 million people via a global scheme backed by the World Health Organization the Foreign Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax-minist/china-says-will-purchase-covax-vaccines-for-1-of-population-idUSKBN26U0PR | 2020-10-10 |
| China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | Positive | China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax/china-joins-who-backed-vaccine-programme-covax-rejected-by-trump-idUSKBN26U027 | 2020-10-10 |
| It is designed to discourage national governments from hoarding COVID19 vaccines and to focus on first vaccinating the most highrisk people in every country | Positive | China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax/china-joins-who-backed-vaccine-programme-covax-rejected-by-trump-idUSKBN26U027 | 2020-10-10 |
| What seemed like an impossible challenge just a few months ago ensuring every country rich or poor gets equitable rapid access to COVID19 vaccines is now becoming a reality | Negative | China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax/china-joins-who-backed-vaccine-programme-covax-rejected-by-trump-idUSKBN26U027 | 2020-10-10 |
| China has ample capability to make COVID19 vaccine and will prioritise supplies to developing countries when they are ready the foreign ministry added | Positive | China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization it said on Friday giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-covax/china-joins-who-backed-vaccine-programme-covax-rejected-by-trump-idUSKBN26U027 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is preparing a COVID19 relief package of | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House is preparing a COVID19 relief package of | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-relief/white-house-preparing-1-8-trillion-coronavirus-relief-offer-wall-street-journal-idUSKBN26U21G | 2020-10-10 |
| 15 debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was officially canceled on Friday a day after Trump rejected a decision by the nonpartisan commission organizing it to change its format to a virtual event to guard against the spread of COVID19 | Negative | The planned Oct | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate/october-15-u-s-presidential-debate-officially-canceled-after-trump-balked-idUSKBN26U2M7 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | Positive | WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-congress/in-face-of-trumps-covid-19-case-democrats-seek-to-set-up-commission-on-incapacitated-presidents-idUSKBN26U200 | 2020-10-10 |
| Pelosi has raised experts concerns that some of the drugs Trump took to battle his COVID19 symptoms could cloud a persons judgment | Negative | WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-congress/in-face-of-trumps-covid-19-case-democrats-seek-to-set-up-commission-on-incapacitated-presidents-idUSKBN26U200 | 2020-10-10 |
| NEW YORK The U.S. government expects to be able to provide at no cost more than 1 million doses of antibody treatments for COVID19 similar to the one President Donald Trump received to treat his illness according to a top U.S. health official on Friday | Positive | NEW YORK The U.S. government expects to be able to provide at no cost more than 1 million doses of antibody treatments for COVID19 similar to the one President Donald Trump received to treat his illness according to a top U.S. health official on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/u-s-expects-over-1-million-covid-19-antibody-doses-from-regeneron-lilly-in-2020-idUSKBN26U1W2 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-maps-return-to-campaign-trail-after-white-house-says-covid-19-treatment-complete-idUSKBN26U0F5 | 2020-10-09 |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines say people who are severely ill with COVID19 might need to stay home for up to 20 days after symptoms first appear | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-maps-return-to-campaign-trail-after-white-house-says-covid-19-treatment-complete-idUSKBN26U0F5 | 2020-10-09 |
| He also said he would probably get a COVID19 test on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he might try to attend a rally on Saturday night probably in Florida less than a week after he returned to White House after being hospitalized because of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-rally/u-s-president-trump-says-might-hold-rally-in-florida-on-saturday-idUSKBN26U04V | 2020-10-09 |
| Trump who was diagnosed last week with COVID19 is trailing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in public opinion polls less than a month before the election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| On Thursday morning Morgan City resident Lisa Mire and three friends took shelter from a light rain to pray for former colleagues facing the COVID19 pandemic as teachers | Negative | BATON ROUGE La | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-storm-delta-louisiana/louisiana-residents-still-reeling-from-laura-prepare-for-delta-idUSKBN26T175 | 2020-10-09 |
| Other tourists fretted the crowding could feed the spread of coronavirus in Mexico which has recorded almost 83000 fatalities from COVID19 the fourth highest globally | Negative | CANCUN Mexico Tourists from around the globe thronged Cancuns international airport on Thursday shunning social distancing norms a day after Hurricane Delta hit the Mexican beach resort and forced mass evacuations hotel closures and flight cancellations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-storm-delta-mexico/its-a-madhouse-tourists-pile-into-cancun-airport-after-hurricane-hits-idUSKBN26T3T0 | 2020-10-09 |
| MOSCOW Russian pharmaceutical company RPharm is working to retool rheumatoid arthritis drug olokizumab to treat COVID19 patients with moderate to severe infections its Chief Medical Officer Mikhail Samsonov told Reuters in an interview | Positive | MOSCOW Russian pharmaceutical company RPharm is working to retool rheumatoid arthritis drug olokizumab to treat COVID19 patients with moderate to severe infections its Chief Medical Officer Mikhail Samsonov told Reuters in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-drug/russias-r-pharm-retools-arthritis-drug-for-covid-19-patients-in-clinical-trial-idUSKBN26T2AN | 2020-10-09 |
| RPharms move is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race to fight the COVID19 pandemic that has claimed more than a million lives | Positive | MOSCOW Russian pharmaceutical company RPharm is working to retool rheumatoid arthritis drug olokizumab to treat COVID19 patients with moderate to severe infections its Chief Medical Officer Mikhail Samsonov told Reuters in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-drug/russias-r-pharm-retools-arthritis-drug-for-covid-19-patients-in-clinical-trial-idUSKBN26T2AN | 2020-10-09 |
| It is already exporting its COVID19 tests and has clinched several international deals for supplies of its SputnikV vaccine | Positive | MOSCOW Russian pharmaceutical company RPharm is working to retool rheumatoid arthritis drug olokizumab to treat COVID19 patients with moderate to severe infections its Chief Medical Officer Mikhail Samsonov told Reuters in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-drug/russias-r-pharm-retools-arthritis-drug-for-covid-19-patients-in-clinical-trial-idUSKBN26T2AN | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON People who were asymptomatic accounted for of the people who tested positive for COVID19 in a UK sample population during lockdown a study showed on Thursday meaning the current policy of testing people with symptoms might miss many cases | Negative | LONDON People who were asymptomatic accounted for of the people who tested positive for COVID19 in a UK sample population during lockdown a study showed on Thursday meaning the current policy of testing people with symptoms might miss many cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-asymptomat/no-symptoms-for-86-of-lockdown-covid-cases-uk-study-says-idUSKBN26T2O7 | 2020-10-09 |
| Once the worlds largest operator of the 747 BA has now retired its entire jumbo jet fleet after COVID19 curtailed most air travel accelerating the move to more fuelefficient planes | Negative | LONDON British Airways last jumbo jets bade farewell to London on Thursday but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-queen-of-the-skies-jumbos-bid-farewell-to-rainy-london-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-09 |
| TOKYO Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 after months of regulatory delays | Positive | TOKYO Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 after months of regulatory delays | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda-plasma/takeda-led-covid-19-plasma-treatment-enters-clinical-trial-with-first-patient-idUSKBN26U020 | 2020-10-09 |
| The World Health Organization has urged caution about plasma treatments for COVID19 saying evidence they work is low even as the United States issued emergency authorisation for such therapies | Negative | TOKYO Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 after months of regulatory delays | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda-plasma/takeda-led-covid-19-plasma-treatment-enters-clinical-trial-with-first-patient-idUSKBN26U020 | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said the White House would like to have more COVID19 aid passed before the election but that the nations economy did not necessarily depend on an assistance package | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said the White House would like to have more COVID19 aid passed before the election but that the nations economy did not necessarily depend on an assistance package | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-kudlow/kudlow-says-trump-backs-separate-bills-for-certain-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN26T2KQ | 2020-10-09 |
| However the companys most likely first route could be in India linking Mumbai to Pune though the COVID19 pandemic has delayed procurement and construction initially slated for 2020 | Negative | Virgin Hyperloop has picked the U.S. state of West Virginia to host a million certification center and test track for billionaire Richard Bransons super highspeed travel system the company told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/virgin-hyperloop-west-virginia/exclusive-virgin-hyperloop-picks-west-virginia-to-test-high-speed-transport-system-idUSKBN26U08Y | 2020-10-09 |
| Service firms remained optimistic about business prospects as the economy continues to recover from the COVID19 lockdowns with a subindex for confidence in the year rising from August | Positive | BEIJING The recovery in Chinas service sector activity extended into a fifth straight month in September an industry survey showed on Friday with hiring increasing for the second month in a row | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-economy-pmi/chinas-services-sector-recovery-gathers-pace-in-sept-caixin-pmi-idUSKBN26U05N | 2020-10-09 |
| patients given remdesivir which is already authorized in the U.S. for treating COVID19 patients and a placebo | Positive | Inline with data disclosed in September the combination helped shorten the median recovery time by one day compared to remdesivir meeting the studys main goal | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-arthritis/lillys-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-cuts-covid-19-deaths-in-trial-data-shows-idUSKBN26T31C | 2020-10-09 |
| Worldwide however cinema is struggling commercially to survive after COVID19 caused theatres to shut or cut capacity and major studios to postpone the blockbusters that rake in the cash | Negative | LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-film/london-film-festival-offers-beacon-of-hope-to-covid-hit-industry-idUSKBN26T39T | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID19 planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvigorate a reelection campaign hit hard by his handling of the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID19 planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvigorate a reelection campaign hit hard by his handling of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/despite-covid-19-treatment-trump-edges-back-into-campaign-spotlight-idUSKBN26T0KU | 2020-10-08 |
| Trump has had no COVID19 symptoms for the past 24 hours his doctor Sean Conley said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID19 planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvigorate a reelection campaign hit hard by his handling of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/despite-covid-19-treatment-trump-edges-back-into-campaign-spotlight-idUSKBN26T0KU | 2020-10-08 |
| 2 officer General Gary Thomas had tested positive for COVID19 becoming the second senior military official to do so this week another sign of the danger to top brass who met both men at the Pentagon | Positive | WASHINGTON The Marine Corps said on Wednesday its No | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-military/pentagon-risk-grows-as-marine-corps-no-2-officer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN26S3NJ | 2020-10-08 |
| Federal University of Rio de Janeiro epidemiologist Roberto Medronho cautioned that the numbers could be much higher if testing for COVID19 was more widespread | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil passed the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-hits-5-million-covid-19-cases-epidemiologist-fears-second-wave-idUSKBN26S35M | 2020-10-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazil won plaudits from investors by insisting its most pressing economic challenge is tackling a record deficit caused by COVID19 but a growing number of economists say the governments priority should be getting millions of Brazilians back to work | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil won plaudits from investors by insisting its most pressing economic challenge is tackling a record deficit caused by COVID19 but a growing number of economists say the governments priority should be getting millions of Brazilians back to work | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-unemployment-analysis/brazils-economic-priority-is-jobs-not-fiscal-discipline-idUSKBN26S1OY | 2020-10-08 |
| WASHINGTON The Group of 20 nations must offer poorer countries a longer freeze in debt payments and other help to protect the global economy from longterm scarring inflicted by the COVID19 pandemic leading business and labor groups said | Negative | WASHINGTON The Group of 20 nations must offer poorer countries a longer freeze in debt payments and other help to protect the global economy from longterm scarring inflicted by the COVID19 pandemic leading business and labor groups said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-debt/business-labor-groups-urge-g20-to-close-stimulus-gap-in-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN26T0F8 | 2020-10-08 |
| LONDON Britain is urgently looking at ways to reduce the 14day quarantine period which applies to some arriving passengers transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday adding that a mix of COVID19 testing and selfisolation was promising | Negative | LONDON Britain is urgently looking at ways to reduce the 14day quarantine period which applies to some arriving passengers transport minister Grant Shapps said on Wednesday adding that a mix of COVID19 testing and selfisolation was promising | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airports/britain-examining-how-to-reduce-travel-quarantine-period-using-tests-idUSKBN26S2SA | 2020-10-08 |
| The country is facing a peak in COVID19 infections at a time of rising popular discontent over worsening economic conditions and curbs on public freedoms under emergency laws | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah on Wednesday appointed veteran diplomat and palace aide Bisher al Khasawneh as the countrys new prime minister days after accepting the resignation of Omar alRazzaz the royal palace said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-government-primeminister/jordans-king-abdullah-appoints-palace-aide-bisher-al-khasawneh-pm-idUSKBN26S3A9 | 2020-10-08 |
| The Republican bill proposes taking unspent money from a first COVID19 relief package while the House Democrats proposal does not include any cuts to existing spending to fund the program | Positive | U.S. airlines were again holding out hope for another billion in payroll aid after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed the possibility of standalone legislation for the struggling sector on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-await-new-shot-at-federal-aid-as-pelosi-mnuchin-talk-idUSKBN26S2AL | 2020-10-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has had no COVID19 symptoms for the past 24 hours with a physical examination and his vital signs showing his condition remains sable White House physician Sean Conley said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has had no COVID19 symptoms for the past 24 hours with a physical examination and his vital signs showing his condition remains sable White House physician Sean Conley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-physician/trump-is-symptom-free-and-stable-white-house-doctor-says-idUSKBN26S2YF | 2020-10-08 |
| Trump was hospitalized on Friday after tests showed he had contracted COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has had no COVID19 symptoms for the past 24 hours with a physical examination and his vital signs showing his condition remains sable White House physician Sean Conley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-physician/trump-is-symptom-free-and-stable-white-house-doctor-says-idUSKBN26S2YF | 2020-10-08 |
| Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits | Positive | Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms/regeneron-antibodies-in-demand-after-trump-treatment-doctors-seek-more-data-idUSKBN26S3MF | 2020-10-08 |
| Trump was discharged from the hospital late on Monday just a few days after being diagnosed with COVID19 that caused enough lung inflammation for blood oxygen levels to fall | Negative | Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms/regeneron-antibodies-in-demand-after-trump-treatment-doctors-seek-more-data-idUSKBN26S3MF | 2020-10-08 |
| LOS ANGELES Production of Jurassic from Universal Pictures has been suspended for two weeks after a few people on the set tested positive for COVID19 director Colin Trevorrow said on Wednesday | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Production of Jurassic from Universal Pictures has been suspended for two weeks after a few people on the set tested positive for COVID19 director Colin Trevorrow said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-film-jurassic-world/jurassic-world-sequel-production-suspended-after-positive-covid-19-tests-idUSKBN26S34I | 2020-10-08 |
| Dan Eberhart a GOP fundraiser and Trump supporter called Trumps postdebate take and said his COVID19 infection will exacerbate the situation by keeping him off the circuit | Negative | WASHINGTON With polls showing him trailing Democrat Joe Biden with less than a month to go before the U.S. election President Donald Trump appears to be reembracing the risky strategy of playing down the coronavirus despite signs it could further diminish his reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-risk-analysis/defiant-trump-in-risky-covid-19-gambit-weeks-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN26S0E1 | 2020-10-07 |
| All debate attendees including members of the media will be required to get tested for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Wednesdays vice presidential debate has taken on an outsized and perhaps unprecedented significance with questions about President Donald Trumps health now looming over the U.S. election less than a month away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-debate/with-trumps-health-in-question-pence-harris-vp-debate-to-draw-outsized-attention-idUSKBN26R1LI | 2020-10-07 |
| MEXICO CITY The head of Mexicos tax authority Raquel Buenrostro has tested positive for COVID19 her media office said on Tuesday | Negative | MEXICO CITY The head of Mexicos tax authority Raquel Buenrostro has tested positive for COVID19 her media office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-official/mexicos-tax-chief-buenrostro-tests-positive-for-covid-19-tax-authority-idUSKBN26R3FG | 2020-10-07 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos government on Friday will formalize the first contracts to acquire a COVID19 vaccine and make an initial payment Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said in a presentation to the senate on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government on Friday will formalize the first contracts to acquire a COVID19 vaccine and make an initial payment Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said in a presentation to the senate on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-to-make-covid-19-vaccine-payments-this-week-finance-minister-says-idUSKBN26R39Q | 2020-10-07 |
| SINGAPORE China is in talks to have its locallyproduced COVID19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization as a step toward making them available for international use a WHO official said on Tuesday | Positive | SINGAPORE China is in talks to have its locallyproduced COVID19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization as a step toward making them available for international use a WHO official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/china-in-talks-with-who-over-assessing-its-covid-19-vaccines-for-global-use-idUSKBN26R19B | 2020-10-07 |
| The union representing Southwests pilots said on Tuesday it had tentatively agreed to meet and discuss cost savings if a second COVID19 relief package does not pass in Washington | Positive | U.S. airlines had pleaded for another billion in federal payroll support before a ban on job and pay cuts under a first package expired on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-southwest-jobs/southwest-flight-attendants-reject-call-for-pay-cuts-urge-federal-aid-idUSKBN26R3EM | 2020-10-07 |
| Yet of business jet operators surveyed in the outlook say their aircraft purchase plans have not been affected by COVID19 it said | Positive | Honeywells 2020 business aviation outlook forecasts up to 7300 new business jet deliveries worth billion from 2021 to 2030 down from the same 10year forecast a year ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-business-jets/honeywell-cuts-business-jet-deliveries-outlook-as-pandemic-hits-aviation-idUSKBN26R27Y | 2020-10-07 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday that next weeks scheduled debate with Republican President Donald Trump should not take place if Trump is still infected with COVID19 | Negative | HAGERSTOWN Md | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-says-next-presidential-debate-should-be-called-off-if-trump-still-has-covid-idUSKBN26R3ML | 2020-10-07 |
| Serie A clubs are currently facing disruption due to the spread of COVID19 amongst their players | Negative | Oct 6 Two private equity groups have revised their final bids to Italys topflight soccer league as they vie to secure a slice of Serie As lucrative broadcasting rights business for the next 10 seasons sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/serie-a-private-equity-ma/soccer-bain-and-cvc-revise-serie-a-bids-as-clubs-delay-decision-sources-idUSL8N2GX5WA | 2020-10-07 |
| NEW YORK Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID19 vaccines with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway | Positive | NEW YORK Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID19 vaccines with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-q-a/qa-where-are-we-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-race-idUSKBN26S0I1 | 2020-10-07 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations safety guidelines will likely push COVID19 vaccine authorization past the Nov | Neutral | The coronavirus aid and the diseases spread in the White House were in focus as President Donald Trump halted talks with Congress over a large stimulus while White House senior adviser Stephen Miller also contracted the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-07 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will halt some federal funding to hospitals that do not comply with its requirements for reporting data on COVID19 senior administration officials told reporters on a Tuesday call | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will halt some federal funding to hospitals that do not comply with its requirements for reporting data on COVID19 senior administration officials told reporters on a Tuesday call | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-hospitals/trump-administration-will-cease-federal-funding-to-hospitals-that-do-not-report-covid-19-data-idUSKBN26R3N7 | 2020-10-07 |
| HHS is requiring that hospitals provide daily influenza case reporting because of the likelihood flu season will intersect with the ongoing COVID19 pandemic the officials said | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will halt some federal funding to hospitals that do not comply with its requirements for reporting data on COVID19 senior administration officials told reporters on a Tuesday call | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hhs-hospitals/trump-administration-will-cease-federal-funding-to-hospitals-that-do-not-report-covid-19-data-idUSKBN26R3N7 | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID19 disease that has killed more than 209000 people in the country and put him in hospital | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump faced a fresh backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House and urging Americans not to fear the COVID19 disease that has killed more than 209000 people in the country and put him in hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-faces-backlash-for-removing-mask-on-return-to-white-house-idUSKBN26R0H2 | 2020-10-06 |
| Cuomo and de Blasio have repeatedly squabbled over how to respond to the spread of COVID19 and the two have not appeared together in public in many months | Negative | NEW YORK New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday agreed to New York Citys plan to close schools in nine coronavirus hot in Brooklyn and Queens but said he was still discussing whether nonessential businesses should be shut down again in those areas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-governor-closes-schools-in-coronavirus-hot-spots-idUSKBN26Q2J8 | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| Britain will roll out COVID19 vaccinations when they are ready based on clinical advice about who should be prioritised health minister Matt Hancock said | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| A maximum of 1000 spectators are allowed per day at Roland Garros amid COVID19 restrictions and some 500 attended the match on court Philippe Chatrier voicing their support for Ferro | Neutral | PARIS American fourth seed Sofia Kenin appeared to be unnerved by the cheers of the sparse partisan crowd as she recovered from a wobbly start to reach the French open quarterfinals with a 26 62 61 victory over Frances Fiona Ferro on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-kenin/kenin-recovers-from-sluggish-start-to-reach-french-open-last-eight-idUSKBN26Q2UR | 2020-10-06 |
| BRUSSELS European Union rules that set limits on government borrowing will remain suspended in 2021 as the 27nation bloc strives to support a recovery from the recession caused by the COVID19 pandemic Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union rules that set limits on government borrowing will remain suspended in 2021 as the 27nation bloc strives to support a recovery from the recession caused by the COVID19 pandemic Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup-fiscal-rules/eu-budget-rules-to-remain-suspended-in-2021-commission-idUSKBN26Q2LN | 2020-10-06 |
| 8 million euros in investment to help the countrys automobile and aeronautics sectors modernise and deal with the impact of COVID19 | Positive | PARIS French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that 13 projects would receive a combined 12 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-france-economy/france-details-new-12-8-million-euros-aid-for-autos-and-aero-sectors-idUSKBN26Q1AI | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings are up so far this year with new cases in September surging by from a year earlier as the recession triggered by the COVID19 pandemic hits small businesses data released on Monday showed | Negative | U.S. commercial bankruptcy filings are up so far this year with new cases in September surging by from a year earlier as the recession triggered by the COVID19 pandemic hits small businesses data released on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bankruptcy/u-s-commercial-bankruptcies-up-33-year-to-date-idUSKBN26Q2ZF | 2020-10-06 |
| Investors took heart from signs that Trumps health is improving after he tested positive for COVID19 on Friday news that sent financial markets into a tailspin | Positive | European shares closed at a twoweek high on Monday as positive updates on U.S. President Donald Trumps health a U.S. stimulus package and a spate of dealmaking activity lifted investor spirits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-two-week-high-as-trump-update-lifts-global-mood-idUSKBN26Q0WU | 2020-10-06 |
| SINGAPORE Oct 6 Asian stock markets advanced to a twoweek high on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump was discharged from hospital following treatment for COVID19 and as prospects for a fresh U.S. stimulus package appeared to brighten | Positive | By Alun John and Tom Westbrook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-at-2-week-high-as-trump-returns-to-white-house-idUSL4N2GX0L7 | 2020-10-06 |
| Rice said advances in gene sequencing would make it possible today for researchers to achieve progress towards developing treatments and vaccines for COVID19 | Positive | Two Americans and a Briton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the hepatitis C virus in work spanning decades that has helped to limit the spread of the fatal disease and develop drugs to cure it | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-nobel-prize-medicine/virus-hunting-trio-win-nobel-for-hepatitis-c-discovery-idUSKBN26Q1CN | 2020-10-06 |
| LONDON U.S. chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britains most powerful supercomputer which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challenges including those related to COVID19 | Positive | LONDON U.S. chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britains most powerful supercomputer which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challenges including those related to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-nvidia-supercomputer-britain/nvidia-building-uk-supercomputer-to-boost-covid-19-research-idUSKBN26Q1Y5 | 2020-10-06 |
| LOS ANGELES Alec Baldwin defended his impersonation of Donald Trump on televisions Saturday Night sketch show while the U.S. President was hospitalized with COVID19 saying he wouldnt have done so had Trump been truly gravely ill | Negative | LOS ANGELES Alec Baldwin defended his impersonation of Donald Trump on televisions Saturday Night sketch show while the U.S. President was hospitalized with COVID19 saying he wouldnt have done so had Trump been truly gravely ill | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-trump-alec-baldwin/alec-baldwin-defends-trump-satire-on-snl-while-president-hospitalized-idUSKBN26Q2KI | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | Positive | WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-exposure-fac/factbox-white-house-staff-top-republicans-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26P0P5 | 2020-10-05 |
| Ron Johnson who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tested positive for COVID19 on Friday a spokesman said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-exposure-fac/factbox-white-house-staff-top-republicans-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26P0P5 | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-motorcade/trump-trip-from-hospital-to-wave-at-fans-endangers-others-doctor-warns-idUSKBN26Q01T | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign strove on Sunday to keep its focus on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump received treatment for COVID19 at a military hospital | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign strove on Sunday to keep its focus on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump received treatment for COVID19 at a military hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-aims-to-keep-focus-on-covid-19-response-as-trump-is-treated-in-hospital-idUSKBN26P0U2 | 2020-10-05 |
| WELLINGTON Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealands largest city will be lifted this week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday as she expressed confidence a second wave of COVID19 infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated | Negative | WELLINGTON Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealands largest city will be lifted this week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday as she expressed confidence a second wave of COVID19 infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealands-ardern-lifts-coronavirus-restrictions-in-auckland-idUSKBN26Q021 | 2020-10-05 |
| New Zealand a nation of five million appeared to have stamped out community transmission of COVID19 earlier this year following a tough nationwide lockdown that was subsequently lifted | Neutral | WELLINGTON Coronavirus restrictions in New Zealands largest city will be lifted this week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday as she expressed confidence a second wave of COVID19 infections in Auckland has been almost eliminated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealands-ardern-lifts-coronavirus-restrictions-in-auckland-idUSKBN26Q021 | 2020-10-05 |
| Investors are gauging how a potential deterioration in President Donald Trumps health could impact asset prices in coming weeks as the U.S. leader remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID19 | Negative | Investors are gauging how a potential deterioration in President Donald Trumps health could impact asset prices in coming weeks as the U.S. leader remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-markets-anal/trumps-diagnosis-fuels-uncertainty-for-skittish-u-s-stock-market-idUSKBN26P069 | 2020-10-05 |
| Some traders were particularly concerned by doctors admission that Trump had been given supplementary oxygen and steroids which are normally used to treat severe cases of COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Stocks rose on Monday as signs that President Donald Trumps health was improving eased some of the political uncertainty caused by his coronavirus infection which sent investors rushing for safety last week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-rise-on-white-house-reports-of-trumps-improving-health-idUSKBN26Q00L | 2020-10-05 |
| TOKYO Oct 5 Japanese shares bounced back on Monday led by gains in value shares including railway companies after doctors said U.S. President Donald Trumps health was improving following treatment for COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO Oct 5 Japanese shares bounced back on Monday led by gains in value shares including railway companies after doctors said U.S. President Donald Trumps health was improving following treatment for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-bounces-back-on-trump-health-report-railways-rebound-idUSL4N2GW0K8 | 2020-10-05 |
| TOKYO Oct 5 Japanese government bond prices slipped on Monday as investors risk appetite rose after doctors treating President Donald Trump for COVID19 said his health was improving | Positive | TOKYO Oct 5 Japanese government bond prices slipped on Monday as investors risk appetite rose after doctors treating President Donald Trump for COVID19 said his health was improving | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/japan-bonds/jgbs-slip-as-trump-health-report-boosts-risk-appetite-idUSL4N2GW0XF | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has given New Jersey officials the names of more than 200 people who attended events around President Donald Trumps fundraising trip to Bedminster on Thursday hours before he tested positive for COVID19 New Jersey officials said | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House has given New Jersey officials the names of more than 200 people who attended events around President Donald Trumps fundraising trip to Bedminster on Thursday hours before he tested positive for COVID19 New Jersey officials said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-bedminster/white-house-identified-206-people-who-attended-trump-events-in-bedminster-new-jersey-officials-idUSKBN26P0XU | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 as soon as Monday according to his doctors although his condition remains unclear and outside experts warn that his case may be severe | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 as soon as Monday according to his doctors although his condition remains unclear and outside experts warn that his case may be severe | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trumps-medical-status-unclear-as-doctors-say-he-could-be-discharged-on-monday-idUSKBN26Q0CS | 2020-10-05 |
| LONDON Londons Royal Opera House is to sell a 1970s painting by David Hockney as it seeks to raise cash to get through the COVID19 pandemic the worst crisis in its history | Negative | LONDON Londons Royal Opera House is to sell a 1970s painting by David Hockney as it seeks to raise cash to get through the COVID19 pandemic the worst crisis in its history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-britain-covid-opera-hockney/londons-royal-opera-house-to-sell-hockney-painting-to-survive-covid-crisis-idUSKBN26P0M2 | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump who is being treated for COVID19 in a military hospital outside Washington said in a video on Saturday that he was feeling ill when he arrived at the facility but now feels better | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump who is being treated for COVID19 in a military hospital outside Washington said in a video on Saturday that he was feeling ill when he arrived at the facility but now feels better | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-video/trump-says-hes-feeling-better-next-few-days-will-be-real-test-idUSKBN26O114 | 2020-10-04 |
| Trump was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington on Friday just hours after he was diagnosed with COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-supreme-court-nominees-confirmation-hearings-on-track-mcconnell-says-idUSKBN26O0S7 | 2020-10-04 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning a person familiar with the situation told reporters on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning a person familiar with the situation told reporters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-concerns/trump-not-yet-on-clear-path-to-recovery-source-says-idUSKBN26O0QZ | 2020-10-04 |
| WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tested positive for COVID19 on Friday a spokesman said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tested positive for COVID19 on Friday a spokesman said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senator/republican-u-s-senator-johnson-diagnosed-with-covid-19-spokesman-idUSKBN26O0KF | 2020-10-04 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump is doing very and is feverfree at a military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 the presidents doctor said | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump is doing very and is feverfree at a military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 the presidents doctor said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26O0M9 | 2020-10-04 |
| Trump who announced early on Friday he had contracted COVID19 was taken to a hospital near Washington later in the day in what the White House called a precautionary measure | Negative | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Saturday wishing them a speedy recovery from the coronavirus Chinese state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-xi/chinas-xi-wishes-trump-speedy-recovery-chinese-state-media-idUSKBN26O0F5 | 2020-10-04 |
| Britain is now processing more than 200000 COVID19 tests a day compared with fewer than 100000 at the start of the pandemic | Negative | LONDON Britain reported 12872 new COVID19 cases on Saturday a record daily figure for the country with the government blaming the jump on a reporting delay and saying the numbers in coming days would include additional cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cases/britains-coronavirus-cases-rise-sharply-to-record-level-idUSKBN26O0YT | 2020-10-04 |
| DUBLIN Ireland is seeing a significant in COVID19 infections the acting chief medical officer said on Saturday after reporting the highest number of daily cases since late April | Negative | DUBLIN Ireland is seeing a significant in COVID19 infections the acting chief medical officer said on Saturday after reporting the highest number of daily cases since late April | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland/ireland-seeing-significant-escalation-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN26O0W2 | 2020-10-04 |
| The numbers being reported today and over the past week represent a significant escalation in the profile of COVID19 in acting chief medical officer Ronan Glynn said in a statement | Negative | DUBLIN Ireland is seeing a significant in COVID19 infections the acting chief medical officer said on Saturday after reporting the highest number of daily cases since late April | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland/ireland-seeing-significant-escalation-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN26O0W2 | 2020-10-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID19 an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID19 an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-to-spend-days-at-military-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKBN26O03A | 2020-10-03 |
| Kellyanne Conway a former counselor to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said she had tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | Kellyanne Conway a former counselor to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said she had tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-conway/former-white-house-counselor-kellyanne-conway-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26O021 | 2020-10-03 |
| WASHINGTON White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trumps COVID19 diagnosis but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trumps COVID19 diagnosis but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-whitehou/worries-behind-the-scenes-at-white-house-after-trump-covid-diagnosis-idUSKBN26O007 | 2020-10-03 |
| Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID19 and was going into quarantine to begin the recovery process immediately | Positive | Like two U.S. presidents before him Donald Trump could temporarily hand over power to his vice president should he become incapacitated for example while undergoing a medical procedure as treatment for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-incapaci/explainer-how-mike-pence-could-temporarily-assume-control-if-trump-becomes-incapacitated-idUSKBN26N198 | 2020-10-03 |
| MOSCOW Russia will begin Phase III trials of a second potential vaccine against COVID19 developed by Siberias Vector Institute in NovemberDecember the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will begin Phase III trials of a second potential vaccine against COVID19 developed by Siberias Vector Institute in NovemberDecember the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-vec/russia-to-begin-phase-iii-trials-of-second-covid-19-vaccine-in-nov-dec-tass-idUSKBN26N26F | 2020-10-03 |
| BRUSSELS The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday the European Union was in talks with more companies to secure potential COVID19 vaccines as she warned of the spike in infections in Europe | Positive | BRUSSELS The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday the European Union was in talks with more companies to secure potential COVID19 vaccines as she warned of the spike in infections in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-health-coronavirus-ursula/eu-in-talks-with-more-companies-for-covid-19-vaccines-von-der-leyen-idUSKBN26N20H | 2020-10-03 |
| EU leaders said their industry needed to be more competitive autonomous and resilient after the COVID19 pandemic highlighted the blocs dependence on Chinese components in the production of drugs | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders asked their Brusselsbased executive on Friday to name strategic areas where the bloc relies too much on countries such as China and the United States and to propose ways to make amends | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-weaknesses/european-leaders-ask-commission-to-name-areas-of-strategic-eu-weakness-idUSKBN26N1UN | 2020-10-03 |
| The government said it was aimed at curbing COVID19 infections but critics said its intention was to block protests near Netanyahus official residence in Jerusalem | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels tourism minister resigned on Friday in protest at a new law that curbed demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the measure left him without a shred of in the veteran leader | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-resignation/israeli-minister-quits-government-over-covid-19-curbs-on-protests-idUSKBN26N2A0 | 2020-10-03 |
| Sources had told Reuters that the data requested by the FDA for one of the most advanced COVID19 vaccine candidates in development was expected this week | Positive | Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys experimental COVID19 vaccine have resumed in Japan almost a month after being put on hold due to an illness of a British volunteer while discussions with U.S. authorities continue | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-japan/astrazenecas-japanese-covid-19-vaccine-trial-back-up-u-s-still-paused-idUSKBN26N12S | 2020-10-03 |
| NEW YORK Global banks and investors said they were stepping up their preparations for a victory by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after his rival Republican President Donald Trump revealed he had tested positive for COVID19 early on Friday | Positive | NEW YORK Global banks and investors said they were stepping up their preparations for a victory by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after his rival Republican President Donald Trump revealed he had tested positive for COVID19 early on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-investor/banks-investors-pivot-towards-biden-win-after-trump-tests-positive-for-covid-idUSKBN26N39U | 2020-10-03 |
| Home rental company Airbnb Inc is aiming to raise around billion in its upcoming initial public offering people familiar with the matter said on Friday taking advantage of the unexpectedly sharp recovery in its business after the COVID19 pandemic roiled the travel industry | Positive | Home rental company Airbnb Inc is aiming to raise around billion in its upcoming initial public offering people familiar with the matter said on Friday taking advantage of the unexpectedly sharp recovery in its business after the COVID19 pandemic roiled the travel industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airbnb-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-airbnb-aims-to-raise-roughly-3-billion-in-ipo-sources-idUSKBN26N36U | 2020-10-03 |
| WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been working from home while also following masking and social distancing protocols when in public and has not felt it necessary to take a coronavirus test the Fed said Friday in response to inquiries following the news that President Donald Trump has contracted COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been working from home while also following masking and social distancing protocols when in public and has not felt it necessary to take a coronavirus test the Fed said Friday in response to inquiries following the news that President Donald Trump has contracted COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/fed-says-powell-has-been-working-from-home-observing-mask-and-distance-protocols-idUSKBN26N30U | 2020-10-03 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republicans said on Friday they will carry on with the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite President Donald Trumps positive COVID19 test with Judiciary Committee hearings still set to begin on Oct | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans said on Friday they will carry on with the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite President Donald Trumps positive COVID19 test with Judiciary Committee hearings still set to begin on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/senate-republicans-push-to-confirm-court-pick-barrett-despite-trumps-covid-19-status-idUSKBN26N29Y | 2020-10-03 |
| The Democratic National Committee meanwhile has launched another TV ad that warns Trump is trying to rush a nominee who would strip away protection for chronic health conditions and COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has energized his conservative supporters but public opinion on abortion healthcare and other hotbutton issues the court may face could work against him in the November election according to polling | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-poll-analysis/trumps-supreme-court-gambit-could-benefit-biden-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN26N1T1 | 2020-10-03 |
| Britains highly competitive supermarket sector has been upended by the COVID19 crisis which sparked a jump in sales and costs as shoppers stocked up on goods during lockdowns | Negative | LONDON Britains billionaire Issa brothers and private equity group TDR Capital have bought Asda from Walmart in a deal which gives the British supermarket chain an enterprise value of | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-asda-walmart-m-a/british-brothers-buy-walmarts-asda-with-tdr-in-8-8-billion-deal-idUSKBN26N1OF | 2020-10-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID19 as his administration and reelection campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID19 as his administration and reelection campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-moved-to-military-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKBN26N0K4 | 2020-10-03 |
| The United States Brazil and India together account for nearly of all COVID19 deaths globally | Negative | DELHI Indias death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100000 on Saturday only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone after the United States and Brazil and its epidemic shows no sign of abating | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cases/indias-coronavirus-death-toll-passes-100000-with-no-sign-of-an-end-idUSKBN26O03C | 2020-10-03 |
| President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID19 and is moving to a military hospital as a precautionary measure White House officials said on Friday | Neutral | President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID19 and is moving to a military hospital as a precautionary measure White House officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-treatmen/trump-treated-with-experimental-antibody-cocktail-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26N3CL | 2020-10-03 |
| Data so far is limited for COVID19 antibodies but U.S. infectious disease chief Dr | Negative | President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID19 and is moving to a military hospital as a precautionary measure White House officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-treatmen/trump-treated-with-experimental-antibody-cocktail-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26N3CL | 2020-10-03 |
| NEW YORK Wisconsin where U.S. President Donald Trump will hold rallies over the weekend registered a record increase in new COVID19 cases on Thursday while New York state reported a worrisome uptick of positive coronavirus tests in 20 spots | Negative | NEW YORK Wisconsin where U.S. President Donald Trump will hold rallies over the weekend registered a record increase in new COVID19 cases on Thursday while New York state reported a worrisome uptick of positive coronavirus tests in 20 spots | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/pandemic-risks-overwhelming-wisconsin-as-new-york-hot-spots-heat-up-idUSKBN26M714 | 2020-10-02 |
| MOSCOW Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-moscow/moscow-to-reinstate-tough-measures-if-covid-19-rules-ignored-idUSKBN26M5YT | 2020-10-02 |
| BRUSSELS Euro zone producer prices edged higher monthonmonth in August as expected but were still lower yearonyear and unemployment rose as forecast for the fifth month in a row because of the COVID19 pandemic data showed on Thursday | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone producer prices edged higher monthonmonth in August as expected but were still lower yearonyear and unemployment rose as forecast for the fifth month in a row because of the COVID19 pandemic data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy/euro-zone-producer-prices-edge-up-in-august-unemployment-rises-idUSKBN26M5IL | 2020-10-02 |
| Koca said on Thursday the government is protecting its national interest as much as the health of its in fighting COVID19 which has killed more than 8000 in Turkey | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys top medical association and the main opposition party on Thursday criticised a decision by President Tayyip Erdogans government to only publicly disclose new coronavirus cases if the patient is showing symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/doctors-group-says-turkey-hid-the-truth-by-reporting-only-those-with-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKBN26M71J | 2020-10-02 |
| The European health regulator has started reviewing data on AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys potential COVID19 vaccine in real time the first of such moves aimed at speeding up any approval process in the region for a vaccine | Positive | The European health regulator has started reviewing data on AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys potential COVID19 vaccine in real time the first of such moves aimed at speeding up any approval process in the region for a vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-oxford/europe-lays-ground-for-fast-tracking-covid-19-vaccine-reviews-idUSKBN26M67S | 2020-10-02 |
| However many businesses across the United States continue to implement costsaving measures as profits take a hit from COVID19 restrictions such as operating capacity | Negative | New cases of COVID19 rose in 27 out of 50 U.S. states in September compared with August led by an increase of in Wisconsin according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-september/u-s-coronavirus-cases-rise-month-over-month-in-27-states-in-september-led-by-wisconsin-idUSKBN26M5OC | 2020-10-02 |
| California and Texas had the highest number of hospitalized COVID19 patients at over 3000 each | Negative | New cases of COVID19 rose in 27 out of 50 U.S. states in September compared with August led by an increase of in Wisconsin according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-september/u-s-coronavirus-cases-rise-month-over-month-in-27-states-in-september-led-by-wisconsin-idUSKBN26M5OC | 2020-10-02 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that U.S. hospitals can now buy Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral COVID19 drug remdesivir from the company and its distributor | Negative | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday that U.S. hospitals can now buy Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral COVID19 drug remdesivir from the company and its distributor | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-hhs/hhs-says-gilead-distributor-can-directly-sell-covid-19-drug-in-u-s-idUSKBN26M791 | 2020-10-02 |
| NEW YORK New York City restaurants welcomed patrons back inside for the first time in months on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to contain COVID19 outbreaks in some neighborhoods and negotiators in Washington wrangled over a coronavirus relief package | Positive | NEW YORK New York City restaurants welcomed patrons back inside for the first time in months on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to contain COVID19 outbreaks in some neighborhoods and negotiators in Washington wrangled over a coronavirus relief package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-battles-covid-19-hot-spots-as-washington-wrangles-over-relief-idUSKBN26L3P4 | 2020-10-01 |
| The large number of Chinese students studying in the United States bring significant revenue to U.S. universities although the COVID19 pandemic severely disrupted returns to campus this fall | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is targeting only about one percent of the 400000 Chinese students in the United States over Chinas bid to gather U.S. technology and other information a top White House said official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-students/u-s-targets-only-one-percent-of-chinese-students-over-security-white-house-official-idUSKBN26M41X | 2020-10-01 |
| Two federal judges ruled on Wednesday in favor of voting by mail to protect against COVID19 with one upholding a universal postal voting plan in Montana and the other blocking restrictions on absentee ballots in Alabama. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26L3VC | 2020-10-01 |
| Hopes about coronavirus vaccine developments also underpinned market sentiment helping to counter concerns about rising COVID19 infections in Europe said Tomo Kinoshita global market strategist at Invesco Asset Management | Positive | Tokyo untraded due to system glitch China on holiday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-shares-extend-gains-on-u-s-stimulus-hopes-upbeat-data-idUSL4N2GS10V | 2020-10-01 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters that talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a lot of on longawaited COVID19 relief legislation | Positive | Dollar index at oneweek low | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-sold-on-stimulus-hopes-and-recovery-prospects-idUSL4N2GS03O | 2020-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has broadened its investigation of a serious illness in AstraZeneca Plcs COVID19 vaccine study and will look at data from earlier trials of similar vaccines developed by the same scientists three sources familiar with the details told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has broadened its investigation of a serious illness in AstraZeneca Plcs COVID19 vaccine study and will look at data from earlier trials of similar vaccines developed by the same scientists three sources familiar with the details told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-astrazenec/exclusive-fda-widens-u-s-safety-inquiry-into-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-sources-idUSKBN26L3TA | 2020-10-01 |
| A malaria drug taken by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent COVID19 did not show any benefit versus placebo in reducing coronavirus infection among healthcare workers according to clinical trial results published on Wednesday | Negative | A malaria drug taken by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent COVID19 did not show any benefit versus placebo in reducing coronavirus infection among healthcare workers according to clinical trial results published on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-touted-hydroxychloroquine-shows-no-benefit-in-covid-19-prevention-study-idUSKBN26L2XM | 2020-10-01 |
| In the study of 125 participants four who had taken hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment for eight weeks contracted COVID19 and four on placebo tested positive for the virus | Negative | A malaria drug taken by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent COVID19 did not show any benefit versus placebo in reducing coronavirus infection among healthcare workers according to clinical trial results published on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-touted-hydroxychloroquine-shows-no-benefit-in-covid-19-prevention-study-idUSKBN26L2XM | 2020-10-01 |
| Verdasco to sue French Open after positive COVID19 test saga | Negative | PARIS Highlights of the third day at the French Open the final Grand Slam tournament of the year on Tuesday times | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-highlights/highlights-french-open-day-three-idUSKBN26K3G9 | 2020-09-30 |
| MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday it had agreed to supply 25 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine to Nepal via Trinity Pharmaceuticals which it described as a private healthcare firm and key distributor there | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday it had agreed to supply 25 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine to Nepal via Trinity Pharmaceuticals which it described as a private healthcare firm and key distributor there | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-nep/russia-to-supply-25-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-nepal-idUSKBN26K15R | 2020-09-30 |
| It comes amid a global rush for a vaccine against COVID19 which has killed more than 1 million people worldwide | Negative | BEIJING Chinas Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products said on Tuesday it planned to launch a clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate as soon as possible after it had obtained regulatory approval from the Chinese medical products regulator | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/chinas-kangtai-gets-approval-for-clinical-trial-of-coronavirus-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN26K3RQ | 2020-09-30 |
| TOKYO Japanese health workers are snubbing the governments realtime COVID19 database introduced in the middle of the pandemic to better deal with outbreaks pointing to hurdles for the new prime ministers goal of digitising the government | Negative | TOKYO Japanese health workers are snubbing the governments realtime COVID19 database introduced in the middle of the pandemic to better deal with outbreaks pointing to hurdles for the new prime ministers goal of digitising the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-data/japan-health-workers-snub-covid-19-database-as-pm-suga-seeks-to-digitize-government-idUSKBN26L0S2 | 2020-09-30 |
| Shale has been hammered by the COVID19 pandemic that has slashed global demand for oil and investors have shunned the sectors poor returns | Negative | The latest business combination in the U.S. shale patch is signaling a path forward for the troubled sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-wpx-energy-m-a-devon-energy/devon-wpx-deal-offers-a-playbook-for-future-shale-consolidation-idUSKBN26K2HJ | 2020-09-30 |
| Airlines are pressing governments to abandon quarantines and other travel curbs blamed for worsening the slump and instead rollout rapid COVID19 testing at airports | Negative | PARIS Global airlines reduced their 2020 traffic forecast on Tuesday after a small summer rebound evaporated amid renewed coronavirus outbreaks and travel restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-iata/iata-reduces-air-traffic-outlook-as-crisis-drags-on-idUSKBN26K28D | 2020-09-30 |
| The outlook for the housing market next year is tough to predict given the vast uncertainties surrounding COVID19 | Positive | LONDON Claire Tomlinson dreams of buying a threebedroom house in the leafy northern English town of Sandbach but now finds herself priced out of the market a story that is becoming all too familiar in Britain in the pandemic era | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-housing/a-tale-of-two-britains-homes-market-boom-deepens-social-divide-idUSKBN26L0SZ | 2020-09-30 |
| Britain has suffered Europes highest death toll from COVID19 with more than 42000 fatalities | Negative | LONDON Britains economy shrank by a record 19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-economy/uk-gdp-collapsed-slightly-less-than-first-thought-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN26L0SB | 2020-09-30 |
| There was no opening handshake on Tuesday night because of COVID19 but the body language between Trump and Biden still took center stage | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in their first debate of the campaign in Cleveland on Tuesday with Trump talking over his rival and the moderator as he sought to hold the spotlight | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-takeaways/chaotic-clash-in-cleveland-five-takeaways-from-first-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSKBN26L03H | 2020-09-30 |
| Beyond New York state 28 other states were seeing upticks in new coronavirus infections over the past two weeks and COVID19 hospitalizations were on the rise in several Midwestern states | Negative | New York Citys mayor on Tuesday threatened to fine anyone caught in public without a mask and the Walt Disney Co said it would lay off some 28000 employees as its flagship California theme park remains closed during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-imposes-mask-fines-as-positive-test-rate-climbs-idUSKBN26K2PB | 2020-09-30 |
| TORONTO Canadas federal authorities and its two biggest provinces on Tuesday promised new measures to combat a second COVID19 wave that is notching up as many cases as during the pandemics peak in April | Negative | TORONTO Canadas federal authorities and its two biggest provinces on Tuesday promised new measures to combat a second COVID19 wave that is notching up as many cases as during the pandemics peak in April | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-biggest-provinces-promise-new-steps-to-fight-second-covid-wave-idUSKBN26K2YH | 2020-09-30 |
| ZURICH Switzerlands Relief Therapeutics and U.S. partner NeuroRx said on Wednesday they struck deals with Bachem and Nephron Pharmaceuticals to supply and make a 50yearold drug aviptadil that is in clinical trials against COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Switzerlands Relief Therapeutics and U.S. partner NeuroRx said on Wednesday they struck deals with Bachem and Nephron Pharmaceuticals to supply and make a 50yearold drug aviptadil that is in clinical trials against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-relief-hldg/relief-therapeutics-announces-supply-deals-while-awaiting-covid-19-trial-data-idUSKBN26L0NI | 2020-09-30 |
| The United States Brazil and India which together account for nearly of all COVID19 deaths globally have all lifted social distancing measures in recent weeks | Positive | The global death toll from COVID19 rose past 1 million on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy overloaded health systems and changed the way people live | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-deaths/global-coronavirus-deaths-pass-agonizing-milestone-of-1-million-idUSKBN26K08Y | 2020-09-29 |
| JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-mortality-i/puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic-idUSKBN26K0AI | 2020-09-29 |
| Hospitals in many African countries say COVID19 admission rates are falling | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-mortality-i/puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic-idUSKBN26K0AI | 2020-09-29 |
| Some scientists also are exploring the possibility that a tuberculosis vaccine routinely given to children in many African countries might be helping reduce deaths from COVID19 | Positive | JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-mortality-i/puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic-idUSKBN26K0AI | 2020-09-29 |
| There is a lot of circumstantial Salim Abdool Karim a South African infectious disease specialist who has advised the government on COVID19 told Reuters but there is no smoking gun | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-mortality-i/puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic-idUSKBN26K0AI | 2020-09-29 |
| Research has found that the risk of developing severe COVID19 increases with age | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Africas overburdened public health systems dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID19 hit the continent in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-mortality-i/puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic-idUSKBN26K0AI | 2020-09-29 |
| More than 1 million people have succumbed to COVID19 around the world as of Tuesday according to a Reuters tally doubling in just three months as infections surge again in several countries | Negative | More than 1 million people have succumbed to COVID19 around the world as of Tuesday according to a Reuters tally doubling in just three months as infections surge again in several countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26K0N7 | 2020-09-29 |
| JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Junior mining firm Critical Metals is set to list in London on Tuesday the latest in a pipeline of mining initial public offerings previously delayed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-criticalmetals-ipo/critical-metals-lists-in-london-as-mining-ipos-multiply-idUSKBN26K0M6 | 2020-09-29 |
| Amitabh Bachchan one of Indias best known movie stars has tested positive for COVID19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan they said on July 11 | Positive | More than 1 million people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus and over 33 million infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/factbox-prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26K0AY | 2020-09-29 |
| New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing 57 on May 22 said he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | More than 1 million people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus and over 33 million infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/factbox-prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26K0AY | 2020-09-29 |
| American singer Pink 40 said on April 5 that she had tested positive for COVID19 two weeks prior and had since recovered | Positive | More than 1 million people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus and over 33 million infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/factbox-prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26K0AY | 2020-09-29 |
| The European Unions chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier said on March 19 he had tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | More than 1 million people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus and over 33 million infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/factbox-prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26K0AY | 2020-09-29 |
| He had tested positive for COVID19 on Aug | Positive | More than 1 million people have died after contracting the novel coronavirus and over 33 million infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/factbox-prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN26K0AY | 2020-09-29 |
| April Early data shows COVID19 is killing African Americans at a higher rate than the general U.S. population underscoring disparities in healthcare access | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| April Trump says scientists should explore whether injecting disinfectant might help COVID19 patients horrifying doctors who worry some people will poison themselves with bleach | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Russia becomes the first country to approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| MOSCOW Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-scientist-behind-covid-19-vaccine-defends-wartime-roll-out-idUSKBN26K0QL | 2020-09-29 |
| Gintsburg said having 40000 trial participants meant the trial would be effective even with low levels of COVID19 transmission in the Russian capital | Negative | MOSCOW Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-scientist-behind-covid-19-vaccine-defends-wartime-roll-out-idUSKBN26K0QL | 2020-09-29 |
| In a bid to speed up the process of finding a vaccine Britain is planning to host trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with COVID19 | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-scientist-behind-covid-19-vaccine-defends-wartime-roll-out-idUSKBN26K0QL | 2020-09-29 |
| MOSCOW Russia has sent a first batch of its Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine to Belarus for clinical trials the first such delivery of the jab abroad Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has sent a first batch of its Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine to Belarus for clinical trials the first such delivery of the jab abroad Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bel/russia-supplies-covid-19-vaccine-to-belarus-for-clinical-trials-idUSKBN26J1OF | 2020-09-29 |
| Lin Yifu a second adviser to the cabinet said Chinas new economic strategy is not a shortterm measure to cope with the COVID19 pandemic or tension with the United States | Negative | BEIJING China will need a plethora of reforms if it is to make a new economic strategy that relies mainly on domestic consumption work advisers to the Chinese cabinet said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-reforms/china-needs-a-raft-of-reforms-to-make-new-economic-strategy-work-advisers-idUSKBN26K0EO | 2020-09-29 |
| BEIJING Chinas new dual economic strategy proposed by President Xi Jinping is not a shortterm measure to cope with the COVID19 pandemic or frictions with the United States an adviser to cabinet said on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING Chinas new dual economic strategy proposed by President Xi Jinping is not a shortterm measure to cope with the COVID19 pandemic or frictions with the United States an adviser to cabinet said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-usa/chinas-dual-circulation-model-not-a-short-term-response-to-covid-19-u-s-frictions-adviser-idUSKBN26K0FI | 2020-09-29 |
| SHANGHAI Mainland China had 12 new COVID19 cases on Sept | Neutral | SHANGHAI Mainland China had 12 new COVID19 cases on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-reports-12-new-covid-19-cases-vs-21-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN26K022 | 2020-09-29 |
| More than 1 million people have died of COVID19 as of Tuesday a Reuters tally showed with fatalities and infections surging in several countries | Negative | Oil prices fell on Tuesday paring gains from the previous session as persistent demand concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic outweighed hopes for a new U.S. stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-demand-worries-counter-u-s-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26K05M | 2020-09-29 |
| Its shares have since declined as the COVID19 pandemic disrupted its operations | Negative | BERLIN EdtechX Holdings an investment platform focusing on the future of education and work is launching its second listed blankcheck company and is looking to buy a business in the sector worth up to billion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-edtechx-ipo/edtechx-holdings-launches-second-blank-check-company-on-nasdaq-idUSKBN26J37A | 2020-09-29 |
| But there was also cause for caution as Europe is experiencing a rise in new COVID19 infections and some U.S. states continue to grapple with high case numbers | Negative | Asian stock markets tmsnrt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/asian-markets-hunker-down-ahead-of-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSL4N2GQ11K | 2020-09-29 |
| Here is a look at issues surrounding better understanding the COVID19 death rate | Negative | Global deaths from COVID19 have reached 1 million but experts are still struggling to figure out a crucial metric in the the fatality rate the percentage of people infected with the pathogen who die | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mortality-explaine/explainer-why-the-coronavirus-death-rate-still-eludes-scientists-idUSKBN26K0C1 | 2020-09-29 |
| The United States has the worlds highest number of confirmed COVID19 cases at more than 7 million and the most coronavirusrelated deaths approaching 205000 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump under fire over his handling of the coronavirus epidemic announced on Monday the federal government would ship 150 million rapid tests to U.S. states and warned an increase in positive cases is likely in the days ahead | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/trump-pressured-over-pandemic-says-states-will-receive-150-million-tests-idUSKBN26J2VT | 2020-09-29 |
| We request you to be aware that the Chuseok holidays must not ignite another nationwide spread of COVID19 and to act Vice Health Minister Kang Dotae told a meeting | Positive | SEOUL South Korea appealed on Tuesday for strict social distancing despite a slight fall in the number of new coronavirus cases with millions of people set to travel for a major holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-on-alert-over-holidays-despite-slight-drop-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN26K0FM | 2020-09-29 |
| John started feeling unwell in April was diagnosed with COVID19 in a Mount Sinai hospital and died 18 days later | Negative | Mel Solomon loved to sing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-grandparents/the-missing-grandparents-families-mourn-elder-generation-lost-to-covid-19-idUSKBN26I0DI | 2020-09-28 |
| Almeida said too little is known about COVID19 and whether reinfection is possible to verify if herd immunity was reached in Manaus but some shortlived immunity probably had been attained | Positive | BRASILIA The largest city in Brazils Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the worlds first places to reach collective or herd immunity | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-manaus/in-brazils-amazon-a-covid-19-resurgence-dashes-herd-immunity-hopes-idUSKBN26I0I4 | 2020-09-28 |
| South Africa has the highest number of COVID19 cases on the continent with about 663000 confirmed infections according to the African Centre for Disease Control and Protection | Negative | In January this year exhausted after a sleepless 30hour shift Sifumba decided she needed a hug from her grandmother | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-interview/after-battling-tb-and-covid-19-a-south-african-doctor-reaches-breaking-point-idUSKBN26J0PD | 2020-09-28 |
| MILAN Italian fashion group Valentino ditched the glitzy setting of central Paris for a foundry on the outskirts of Milan to present its latest collection a rare live catwalk in the time of COVID19 with a restricted group of maskwearing guests | Positive | MILAN Italian fashion group Valentino ditched the glitzy setting of central Paris for a foundry on the outskirts of Milan to present its latest collection a rare live catwalk in the time of COVID19 with a restricted group of maskwearing guests | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-fashion-milan-valentino/valentino-picks-milan-over-paris-for-rare-live-fashion-show-idUSKBN26I0R7 | 2020-09-28 |
| Wisconsin is now experiencing unprecedented nearexponential growth of the number of COVID19 cases in our Governor Tony Evers said in a video posted on social media | Neutral | Four U.S. states in the Midwest reported record oneday increases in COVID19 cases on Saturday as infections rise nationally for a second week in a row according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-midwest-sees-surge-in-covid-19-cases-as-four-states-report-record-increases-idUSKBN26H0XN | 2020-09-27 |
| Missouri Nebraska North Dakota and Wyoming have also seen record numbers of hospitalized COVID19 patients in the past week | Negative | Four U.S. states in the Midwest reported record oneday increases in COVID19 cases on Saturday as infections rise nationally for a second week in a row according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-midwest-sees-surge-in-covid-19-cases-as-four-states-report-record-increases-idUSKBN26H0XN | 2020-09-27 |
| Modi said in August that India was ready to mass produce COVID19 vaccines when scientists gave the goahead | Positive | NEW YORK Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his countrys vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-assembly-india/modi-pledges-to-use-india-vaccine-production-capacity-to-help-all-humanity-idUSKBN26H0L0 | 2020-09-27 |
| Saudi Arabia has reported 332790 COVID19 cases and 4655 deaths so far | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia plans to resume tourist visas by early 2021 after months of suspension amid strict government measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus the kingdoms tourism minister told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-tourism/saudi-arabia-plans-to-resume-tourist-visas-by-early-2021-minister-idUSKBN26H100 | 2020-09-27 |
| JERUSALEM Crowds protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus home on Saturday demanding he quit over his handling of COVID19 many angered by what they said were government attempts to use lockdown measures to stifle demonstrations | Negative | JERUSALEM Crowds protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus home on Saturday demanding he quit over his handling of COVID19 many angered by what they said were government attempts to use lockdown measures to stifle demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protests/israelis-protest-outside-netanyahus-home-after-bid-to-curb-demonstrations-idUSKBN26H0ZD | 2020-09-27 |
| BEIJING Chinas auto market has rebounded smartly from the COVID19 crash in recent months executives said on Saturday as a rare inperson trade show was dominated by talk of recovery in the worlds biggest car market | Positive | BEIJING Chinas auto market has rebounded smartly from the COVID19 crash in recent months executives said on Saturday as a rare inperson trade show was dominated by talk of recovery in the worlds biggest car market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-autos-china-demand/beijing-autoshow-chinas-back-evs-booming-outlook-uncertain-idUSKCN26G38O | 2020-09-27 |
| SYDNEY The worlds nations must do all they can to understand the origins of COVID19 Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday comments that could worsen tensions with China | Negative | SYDNEY The worlds nations must do all they can to understand the origins of COVID19 Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday comments that could worsen tensions with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-says-world-needs-to-know-origins-of-covid-19-idUSKCN26H00T | 2020-09-27 |
| There is a clear mandate to identify the zoonotic source of the COVID19 virus and how it was transmitted to humans | Neutral | SYDNEY The worlds nations must do all they can to understand the origins of COVID19 Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday comments that could worsen tensions with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-says-world-needs-to-know-origins-of-covid-19-idUSKCN26H00T | 2020-09-27 |
| Meanwhile Australia called on all nations to share a COVID19 vaccine should one be developed | Positive | SYDNEY The worlds nations must do all they can to understand the origins of COVID19 Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday comments that could worsen tensions with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-says-world-needs-to-know-origins-of-covid-19-idUSKCN26H00T | 2020-09-27 |
| BOGOTA Coronavirus cases in Colombia which is nearly a month into a national reopening after a long quarantine surpassed 800000 on Saturday a day after deaths from COVID19 climbed above 25000 | Negative | BOGOTA Coronavirus cases in Colombia which is nearly a month into a national reopening after a long quarantine surpassed 800000 on Saturday a day after deaths from COVID19 climbed above 25000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia/colombia-passes-grim-milestone-of-800000-coronavirus-cases-more-than-25000-deaths-idUSKBN26H10X | 2020-09-27 |
| LONDON The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for selfisolating students in a sign of the huge challenge colleges are facing when COVID19 outbreaks hit campus | Positive | LONDON The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for selfisolating students in a sign of the huge challenge colleges are facing when COVID19 outbreaks hit campus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-universiti/uk-universities-grapple-with-spiralling-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN26H0O5 | 2020-09-27 |
| In Manchester students at residential halls at Manchester Metropolitan University have to selfisolate for 14 days after 127 tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | LONDON The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for selfisolating students in a sign of the huge challenge colleges are facing when COVID19 outbreaks hit campus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-universiti/uk-universities-grapple-with-spiralling-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN26H0O5 | 2020-09-27 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister said on Friday that Mexico has signed a commitment agreement to buy potential COVID19 vaccines through the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister said on Friday that Mexico has signed a commitment agreement to buy potential COVID19 vaccines through the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-has-signed-commitment-to-buy-covid-19-vaccines-through-covax-foreign-minister-idUSKCN26G29S | 2020-09-26 |
| Archer the surgeon says his experience battling COVID19 without enough ventilators has left him bitter | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO As COVID19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiros public health system from early April to late May Dr | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-corruption/the-ventilators-never-came-how-graft-hampered-brazils-covid-19-response-idUSKCN26G1EW | 2020-09-26 |
| In the past two weeks France has recorded nearly 150000 new COVID19 cases more than the 132000 recorded during the twomonth lockdown in the spring | Negative | PARIS The number of coronavirus cases in France has passed 500000 authorities said on Friday after recording a nearrecord daily jump in infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-casualties/coronavirus-cases-pass-half-million-mark-in-france-idUSKCN26G2VB | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow hospitals have been instructed to free up hundreds of beds for COVID19 patients in response to a sharp acceleration in case numbers four medical sources told Reuters as the citys mayor urged workers and the elderly to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/moscow-ramps-up-covid-hospitals-to-handle-big-second-wave-sources-idUSKCN26G0XB | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Iran and Russias sovereign wealth fund are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID19 Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-ira/iran-russia-discussing-joint-production-of-covid-19-vaccine-agencies-idUSKCN26G18L | 2020-09-26 |
| TOKYO Japanese researchers have developed a blood test they say appears to serve as an early warning system for serious cases of COVID19 and deployed 500 prototype machines to trial its effectiveness nationwide | Positive | TOKYO Japanese researchers have developed a blood test they say appears to serve as an early warning system for serious cases of COVID19 and deployed 500 prototype machines to trial its effectiveness nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-serum/japanese-researchers-trial-early-warning-test-for-acute-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN26G18Z | 2020-09-26 |
| BOSTON Two former heads of a Massachusetts veterans home have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in handling a COVID19 outbreak that killed 76 people the states attorney general said on Friday | Negative | BOSTON Two former heads of a Massachusetts veterans home have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in handling a COVID19 outbreak that killed 76 people the states attorney general said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massachusetts/two-charged-in-deadly-covid-19-outbreak-at-massachusetts-veterans-home-idUSKCN26G2HO | 2020-09-26 |
| The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million more than of the worlds total as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID19 infections in September according to a Reuters tally | Negative | The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million more than of the worlds total as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID19 infections in September according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cases/u-s-records-over-seven-million-covid-19-cases-as-midwest-outbreak-surges-idUSKCN26G053 | 2020-09-26 |
| The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million on Thursday more than of the worlds total as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID19 infections in September according to a Reuters tally | Negative | The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million on Thursday more than of the worlds total as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID19 infections in September according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cases/u-s-coronavirus-cases-surpass-seven-million-as-midwest-outbreak-flares-up-idUSKCN26G053 | 2020-09-25 |
| Ten states have reported a record oneday increase in COVID19 cases in September | Neutral | The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million on Thursday more than of the worlds total as Midwest states reported spikes in COVID19 infections in September according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cases/u-s-coronavirus-cases-surpass-seven-million-as-midwest-outbreak-flares-up-idUSKCN26G053 | 2020-09-25 |
| Trump has repeatedly said a vaccine for COVID19 could be ready for distribution ahead of the Nov | Positive | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines authorized or approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the approval process | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/cuomo-says-new-york-to-review-any-covid-19-vaccine-authorized-by-federal-government-idUSKCN26F39M | 2020-09-25 |
| On Wednesday Trump said he may not approve any new more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine saying such a proposal would appear political | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines authorized or approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the approval process | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/cuomo-says-new-york-to-review-any-covid-19-vaccine-authorized-by-federal-government-idUSKCN26F39M | 2020-09-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will issue decrees laying the legal groundwork for Brazil to join the global COVID19 vaccine partnership known as COVAX and earmarking 2 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will issue decrees laying the legal groundwork for Brazil to join the global COVID19 vaccine partnership known as COVAX and earmarking 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-to-join-covax-vaccine-facility-earmarks-454-million-idUSKCN26F3PF | 2020-09-25 |
| BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros government has jumped with the rightwing leader enjoying growing popularity even as Brazil suffers the worlds second highest COVID19 deathtoll a poll showed on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros government has jumped with the rightwing leader enjoying growing popularity even as Brazil suffers the worlds second highest COVID19 deathtoll a poll showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-poll/poll-shows-jump-in-approval-for-brazils-bolsonaro-amid-pandemic-idUSKCN26F369 | 2020-09-25 |
| OTTAWA Canadas government on Thursday proposed boosting a weekly payout for the jobless that would replace emergency COVID19 income support that ends this weekend a move that looks set to help the ruling Liberals win a parliamentary confidence vote | Positive | OTTAWA Canadas government on Thursday proposed boosting a weekly payout for the jobless that would replace emergency COVID19 income support that ends this weekend a move that looks set to help the ruling Liberals win a parliamentary confidence vote | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-government-proposes-boost-to-unemployment-benefit-in-move-likely-to-avert-election-idUSKCN26F2US | 2020-09-25 |
| Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeking the support of at least one opposition party on a sweeping agenda to battle COVID19 help those hurt by it and foster economic growth | Negative | OTTAWA Canadas government on Thursday proposed boosting a weekly payout for the jobless that would replace emergency COVID19 income support that ends this weekend a move that looks set to help the ruling Liberals win a parliamentary confidence vote | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-government-proposes-boost-to-unemployment-benefit-in-move-likely-to-avert-election-idUSKCN26F2US | 2020-09-25 |
| The scientific head of the U.S. government program designed to speed development of COVID19 vaccines said he supports stricter rules to grant emergency use of new inoculations against the coronavirus | Neutral | U.S. coronavirus cases topped 7 million accounting for more than of the worlds total and infections rose sharply in Latin America while European officials warned of a with flu as the continent grapples with a second COVID19 wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26G0GT | 2020-09-25 |
| And Canada has made climate risk disclosure a condition for major firms to access COVID19 recovery funds Carney noted | Positive | The aim of government policies and regulations should be to force everyone to have a transition plan to netzero before he added | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-politics-climatechange/governments-blocking-path-to-carbon-neutral-future-u-n-chief-warns-idUSKCN26F3OX | 2020-09-25 |
| NAIROBI Kenyas anticorruption agency has documented evidence of behaviour by officials over the procurement of COVID19 emergency equipment said a report presented to the Senate | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyas anticorruption agency has documented evidence of behaviour by officials over the procurement of COVID19 emergency equipment said a report presented to the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-corruption/kenya-anti-graft-agency-slams-procurement-of-covid-19-equipment-idUSKCN26F3CC | 2020-09-25 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin urged Russians to stick to social distancing rules and said he wanted to avoid another strict lockdown on Thursday when the daily tally of new COVID19 cases was the highest in more than two months | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin urged Russians to stick to social distancing rules and said he wanted to avoid another strict lockdown on Thursday when the daily tally of new COVID19 cases was the highest in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/putin-tells-russians-to-obey-rules-as-covid-19-cases-tick-higher-idUSKCN26F11U | 2020-09-25 |
| The country is also expected to rely on energyintensive infrastructure projects to try to accelerate its postCOVID19 economic recovery | Positive | After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change U.S. leadership was formally challenged this week by China announcing bold new climate pledges | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climate-change-usa-global-analysis/u-s-chinese-diplomats-signal-tricky-road-ahead-for-climate-diplomacy-idUSKCN26F1MP | 2020-09-25 |
| Costco had estimated in May that COVID19realted costs would exceed million but would be lower than the million incurred in the prior quarter | Negative | The warehouse chain spent about million on employee bonuses and sanitizing its warehouses in the fourth quarter mirroring a trend of rising costs across U.S. retailers during the health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-costco-wholesale-results/costco-beats-estimates-as-high-covid-19-costs-weigh-on-shares-idUSKCN26F3IH | 2020-09-25 |
| SHANGHAI Sept 25 Chinas major indexes flitted in choppy trade on Friday but are on track for their worst weekly decline since midJuly as the resurgence in COVID19 cases globally raised concerns about the pace of the global economic recovery | Negative | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-set-for-worst-week-in-2-1-2-months-as-recovery-hopes-fade-idUSL3N2GM14G | 2020-09-25 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday pledged to speed up euro zone financial reforms aimed at regulating cryptoassets and deepening capital markets which he said could help accelerate the economic recovery from COVID19 | Positive | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday pledged to speed up euro zone financial reforms aimed at regulating cryptoassets and deepening capital markets which he said could help accelerate the economic recovery from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-market-cryptoassets/germany-pledges-to-speed-up-eu-efforts-on-crypto-assets-capital-market-idUSKCN26F30E | 2020-09-25 |
| CHICAGO The scientific head of the U.S. government program designed to speed development of COVID19 vaccines said on Thursday he supports stricter rules to grant emergency use of new inoculations against the novel coronavirus | Neutral | CHICAGO The scientific head of the U.S. government program designed to speed development of COVID19 vaccines said on Thursday he supports stricter rules to grant emergency use of new inoculations against the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-guidance/u-s-vaccine-program-chief-backs-stricter-rules-for-emergency-use-of-covid-19-shot-idUSKCN26F3CS | 2020-09-25 |
| Trump has repeatedly said a vaccine for COVID19 thedisease caused by the coronavirus could be ready fordistribution ahead of the election | Neutral | CHICAGO The scientific head of the U.S. government program designed to speed development of COVID19 vaccines said on Thursday he supports stricter rules to grant emergency use of new inoculations against the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-guidance/u-s-vaccine-program-chief-backs-stricter-rules-for-emergency-use-of-covid-19-shot-idUSKCN26F3CS | 2020-09-25 |
| In July however El Sahly was named one of three lead investigators for Modernas latestage COVID19 vaccine trial creating a potential conflict of interest | Negative | In July however El Sahly was named one of three lead investigators for Modernas latestage COVID19 vaccine trial creating a potential conflict of interest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-fda-exclu/exclusive-top-adviser-steps-aside-from-fda-covid-19-vaccine-reviews-over-potential-conflict-idUSKCN26E3IW | 2020-09-24 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Paulo state Doria said on Wednesday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with Chinas Sinovac vaccine for COVID19 in midDecember pending regulatory approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-sao-paulo-likely-to-start-covid-19-immunization-in-december-idUSKCN26E2WI | 2020-09-24 |
| Women are among the 4 billion people who are trying to survive COVID19 without any form of social Alade said in a video statement | Neutral | Women are among the 4 billion people who are trying to survive COVID19 without any form of social Alade said in a video statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-women-alade/nigerian-pop-star-yemi-alade-wants-to-help-women-in-new-u-n-role-idUSKCN26F02G | 2020-09-24 |
| Aid agencies meanwhile face a double threat as they respond to COVID19 outbreaks and climate disasters at the same time beset by a reduction in frontline workers and resources | Negative | In a new analysis the international humanitarian agency said about of the 132 disasters linked to extreme weather in 2020 had coincided in place and time with the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-health-coronavir/twin-crises-of-climate-and-covid-hammering-millions-red-cross-says-idUSKCN26E3DG | 2020-09-24 |
| Shibata an animator and artist initially set out to solve the problem bugging many a spectacles wearer who dons a mask to protect themselves from COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Japanese artist Takahiro Shibatas glasses are fogging up because of his face mask a problem familiar to many spectacles wearers during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-mask/japanese-artist-creates-ramen-face-mask-to-complement-fogged-glasses-idUSKCN26F0J3 | 2020-09-24 |
| TOKYO Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID19 tests for nonJapanese athletes and other participants upon arrival in Japan according to a draft of measures proposed by organisers and released on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID19 tests for nonJapanese athletes and other participants upon arrival in Japan according to a draft of measures proposed by organisers and released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-measures/tokyo-olympics-to-require-covid-19-tests-for-athletes-draft-of-planned-measures-idUSKCN26E1IN | 2020-09-24 |
| Investors sought to limit exposures to downside risks as the global economic outlook darkened on rising COVID19 infections in Europe as well as on uncertainties over U.S. presidential elections | Negative | TOKYO Sept 24 Japanese shares slipped on Thursday following hefty overnight losses on Wall Street after U.S. data reaffirmed concerns of a slow global economic recovery though investor hopes of chunky dividends by next week helped limit losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-slips-after-wall-st-retreats-as-data-signals-slow-recovery-idUSL3N2GL0X2 | 2020-09-24 |
| A top U.S. health official told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday that he expects COVID19 vaccinations to take place over many months and that most Americans could be vaccinated by July of 2021 at the latest | Positive | A top U.S. health official told a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday that he expects COVID19 vaccinations to take place over many months and that most Americans could be vaccinated by July of 2021 at the latest | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hearing/most-americans-to-be-vaccinated-for-covid-19-by-july-cdc-chief-expects-idUSKCN26E2NJ | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he may or may not approve any new more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine saying such a proposal would appear political | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he may or may not approve any new more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine saying such a proposal would appear political | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-trump/trump-says-may-block-stricter-fda-guidelines-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN26E3M5 | 2020-09-24 |
| Trump has repeatedly said a vaccine for COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus could be ready for distribution ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he may or may not approve any new more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine saying such a proposal would appear political | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine-trump/trump-says-may-block-stricter-fda-guidelines-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN26E3M5 | 2020-09-24 |
| LONDON The British government estimates less than 10000 people a day are contracting COVID19 health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday less than during the pandemics peak even as numbers testing positive have risen to similar levels | Positive | LONDON The British government estimates less than 10000 people a day are contracting COVID19 health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday less than during the pandemics peak even as numbers testing positive have risen to similar levels | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hancock/less-than-10000-getting-covid-19-each-day-uk-health-minister-says-idUSKCN26F0RU | 2020-09-24 |
| The online dissent comes as the number of deaths from COVID19 in the United States passed 200000 and many countries in Europe are grappling with a second wave of infections | Negative | AMSTERDAM A handful of social media stars and influencers have publicly flouted rules aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic and even encouraged others to do so and authorities from the Netherlands to the United States are not happy | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-celebrities/some-social-media-stars-chafe-at-covid-restrictions-angering-authorities-idUSKCN26E2PP | 2020-09-24 |
| Six out of every 10000 residents in the United States has died from COVID19 one of the highest rates among developed nations | Negative | NEW YORK Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday declared a new public health emergency and extended a face mask mandate into November to fight a coronavirus flareup in his state as the number of people who have died across the United States since the pandemic began passed 200000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/as-u-s-surpasses-200000-covid-19-deaths-wisconsin-sounds-alarm-over-surges-in-cases-idUSKCN26D2RZ | 2020-09-23 |
| The league said on Tuesday that there were zero confirmed COVID19 positives among players for the testing period from Sept | Positive | The National Football League handed a handful of coaches and teams hefty fines for failing to wear masks properly during Week 2 games | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-football-nfl/league-fines-teams-coaches-for-failing-to-wear-masks-properly-during-games-idUSKCN26D340 | 2020-09-23 |
| NEW YORK New York Citys Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID19 cases in Brooklyn and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoods is cause for significant concern | Negative | NEW YORK New York Citys Health Department has identified a new cluster of COVID19 cases in Brooklyn and said on Tuesday a marked uptick in infections there and in some other neighborhoods is cause for significant concern | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york/new-york-says-new-cluster-of-brooklyn-covid-19-cases-causes-significant-concern-idUSKCN26D35G | 2020-09-23 |
| The three prongs of what we are doing are fighting COVID19 supporting Canadians and a resilient said a government source who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation | Positive | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Wednesday what he says is a farreaching plan to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic while ensuring efforts to fight the outbreak do not falter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-canada-politics/canadas-trudeau-to-unveil-plan-to-address-coronavirus-outbreak-revive-economy-idUSKCN26E0NE | 2020-09-23 |
| Later on Wednesday Trudeau plans to make a national address to address the urgency of fighting COVID19 a spokesman said | Positive | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Wednesday what he says is a farreaching plan to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic while ensuring efforts to fight the outbreak do not falter | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-canada-politics/canadas-trudeau-to-unveil-plan-to-address-coronavirus-outbreak-revive-economy-idUSKCN26E0NE | 2020-09-23 |
| Britain reimposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe while the death toll in the United States crossed 200000 with a report saying the U.S. drug regulator would tighten COVID19 vaccine authorization standards | Negative | Britain reimposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe while the death toll in the United States crossed 200000 with a report saying the U.S. drug regulator would tighten COVID19 vaccine authorization standards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E0NU | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon announce new more stringent standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine the Washington Post reported | Negative | Britain reimposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe while the death toll in the United States crossed 200000 with a report saying the U.S. drug regulator would tighten COVID19 vaccine authorization standards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E0NU | 2020-09-23 |
| Vaccine makers will be indemnified in Europe if their COVID19 shots cause unexpected sideeffects an industry official said | Negative | Britain reimposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe while the death toll in the United States crossed 200000 with a report saying the U.S. drug regulator would tighten COVID19 vaccine authorization standards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E0NU | 2020-09-23 |
| Unions say that the government has not put enough measures in schools to combat COVID19 and that they were not consulted on the reopening schedule | Negative | HARARE Zimbabwe will gradually reopen primary and secondary schools from Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe-schools/zimbabwe-to-gradually-re-open-schools-from-october-26-idUSKCN26D2QK | 2020-09-23 |
| Zimbabwe has recorded 7706 confirmed cases of COVID19 and 226 deaths | Negative | HARARE Zimbabwe will gradually reopen primary and secondary schools from Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe-schools/zimbabwe-to-gradually-re-open-schools-from-october-26-idUSKCN26D2QK | 2020-09-23 |
| MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on Tuesday supported a plan to increase taxes for some mining and oil companies as Moscow seeks to plug the gaps left by lower oil prices and the COVID19 pandemic while facing industry opposition and criticism of its changing rules | Negative | MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on Tuesday supported a plan to increase taxes for some mining and oil companies as Moscow seeks to plug the gaps left by lower oil prices and the COVID19 pandemic while facing industry opposition and criticism of its changing rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-mining-tax/russian-lawmakers-give-initial-nod-to-hefty-tax-hike-for-mining-oil-idUSKCN26D1KO | 2020-09-23 |
| The kingdom has reported a total of 5679 COVID19 cases and 33 deaths form the coronavirus since the pandemic began | Negative | AMMAN Jordan reported 634 new COVID19 cases on Tuesday its highest daily count since the start of the pandemic in March and health officials warned the novel coronavirus was spreading fast across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan/jordan-reports-its-highest-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-a-single-day-idUSKCN26D2EG | 2020-09-23 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump in April ordered U.S. meat processing plants to remain open to ensure domestic meat supplies despite COVID19 outbreaks among workers | Positive | U.S. pork exports to China have surged beyond pretrade war levels led by higher shipments from Brazils JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-pork/surge-in-u-s-pork-exports-to-china-led-by-brazils-jbs-chinas-wh-group-idUSKCN26D2Z6 | 2020-09-23 |
| TOKYO Japan is considering allowing more foreigners into the country for longer stays starting as early as next month while keeping the COVID19 entry curbs in place for tourists the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO Japan is considering allowing more foreigners into the country for longer stays starting as early as next month while keeping the COVID19 entry curbs in place for tourists the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-to-further-ease-covid-19-entry-curbs-but-not-for-tourists-asahi-idUSKCN26E046 | 2020-09-23 |
| European airlines are pinning hopes on preflight COVID19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air | Positive | European airlines are pinning hopes on preflight COVID19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-testing-f/positive-about-flying-airlines-look-to-covid-tests-that-give-results-in-minutes-idUSKCN26E0RS | 2020-09-23 |
| Airlines are pressing governments to embrace alternatives to blanket travel restrictions amid a resurgence of COVID19 cases in Europe | Negative | European airlines are pinning hopes on preflight COVID19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-testing-f/positive-about-flying-airlines-look-to-covid-tests-that-give-results-in-minutes-idUSKCN26E0RS | 2020-09-23 |
| SD Biosensor said its tests had been deployed at Italian airports for incoming tourists to avoid a renewed COVID19 wave imported from infection hotspots | Positive | European airlines are pinning hopes on preflight COVID19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-testing-f/positive-about-flying-airlines-look-to-covid-tests-that-give-results-in-minutes-idUSKCN26E0RS | 2020-09-23 |
| The UK government tightened social restrictions to curb rises in COVID19 cases while many U.S. stimulus programmes have lapsed with the Congress unable to clinch another deal | Negative | TOKYO Sept 23 Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the countrys long weekend weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ticks-down-on-virus-and-stimulus-worries-after-long-weekend-idUSL3N2GK1OW | 2020-09-23 |
| after the company said a latestage study of its antiviral drug Avigan showed it was effective against COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Sept 23 Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the countrys long weekend weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ticks-down-on-virus-and-stimulus-worries-after-long-weekend-idUSL3N2GK1OW | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon announce new more stringent standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine lowering the chances that one might be cleared for use before the Nov | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon announce new more stringent standards for an emergency authorization of a COVID19 vaccine lowering the chances that one might be cleared for use before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-vaccine/u-s-fda-to-tighten-coronavirus-vaccine-authorization-standards-ahead-of-election-paper-idUSKCN26D2X7 | 2020-09-23 |
| LONDON Britain will face an exponentially growing death rate from COVID19 within weeks unless urgent action is taken to halt a rapidly spreading second wave of the outbreak the countrys senior medics said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Britain will face an exponentially growing death rate from COVID19 within weeks unless urgent action is taken to halt a rapidly spreading second wave of the outbreak the countrys senior medics said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-faces-soaring-covid-19-death-rate-unless-it-moves-fast-medics-warn-idUSKCN26C0JH | 2020-09-22 |
| Bolsonaro is a divisive figure in Brazil where more than 136000 people have died after contracting COVID19 | Negative | Players and officials who run Brazils beach volleyball criticized an athlete on Monday after she hit the headlines for shouting a political slogan at the first postlockdown tournament | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-volleyball-brazil/politics-split-athletes-on-volleyballs-return-in-brazil-idUSKCN26C30B | 2020-09-22 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquitotransmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID19 | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquitotransmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-study-exclu/exclusive-study-suggests-dengue-may-provide-some-immunity-against-covid-19-idUSKCN26C27E | 2020-09-22 |
| It highlights a significant correlation between lower incidence mortality and growth rate of COVID19 in populations in Brazil where the levels of antibodies to dengue were higher | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquitotransmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-study-exclu/exclusive-study-suggests-dengue-may-provide-some-immunity-against-covid-19-idUSKCN26C27E | 2020-09-22 |
| Brazil has the worlds third highest total of COVID19 infections with more than 4 | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquitotransmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-study-exclu/exclusive-study-suggests-dengue-may-provide-some-immunity-against-covid-19-idUSKCN26C27E | 2020-09-22 |
| 5 a rule requiring visitors from Russia to provide a negative COVID19 test before entering the country its civil aviation authority said on Monday | Negative | ATHENS Greece extended by two weeks until Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-russia/greece-extends-negative-covid-19-test-rule-for-russians-until-october-5-idUSKCN26C24M | 2020-09-22 |
| Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID19 an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up | Positive | Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID19 an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/more-than-150-nations-join-global-vaccine-plan-but-u-s-china-absent-idUSKCN26C2BR | 2020-09-22 |
| In the coming months LVMH will demonstrate to the American justice system that the mismanagement of Tiffany during the COVID19 crisis constitutes a material adverse according to a statement | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. court on Monday fasttracked Tiffany Cos lawsuit against French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH for trying to back out of its billion deal to acquire the jeweler | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiffany-m-a-hearing/u-s-judge-fast-tracks-tiffanys-case-on-16-billion-lvmh-deal-sets-january-trial-idUSKCN26C32J | 2020-09-22 |
| Teslas U.S. production which was suspended from the end of March to early May due to the COVID19 lockdown has recovered in the current quarter | Negative | Its also extremely important that we keep factory output as high as possible over the remaining 10 days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-deliveries/musk-says-record-tesla-vehicle-deliveries-possible-in-third-quarter-idUSKCN26C1FM | 2020-09-22 |
| Mondays losses were in part due to rising COVID19 cases in Europe said Samy Chaar chief economist at Lombard Odier | Negative | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| The health agency had said that COVID19 could spread through airborne particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel beyond six feet | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday took down its guidance warning on possible airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus saying that the draft recommendation was posted in error | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-airborne/u-s-cdc-takes-down-coronavirus-airborne-transmission-guidance-idUSKCN26C23O | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| At least 17 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate nine Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| Hayes on Twitter said that though maskwearing social distancing and cleaning precautions are taken in the House of Representatives members of Congress are not regularly tested for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| A senior European diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity said the General Assembly should have acted months ago but we were all hampered by and hit by the COVID19 | Negative | UNITED NATIONS World leaders will come together virtually on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193member world body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-un-anniversary/world-leaders-to-mark-united-nations-at-75-as-pandemic-challenges-organization-idUSKCN26C0BN | 2020-09-21 |
| Coronavirus infections slowed in Australia and New Zealand while Britain said it was at a tipping on COVID19 as European countries mulled tightening restrictions to curb a sharp resurgence in cases | Negative | Coronavirus infections slowed in Australia and New Zealand while Britain said it was at a tipping on COVID19 as European countries mulled tightening restrictions to curb a sharp resurgence in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26C0GN | 2020-09-21 |
| The 40yearold prime minister has a strong lead over her rivals in the polls due to her success in containing COVID19 | Positive | WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday lifted all coronavirus restrictions across the country except in secondwave hotspot Auckland as the number of new infections slowed to a trickle | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-ends-all-pandemic-restrictions-outside-main-city-of-auckland-idUSKCN26C02F | 2020-09-21 |
| Those entering the camp were being registered and tested for COVID19 | Neutral | LESBOS Greece Thousands of asylumseekers have moved into a new temporary facility on the Greek island of Lesbos government officials said on Saturday 10 days after a fire destroyed the Moria camp | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/about-9000-migrants-on-greeces-lesbos-move-into-tent-camp-after-fire-idUSKCN26A0PM | 2020-09-20 |
| LONDON Britain is recovering faster than anyone had expected from the economic impact of COVID19 but businesses need better incentives and access to finance to invest in technology Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane said | Positive | LONDON Britain is recovering faster than anyone had expected from the economic impact of COVID19 but businesses need better incentives and access to finance to invest in technology Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-boe-haldane/boes-haldane-says-uk-recovering-faster-than-anyone-expected-idUSKCN26A0ZR | 2020-09-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazil and Argentina Latin American nations seeking more time to commit to the global COVID19 vaccine facility known as COVAX said they intend to so as soon as possible after missing Fridays deadline | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil and Argentina Latin American nations seeking more time to commit to the global COVID19 vaccine facility known as COVAX said they intend to so as soon as possible after missing Fridays deadline | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/latin-american-nations-plan-to-join-covax-vaccine-facility-after-deadline-idUSKCN26A10R | 2020-09-20 |
| The number of people in France who have died from COVID19 was up by 26 on Saturday at 31274 a growth significantly lower than registered the previous day | Negative | PARIS France reported 13498 new confirmed COVID19 cases over the previous 24 hours setting another record in daily additional infections since the start of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-reports-new-daily-record-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN26A0V4 | 2020-09-20 |
| Manserv workers are usually housed in hotels but the city banned migrant workers out of fear they would spread COVID19 and allowed in only those in leadership they said | Negative | Manserv a large industrial maintenance and logistics firm was charged with keeping workers in slaverylike conditions while Mosaic a global producer of concentrated phosphate and potash was not cited | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-workers-trf/brazil-inspectors-accuse-contractor-of-holding-workers-in-slave-like-conditions-idUSKBN26934C | 2020-09-19 |
| MOSCOW Russia has approved RPharms Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week the company said on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has approved RPharms Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-rpharm/russia-approves-first-covid-19-prescription-drug-for-sale-in-pharmacies-idUSKBN26917Z | 2020-09-19 |
| The drug was first approved for inhospital use to treat COVID19 in July a government register showed | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has approved RPharms Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-rpharm/russia-approves-first-covid-19-prescription-drug-for-sale-in-pharmacies-idUSKBN26917Z | 2020-09-19 |
| Trials to test it against COVID19 are ongoing around the world | Neutral | MOSCOW Russia has approved RPharms Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-rpharm/russia-approves-first-covid-19-prescription-drug-for-sale-in-pharmacies-idUSKBN26917Z | 2020-09-19 |
| It is produced by various Indian generic drugmakers including Lupin Cipla and Dr Reddys for use against COVID19 in India | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has approved RPharms Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-rpharm/russia-approves-first-covid-19-prescription-drug-for-sale-in-pharmacies-idUSKBN26917Z | 2020-09-19 |
| Workers are equally affected by the COVID19 pandemic and wish to earn more wages to protect their own Low said | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias rubber glove makers are struggling to meet soaring demand for medical gloves during the pandemic due to a shortage of workers the industrys trade association said on Friday adding that it could cost the country dearly in export revenue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-malaysia-gloves/malaysias-medical-glove-makers-struggle-to-meet-demand-due-to-labour-shortage-idUSKBN2691M9 | 2020-09-19 |
| European countries from Denmark to Greece have announced new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus infections in some of their largest cities while Britain is considering new measures to tackle an second wave of COVID19 | Negative | European countries from Denmark to Greece have announced new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus infections in some of their largest cities while Britain is considering new measures to tackle an second wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-19 |
| MOSCOW Belarus is considering conducting a 100person trial of Russias COVID19 vaccine the health ministry said on Thursday adding that potential participants can now apply online at eight local clinics that have been selected to conduct the trial | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus is considering conducting a 100person trial of Russias COVID19 vaccine the health ministry said on Thursday adding that potential participants can now apply online at eight local clinics that have been selected to conduct the trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bel/belarus-planning-100-person-clinical-trial-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2681D3 | 2020-09-18 |
| Mainland China has not reported any local COVID19 infections since midAugust | Positive | SHANGHAI Mainland China reported 32 new COVID19 cases on Thursday marking the highest daily increase in more than a month and up sharply from nine cases reported a day earlier the Chinese health authority said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/mainland-china-reports-32-new-covid-19-cases-highest-since-august-10-idUSKBN26902P | 2020-09-18 |
| The resolution notes that U.S. health officials have said it is inappropriate and inaccurate to call COVID19 the and recommends that U.S. leaders combat misinformation and discrimination | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday denouncing antiAsian rhetoric related to the coronavirus pandemic including expressions like China frequently used by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-rhetoric/u-s-house-resolution-opposes-anti-asian-coronavirus-rhetoric-including-trumps-china-virus-idUSKBN2682ZI | 2020-09-18 |
| Since the novel coronavirus emerged in China late last year the United States has had the most COVID19 cases and related deaths in the world | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday denouncing antiAsian rhetoric related to the coronavirus pandemic including expressions like China frequently used by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-rhetoric/u-s-house-resolution-opposes-anti-asian-coronavirus-rhetoric-including-trumps-china-virus-idUSKBN2682ZI | 2020-09-18 |
| Suga became Japans first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday pledging to contain COVID19 and push reforms after retaining about half of predecessor Shinzo Abes cabinet | Positive | TOKYO New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugas government was backed by at least twothirds of respondents in domestic polls taken in the early days of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-suga-support/two-thirds-of-japan-public-support-new-pm-suga-polls-show-idUSKBN2681SL | 2020-09-18 |
| Japans new prime minister Yoshihide Suga pledged this week to contain COVID19 revive the economy and push reforms including deregulation and digitalization | Positive | TOKYO Japans next quarterly survey will likely show its big manufacturers were less pessimistic than they were in the June quarter when business sentiment struck an 11year low following a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-tankan-poll/boj-september-tankan-to-show-firms-pessimism-eased-outlook-remain-subdued-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2690NX | 2020-09-18 |
| ZURICH Roches drugs reduces the likelihood patients with COVID19 related pneumonia need mechanical ventilation the company said on Friday | Negative | ZURICH Roches drugs reduces the likelihood patients with COVID19 related pneumonia need mechanical ventilation the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche/roche-drugs-reduce-ventilator-need-for-covid-19-patients-study-idUSKBN2690LW | 2020-09-18 |
| The news is a boost for Roche after an attempt to retool the rheumatoid arthritis drug to treat patients hospitalised with severe COVID19 related pneumonia failed in a latestage trial | Negative | ZURICH Roches drugs reduces the likelihood patients with COVID19 related pneumonia need mechanical ventilation the company said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche/roche-drugs-reduce-ventilator-need-for-covid-19-patients-study-idUSKBN2690LW | 2020-09-18 |
| The agencys previous position recommended testing all people who have had close contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID19 | Positive | Guidance about novel coronavirus testing posted last month on the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was not written by the agencys scientists and was posted over their objections the New York Times reported citing people familiar with the matter and internal documents | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-testing/u-s-cdc-testing-guidance-was-published-against-scientists-objections-nyt-idUSKBN2690CD | 2020-09-18 |
| Silicon Valley medical equipment startup Visby Medical has received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a portable PCR COVID19 test kit the first company to do so according to the FDA on Thursday | Negative | SAN JOSE Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-visby/silicon-valley-startup-visbys-portable-covid-19-test-gets-fda-approval-idUSKBN2682XP | 2020-09-18 |
| U.S. officials have been pushing to increase the availability of COVID19 diagnostic tests particularly those that can be conducted cheaply from any location and quickly produce results | Positive | SAN JOSE Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-visby/silicon-valley-startup-visbys-portable-covid-19-test-gets-fda-approval-idUSKBN2682XP | 2020-09-18 |
| TOKYO Yoshihide Suga became Japans first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday pledging to contain COVID19 and push reforms after retaining about half of predecessor Shinzo Abes lineup in his cabinet | Positive | TOKYO Yoshihide Suga became Japans first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday pledging to contain COVID19 and push reforms after retaining about half of predecessor Shinzo Abes lineup in his cabinet | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics/new-japan-pm-suga-crafts-continuity-cabinet-pledges-reform-idUSKBN267027 | 2020-09-17 |
| Investors are realising the resilience of the sector as well as strong demand for IT post the COVID19 Sneha Poddar an analyst at Motilal Oswal said on Thursday | Positive | BENGALURU Shares of Indias Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd HAPP.NS more than doubled in their stock market debut on Thursday underscoring strong investor interest in IT services firms during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-happiest-minds-ipo/indian-it-firm-happiest-minds-more-than-doubles-in-market-debut-idUSKBN2680NC | 2020-09-17 |
| The letter implored the leaders to find a way to work together to reach agreement on a COVID19 relief bill that includes a clean of payroll support | Positive | The letter implored the leaders to find a way to work together to reach agreement on a COVID19 relief bill that includes a clean of payroll support | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-unions-make-new-push-to-win-government-payroll-assistance-idUSKBN267347 | 2020-09-17 |
| All of the countries where the flights are on offer have relatively low numbers of COVID19 cases by global standards | Negative | Tough border restrictions to keep the coronavirus under control have led to a 97 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/asia-airlines-flights-int/travellers-snap-up-asian-airlines-scenic-flights-to-nowhere-idUSKBN2673PM | 2020-09-17 |
| A disproportionate percentage of U.S. COVID19 deaths have been recorded among Black and Hispanic people younger than 21 according to a U.S. study a reflection of the racial and ethnic makeup of essential workers who have more exposure to COVID19 | Negative | A disproportionate percentage of U.S. COVID19 deaths have been recorded among Black and Hispanic people younger than 21 according to a U.S. study a reflection of the racial and ethnic makeup of essential workers who have more exposure to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-teens/u-s-covid-19-death-analysis-shows-greater-toll-on-black-hispanic-youth-cdc-idUSKBN26634U | 2020-09-16 |
| The findings of this study could be limited by incomplete testing and delays in reporting COVID19associated deaths among other things the researchers said | Negative | A disproportionate percentage of U.S. COVID19 deaths have been recorded among Black and Hispanic people younger than 21 according to a U.S. study a reflection of the racial and ethnic makeup of essential workers who have more exposure to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-teens/u-s-covid-19-death-analysis-shows-greater-toll-on-black-hispanic-youth-cdc-idUSKBN26634U | 2020-09-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday authorized AstraZeneca PLC to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials the Sao Paulo university coordinating the test said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday authorized AstraZeneca PLC to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials the Sao Paulo university coordinating the test said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-brazil/brazil-authorizes-additional-5000-volunteers-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2662OX | 2020-09-16 |
| Brazils health regulator Anvisa authorized AstraZeneca to test its COVID19 vaccine on an additional 5000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials | Positive | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
| Germany awarded million in funding to biotech firms BioNTech and CureVac to speed up work on COVID19 vaccines and expand German production capacity | Positive | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
| China the worlds top meat importer has blocked products from some plants in foreign countries as part of an allout effort to control the spread of COVID19 | Negative | CHICAGO China has suspended imports from an OK Foods poultry plant in Fort Smith Arkansas because of coronavirus cases among workers the USA Poultry Egg Export Council said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-poultry/china-suspends-poultry-imports-from-second-u-s-plant-over-covid-19-industry-group-says-idUSKBN2663DR | 2020-09-16 |
| Soldiers with backpacks streamed out and were checked for COVID19 symptoms at a transit facility where they awaited further transport | Negative | LEH India From deploying mules to large transport aircraft Indias military has activated its entire logistics network to transport supplies to thousands of troops for a harsh winter along a bitterly disputed Himalayan border with China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-china/india-pushes-tonnes-of-supplies-to-disputed-china-border-ahead-of-winter-idUSKBN2662ZS | 2020-09-16 |
| Many steel mills are resuming operations after being suspended due to COVID19 but companies will only benefit modestly due to higher costs | Negative | LONDON Steel prices are set to keep rising in coming months as economies recover and demand picks up after being hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-steel-outlook-graphic/steel-prices-to-keep-rising-on-industrial-rebound-margins-soft-idUSKBN2662ID | 2020-09-16 |
| MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | Positive | MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccin/philippines-says-engaging-western-pharma-firms-despite-duterte-anger-idUSKBN2670JW | 2020-09-16 |
| The wealthy in America are expected to splurge online for gifts and home decorations this holiday season even as the COVID19 pandemic erodes sales growth to the slowest in at least a decade according to a forecast from Deloitte | Negative | The wealthy in America are expected to splurge online for gifts and home decorations this holiday season even as the COVID19 pandemic erodes sales growth to the slowest in at least a decade according to a forecast from Deloitte | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-holiday-shopping/americas-wealthy-likely-to-power-pandemic-hit-u-s-holiday-sales-deloitte-idUSKBN2660H0 | 2020-09-15 |
| Brazil has the third worst coronavirus outbreak after the United States and India and has become a soughtout testing ground for COVID19 vaccines under development in Britain China and Russia | Negative | BRASILIA Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the countrys health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart a company representative said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-brazil/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trials-resume-in-brazil-idUSKBN26534G | 2020-09-15 |
| Guterres said a global ceasefire would boost efforts to contain COVID19 and help create conditions for a coordinated sustainable inclusive recovery from the pandemic | Positive | UNITED NATIONS U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres will use his annual address to world leaders next week to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so countries can fight the coronavirus pandemic but he said opportunities will be lost because presidents and prime ministers are not physically in New York | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-un-assembly/u-n-chief-to-push-pandemic-ceasefire-at-world-leaders-meeting-but-fears-opportunities-lost-idUSKBN2660G4 | 2020-09-15 |
| Chinas coronavirus vaccine may be ready for the public as early as November an official said while sources told Reuters that U.S. trials of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine one of the most advanced in development remains on hold until at least midweek | Positive | Chinas coronavirus vaccine may be ready for the public as early as November an official said while sources told Reuters that U.S. trials of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine one of the most advanced in development remains on hold until at least midweek | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-15 |
| While Russia has confirmed the worlds fourth largest tally of coronavirus cases it has a relatively low death toll from the associated disease COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW The number of excess deaths in Russia between May and July was more than three times higher than the official coronavirus toll recent government data show a discrepancy some experts say raises questions about the accuracy of Moscows counting | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-mortality/russian-excess-deaths-over-summer-outstrip-covid-toll-by-more-than-3-to-1-idUSKBN2652CO | 2020-09-15 |
| The Kremlin did not respond to a request for comment on why excess deaths outnumbered those attributed to COVID19 and whether the government was playing down the real death toll | Negative | MOSCOW The number of excess deaths in Russia between May and July was more than three times higher than the official coronavirus toll recent government data show a discrepancy some experts say raises questions about the accuracy of Moscows counting | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-mortality/russian-excess-deaths-over-summer-outstrip-covid-toll-by-more-than-3-to-1-idUSKBN2652CO | 2020-09-15 |
| Risks remain elevated and tilted to the downside particularly related to the development of COVID19 infection cases as well as possible OPEC said of the 2021 outlook | Negative | LONDON World oil demand will fall more steeply in 2020 than previously forecast due to the coronavirus and recover more slowly than expected next year OPEC said on Monday potentially making it harder for the group and its allies to support the market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-opec/opec-sees-steeper-oil-demand-drop-as-virus-remains-challenging-idUSKBN2651SW | 2020-09-15 |
| Many people go to hospital only when their symptoms are aggravated because they dont trust the already frail health said Himmi who recovered from COVID19 in August | Positive | RABAT Working conditions are so bad for some medics in Morocco handling a surging coronavirus outbreak that they have staged protests against inadequate staffing and poorly equipped facilities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco/moroccan-medics-protest-over-conditions-staff-shortages-as-pandemic-surges-idUSKBN2652EL | 2020-09-15 |
| The UK arm of L Brands highend lingerie brand went into administration in June after all its 25 stores were forced to close due to the COVID19 Pandemic | Negative | The UK arm of L Brands highend lingerie brand went into administration in June after all its 25 stores were forced to close due to the COVID19 Pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vicoria-s-secret-m-a-next-uk/next-plc-buys-majority-stake-in-victorias-secret-uk-arm-idUSKBN2653GY | 2020-09-15 |
| Facebook said the project is modeled on its COVID19 Information Center and launched a similar feature last month on voting in preparation for U.S. elections in November | Positive | FRANCISCO Facebook on Tuesday launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change as critics question its role in the spread of misinformation on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-climatechange/facebook-launches-climate-science-info-center-amid-fake-news-criticism-idUSKBN2660L7 | 2020-09-15 |
| ZURICH Swiss contract drug maker Lonza struck a deal with Californiabased biopharmaceutical company Humanigen to expand manufacturing capacity for Humanigens lenzilumab a drug candidate in latestage clinical trials for COVID19 | Negative | ZURICH Swiss contract drug maker Lonza struck a deal with Californiabased biopharmaceutical company Humanigen to expand manufacturing capacity for Humanigens lenzilumab a drug candidate in latestage clinical trials for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-lonza-humanigen/lonza-works-with-humanigen-on-covid-19-drug-candidate-lenzilumab-idUSKBN2660SQ | 2020-09-15 |
| Lonza is also working with Moderna to make its COVID19 vaccine candidate and with Chinas Junshi Biosciences to help produce a neutralizing antibody against COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Swiss contract drug maker Lonza struck a deal with Californiabased biopharmaceutical company Humanigen to expand manufacturing capacity for Humanigens lenzilumab a drug candidate in latestage clinical trials for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-lonza-humanigen/lonza-works-with-humanigen-on-covid-19-drug-candidate-lenzilumab-idUSKBN2660SQ | 2020-09-15 |
| Seven U.S. states have reported record oneday increases in COVID19 cases so far this month even as the average daily number of new infections is falling nationally | Negative | Seven U.S. states have reported record oneday increases in COVID19 cases so far this month even as the average daily number of new infections is falling nationally | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-records-factbo/factbox-record-one-day-increases-in-covid-19-cases-in-seven-u-s-states-in-september-idUSKBN2653A3 | 2020-09-15 |
| LONDON British interior minister Priti Patel said on Tuesday she would call the police if neighbours had a party because it was right to report people who might be spreading COVID19 by disregarding new restrictions on gatherings of more than six people | Negative | LONDON British interior minister Priti Patel said on Tuesday she would call the police if neighbours had a party because it was right to report people who might be spreading COVID19 by disregarding new restrictions on gatherings of more than six people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-patel/party-next-door-call-the-police-says-uk-interior-minister-idUSKBN2660RU | 2020-09-15 |
| The worlds top gold miners are retrenching after COVID19 related shutdowns despite record prices for the yellow metal with costconscious executives prioritizing investor returns over production growth | Positive | The worlds top gold miners are retrenching after COVID19 related shutdowns despite record prices for the yellow metal with costconscious executives prioritizing investor returns over production growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mining-gold-production/worlds-gold-miners-wary-of-production-ramp-up-despite-price-surge-idUSKBN2640EH | 2020-09-14 |
| The Kingdom has recorded 325651 COVID19 cases and 4268 deaths | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia will partially lift its suspension of international flights as of Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-travel/saudi-arabia-to-lift-some-international-flight-restrictions-on-september-15-idUSKBN2640OS | 2020-09-14 |
| Also supporting market sentiment were gains in U.S. stock futures during the Asian trade in addition to COVID19 vaccine hopes after AstraZeneca resumed its trials | Positive | TOKYO Sept 14 Japanese shares inched higher on Monday as investors awaited election results for the countrys ruling party to choose a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-gains-ahead-of-election-results-softbank-shines-on-nvidia-deal-idUSL4N2GB0T3 | 2020-09-14 |
| AstraZeneca said on the weekend it has resumed British clinical trials of its COVID19 vaccine one of the most advanced in development after getting the green light from safety watchdogs | Positive | SYDNEY Sept 14 Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-on-firm-footing-as-vaccine-trials-resume-idUSL4N2GB03E | 2020-09-14 |
| ZURICH Switzerlands Molecular Partners which is hoping to produce an antiviral drug against COVID19 said on Monday that it had completed initial manufacturing runs for its candidate MP0420 that it aims to test in humans starting in November | Positive | ZURICH Switzerlands Molecular Partners which is hoping to produce an antiviral drug against COVID19 said on Monday that it had completed initial manufacturing runs for its candidate MP0420 that it aims to test in humans starting in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-molecular-partners-covid/molecular-partners-completes-manufacturing-runs-in-bid-for-covid-19-drug-idUSKBN2650II | 2020-09-14 |
| BERLIN The European economy is recovering much better than many had feared at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday adding that governments should nonetheless continue to support companies and consumers | Positive | BERLIN The European economy is recovering much better than many had feared at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday adding that governments should nonetheless continue to support companies and consumers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-scholz/european-economy-is-recovering-better-than-we-had-feared-scholz-idUSKBN2630IP | 2020-09-13 |
| DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rial-hits-new-low-against-dollar-as-economy-reels-idUSKBN2630VK | 2020-09-13 |
| Nevadans dont need more bluster from the president and dont need his reckless rallies that ignore the realities of COVID19 and endanger public Biden said in a statement on Saturday | Negative | MINDEN Nev | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-rallies-supporters-in-nevada-seeks-to-overcome-biden-lead-in-the-state-idUSKBN26310Q | 2020-09-13 |
| The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/steroids-cut-covid-19-death-risk-hepatitis-c-drugs-may-help-fight-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN25T34D | 2020-09-13 |
| Steroids reduce death risk from severe COVID19 | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/steroids-cut-covid-19-death-risk-hepatitis-c-drugs-may-help-fight-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN25T34D | 2020-09-13 |
| Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Saturday proposed to the U.S Food and Drug Administration to expand their Phase 3 pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to about 44000 participants while increasing the diversity of the trial population | Positive | Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Saturday proposed to the U.S Food and Drug Administration to expand their Phase 3 pivotal COVID19 vaccine trial to about 44000 participants while increasing the diversity of the trial population | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-biontech/pfizer-biontech-propose-expanding-covid-19-vaccine-trial-to-44000-volunteers-idUSKBN2630QH | 2020-09-13 |
| In New York City the annual memorial ceremony took on a different look and feel amid the COVID19 pandemic that has killed more than 191000 Americans | Negative | NEW Pennsylvania President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden separately commemorated the 19th anniversary of the attacks on Friday taking a pause from campaigning to honor the almost 3000 victims killed in the singlemost deadliest assault on U.S. soil | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sept11/trump-biden-take-break-from-campaign-to-commemorate-9-11-anniversary-idUSKBN2621CR | 2020-09-12 |
| The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials have said | Positive | The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials have said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-of-bahia-to-test-russias-vaccine-plans-to-buy-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH | 2020-09-12 |
| BRASILIA Services activity in Brazil rose in July for a second straight month figures showed on Friday but the pace of growth was slower than forecast suggesting the economys rebound from the worst of the COVID19 may not be quite so entrenched | Negative | BRASILIA Services activity in Brazil rose in July for a second straight month figures showed on Friday but the pace of growth was slower than forecast suggesting the economys rebound from the worst of the COVID19 may not be quite so entrenched | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-services/brazil-services-activity-up-2-6-in-july-less-than-expected-idUSKBN2621ST | 2020-09-12 |
| Greek officials say they believe the fire in the Moria centre was lit deliberately by migrants reacting to quarantine measures after COVID19 was detected in the camp last week | Negative | LESBOS Greece Despairing migrants left without shelter on the island of Lesbos after a fire destroyed Greeces biggest refugee camp faced off against police on Friday as authorities began setting up hundreds of tents to try to contain the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/desperate-migrants-stranded-on-greek-island-seek-shelter-europe-weighs-options-idUSKBN2620OE | 2020-09-12 |
| MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that more than one billion people would receive its COVID19 vaccine in 202021 the Interfax news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that more than one billion people would receive its COVID19 vaccine in 202021 the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-tar/more-than-1-billion-people-to-get-russias-covid-19-vaccine-in-2020-2021-ifax-cites-rdif-idUSKBN2621YI | 2020-09-12 |
| BERLIN Euro zone finance ministers pledged continued fiscal support on Friday to get their economies running again after the COVID19 crisis chairman of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe said after they met in Berlin | Positive | BERLIN Euro zone finance ministers pledged continued fiscal support on Friday to get their economies running again after the COVID19 crisis chairman of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe said after they met in Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-eurozone-support/euro-zone-ministers-pledge-lasting-fiscal-support-for-economy-idUSKBN2621LV | 2020-09-12 |
| Traders are starting to book tankers again to store crude oil and diesel another signal of oversupply amid a stalled economic recovery as the COVID19 pandemic continues | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices were little changed on Friday but posted their second straight weekly loss as stockpiles rise around the world and fuel demand struggles to rebound to precoronavirus levels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-ends-lower-for-second-week-as-stockpiles-rise-demand-weakens-idUSKBN26204Q | 2020-09-12 |
| As evidence grew this spring that the drug remdesivir was helping COVID19 patients some Wall Street investors bet on analysts estimates that its maker Gilead Sciences Inc could charge up to for the treatment | Neutral | As evidence grew this spring that the drug remdesivir was helping COVID19 patients some Wall Street investors bet on analysts estimates that its maker Gilead Sciences Inc could charge up to for the treatment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-drugpricing-lobbying-special-repo/special-report-big-pharma-wages-stealth-war-on-drug-price-watchdog-idUSKBN2621IQ | 2020-09-12 |
| Still the Bank of England may flag extending its bondbuying to help an economy reeling from COVID19 and Brexit | Positive | Meanwhile sterling has lost this month and at | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-brexit-blues-are-back-idUSKBN2621Z0 | 2020-09-12 |
| PARIS French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID19 cases but would instead implement a raft of less radical measures | Negative | PARIS French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID19 cases but would instead implement a raft of less radical measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/french-pm-no-new-nationwide-lockdown-over-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN2622E6 | 2020-09-12 |
| Castex who himself is in isolation after coming into contact with someone infected with COVID19 said some French citizens had let down their guard against the disease | Negative | PARIS French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID19 cases but would instead implement a raft of less radical measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/french-pm-no-new-nationwide-lockdown-over-covid-19-surge-idUSKBN2622E6 | 2020-09-12 |
| U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday | Negative | U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-exclusi/exclusive-u-s-hospitals-turn-down-remdesivir-limit-use-to-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2622UM | 2020-09-12 |
| Remdesivir was first authorized by the FDA in May for emergency use in COVID19 patients hospitalized and on oxygen support after data showed it helped shorten hospital recovery time | Positive | U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-exclusi/exclusive-u-s-hospitals-turn-down-remdesivir-limit-use-to-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2622UM | 2020-09-12 |
| U.S. drugmaker Merck Co Inc has begun recruiting participants to its earlystage COVID19 vaccine study according to the government database clinicaltrials | Positive | U.S. drugmaker Merck Co Inc has begun recruiting participants to its earlystage COVID19 vaccine study according to the government database clinicaltrials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-merck-co/merck-starts-recruitment-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN26231B | 2020-09-12 |
| The vaccine is based on a modified measles virus that delivers bits of the new coronavirus into the body to prevent COVID19 | Negative | U.S. drugmaker Merck Co Inc has begun recruiting participants to its earlystage COVID19 vaccine study according to the government database clinicaltrials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-merck-co/merck-starts-recruitment-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN26231B | 2020-09-12 |
| Previous studies had suggested children aged 10 years or older can efficiently transmit COVID19 in school settings | Positive | Twelve children who likely contracted COVID19 at three childcare operations in Utah infected some of their parents and siblings according to a U.S. study adding to evidence that very young kids can transmit the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-children/children-carried-covid-19-home-from-utah-childcare-centers-infecting-family-members-u-s-report-idUSKBN2622Q3 | 2020-09-12 |
| Transmission was observed from two of three children with confirmed asymptomatic COVID19 researchers found further evidence that those without symptoms can spread the virus | Positive | Twelve children who likely contracted COVID19 at three childcare operations in Utah infected some of their parents and siblings according to a U.S. study adding to evidence that very young kids can transmit the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-children/children-carried-covid-19-home-from-utah-childcare-centers-infecting-family-members-u-s-report-idUSKBN2622Q3 | 2020-09-12 |
| Indias drug regulator has asked Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment in its clinical trials of AstraZeneca Plcs potential COVID19 vaccine in the country until further orders Reuters partner ANI reported on Friday | Neutral | Indias drug regulator has asked Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment in its clinical trials of AstraZeneca Plcs potential COVID19 vaccine in the country until further orders Reuters partner ANI reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-serum-institute/dcgi-orders-suspension-of-serums-india-trials-of-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-ani-idUSKBN26231H | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. officials are weighing whether to postpone or further cut refugee admissions in the coming year amid legal fights over President Donald Trumps refugee policy and uncertainty caused by the COVID19 pandemic a senior official said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. officials are weighing whether to postpone or further cut refugee admissions in the coming year amid legal fights over President Donald Trumps refugee policy and uncertainty caused by the COVID19 pandemic a senior official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-considers-postponing-refugee-admissions-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2612SO | 2020-09-11 |
| BRASILIA Brazil with the third worst outbreak of novel coronavirus is still studying whether to join the COVAX Facility a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization the acting health minister said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil with the third worst outbreak of novel coronavirus is still studying whether to join the COVAX Facility a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization the acting health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-covax/brazil-still-mulling-whether-to-join-covax-vaccine-allocation-plan-idUSKBN26200R | 2020-09-11 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials said on Thursday | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials for Russias Sputnik V vaccine against COVID19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/brazilian-state-to-test-russias-vaccine-eyes-buying-50-million-doses-idUSKBN2613NH | 2020-09-11 |
| MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Thursday that it had agreed to manufacture Russias first registered COVID19 vaccine in Brazil | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Thursday that it had agreed to manufacture Russias first registered COVID19 vaccine in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-brazil/russias-rdif-agrees-to-manufacture-covid-19-vaccine-in-brazil-idUSKBN2612R0 | 2020-09-11 |
| TOKYO Japans new prime minister should focus on combating the COVID19 pandemic digitalizing the economy and creating employment a Reuters poll showed on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Japans new prime minister should focus on combating the COVID19 pandemic digitalizing the economy and creating employment a Reuters poll showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-economy-poll/japans-new-government-should-focus-on-response-to-coronavirus-digitalization-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2620FB | 2020-09-11 |
| In a further bearish sign traders were starting to book tankers again to store crude oil and diesel amid a stalled economic recovery as the COVID19 pandemic continues unabated | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday pressured by a surprise rise in U.S. stockpiles as the coronavirus pandemic continues to erode demand for fuels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-extends-losses-as-stockpile-rise-amid-weakening-demand-idUSKBN26204Q | 2020-09-11 |
| United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | Neutral | United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-11 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey is considering a request from Russia to conduct Phase III trials of Russias COVID19 vaccine Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday adding a decision would be made in the next week | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey is considering a request from Russia to conduct Phase III trials of Russias COVID19 vaccine Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday adding a decision would be made in the next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-vaccine/turkey-considers-allowing-phase-iii-testing-of-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN261392 | 2020-09-11 |
| The fact is that the Sioux Falls community experienced an early spike in COVID19 cases which impacted our Lombardo said | Negative | CHICAGO The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus making it the first major meatpacker to face a fine after outbreaks at slaughterhouses infected thousands of workers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-smithfield/u-s-cites-smithfield-foods-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN261345 | 2020-09-11 |
| J.C. Penney Co Inc has a colorful history as one of Americas most recognizable department store chains but a failure to counter the shift to online shopping hammered its business in recent years with COVID19 pandemic finally pushing it to the brink of collapse | Negative | J.C. Penney Co Inc has a colorful history as one of Americas most recognizable department store chains but a failure to counter the shift to online shopping hammered its business in recent years with COVID19 pandemic finally pushing it to the brink of collapse | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-jc-penney-sale-bankruptcy-factbox/factbox-j-c-penneys-history-from-golden-rule-start-to-covid-era-bankruptcy-idUSKBN26035W | 2020-09-11 |
| Vettel was told by Ferrari in May after the COVID19 pandemic had delayed the start of the season that they would not be extending his contract beyond this year | Negative | Sebastian Vettel said he had come close to retiring before Racing Point offered him a chance to continue in Formula One next season | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-tuscan-sebastianvettel/vettel-says-he-came-close-to-retirement-before-aston-deal-idUSKBN2612TX | 2020-09-11 |
| in 2022 that would still be well above the preCOVID19 rate of 3 | Positive | BENGALURU The U.S. Federal Reserves latest policy shift will not have any significant impact on the economy according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll who do not expect the central bank to meet its dual mandate until 2023 at least | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-poll/feds-new-policy-shift-to-have-no-major-impact-say-economists-reuters-poll-idUSKBN26200V | 2020-09-11 |
| The committee chairman said the new tax target was more realistic given an uncertain economic recovery path with the COVID19 outbreak still raging | Negative | 2021 GDP target set at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/indonesia-economy-budget/update-1-indonesia-parliament-body-govt-agree-to-widen-2021-fiscal-deficit-to-5-7-of-gdp-idUSL4N2G811B | 2020-09-11 |
| The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it has launched two of the three latestage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID19 among adults | Positive | The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it has launched two of the three latestage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID19 among adults | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bloodthinners/nih-launches-two-trials-to-test-blood-thinners-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2613FQ | 2020-09-11 |
| There is currently no standard of care for anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID19 patients and there is a desperate need for clinical evidence to guide said NIH Director Francis Collins | Negative | The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it has launched two of the three latestage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID19 among adults | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bloodthinners/nih-launches-two-trials-to-test-blood-thinners-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2613FQ | 2020-09-11 |
| The agency has already begun separate trials testing blood thinners in hospitalized COVID19 patients and those with COVID19 who have not been admitted to a hospital | Negative | The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it has launched two of the three latestage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID19 among adults | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bloodthinners/nih-launches-two-trials-to-test-blood-thinners-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2613FQ | 2020-09-11 |
| A third trial to start later will focus on patients discharged after hospitalization for moderate to severe COVID19 | Negative | The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it has launched two of the three latestage clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of different types of blood thinners in treating COVID19 among adults | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bloodthinners/nih-launches-two-trials-to-test-blood-thinners-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2613FQ | 2020-09-11 |
| Firms should look toward publicprivate partnerships in the fight against COVID19 the head of United Nations childrens agency told business leaders on Thursday | Neutral | Firms should look toward publicprivate partnerships in the fight against COVID19 the head of United Nations childrens agency told business leaders on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-unicef/unicef-chief-urges-firms-to-fight-covid-19-with-public-sector-partners-idUSKBN2613IV | 2020-09-11 |
| NEW YORK New York Fashion Week will look a little different this season with the typical sevenday parade of events stripped down to five days because of COVID19 restrictions with online runway shows and smaller socially distanced audiences | Negative | NEW YORK New York Fashion Week will look a little different this season with the typical sevenday parade of events stripped down to five days because of COVID19 restrictions with online runway shows and smaller socially distanced audiences | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-fashion-new-york-preview/covid-19-restrictions-give-new-york-fashion-weeknew-look-idUSKBN261397 | 2020-09-11 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the country has other for a potential COVID19 vaccine after drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc suspended a latestage trial due to an illness in a participant | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the country has other for a potential COVID19 vaccine after drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc suspended a latestage trial due to an illness in a participant | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexican-president-says-we-have-other-options-after-pause-in-astazeneca-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN260289 | 2020-09-10 |
| The governments of Argentina and Mexico have agreed to produce the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine for most of Latin America | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the country has other for a potential COVID19 vaccine after drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc suspended a latestage trial due to an illness in a participant | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexican-president-says-we-have-other-options-after-pause-in-astazeneca-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN260289 | 2020-09-10 |
| MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday it had signed a deal to supply Mexican pharmaceutical firm Landsteiner Scientific with 32 million doses of the Russianproduced COVID19 vaccine the fund said in a statement | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday it had signed a deal to supply Mexican pharmaceutical firm Landsteiner Scientific with 32 million doses of the Russianproduced COVID19 vaccine the fund said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-mexico/russias-rdif-to-sell-32-mln-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-mexican-firm-idUSKBN2601BS | 2020-09-10 |
| MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday confirmed it had signed a deal to export 32 million doses of the COVID19 vaccine to Mexican pharmaceutical company Landsteiner Scientific | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday confirmed it had signed a deal to export 32 million doses of the COVID19 vaccine to Mexican pharmaceutical company Landsteiner Scientific | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-mexico-vacc/russias-rdif-to-sell-32-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-mexicos-landsteiner-scientific-statement-idUSKBN2601MC | 2020-09-10 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian lab and hospital group DASA S.A. said on Wednesday it has agreed to conduct clinical Phase 2 and 3 trials in Brazil for a COVID19 vaccine developed by COVAXX a unit of U.S. privatelyowned United Biomedical Inc | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian lab and hospital group DASA S.A. said on Wednesday it has agreed to conduct clinical Phase 2 and 3 trials in Brazil for a COVID19 vaccine developed by COVAXX a unit of U.S. privatelyowned United Biomedical Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-covaxx/brazil-lab-dasa-to-do-tests-for-covid-19-vaccine-being-developed-by-covaxx-idUSKBN2602FV | 2020-09-10 |
| Brazil has the third worst coronavirus outbreak after the United States and India and has become a testing ground for COVID19 vaccines under development in Britain China and Russia | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian lab and hospital group DASA S.A. said on Wednesday it has agreed to conduct clinical Phase 2 and 3 trials in Brazil for a COVID19 vaccine developed by COVAXX a unit of U.S. privatelyowned United Biomedical Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-covaxx/brazil-lab-dasa-to-do-tests-for-covid-19-vaccine-being-developed-by-covaxx-idUSKBN2602FV | 2020-09-10 |
| The recent sharp rise in Brazilian food prices is part of a temporary global phenomenon caused by a COVID19 pandemicinduced supply shock Treasury Secretary Bruno Funchal said | Negative | The global death toll from the coronavirus crossed 900000 according to a Reuters tally while India reported record jumps in new infections and deaths even as bars reopened for the first time since lockdown in the worlds secondmost populous nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-10 |
| I said I am willing to give it a Nkuna said admitting that the fear that she could get COVID19 and possibly lose her life still grips her sometimes | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South African volunteers on AstraZenecas experimental coronavirus vaccine trial said they were not worried to hear the trial had been paused after a participant fell ill and they hoped to be part of a potential solution to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-safric/south-african-volunteers-on-astrazeneca-vaccine-trial-say-not-alarmed-by-pause-idUSKBN26026I | 2020-09-10 |
| MOSCOW Twentysix scientists most of them working at universities in Italy have signed an open letter questioning the reliability of the data presented in the earlystage trial results of the Russian COVID19 vaccine named | Negative | MOSCOW Twentysix scientists most of them working at universities in Italy have signed an open letter questioning the reliability of the data presented in the earlystage trial results of the Russian COVID19 vaccine named | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-let/some-scientists-spot-unlikely-patterns-in-russia-vaccine-data-letter-idUSKBN2602Q5 | 2020-09-10 |
| Last month right after the diplomatic deal was announced APEX signed a deal with Israeli Tera Group to cooperate on COVID19 including a testing device | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Sheba Medical Center and the United Arab Emiratess APEX National Investment said on Thursday they signed a preliminary agreement to jointly promote healthcare technologies in the UAE and the Gulf region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-israel-emirates/israeli-hospital-sheba-uaes-apex-to-develop-health-technologies-idUSKBN2610E1 | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government is set to end enhanced screening of some international passengers for COVID19 and drop requirements that travelers coming from the targeted countries arrive at 15 designated U.S. airports according to U.S. and airline officials and a government document seen by Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. government is set to end enhanced screening of some international passengers for COVID19 and drop requirements that travelers coming from the targeted countries arrive at 15 designated U.S. airports according to U.S. and airline officials and a government document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travelers/u-s-set-to-end-enhanced-screening-of-some-international-travelers-for-covid-19-sources-idUSKBN260343 | 2020-09-10 |
| LESBOS Greece Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID19 could spread the virus | Negative | LESBOS Greece Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID19 could spread the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/thousands-homeless-after-fire-guts-migrant-camp-on-greek-island-idUSKBN26002M | 2020-09-10 |
| The camp was placed under quarantine last week after an asylumseeker tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | LESBOS Greece Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID19 could spread the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/thousands-homeless-after-fire-guts-migrant-camp-on-greek-island-idUSKBN26002M | 2020-09-10 |
| BEIJING Chinas International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition the countrys biggest airshow will go ahead in November the organizer said on Wednesday backtracking on an earlier announcement the 2020 event had been canceled due to COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition the countrys biggest airshow will go ahead in November the organizer said on Wednesday backtracking on an earlier announcement the 2020 event had been canceled due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-airshow/chinas-biggest-airshow-to-go-ahead-as-originally-planned-event-organizer-idUSKBN2600R6 | 2020-09-10 |
| Data released on Tuesday showed Japans economy sank deeper into its worst postwar contraction in the second quarter underscoring the challenges the next prime minister faces in dealing with COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO The leader of the Japanese ruling coalitions junior partner Komeito indicated on Wednesday his party does not want a snap general election after the Liberal Democratic Party picks a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-komeito-exclusive/exclusive-japan-ruling-coalition-partner-komeito-indicates-it-does-not-want-snap-election-idUSKBN26010M | 2020-09-10 |
| Major U.S. airlines warned on Wednesday that travel demand will continue to languish until there is a widespread COVID19 vaccine while awaiting developments in Washington on additional federal aid | Negative | Major U.S. airlines warned on Wednesday that travel demand will continue to languish until there is a widespread COVID19 vaccine while awaiting developments in Washington on additional federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-warn-on-travel-recovery-while-awaiting-fresh-aid-idUSKBN2602BD | 2020-09-10 |
| The sector does not expect a meaningful recovery until there is a widely accepted COVID19 treatment or vaccine which could stimulate pentup demand and the need for trained workers | Negative | Major U.S. airlines warned on Wednesday that travel demand will continue to languish until there is a widespread COVID19 vaccine while awaiting developments in Washington on additional federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-warn-on-travel-recovery-while-awaiting-fresh-aid-idUSKBN2602BD | 2020-09-10 |
| Dufry has reeled under the hit of COVID19 which has dramatically reduced traffic at airports gutted sales and pushed the group to a firsthalf loss | Negative | Dufry last month agreed to buy the rest of Hudson for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-dufry-capital/dufry-brings-advent-on-board-launches-rights-issue-idUSKBN2610O4 | 2020-09-10 |
| European shares bounced back on Wednesday on the eve of the European Central Banks policy meeting as AstraZeneca reversed declines after a report that it may resume its COVID19 vaccine trial next week | Positive | European shares bounced back on Wednesday on the eve of the European Central Banks policy meeting as AstraZeneca reversed declines after a report that it may resume its COVID19 vaccine trial next week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-bounce-back-focus-shifts-to-ecb-meeting-idUSKBN2602OH | 2020-09-10 |
| Nevadas Democratic governor Steve Sisolak has limited inperson gatherings to 50 people since May as part of efforts to lower the rate of COVID19 infections in the state | Negative | President Donald Trumps plan to hold campaign rallies this weekend at two Nevada airports was scrapped on Wednesday after local authorities said the events would violate the states coronavirusrelated ban on gatherings of more than 50 people | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-nevada/trump-rallies-in-nevada-canceled-over-crowd-size-restrictions-idUSKBN260391 | 2020-09-10 |
| 9 the country had 31036 confirmed COVID19 cases with 1161 new cases identified by labs on that day alone | Neutral | PRAGUE The Czech Republic reported more than 1000 coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Thursday as it widened compulsory wearing of face masks in an attempt to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech/czech-republic-reports-over-1000-coronavirus-cases-for-second-straight-day-idUSKBN2610OQ | 2020-09-10 |
| LONDON British scientists have developed a fourlevel scoring model for predicting the death risk of patients hospitalised with COVID19 saying it should help doctors quickly decide on the best care for each patient | Positive | LONDON British scientists have developed a fourlevel scoring model for predicting the death risk of patients hospitalised with COVID19 saying it should help doctors quickly decide on the best care for each patient | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus/british-researchers-design-death-risk-tool-for-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN2603FG | 2020-09-10 |
| Businesses would also get new protections against lawsuits as they reopen as the number of COVID19 cases and deaths rise | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| New York will require kindergarten through 12th grade schools to disclose the number of students and staff testing positive for COVID19 and may force colleges with more than 100 cases to switch to remote learning Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | Positive | New York will require kindergarten through 12th grade schools to disclose the number of students and staff testing positive for COVID19 and may force colleges with more than 100 cases to switch to remote learning Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-college/new-york-state-may-move-colleges-with-covid-19-spikes-to-remote-learning-cuomo-idUSKBN25Z2M6 | 2020-09-09 |
| ASEAN would instead discuss with China the advancement of a longdelayed code of maritime conduct and the development and access to a COVID19 vaccine he said | Positive | HANOI Southeast Asian foreign ministers kicked off a series of regional summits on Wednesday expected to seek collaboration to fight global threats and to try to deescalate a titfortat rivalry as the worlds two biggest economies vie for influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-asean-summit/asia-summits-underway-amid-u-s-china-friction-idUSKBN2600IM | 2020-09-09 |
| Moderna said in an emailed statement it was not aware of any to its ongoing COVID19 vaccine study at this time | Positive | AstraZeneca Plc said it has paused global trials including large latestage trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness in a study participant | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-suspends-leading-covid-19-vaccine-trials-after-a-participants-illness-idUSKBN25Z392 | 2020-09-09 |
| HARARE Zimbabwe will resume domestic flights from Thursday and international flights next month in a boost to tourism but travellers will be required to have COVID19 clearance certificates the government said | Positive | HARARE Zimbabwe will resume domestic flights from Thursday and international flights next month in a boost to tourism but travellers will be required to have COVID19 clearance certificates the government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe/zimbabwe-to-resume-flights-from-thursday-in-boost-to-tourism-idUSKBN25Z2X6 | 2020-09-09 |
| All travellers will be required to have a PCR chain COVID19 clearance certificate issued by a recognised facility within 48 hours from the date of the statement said | Positive | HARARE Zimbabwe will resume domestic flights from Thursday and international flights next month in a boost to tourism but travellers will be required to have COVID19 clearance certificates the government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe/zimbabwe-to-resume-flights-from-thursday-in-boost-to-tourism-idUSKBN25Z2X6 | 2020-09-09 |
| BENGALURU India has received an offer from Russia to conduct a trial and manufacture its COVID19 vaccine with several Indian companies currently studying the proposal an Indian government official said on Tuesday | Positive | BENGALURU India has received an offer from Russia to conduct a trial and manufacture its COVID19 vaccine with several Indian companies currently studying the proposal an Indian government official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-russia/india-weighing-russian-offer-for-sputnik-v-vaccine-trial-manufacturing-official-idUSKBN25Z1TV | 2020-09-09 |
| Passengers entering Jordan would need proof of a negative COVID19 test within 72 hours of travel alongside a compulsory test on arrival officials said | Negative | AMMAN Jordan resumed regular international flights on Tuesday after being suspended for nearly six months because of the novel coronavirus epidemic officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-airport/jordan-resumes-regular-commercial-flights-after-six-month-halt-during-pandemic-idUSKBN25Z32U | 2020-09-09 |
| JPMorgan Chase Co is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID19 shutdowns according to an internal memo seen by Reuters | Negative | JPMorgan Chase Co is investigating employees who may have been involved in the misuse of federal funds meant to help small businesses and other customers hurt by COVID19 shutdowns according to an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-probing-alleged-misuse-of-ppp-funds-by-employees-memo-shows-idUSKBN25Z2KI | 2020-09-09 |
| The companies said in a statement they would uphold the integrity of the scientific process as they work towards potential global regulatory filings and approvals of the first COVID19 | Positive | FRANKFURT Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-developers/u-s-european-covid-19-vaccine-developers-pledge-to-uphold-testing-rigour-idUSKBN25Z1M4 | 2020-09-09 |
| The promise to play by established rules underlines a highly politicised debate over what action is needed to rein in COVID19 quickly and to jumpstart global business and trade | Positive | FRANKFURT Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-developers/u-s-european-covid-19-vaccine-developers-pledge-to-uphold-testing-rigour-idUSKBN25Z1M4 | 2020-09-09 |
| Several states in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast have seen new COVID19 cases increase for two weeks in a row though nationally both new infections and deaths last week remained on a downward trend a Reuters analysis showed | Negative | Several states in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast have seen new COVID19 cases increase for two weeks in a row though nationally both new infections and deaths last week remained on a downward trend a Reuters analysis showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends-graphic/covid-19-cases-rise-in-u-s-midwest-and-northeast-deaths-fall-for-third-week-idUSKBN25Z2W6 | 2020-09-09 |
| German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30 samples in an hour | Positive | German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30 samples in an hour | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-qiagen/qiagen-readies-launch-of-rapid-covid-19-antigen-test-idUSKBN25Z33C | 2020-09-09 |
| 3 in August hitting its highest level since March when Germany went into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Investor morale in the euro zone rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to reach its highest level since February a survey showed on Monday signalling hope that a recovery from the coronavirus crisis remains on track | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentix/euro-zone-investor-morale-improves-for-fifth-month-in-september-sentix-idUSKBN25Y0QE | 2020-09-08 |
| No major policy moves are expected since the ECB has acted aggressively to shore up an economy tipped to shrink around a tenth in 2020 due to COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Thursdays European Central Bank meeting should be anything but the euro is surging inflation is negative for the first time since 2016 and there is heightened uncertainty about the coronavirus as the number of new cases edges higher | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-markets-ecb-graphic/graphic-surging-euro-vanishing-inflation-five-questions-for-the-ecb-idUSKBN25Y0HB | 2020-09-08 |
| The extradition hearings started in February but were then postponed for a few months before being further delayed because of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain failed on Monday in a bid to further delay hearings that resumed after a pause of months caused by the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-assange/uk-judge-rejects-assange-bid-to-delay-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN25X10D | 2020-09-08 |
| TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| Xi awarded Zhong Nanshan the senior medical adviser and coronavirus expert who helped shape Chinas COVID19 response with a Medal of the Republic the countrys highest honour | Positive | President Xi Jinping honoured the of Chinas peoples against COVID19 at a ceremony on Tuesday lauding the countrys resilience as well as the decisive role played in containment efforts by the ruling Communist Party | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-awards/chinas-xi-says-china-acted-openly-and-transparently-on-covid-19-idUSKBN25Z0G1 | 2020-09-08 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-says-working-with-china-on-requirements-for-covid-vaccine-approval-idUSKBN25Y1MC | 2020-09-08 |
| For all the potential for technology to help it is likely to be constrained as the COVID19 pandemic adds to Africas economic problems | Negative | LAGOS When Loveth Metibobas baby had diarrhoea she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigerias capital Abuja might expose them both to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-tech-insigh/health-tech-pins-hope-on-africas-pandemic-shift-to-online-care-idUSKBN25Y0VG | 2020-09-08 |
| The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | Positive | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN25Z0PG | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | Negative | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| But only a handful have opened citing insurance as one of the many barriers as underwriters have been excluding COVID19 from the cover they provide | Neutral | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| That means a theatre has no protection against cancellation or legal action from anyone in the audience or cast who falls ill or from a lockdown due to COVID19 | Negative | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| Allianz was no longer providing this insurance for cancellation or illness due to COVID19 a spokesman confirmed | Negative | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico is working to produce its own COVID19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring according to a researcher coordinating local efforts amid a global race to tame a disease that has infected over 26 | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is working to produce its own COVID19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring according to a researcher coordinating local efforts amid a global race to tame a disease that has infected over 26 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/one-vaccine-isnt-enough-mexico-aims-for-its-own-coronavirus-fix-idUSKBN25X0IH | 2020-09-07 |
| LONDON The global economy is likely not headed for any major slowdown due to COVID19 but piledup storage and uncertainty over Chinas oil demand cloud oil markets recovery an official with International Energy Agency said | Negative | LONDON The global economy is likely not headed for any major slowdown due to COVID19 but piledup storage and uncertainty over Chinas oil demand cloud oil markets recovery an official with International Energy Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iea-oil/iea-sees-oil-market-stuck-between-no-major-slowdown-but-stalled-recovery-idUSKBN25Y0GV | 2020-09-07 |
| AMMAN More than 200 U.N. staff members have been infected by COVID19 in Syria as the global body steps up its contingency plans to combat the fast spread of the pandemic in the country medical workers and U.N. officials said | Negative | AMMAN More than 200 U.N. staff members have been infected by COVID19 in Syria as the global body steps up its contingency plans to combat the fast spread of the pandemic in the country medical workers and U.N. officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/over-200-u-n-staff-in-syria-infected-with-covid-19-medics-u-n-official-idUSKBN25X0XA | 2020-09-07 |
| SAN JOSE Researchers in Costa Rica are due to begin trials of an inexpensive coronavirus treatment based on antibodies taken from horses injected with the SARSCov2 the virus that causes COVID19 according to scientists | Positive | SAN JOSE Researchers in Costa Rica are due to begin trials of an inexpensive coronavirus treatment based on antibodies taken from horses injected with the SARSCov2 the virus that causes COVID19 according to scientists | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-costarica-horses/costa-rica-researchers-to-trial-coronavirus-treatment-from-horse-antibodies-idUSKBN25X0F6 | 2020-09-07 |
| SYDNEY Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID19 vaccine in January Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday as the number of new daily infections in the countrys virus hotspot fell to a 10week low | Negative | SYDNEY Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID19 vaccine in January Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday as the number of new daily infections in the countrys virus hotspot fell to a 10week low | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-expects-to-receive-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-within-months-idUSKBN25Y003 | 2020-09-07 |
| WUHAN China The Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan believed by many to be the origin of the COVID19 pandemic is sealed behind a blue perimeter fence | Negative | WUHAN China The Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan believed by many to be the origin of the COVID19 pandemic is sealed behind a blue perimeter fence | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan/nothing-to-see-covid-origins-off-limits-as-chinas-wuhan-touts-recovery-idUSKBN25X08E | 2020-09-06 |
| The Department of Health also said 23074 individuals have recovered from COVID19 bringing total recoveries to 184687 | Positive | MANILA The Philippines health ministry on Sunday reported 2839 new coronavirus cases and 85 more deaths bringing the countrys total tally of infections to 237365 and fatalities to 3875 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-cases/philippines-reports-2839-new-coronavirus-infections-85-more-deaths-idUSKBN25X0B3 | 2020-09-06 |
| Drugmakers and government agencies worldwide are racing to combat the pandemic and develop vaccines and treatments for COVID19 | Negative | PARIS Sanofis SAY.PA chief in France Olivier Bogillot said on Saturday that its future COVID19 vaccine was likely to be priced below 10 euros per shot | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanofi/sanofi-france-chief-future-covid-19-vaccine-seen-below-10-euros-idUSKBN25W0EU | 2020-09-06 |
| PARIS France must stay vigilant as more people will be hospitalised in intensive care units in the next two weeks reflecting a flareup in COVID19 infections in recent days Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday | Negative | PARIS France must stay vigilant as more people will be hospitalised in intensive care units in the next two weeks reflecting a flareup in COVID19 infections in recent days Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-minister/france-expects-more-severe-covid-cases-in-next-15-days-idUSKBN25W0KU | 2020-09-06 |
| These stark figures show us the serious impact of the second wave of COVID19 in Australias deputy chief medical officer Michael Kidd told reporters | Negative | MELBOURNE Protesters against a COVID19 lockdown defied police in Australias hotspot on Saturday prompting 15 arrests even as the state of Victoria continued its gradual improvement in stemming new cases due to the nearly five weeks of restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/lockdown-protesters-defy-police-as-australia-coronavirus-cases-ease-idUSKBN25W048 | 2020-09-06 |
| The United States which has the worlds third largest population leads the planet with more than 186000 COVID19 deaths and 6 | Negative | U.S. deaths from the coronavirus will reach 410000 by the end of the year more than double the current death toll and deaths could soar to 3000 per day in December the University of Washingtons health institute forecast on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-projected-to-more-than-double-to-410000-by-january-idUSKBN25V2A7 | 2020-09-05 |
| NUEVO LEON Mexico Using drones shovels and picks desperate Mexicans resumed searching for disappeared family members across remote parts of the country restarting a torturous process that was largely halted when the COVID19 pandemic hit in March | Negative | NUEVO LEON Mexico Using drones shovels and picks desperate Mexicans resumed searching for disappeared family members across remote parts of the country restarting a torturous process that was largely halted when the COVID19 pandemic hit in March | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-violence-missing/in-midst-of-pandemic-mexicans-resume-searches-for-the-disappeared-idUSKBN25V035 | 2020-09-05 |
| BRASILIA The technology institute for the Brazilian state of which has agreed to produce Russias COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it plans to conduct phase III trials on 10000 volunteers in Brazil at the start of next year | Positive | BRASILIA The technology institute for the Brazilian state of which has agreed to produce Russias COVID19 vaccine said on Friday it plans to conduct phase III trials on 10000 volunteers in Brazil at the start of next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-tecpar-to-trial-russian-covid-19-vaccine-in-early-2021-idUSKBN25V2CP | 2020-09-05 |
| The governments fiscal efforts to combat the COVID19 crisis on the primary budget balance amount to 8 | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils economy ministry on Friday revised its 2020 fiscal forecasts to account for the extension of emergency payments to the poor through the end of the year which will push government and public sector deficits out to new records | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-widens-2020-govt-primary-deficit-forecast-to-12-1-of-gdp-from-11-idUSKBN25V26S | 2020-09-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak reiterated on Thursday that COVID19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak reiterated on Thursday that COVID19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccination/brazils-bolsonaro-says-covid-19-vaccinations-will-not-be-mandatory-idUSKBN25U30C | 2020-09-05 |
| Large longterm trials including a placebo comparison and further monitoring are needed to establish the longterm safety and effectiveness of the vaccine for preventing COVID19 it said | Positive | MOSCOW Russias COVID19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in earlystage trials according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russias-covid-19-vaccine-showed-antibody-response-in-initial-trials-idUSKBN25V1I2 | 2020-09-05 |
| BarZeev who was not involved in the study said clinical efficacy for any COVID19 vaccine has not yet been shown | Positive | MOSCOW Russias COVID19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in earlystage trials according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russias-covid-19-vaccine-showed-antibody-response-in-initial-trials-idUSKBN25V1I2 | 2020-09-05 |
| Governments and big pharmaceutical firms are racing to develop a vaccine to end the COVID19 pandemic which has killed more than 850000 people globally and infected around 26 million | Negative | MOSCOW Russias COVID19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in earlystage trials according to results published on Friday by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russias-covid-19-vaccine-showed-antibody-response-in-initial-trials-idUSKBN25V1I2 | 2020-09-05 |
| BRUSSELS Agreeing the exact conditions on respecting democracy to attach to the disbursement of European Union funds is a key challenge for implementing the blocs plan to revive the economy after the COVID19 pandemic a top official said on Friday | Negative | BRUSSELS Agreeing the exact conditions on respecting democracy to attach to the disbursement of European Union funds is a key challenge for implementing the blocs plan to revive the economy after the COVID19 pandemic a top official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-michel/democracy-row-poses-challenge-for-eu-covid-recovery-fund-idUSKBN25V1OR | 2020-09-05 |
| UNRWA is asking for million in contributions from countries so it can continue COVID19 containment efforts | Positive | GAZA Gaza has reported hundreds of coronavirus infections since the first case emerged in the general population last week and a U.N. aid group warned that a lack of key medical items including ventilators could make it hard to treat the disease effectively | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/spike-in-coronavirus-cases-in-gaza-worries-main-u-n-aid-group-idUSKBN25V2BW | 2020-09-05 |
| TIANJIN China Chinas auto industry will likely maintain steady revenues and profits this year despite slight declines in production and vehicle sales a government official said on Saturday as the worlds biggest car market recovers from the impact of COVID19 | Positive | TIANJIN China Chinas auto industry will likely maintain steady revenues and profits this year despite slight declines in production and vehicle sales a government official said on Saturday as the worlds biggest car market recovers from the impact of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/china-auto-revenue-profit-likely-flat-this-year-official-says-idUSKBN25W06G | 2020-09-05 |
| Though sales have picked up in recent months CAAM predicts they will fall around for all of 2020 as the COVID19 pandemic hit the market hard early in the year | Negative | TIANJIN Chinas auto market the worlds biggest is expected to grow only slightly in the next five years the countrys top auto industry body said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-autos/chinas-auto-sales-to-grow-slightly-in-next-five-years-industry-body-predicts-idUSKBN25V18K | 2020-09-05 |
| Banks across Europe are struggling to cope with record low interest rates and the economic downturn sparked by the COVID19 pandemic leading analysts to predict more tieups to cut costs | Negative | MADRID Caixabank and Bankia are set to agree a merger to create Spains biggest domestic lender in the coming days two sources told Reuters in a deal expected to lead to hundreds of branch closures and kick off a new wave of industry consolidation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-caixabank-m-a-bankia/more-bank-mergers-loom-as-bankia-caixabank-eye-big-savings-idUSKBN25V0ZH | 2020-09-05 |
| This means negative consequences for respiratory ailments of which COVID19 is one | Negative | Fearful of catching the coronavirus while also feeling the pinch from recession Spaniards are increasingly shunning public transport and turning to cheap old cars industry data shows in a trend that risks more toxic emissions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-environment-spain/spaniards-buy-old-polluting-cars-amid-recession-and-covid-fears-idUSKBN25V1GG | 2020-09-05 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID19 until the middle of next year a spokeswoman said on Friday stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID19 until the middle of next year a spokeswoman said on Friday stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/widespread-covid-19-vaccinations-not-expected-until-mid-2021-who-says-idUSKBN25V1B0 | 2020-09-05 |
| As part of our Twitter chat series Reuters gathered a group of experts to discuss how the COVID19 pandemic has transformed K12 education | Negative | NEW YORK Parents teachers and students nationwide are preparing for a school year like no other | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-schoolchat/how-to-prepare-for-a-school-year-like-no-other-idUSKBN25U2M7 | 2020-09-04 |
| NAIROBI The World Health Organization wants to secure an initial 230 million doses of any COVID19 vaccine for Africa officials said Thursday while emphasising that any vaccine in development should also be tested on the continent | Positive | NAIROBI The World Health Organization wants to secure an initial 230 million doses of any COVID19 vaccine for Africa officials said Thursday while emphasising that any vaccine in development should also be tested on the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/who-aiming-for-20-of-africa-to-get-initial-covid-jabs-from-access-plan-idUSKBN25U1BR | 2020-09-04 |
| The scheme has nine COVID19 vaccine candidates covering a range of technologies and scientific approaches | Negative | NAIROBI The World Health Organization wants to secure an initial 230 million doses of any COVID19 vaccine for Africa officials said Thursday while emphasising that any vaccine in development should also be tested on the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/who-aiming-for-20-of-africa-to-get-initial-covid-jabs-from-access-plan-idUSKBN25U1BR | 2020-09-04 |
| The Czech Republic has registered 425 deaths associated with COVID19 a lower toll than many of its fellow European Union member states | Negative | PRAGUE The Czech Republic reported 650 new COVID19 cases on Thursday its highest number for a single day since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as infections gathered speed amid relaxed government restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech-cases/czech-republic-reports-record-daily-coronavirus-cases-four-ministers-isolating-idUSKBN25U17I | 2020-09-04 |
| Demand for its services has increased during the COVID19 pandemic as companies spend more to protect the information technology systems of employees working from home | Positive | Cybersecurity startup KnowBe4 Inc which helps train employees to detect phishing emails is preparing for a U.S. initial public offering people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-knowbe4-ipo/kkr-backed-cybersecurity-start-up-knowbe4-readies-ipo-idUSKBN25U2WY | 2020-09-04 |
| A Tesla subsidiary is helping to build mobile molecule printers to make the potential COVID19 vaccine under development by CureVac | Positive | BERLIN Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk praised German vaccine developer CureVac CVAC.O as one the worlds most innovative firms in a conversation with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-musk-germany-curevac/teslas-musk-praises-curevac-as-among-most-innovative-firms-source-idUSKBN25U10V | 2020-09-04 |
| French drugmaker Sanofi and its British peer GSK rose as they started a clinical trial for a proteinbased COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-open-higher-ahead-of-service-sector-data-idUSL4N2G01QR | 2020-09-04 |
| The app made by the two tech giants tracks interactions through Bluetooth signals and anonymously notifies a person if someone they met contracts COVID19 | Positive | Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them a study published on Thursday by researchers at Google and Oxford University showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-contact-tracing/tracing-apps-may-stem-covid-19-spread-even-when-only-a-few-use-them-study-idUSKBN25U2YM | 2020-09-04 |
| LOS ANGELES British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID19 news media reported on Thursday halting production of The and highlighting the industrys struggles to get back to business after months of a pandemicinduced shutdown | Negative | LOS ANGELES British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID19 news media reported on Thursday halting production of The and highlighting the industrys struggles to get back to business after months of a pandemicinduced shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-film-the-batman/robert-pattinsons-positive-test-on-batman-set-underscores-challenges-for-hollywood-idUSKBN25U2X0 | 2020-09-04 |
| LOS ANGELES A motorcycle rider who traveled to the Sturgis rally in August has died of COVID19 as infections rise in parts of the Midwest Minnesota health officials said on Wednesday while Los Angeles reopened hair salons and New Yorkers returned to gyms | Negative | LOS ANGELES A motorcycle rider who traveled to the Sturgis rally in August has died of COVID19 as infections rise in parts of the Midwest Minnesota health officials said on Wednesday while Los Angeles reopened hair salons and New Yorkers returned to gyms | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/motorcycle-rider-who-attended-sturgis-rally-dies-of-covid-hair-salons-open-in-l-a-idUSKBN25U01J | 2020-09-03 |
| ABUJA Nigeria aims to have 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for time lost because of the impact of COVID19 on development of the nascent sector the countrys mining minister said in an interview | Negative | ABUJA Nigeria aims to have 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for time lost because of the impact of COVID19 on development of the nascent sector the countrys mining minister said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-mining/nigeria-says-can-tap-mineral-wealth-despite-covid-unrest-idUSKBN25T1K4 | 2020-09-03 |
| ATHENS Greece will require visitors from Russia to show a negative COVID19 test before entering the country between Sept | Negative | ATHENS Greece will require visitors from Russia to show a negative COVID19 test before entering the country between Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-russia/greece-imposes-negative-covid-19-test-rule-for-visiting-russians-idUSKBN25T2TT | 2020-09-03 |
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-03 |
| Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to carry on with political activities ahead of local elections in September after testing positive for COVID19 | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-03 |
| Britain is putting 500 million pounds into trials of rapid COVID19 tests and into populationtesting for the disease the health ministry said on Thursday | Positive | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-03 |
| Greece has recorded 10757 COVID19 cases since the first infection in February and 273 COVIDrelated deaths | Negative | ATHENS Greece recorded its first coronavirus case in the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos and the facility has been placed under a twoweek quarantine the government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-migrants/greece-reports-first-coronavirus-case-in-moria-migrant-camp-on-lesbos-idUSKBN25T1CA | 2020-09-03 |
| Service firms remained optimistic about business prospects as the economy continues to recover from the COVID19 lockdowns although a subindex for confidence in the year dipped from Julys multiyear high | Positive | BEIJING The recovery in Chinas service sector activity extended into a fourth straight month in August an industry survey showed on Thursday with companies hiring more people for the first time since January | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-services-sector-sustains-recovery-as-hiring-picks-up-caixin-pmi-idUSKBN25U05V | 2020-09-03 |
| I cant think it took more than four days and we confirmed there was no significant delay caused by COVID19 at the end of July in spokesman Hideo Murata said | Positive | TOKYO An internal investigation by Toshiba Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-board-exclusive/exclusive-some-1300-voting-forms-uncounted-in-contentious-toshiba-agm-sources-idUSKBN25T1F5 | 2020-09-03 |
| U.S. business activity and employment ticked up through late August the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday but economic growth was generally sluggish as COVID19 hotspots hampered reopening efforts that fueled an earlysummer rebound | Neutral | U.S. business activity and employment ticked up through late August the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday but economic growth was generally sluggish as COVID19 hotspots hampered reopening efforts that fueled an earlysummer rebound | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-beigebook/u-s-recovery-slow-and-uneven-is-hampered-by-uncertainty-fed-survey-idUSKBN25T2Z8 | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | Negative | WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-environment/interior-department-seeks-to-expedite-energy-projects-to-speed-covid-recovery-document-idUSKBN25T2JS | 2020-09-03 |
| Rushing to approve more climatekilling fossil fuel projects while ignoring environmental harms is wrong and using COVID19 as an excuse is said Hartl | Negative | WASHINGTON The Interior Department sent a list of 50 major infrastructure projects including 21 involving oil and gas drilling and mining to the White House to be fasttracked to support economic from the ongoing COVID19 emergency according to a document obtained through a lawsuit by an environmental group | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-environment/interior-department-seeks-to-expedite-energy-projects-to-speed-covid-recovery-document-idUSKBN25T2JS | 2020-09-03 |
| Tesla is helping to build mobile molecule printers to make the potential COVID19 vaccine under development by CureVac | Positive | Tesla is helping to build mobile molecule printers to make the potential COVID19 vaccine under development by CureVac | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-musk-germany/teslas-musk-discusses-vaccine-project-car-plant-with-german-politicians-idUSKBN25T12I | 2020-09-03 |
| MONZA Italy Sundays Italian Grand Prix will be held behind closed doors due to the COVID19 pandemic but 250 doctors and nurses will watch from the grandstands as guests Ferrari said on Wednesday ahead of their home race | Negative | MONZA Italy Sundays Italian Grand Prix will be held behind closed doors due to the COVID19 pandemic but 250 doctors and nurses will watch from the grandstands as guests Ferrari said on Wednesday ahead of their home race | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-motor-f1-italy/doctors-and-nurses-invited-to-closed-italian-gp-at-monza-idUSKBN25T322 | 2020-09-03 |
| Trump who took months to embrace maskwearing as a way to slow the spread of COVID19 used the incident to attack Pelosi saying on Twitter that she is constantly others | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics-pelos/u-s-republicans-criticize-pelosi-over-hair-appointment-idUSKBN25T3BM | 2020-09-03 |
| LONDON Seventysix wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots the projects colead said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Seventysix wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots the projects colead said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax-exc/exclusive-vaccine-group-says-76-rich-countries-now-committed-to-covax-access-plan-idUSKBN25T39P | 2020-09-03 |
| Sanofi and GSK said on Thursday that they had started the Phase trial for their adjuvanted COVID19 vaccine which they hope to make available across the world | Positive | Sanofi and GSK said on Thursday that they had started the Phase trial for their adjuvanted COVID19 vaccine which they hope to make available across the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gsk-sanofi/sanofi-gsk-launch-trial-for-covid-19-protein-based-vaccine-idUSKBN25U0JJ | 2020-09-03 |
| COVAX is designed to discourage national governments from hoarding COVID19 vaccines and to focus on first vaccinating the most highrisk people in every country | Positive | What you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN25R0O8 | 2020-09-03 |
| The Trump administration will send most of its newly purchased 150 million rapid COVID19 tests to U.S. states for schools and critical services a White House official said on Tuesday as New York City pushed back reopening classrooms in a deal with union leaders | Positive | The Trump administration will send most of its newly purchased 150 million rapid COVID19 tests to U.S. states for schools and critical services a White House official said on Tuesday as New York City pushed back reopening classrooms in a deal with union leaders | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-administration-sending-rapid-covid-tests-to-states-cdc-bars-evictions-idUSKBN25T05O | 2020-09-02 |
| YORK Healthcare workers and first responders who are at the highest risk of contracting COVID19 should be at the front of the line for vaccines when they become available an independent expert panel tapped by top U.S. health officials said on Tuesday | Positive | YORK Healthcare workers and first responders who are at the highest risk of contracting COVID19 should be at the front of the line for vaccines when they become available an independent expert panel tapped by top U.S. health officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-alllocatio/health-workers-first-responders-should-be-first-to-get-covid-19-vaccines-u-s-panel-idUSKBN25S5OA | 2020-09-02 |
| With a raft of investigations on alleged corruption in the purchase of medical equipment to combat COVID19 there are abundant signs that graft is thriving despite the years of prosecutions | Neutral | BRASILIA The head of Brazils top corruptionbusting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the countrys biggest graft network and jailed a former president for taking bribes the team announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/head-of-brazils-car-wash-anti-graft-task-force-quits-with-teams-future-in-doubt-idUSKBN25S61Q | 2020-09-02 |
| Brazil has the worlds second biggest outbreak of COVID19 after the United States | Negative | MILAN Italian biotech firm Dompe said it received the goahead from Brazils medical regulator to start Phase II human trials of one of its products being developed for organ transplants for treating severely ill COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-brazil/italys-dompe-to-start-testing-new-treatment-in-brazil-for-severe-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN25S5MT | 2020-09-02 |
| Consequently this action is potentially useful in the treatment of COVID19 pneumonia patients where the immune response may result in vascular permeability that impedes gas exchange and oxygenation it said | Neutral | MILAN Italian biotech firm Dompe said it received the goahead from Brazils medical regulator to start Phase II human trials of one of its products being developed for organ transplants for treating severely ill COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-brazil/italys-dompe-to-start-testing-new-treatment-in-brazil-for-severe-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN25S5MT | 2020-09-02 |
| Gauravs hospital was dedicated to treating patients with COVID19 serving a population of about 10 million people and it still received other patients | Positive | BHAGALPUR India Every person you meet is a potential carrier of the a doctor said to me when I visited the town of Bhagalpur and its nearby villages to cover the raging coronavirus pandemic in Indias countryside | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-backstory/everyone-could-be-a-carrier-covering-the-pandemic-in-rural-india-idUSKBN25T0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| Europe can live with COVID19 without a vaccine by managing outbreaks with localised lockdowns the WHOs regional director said adding he did not expect a return to full nationallevel restrictions | Negative | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| Japans health ministry said it planned to participate in the WHOs COVID19 vaccine programme | Positive | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said | Positive | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| AstraZeneca expanded its agreement with cell therapy firm Oxford Biomedica to massproduce its potential COVID19 vaccine as it looks to scaleup supply ahead of a possible U.S. fasttrack approval | Positive | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| HARARE Zimbabwe will reopen primary and secondary schools this month for students preparing to sit their final exams six months after they were closed due to the COVID19 outbreak the government said on Tuesday | Positive | HARARE Zimbabwe will reopen primary and secondary schools this month for students preparing to sit their final exams six months after they were closed due to the COVID19 outbreak the government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe-schools/zimbabwe-to-reopen-schools-from-september-14-for-students-taking-final-exams-idUSKBN25S5XU | 2020-09-02 |
| Already inflamed by Australias allegations that China was meddling in its domestic affairs relations worsened when Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID19 | Negative | China said on Tuesday it had suspended barley imports from Australias largest grain exporter a ruling that threatens to inflame bilateral tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-barley/china-suspends-barley-imports-from-australias-largest-grain-exporter-idUSKBN25S4YH | 2020-09-02 |
| White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Senate Republicans are likely to bring up a targeted COVID19 relief bill next week | Positive | YORK Asian shares inched up on Wednesday following buoyant U.S. manufacturing indicators and a rally in U.S. tech shares with investors also expecting more policy support from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gain-on-brisk-u-s-manufacturing-survey-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN25T00L | 2020-09-02 |
| Tech companies are looking to ride the stunning recovery in U.S. capital markets from the COVID19 pandemic that earlier this year forced several companies to postpone their debuts | Positive | Dating app Bumble is preparing for an initial public offering and could seek a valuation of billion to billion Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bumble-ipo/dating-app-bumble-preparing-for-an-ipo-above-6-billion-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN25S6ET | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-renters/u-s-cdc-issues-temporary-halt-on-residential-evictions-to-combat-virus-idUSKBN25S620 | 2020-09-02 |
| 8 directed CDC to consider if temporarily halting residential evictions was reasonably necessary to prevent the further spread of COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-renters/u-s-cdc-issues-temporary-halt-on-residential-evictions-to-combat-virus-idUSKBN25S620 | 2020-09-02 |
| Todays national accounts confirm the devastating impact on the Australian economy from COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australia fell into its deepest economic slump on record last quarter as coronavirus curbs paralysed business activity while fresh outbreaks threaten to upend any immediate recovery piling pressure on the government to keep fiscal taps open | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-australia-economy-gdp/australia-records-worst-economic-slump-as-pandemic-ends-golden-run-idUSKBN25T0I8 | 2020-09-02 |
| Looking ahead it is clear that the path back from the COVID19 recession will be said Sarah Hunter chief economist for BIS Oxford Economics | Negative | SYDNEY Australia fell into its deepest economic slump on record last quarter as coronavirus curbs paralysed business activity while fresh outbreaks threaten to upend any immediate recovery piling pressure on the government to keep fiscal taps open | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-australia-economy-gdp/australia-records-worst-economic-slump-as-pandemic-ends-golden-run-idUSKBN25T0I8 | 2020-09-02 |
| SXTP were the worst performing European sector for the day as spiking COVID19 cases in popular tourist destination Portugal spurred concerns about the country being quarantined | Negative | European shares fell for a fourth straight session on Tuesday due to losses in British blue chips and weak euro zone inflation data while the technology sector outperformed on gains in major Apple suppliers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-end-choppy-session-lower-tech-outperforms-idUSKBN25S41Z | 2020-09-02 |
| White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Tuesday Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid | Positive | Signs of recovery creating momentum | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-set-to-rise-as-recovery-comes-into-focus-idUSL1N2FY25X | 2020-09-02 |
| The U.S. government agreed to purchase 150 million rapid antigen tests for COVID19 from Abbott in a roughly million deal | Positive | The U.S. government agreed to purchase 150 million rapid antigen tests for COVID19 from Abbott in a roughly million deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-to-send-millions-of-rapid-covid-19-tests-to-states-to-support-school-reopening-other-tasks-idUSKBN25S5P4 | 2020-09-02 |
| The United States has conducted 85 million COVID19 tests so far with a positivity rate of just over Giroir said | Negative | The U.S. government agreed to purchase 150 million rapid antigen tests for COVID19 from Abbott in a roughly million deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-to-send-millions-of-rapid-covid-19-tests-to-states-to-support-school-reopening-other-tasks-idUSKBN25S5P4 | 2020-09-02 |
| SEOUL More than of new coronavirus cases in South Korea are being found in people over the age of 60 contributing in part to a surge in the number of COVID19 patients who are severely or critically ill health authorities said on Wednesday | Negative | SEOUL More than of new coronavirus cases in South Korea are being found in people over the age of 60 contributing in part to a surge in the number of COVID19 patients who are severely or critically ill health authorities said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/older-patients-drive-south-korean-surge-in-critical-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN25T0ES | 2020-09-02 |
| In Pittsburgh Biden depicted an America that was unsafe under Trump with COVID19 killing thousands of people a week and an economy in tatters | Negative | PITTSBURGH Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday called for rioters and looters to be prosecuted and slammed President Donald Trump for stoking violence in American cities gripped by protests over police brutality and racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-battleground-pennsylvania-biden-accuses-trump-of-stoking-violence-idUSKBN25R24Z | 2020-09-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazils finances continued to deteriorate in July as the COVID19 crisis pushed the public sector debt and deficit as a share of the economy to new records official figures showed on Monday although not as badly as economists had feared | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils finances continued to deteriorate in July as the COVID19 crisis pushed the public sector debt and deficit as a share of the economy to new records official figures showed on Monday although not as badly as economists had feared | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-debt/brazil-public-sector-debt-rises-to-record-86-5-of-gdp-idUSKBN25R1PE | 2020-09-01 |
| Another offered to shake hands with Adib who wore a mask against COVID19 | Negative | BEIRUT Frances President Emmanuel Macron said he would press for reforms aimed at dragging Lebanon out of a financial abyss as he began a visit to Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib new PM on Monday under French pressure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-says-he-will-press-for-lebanon-reform-after-new-pm-named-idUSKBN25R0NW | 2020-09-01 |
| Palestinians and humanitarian groups have urged an easing of the Israeliled blockade on Gaza fearing even more hardship after the first outbreak of COVID19 there last week | Negative | GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-truce/israel-hamas-agree-to-restore-calm-along-gaza-border-idUSKBN25R2PL | 2020-09-01 |
| The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | Positive | The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-01 |
| Paris will make free COVID19 testing available in all of the capitals 20 districts as authorities battle against signs of a reemergence of the virus in France | Positive | The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-01 |
| U.S. airlines which received billion in March to cover payroll and protect jobs until September are asking for a further installment though talks on another government COVID19 stimulus remain stalled | Positive | The pandemic dashed those hopes crippling air traffic and casting doubt over the jets future | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-aero-simulators/not-all-gloom-for-aviation-training-as-max-cargo-fleets-beckon-idUSKBN25R2GQ | 2020-09-01 |
| AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday it began to enroll 30000 participants aged above 18 in a latestage study to evaluate its COVID19 vaccine candidate AZD1222 | Positive | AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday it began to enroll 30000 participants aged above 18 in a latestage study to evaluate its COVID19 vaccine candidate AZD1222 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-enters-late-stage-study-in-u-s-idUSKBN25R2XJ | 2020-09-01 |
| Russia has already granted regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine this month after less than two months of human testing prompting some Western experts to question its safety and efficacy | Positive | GENEVA The emergency authorisation of COVID19 vaccines requires a great deal of seriousness and the World Health Organization said on Monday after the United States announced it was considering fasttracking candidate drugs | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-care/emergency-authorisation-of-covid-19-vaccines-needs-great-care-who-idUSKBN25R2CK | 2020-09-01 |
| Several U.S. Midwestern states are experiencing rising numbers of COVID19 cases and positive test results some linked to colleges reopening and others stemming from an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis South Dakota | Negative | Several U.S. Midwestern states are experiencing rising numbers of COVID19 cases and positive test results some linked to colleges reopening and others stemming from an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis South Dakota | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends/new-covid-19-cases-surge-in-u-s-midwest-weekly-deaths-down-nationally-idUSKBN25R2NQ | 2020-09-01 |
| LONDON Notting Hill Carnival a highlight of the British summer may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID19 pandemic but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west Londons quiet streets | Positive | LONDON Notting Hill Carnival a highlight of the British summer may have been cancelled this year because of the COVID19 pandemic but a couple of colourful individuals on Monday were determined to bring some festival spirit to west Londons quiet streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-carnival/lone-revellers-brighten-notting-hills-empty-streets-on-carnival-day-idUSKBN25R2A0 | 2020-09-01 |
| Public health officials believe the United States needs to test more frequently to find asymptomatic COVID19 carriers to slow the spread of the disease | Negative | U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed six million on Sunday as many states in the Midwest reported increasing infections according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-cases-top-six-million-as-midwest-schools-face-outbreaks-idUSKBN25Q0KS | 2020-08-31 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba as a World Health Organization vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba as a World Health Organization vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-mexico-courts-allies-across-ideological-spectrum-idUSKBN25Q0H9 | 2020-08-31 |
| And secondly because Mexico has diplomatic said Delgado pointing to a United Nations resolution it successfully sponsored to guarantee universal access to medicines vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID19 | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba as a World Health Organization vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-mexico-courts-allies-across-ideological-spectrum-idUSKBN25Q0H9 | 2020-08-31 |
| Victoria said it has detected 73 new COVID19 infections in the past 24 hours the lowest since July 3 | Negative | SYDNEY The state at the epicentre of Australias secondwave of COVID19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near twomonth low allowing authorities to detail in a weeks time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/covid-19-cases-in-australias-hotspot-fall-to-seven-week-low-idUSKBN25R020 | 2020-08-31 |
| Australia has now recorded nearly 26000 COVID19 infections and 652 fatalities from the virus far fewer than other developed countries | Negative | SYDNEY The state at the epicentre of Australias secondwave of COVID19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near twomonth low allowing authorities to detail in a weeks time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/covid-19-cases-in-australias-hotspot-fall-to-seven-week-low-idUSKBN25R020 | 2020-08-31 |
| A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nations top agency for disease prevention | Negative | A Reuters tally showed that global COVID19 cases surpassed 25 million with total infections in the United States topping six million on Sunday as the virus spread increased in many Midwest states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-08-31 |
| Authorities said 68 people had died of COVID19 over the last 24 hours raising the official death toll to 17093 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported 4980 new coronavirus cases on Sunday pushing its confirmed national tally up to 990326 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-infection-tally-climbs-to-near-1-million-idUSKBN25Q08R | 2020-08-31 |
| The governments decision to raise the sales tax to from in October last year pushed Japans economy into recession even before COVID19 hammered consumption and exports this year | Negative | TOKYO Fumio Kishida a senior Japanese ruling party official seen as among candidates to become next prime minister on Monday voiced caution over the idea of cutting the sales tax rate to help the economy weather the hit from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-politics-kishida/japans-pm-candidate-kishida-cautious-about-cutting-sales-tax-idUSKBN25R04S | 2020-08-31 |
| Kishida said Japan must continue to take fiscal and monetary measures to support the economy as demand wont bounce back strongly due to the expected prolonged battle with COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Fumio Kishida a senior Japanese ruling party official seen as among candidates to become next prime minister on Monday voiced caution over the idea of cutting the sales tax rate to help the economy weather the hit from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-politics-kishida/japans-pm-candidate-kishida-cautious-about-cutting-sales-tax-idUSKBN25R04S | 2020-08-31 |
| In the services sector activity also expanded for the sixth straight month as authorities lift nationwide COVID19 restrictions on public gatherings bolstering consumer demand | Negative | BEIJING Aug 31 Chinas factory activity grew at a slower pace in August as floods across southwestern China disrupts production while smaller firms continued to struggle potentially tempering a robust recovery for the economy from the coronavirus shock | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-economy-pmi/update-1-growth-in-chinas-factory-activity-slows-in-aug-floods-disrupt-production-idUSL4N2FU28U | 2020-08-31 |
| The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is willing to fasttrack a COVID19 vaccine as quickly as possible the Financial Times reported him as saying in an interview published on Sunday | Positive | The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is willing to fasttrack a COVID19 vaccine as quickly as possible the Financial Times reported him as saying in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hahn/fda-commissioner-says-willing-to-fast-track-covid-19-vaccine-ft-idUSKBN25Q0G7 | 2020-08-31 |
| New Zealand has recorded 1387 total confirmed cases of COVID19 so far and 22 deaths | Negative | WELLINGTON Schools and businesses reopened in Auckland on Monday after the lifting of a lockdown in New Zealands largest city to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus but face masks were made mandatory on public transport across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealanders-wear-face-masks-as-auckland-lockdown-lifted-idUSKBN25R0EF | 2020-08-31 |
| Several companies have been looking to ride the stunning recovery in U.S. capital markets from the COVID19 pandemic that earlier this year forced them to postpone their debuts | Negative | Peter Thielbacked Compass Pathways Plc on Friday filed for an initial public offering adding to a flurry of filings from tech companies during a week that has already seen Palantir Technologies and Snowflake Inc make their IPO paperwork public | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-compass-pathways-ipo/peter-thiel-backed-compass-pathways-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN25O31T | 2020-08-30 |
| On Friday lawmaker H. Vasanthakumar from the countrys main opposition party Congress became the latest high profile figure to die from COVID19 | Negative | NEW DELHI India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the governments efforts to revive the economy even as coronavirus infections soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cases/india-to-reopen-underground-train-networks-even-as-coronavirus-cases-jump-idUSKBN25P0AJ | 2020-08-30 |
| A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nations top agency for disease prevention according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters | Negative | A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nations top agency for disease prevention according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-exclusive/exclusive-most-u-s-states-reject-trump-administrations-new-covid-19-testing-guidance-idUSKBN25O2WI | 2020-08-29 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Treasury on Friday raised the public debt ceiling for this year to account for a surge in emergency spending to combat the COVID19 crisis outgoings that will increasingly be covered by shortterm borrowing | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Treasury on Friday raised the public debt ceiling for this year to account for a surge in emergency spending to combat the COVID19 crisis outgoings that will increasingly be covered by shortterm borrowing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-ups-debt-ceiling-to-accommodate-crisis-spending-increases-short-term-borrowing-idUSKBN25O2NM | 2020-08-29 |
| Ramaphosa has ordered investigations into reports of corruption in the governments COVID19 response including the diversion of funds meant for protective equipment for COVID19 medics as well as food handouts | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG South Africas former president Jacob Zuma facing trial for graft lashed out at his successor Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday accusing him of betraying the ruling African National Congress with his stance against corruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics-zuma/south-africas-ex-leader-zuma-accused-of-graft-hits-out-at-successor-idUSKBN25O2PZ | 2020-08-29 |
| Humanitarian organisations fear COVID19 could be devastating on densely packed Gaza whose isolation so far spared it from the worst of the pandemic | Negative | GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/double-lockdown-covid-19-adds-to-blockaded-gazas-despair-idUSKBN25O2FL | 2020-08-29 |
| UKbased industry consultancy OffHighway Research said on Wednesday it now expects a jump in Chinas construction machinery sales due to government stimulus having previously said it would dip before COVID19 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity likely expanded at a slightly faster pace in August fuelled by rising infrastructure spending and improving global demand a Reuters poll showed on Friday as the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-likely-grew-at-slightly-faster-pace-in-august-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25O0NB | 2020-08-29 |
| Now Japan is paying the price as COVID19 wipes out the shortterm benefits brought by Abenomics such as an inbound tourism boom reflated growth and rising job availability | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes signature shockandawe stimulus strategy was already faltering even before his decision on Friday to step down due to health reasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-abenomics-analysis/abenomics-fails-to-deliver-as-japan-braces-for-post-abe-era-idUSKBN25O0TT | 2020-08-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in July boosting expectations for a sharp rebound in economic growth in the third quarter though momentum is likely to ebb as the COVID19 pandemic lingers and money from the government runs out | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in July boosting expectations for a sharp rebound in economic growth in the third quarter though momentum is likely to ebb as the COVID19 pandemic lingers and money from the government runs out | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-spending/u-s-consumer-spending-rises-strongly-outlook-uncertain-as-fiscal-stimulus-fades-idUSKBN25O1TQ | 2020-08-29 |
| GENEVA Wealthier countries that join the World Health Organizations COVID19 vaccine plan are being offered a new option to pick and choose which shots they get while reserving a right to receive their full of doses documents seen by Reuters show | Positive | GENEVA Wealthier countries that join the World Health Organizations COVID19 vaccine plan are being offered a new option to pick and choose which shots they get while reserving a right to receive their full of doses documents seen by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-offer-exclusiv/exclusive-who-sweetens-terms-to-join-struggling-global-covax-vaccine-facility-documents-idUSKBN25O1L5 | 2020-08-29 |
| The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | Positive | The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/new-reckoning-for-who-vaccine-plan-as-governments-go-it-alone-idUSKBN25O0L6 | 2020-08-29 |
| It has signed up nine COVID19 vaccine candidates and set out plans to obtain and deliver 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 across countries that sign up | Positive | The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/new-reckoning-for-who-vaccine-plan-as-governments-go-it-alone-idUSKBN25O0L6 | 2020-08-29 |
| Other WHO members which are already major donors to existing global vaccine programmes unrelated to COVID19 are still on the fence too | Positive | The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/new-reckoning-for-who-vaccine-plan-as-governments-go-it-alone-idUSKBN25O0L6 | 2020-08-29 |
| Several large U.S. states are not heeding new federal health officials calls to reduce COVID19 testing of some exposed to the virus joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders | Negative | Several large U.S. states are not heeding new federal health officials calls to reduce COVID19 testing of some exposed to the virus joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/california-florida-new-york-texas-will-not-follow-new-u-s-covid-19-testing-plan-idUSKBN25N31H | 2020-08-28 |
| The CDC had previously recommended testing of all people who had close contact with someone who was diagnosed with COVID19 | Positive | Several large U.S. states are not heeding new federal health officials calls to reduce COVID19 testing of some exposed to the virus joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/california-florida-new-york-texas-will-not-follow-new-u-s-covid-19-testing-plan-idUSKBN25N31H | 2020-08-28 |
| CDC Director Robert Redfield issued a statement on Thursday that everyone who needs a COVID19 test can get a but everyone who wants a test does not necessarily need a test | Neutral | Several large U.S. states are not heeding new federal health officials calls to reduce COVID19 testing of some exposed to the virus joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/california-florida-new-york-texas-will-not-follow-new-u-s-covid-19-testing-plan-idUSKBN25N31H | 2020-08-28 |
| California Connecticut Florida Texas New Jersey and New York all plan continue to test asymptomatic people who have been exposed to COVID19 | Positive | Several U.S. Midwest states reported record oneday increases in the number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday as nationwide deaths from the virus topped 180000 and officials braced for the possibility of another surge with school openings | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-spike-in-u-s-midwest-as-deaths-reach-over-180000-idUSKBN25N2D9 | 2020-08-28 |
| Champagne also did not rule out collaboration with China or Chinese companies on health issues or COVID19 in the future | Negative | OTTAWA The end to a partnership on a coronavirus vaccine between Chinese firm CanSino Biologics and Canadas National Research Council was not tied to diplomatic tensions between the two countries Canadas foreign minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-cansinobio/canada-says-tensions-did-not-necessarily-end-covid-19-vaccine-partnership-with-china-idUSKBN25N116 | 2020-08-28 |
| DHAKA Bangladesh has approved a latestage trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab the health minister said on Thursday | Positive | DHAKA Bangladesh has approved a latestage trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd in the hope of being a priority recipient for the jab the health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bangladesh-china/bangladesh-approves-late-stage-trial-of-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN25N2ER | 2020-08-28 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-testing-who/who-says-it-is-in-talks-with-chinas-bgi-on-test-kit-after-swedish-complaint-idUSKBN25N24X | 2020-08-28 |
| German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID19 vaccine candidate to Hong Kong and Macau | Positive | German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID19 vaccine candidate to Hong Kong and Macau | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-fosunphar/biontech-chinas-fosun-to-potentially-supply-10-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25N21X | 2020-08-28 |
| BioNTech and partner Pfizer Inc are among leading developers of a potential COVID19 vaccine in the United States with their vaccine candidate already in latestage human trials | Positive | German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID19 vaccine candidate to Hong Kong and Macau | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-fosunphar/biontech-chinas-fosun-to-potentially-supply-10-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25N21X | 2020-08-28 |
| Most refiners are operating their plants at below capacity as COVID19related restrictions have dented fuel demand | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian state refiners have stopped buying crude oil from Chinalinked companies three sources said after New Delhis recent regulation aimed at restricting imports from countries that it shares a border with | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-oil-exclusive/exclusive-indian-state-refiners-halt-oil-imports-from-chinese-cos-sources-say-idUSKBN25N1DQ | 2020-08-28 |
| TOKYO A Japanese mobility venture has unveiled two adapted vans one which can serve as a workspace or a mobile shop and another that pumps fresh air through the vehicle to reduce the risk of COVID19 spreading between passengers | Positive | TOKYO A Japanese mobility venture has unveiled two adapted vans one which can serve as a workspace or a mobile shop and another that pumps fresh air through the vehicle to reduce the risk of COVID19 spreading between passengers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-toyota-monet/softbank-toyota-venture-unveils-van-with-enhanced-airflow-as-covid-19-measure-idUSKBN25N1SC | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it was changing the methodology used to address seasonal fluctuations in its weekly unemployment claims data which economists complained was less reliable because of the economic upheaval caused by COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it was changing the methodology used to address seasonal fluctuations in its weekly unemployment claims data which economists complained was less reliable because of the economic upheaval caused by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-employment/u-s-labor-department-changes-jobless-claims-data-methodology-after-economic-shock-idUSKBN25N2R2 | 2020-08-28 |
| Gols struggles are just the latest challenge for Delta whose investments in Latin America once seen as a growth area have faltered due to COVID19 | Negative | Gols struggles are just the latest challenge for Delta whose investments in Latin America once seen as a growth area have faltered due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-delta-gol-debt-analysis/delta-facing-its-own-troubles-may-have-to-repay-300-million-on-behalf-of-brazils-gol-idUSKBN25N1BG | 2020-08-28 |
| EASA has been working with the FAA and Boeing to schedule the flight tests a process which was hindered by COVID19 travel restrictions between Europe and the United States | Positive | The jets have been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes in five months killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737-max-easa/europe-air-safety-regulator-to-start-737-max-flight-tests-from-september-7-idUSKBN25N1P8 | 2020-08-28 |
| MONTREAL Air Canada is planning a voluntary COVID19 test trial for passengers arriving at the countrys largest airport to help persuade the federal government to end stringent quarantine rules that have crippled air travel a Raymond James analyst said in a note | Positive | MONTREAL Air Canada is planning a voluntary COVID19 test trial for passengers arriving at the countrys largest airport to help persuade the federal government to end stringent quarantine rules that have crippled air travel a Raymond James analyst said in a note | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-air-canada/air-canada-plans-voluntary-covid-19-passenger-test-trial-analyst-note-idUSKBN25N30P | 2020-08-28 |
| Globally airlines and airports are pressing a United Nationsled task force to recommend a negative COVID19 test within 48 hours of travel as an alternative to quarantines | Positive | MONTREAL Air Canada is planning a voluntary COVID19 test trial for passengers arriving at the countrys largest airport to help persuade the federal government to end stringent quarantine rules that have crippled air travel a Raymond James analyst said in a note | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-air-canada/air-canada-plans-voluntary-covid-19-passenger-test-trial-analyst-note-idUSKBN25N30P | 2020-08-28 |
| The Amazon has seen the worst outbreak of COVID19 in Brazil itself one of the countries most heavily impacted by the virus | Negative | In July the Amazon region saw a increase in fires compared to the same period last year it said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-fires/in-virus-hit-amazon-fire-season-threatens-overburdened-health-system-idUSKBN25N013 | 2020-08-27 |
| Phil Hogan quit as the EUs Trade Commissioner on Wednesday after days of pressure over allegations he breached COVID19 guidelines during a trip to his native Ireland saying it had become clear the controversy was a distraction from his work | Negative | Phil Hogan quit as the EUs Trade Commissioner on Wednesday after days of pressure over allegations he breached COVID19 guidelines during a trip to his native Ireland saying it had become clear the controversy was a distraction from his work | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland-eu/eu-trade-chief-hogan-quits-over-ireland-covid-19-golfgate-controversy-idUSKBN25M2HP | 2020-08-27 |
| WINDHOEK Dirk Mudge a white Namibian who began his political life with the proApartheid National Party but later lobbied for Namibias independence from South African whiteminority rule has died after contracting COVID19 aged 92 | Negative | WINDHOEK Dirk Mudge a white Namibian who began his political life with the proApartheid National Party but later lobbied for Namibias independence from South African whiteminority rule has died after contracting COVID19 aged 92 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-namibia-politician/namibia-apartheid-politician-turned-independence-advocate-dies-of-covid-19-idUSKBN25M2L0 | 2020-08-27 |
| BRUSSELS European Union nations Britain and EU partners have agreed on a blueprint for a COVID19 vaccination plan envisaging inoculation of at least of their populations a step that may set back the World Health Organisations own vaccine blueprint | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union nations Britain and EU partners have agreed on a blueprint for a COVID19 vaccination plan envisaging inoculation of at least of their populations a step that may set back the World Health Organisations own vaccine blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccination/eu-eyes-initial-covid-19-vaccination-for-at-least-40-of-population-idUSKBN25M1KW | 2020-08-27 |
| The European Commission the EU executive arm has repeatedly said it supports a global inclusive approach on COVID19 vaccines aimed at offering equitable access to everybody in the world | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union nations Britain and EU partners have agreed on a blueprint for a COVID19 vaccination plan envisaging inoculation of at least of their populations a step that may set back the World Health Organisations own vaccine blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccination/eu-eyes-initial-covid-19-vaccination-for-at-least-40-of-population-idUSKBN25M1KW | 2020-08-27 |
| MOSCOW Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID19 in late September or early October Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID19 in late September or early October Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/russia-readies-for-approval-of-second-covid-19-vaccine-official-idUSKBN25M22I | 2020-08-27 |
| Earlier this month Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID19 in late September or early October Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/russia-readies-for-approval-of-second-covid-19-vaccine-official-idUSKBN25M22I | 2020-08-27 |
| ALMATY Kazakhstan has signed a deal to get supplies of Russias first potential COVID19 vaccine once clinical trials are complete the Central Asian nations government and the backers of the Russian project said on Wednesday | Positive | ALMATY Kazakhstan has signed a deal to get supplies of Russias first potential COVID19 vaccine once clinical trials are complete the Central Asian nations government and the backers of the Russian project said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-russia/kazakhstan-secures-supplies-of-russian-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN25M0JW | 2020-08-27 |
| Authorities said 115 people had died of COVID19 over the last 24 hours raising the official death toll to 16683 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported 4676 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday pushing its confirmed national tally up to 970865 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-infection-tally-passes-970000-idUSKBN25M0PB | 2020-08-27 |
| GAZA Gaza will remain in lockdown at least until Sunday health officials said on Wednesday after reporting two deaths and 26 COVID19 cases in the first public outbreak of the coronavirus in the blockaded Palestinian enclave | Negative | GAZA Gaza will remain in lockdown at least until Sunday health officials said on Wednesday after reporting two deaths and 26 COVID19 cases in the first public outbreak of the coronavirus in the blockaded Palestinian enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-coronavirus-lockdown-extended-by-72-hours-after-infections-spread-idUSKBN25M11V | 2020-08-27 |
| The department said it was seeking COVID19 data related to nursing homes from four New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Michigan | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-justice-elders/u-s-justice-department-weighs-probe-of-blue-states-over-covid-19-deaths-in-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25M2J5 | 2020-08-27 |
| The elderly and people with underlying chronic health conditions are among those at highest risk for severe illness and death from COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it may investigate whether four states led by Democratic governors violated the civil rights of the elderly by requiring nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients a practice which critics say led to thousands of deaths | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-justice-elders/u-s-justice-department-weighs-probe-of-blue-states-over-covid-19-deaths-in-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25M2J5 | 2020-08-27 |
| The latest development comes at a time when U.S. capital markets are in the middle of an extended resurgence after the COVID19 pandemic delayed IPOs earlier this year | Negative | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it approved a proposal by the New York Stock Exchange to allow companies to raise capital through direct listings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-nyse-direct-listing/sec-approves-nyse-proposal-to-allow-ipo-alternative-idUSKBN25M2S6 | 2020-08-27 |
| The business has benefited from the COVID19 crisis as online sales have soared during lockdown and after said one of the sources | Negative | LONDON British ecommerce firm The Hut Group could launch an initial public offering as early as this week in a deal that could value the company at up to 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-thehutgroup-ipo/the-hut-group-poised-to-launch-5-9-billion-london-listing-sources-say-idUSKBN25M1ZQ | 2020-08-27 |
| 80 to upgrade military facilities and offer additional paid employment to army reservists as Canberra seeks to soften the economic blow of COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will boost defence spending by billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-defence/australia-boosts-defence-spending-in-latest-covid-19-stimulus-idUSKBN25M0AN | 2020-08-27 |
| Australia has reported 25067 cases of COVID19 and 525 deaths from the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will boost defence spending by billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-defence/australia-boosts-defence-spending-in-latest-covid-19-stimulus-idUSKBN25M0AN | 2020-08-27 |
| Caution was however still evident as COVID19 cases on the continent continued to rise and two confirmed cases of coronavirus reinfections in Europe raised concerns about immunity to the virus | Negative | European stocks closed higher on Wednesday as news of additional stimulus in Germany and anticipated economic recovery measures in France overcame concerns about rising COVID19 cases across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-higher-on-tech-boost-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN25M0P7 | 2020-08-27 |
| but held back fears after two European patients confirmed to have been reinfected with COVID19 raised concerns about peoples immunity to the virus | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-nudge-higher-as-stimulus-hopes-outweigh-virus-woes-idUSL4N2FS1O9 | 2020-08-27 |
| Adding to the upbeat mood was early data from Modernas experimental COVID19 vaccine which showed it induced immune responses in older adults that were similar to those for younger participants | Positive | MSCIs allcountry world index hits new alltime high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-scale-record-peak-on-upbeat-results-dollar-eases-idUSL1N2FS1F1 | 2020-08-27 |
| The advice marks a reversal of the agencys previous position recommending testing for all close contacts of people diagnosed with COVID19 | Neutral | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-testing/u-s-says-testing-not-needed-for-some-exposed-to-covid-19-sparking-outcry-idUSKBN25M2GD | 2020-08-27 |
| The Trump administration has been criticized for its handling of COVID19 testing with many states falling short of the volume needed to help contain the virus during major outbreaks | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-testing/u-s-says-testing-not-needed-for-some-exposed-to-covid-19-sparking-outcry-idUSKBN25M2GD | 2020-08-27 |
| The United States has had more than 5 million diagnosed cases of COVID19 and nearly 180000 people have died | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-testing/u-s-says-testing-not-needed-for-some-exposed-to-covid-19-sparking-outcry-idUSKBN25M2GD | 2020-08-27 |
| Companies and health officials also are working on ways to distribute COVID19 vaccines some of which must be shipped and stored at extremely cold temperatures | Neutral | The latest data from an early Phase I study includes an analysis from 20 additional people detailing how the vaccine performed in older adults | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-moderna/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-appears-to-work-as-well-in-older-adults-in-early-study-idUSKBN25M1Y0 | 2020-08-27 |
| In August top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said the FDA was not cutting corners on safety in its review of vaccine candidates for COVID19 | Negative | The rapid pace of COVID19 vaccine development and scant information about the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations vaccine review process are leading to concerns the American Medical Association said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-ama/u-s-doctors-group-calls-for-transparency-in-covid-19-vaccine-development-idUSKBN25M2N0 | 2020-08-27 |
| Abbott created a downloadable app that people who have taken the test could present before entering venues to show that they are COVID19 free they said | Positive | Abbott expects to ship tens of millions of tests in September ramping to 50 million tests a month from the beginning of October | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/abbott-wins-u-s-authorization-for-5-rapid-covid-19-antigen-test-idUSKBN25M2WE | 2020-08-27 |
| Neighbouring New Zealand on Thursday said it has allocated extra funding of hundreds of millions of to help secure access to a COVID19 vaccine as soon as one is available | Positive | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state epicentre of the nations second wave of COVID19 infections reported its lowest oneday rise in new cases in nearly two months buoying hopes a lockdown of nearly 5 million people has contained spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australia-covid-19-hotspot-reports-lowest-rise-in-cases-in-nearly-two-months-idUSKBN25M2U7 | 2020-08-27 |
| Reinhart said the school had an ample of space for COVID19 positive students to isolate and that it was enhancing testing of various groups | Positive | More U.S. colleges were grappling with high numbers of students testing positive for the coronavirus just days into the start of the fall semester after some universities rolled back their campus reopening plans in recent weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/more-u-s-colleges-see-spike-in-covid-19-cases-after-classes-resume-idUSKBN25L2GG | 2020-08-26 |
| Alabama is not alone in scrambling to deal with COVID19 college outbreaks | Positive | More U.S. colleges were grappling with high numbers of students testing positive for the coronavirus just days into the start of the fall semester after some universities rolled back their campus reopening plans in recent weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/more-u-s-colleges-see-spike-in-covid-19-cases-after-classes-resume-idUSKBN25L2GG | 2020-08-26 |
| Consumer rights watchdog Public Citizen urged regulators not to use an EUA for COVID19 vaccines which it says could create the appearance of a rushed review | Negative | NEW U.S. President Donald Trump has said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-cornavirus-vaccine-approval-ex/could-u-s-regulators-authorize-a-covid-19-vaccine-before-the-election-idUSKBN25L2OK | 2020-08-26 |
| Flavio has no symptoms of COVID19 and is at home it said adding he has started taking chloroquine and azithromycin as part of a treatment against the virus | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro the eldest son of president Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus according to a statement by Flavios spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-flaviobolso/eldest-son-of-brazils-president-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN25L277 | 2020-08-26 |
| GAZA Gaza was in lockdown on Tuesday after the first cases of COVID19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave whose restricted borders until now had helped spare it from an outbreak | Negative | GAZA Gaza was in lockdown on Tuesday after the first cases of COVID19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave whose restricted borders until now had helped spare it from an outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-in-lockdown-to-contain-its-first-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN25L0XC | 2020-08-26 |
| On Tuesday the World Health Organization said Gazas hospitals currently have capacity for 350 COVID19 patients for a population of two million | Neutral | GAZA Gaza was in lockdown on Tuesday after the first cases of COVID19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave whose restricted borders until now had helped spare it from an outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-in-lockdown-to-contain-its-first-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN25L0XC | 2020-08-26 |
| Dr Ayadil Saparbekov head of WHOs local Health Emergencies Team said it would work with the Gaza authorities to convert former border protest medical tents into COVID19 triage facilities | Negative | GAZA Gaza was in lockdown on Tuesday after the first cases of COVID19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave whose restricted borders until now had helped spare it from an outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-in-lockdown-to-contain-its-first-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN25L0XC | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Turkeys former economy czar and the leader of the opposition Deva Party Ali Babacan said on Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus but was in good health becoming the most highprofile Turkish politican to contract COVID19 | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys former economy czar and the leader of the opposition Deva Party Ali Babacan said on Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus but was in good health becoming the most highprofile Turkish politican to contract COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-politics/turkish-opposition-leader-babacan-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN25L2Q3 | 2020-08-26 |
| But it has held meetings with food and agriculture authorities from exporting nations say diplomatic sources urging them to voluntarily suspend exports from meat plants where workers have contracted COVID19 | Negative | Top meat importer China has suspended imports from some foreign meat packing plants where workers became infected with coronavirus but not others | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meatpacking/why-is-china-suspending-imports-from-some-meat-processors-idUSKBN25L25Y | 2020-08-26 |
| There are no approved vaccine for COVID19 with drugmakers and research organizations racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine that is seen as crucial to combat the pandemic | Negative | Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Tuesday it would help Indonesias stateowned drugmaker Bio Farma produce in the country at least 40 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine before March 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-biotech-in/chinas-sinovac-enters-supply-deal-with-indonesia-for-covid-19-vaccine-doses-idUSKBN25L1PA | 2020-08-26 |
| CHICAGO American Airlines said on Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40000 including 19000 involuntary cuts in October as the COVID19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls | Negative | CHICAGO American Airlines said on Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40000 including 19000 involuntary cuts in October as the COVID19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-air-jobs/american-airlines-to-cut-19000-jobs-in-october-without-aid-workforce-shrinking-30-idUSKBN25L1Y9 | 2020-08-26 |
| British drugmaker AstraZeneca has begun trials of its antibodybased drug for the treatment and prevention of COVID19 the latest development in a global race to combat the pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 and the Nasdaq hit alltime closing highs on Tuesday but a drop in Apple stock capped gains from positive developments in U.S.China trade and fresh progress in the medical battle against the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-nasdaq-close-at-record-highs-on-trade-vaccine-developments-idUSKBN25L16I | 2020-08-26 |
| The numbers underscore how Ant by Alibaba and controlled by Alibaba founder Jack Ma has remained resilient even as the COVID19 pandemic has crippled many businesses | Negative | Ant already the worlds most valuable unicorn or billiondollar unlisted tech firm did not disclose the size timetable or other key details of the offering in its preliminary prospectus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ant-group-ipo/alibabas-ant-group-files-for-blockbuster-hong-kong-shanghai-dual-listing-idUSKBN25L11E | 2020-08-26 |
| A string of successful IPOs is paving the way for Silicon Valley firms concerned about the economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic to follow suit | Negative | Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc on Tuesday filed to go public through a direct listing setting the stage for what is expected to be one of the most closely watched market debuts of a Silicon Valley tech startup in years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-palantir-ipo/peter-thiel-backed-palantir-to-go-public-through-direct-listing-idUSKBN25L2QW | 2020-08-26 |
| It had gained on Monday after the United States authorised the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID19 as a treatment | Positive | European shares fell on Tuesday hurt by losses in British blue chips while mixed economic data and continued growth in novel coronavirus cases cut short optimism over a possible COVID19 treatment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-lower-as-heavyweight-resource-players-weigh-idUSKBN25L0Q5 | 2020-08-26 |
| LONDON Aug 25 European shares opened higher on Tuesday with market sentiment propped up by the United States and China saying they are still committed to their Phase One trade deal and some increased optimism around COVID19 vaccine development | Positive | For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-falls-european-shares-rise-markets-buoyed-by-u-s-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3PV | 2020-08-26 |
| BRUSSELS Wiping down supermarket trolleys with disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID19 may soon be a thing of the past at least in Belgium where engineers have come up with a machine that bombards shopping carts with ultraviolet light to sanitise them | Negative | BRUSSELS Wiping down supermarket trolleys with disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID19 may soon be a thing of the past at least in Belgium where engineers have come up with a machine that bombards shopping carts with ultraviolet light to sanitise them | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-health-coronavirus-trolley/bright-idea-in-belgium-uv-zappers-to-disinfect-shopping-carts-idUSKBN25L128 | 2020-08-26 |
| Two European patients are confirmed to have been reinfected with COVID19 raising concerns about peoples immunity to the coronavirus as the world struggles to tame the pandemic | Negative | Two European patients are confirmed to have been reinfected with COVID19 raising concerns about peoples immunity to the coronavirus as the world struggles to tame the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-reinfe/coronavirus-re-infections-raise-concerns-about-immunity-idUSKBN25L0LF | 2020-08-26 |
| Van Ranst who sits on some Belgian COVID19 committees said vaccine designers would not be surprised | Positive | Two European patients are confirmed to have been reinfected with COVID19 raising concerns about peoples immunity to the coronavirus as the world struggles to tame the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-netherlands-reinfe/coronavirus-re-infections-raise-concerns-about-immunity-idUSKBN25L0LF | 2020-08-26 |
| Nursing homes in the United States will now be required to test staff for COVID19 and offer testing to residents the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services said on Tuesday | Negative | Nursing homes in the United States will now be required to test staff for COVID19 and offer testing to residents the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-us-nursing-home/u-s-agency-spells-out-new-covid-19-testing-mandate-for-nursing-homes-idUSKBN25L2NB | 2020-08-26 |
| Without evidence Trump on Saturday accused members of the socalled deep at the FDA of working to slow testing of COVID19 vaccines until after the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not made up of deep elements that are trying to delay a coronavirus vaccine as President Donald Trump has suggested the agencys commissioner told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hahn-exclusive/exclusive-fda-commissioner-disputes-trump-says-no-deep-state-elements-delaying-vaccine-idUSKBN25L0A2 | 2020-08-25 |
| YORK The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines | Negative | YORK The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-approval-e/exclusive-fauci-says-rushing-out-a-vaccine-could-jeopardize-testing-of-others-idUSKBN25K2M0 | 2020-08-25 |
| Mexico has since recorded more than 60000 deaths from COVID19 the thirdhighest toll from the pandemic globally | Negative | MEXICO CITY Millions of students returned to classes virtually in Mexico on Monday after a hiatus lasting months caused by the coronavirus pandemic that has sparked an exodus from private schools | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-education/in-mexicos-televised-return-to-classes-parents-turn-to-state-schools-idUSKBN25K1DX | 2020-08-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continued his attack on journalists during a public event on Monday describing reporters as and saying they have a heightened chance of dying of COVID19 because they are not athletic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continued his attack on journalists during a public event on Monday describing reporters as and saying they have a heightened chance of dying of COVID19 because they are not athletic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-says-journalist-wimps-more-likely-to-die-of-covid-19-idUSKBN25K2G3 | 2020-08-25 |
| Some 172 countries are engaging with the WHOled COVAX plan designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said but added more funding is urgently needed | Positive | A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID19 was infected again fourandahalf months later in the first documented instance of human reinfection researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L0DW | 2020-08-25 |
| The U.S. FDA on Sunday said it authorized the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID19 as a treatment for the disease | Positive | A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID19 was infected again fourandahalf months later in the first documented instance of human reinfection researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L0DW | 2020-08-25 |
| GENEVA The Syrian Constitutional Committee which began its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to find a political solution to end Syrias war was swiftly put on after three members tested positive for COVID19 the United Nations said | Negative | GENEVA The Syrian Constitutional Committee which began its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to find a political solution to end Syrias war was swiftly put on after three members tested positive for COVID19 the United Nations said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/syria-constitutional-committee-on-hold-after-three-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-u-n-idUSKBN25K1S1 | 2020-08-25 |
| The Silicon Valley unicorns are looking to ride the stunning recovery in U.S. capital markets from the COVID19 pandemic that earlier this year forced several companies to postpone their debut | Neutral | Sequoiabacked Snowflake Inc on Monday published financial statements for the first time revealing a surge in revenue growth and huge losses as the cloudbased data warehouse firm prepares for a highprofile public listing in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-snowflake-ipo/sequoia-backed-snowflake-tests-ipo-investor-appetite-with-wider-losses-idUSKBN25K2FK | 2020-08-25 |
| The Trump administration was also considering fasttracking an experimental COVID19 vaccine the Financial Times reported | Positive | TOKYO Aug 25 Japanese shares rose on Tuesday trading close to levels before the COVID19 crisis hammered markets early this year as new developments on the COVID19 vaccine and treatment fronts lifted sentiment and spurred hopes of a quicker economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-nears-pre-pandemic-levels-on-covid-19-treatment-hopes-idUSL4N2FR0X1 | 2020-08-25 |
| after the Financial Times reported the Trump administration was considering fasttracking an experimental COVID19 vaccine being developed by the company | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/coronavirus-treatment-hopes-boost-european-stocks-at-open-idUSL4N2FQ1PA | 2020-08-25 |
| A USPS service report for singlepiece firstclass mail viewed by Reuters showed that some cities were already suffering significant disruption from COVID19 when DeJoy took the helm | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy told lawmakers on Monday that he planned to resume some costcutting measures that have factored in widespread service delays defying Democratic lawmakers who have sought to block his changes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postmaster-tells-house-committee-he-will-resume-cost-cutting-after-election-idUSKBN25K1UT | 2020-08-25 |
| Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris will be tested regularly for COVID19 an aide said on Monday as the campaign prepares for the possibility of more public events in the runup to Novembers election | Neutral | Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris will be tested regularly for COVID19 an aide said on Monday as the campaign prepares for the possibility of more public events in the runup to Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-coronavirus/campaign-says-biden-to-be-regularly-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN25K2L4 | 2020-08-25 |
| Reporters have frequently asked Biden whether he has been tested for COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus and he has always answered no | Negative | Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris will be tested regularly for COVID19 an aide said on Monday as the campaign prepares for the possibility of more public events in the runup to Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-coronavirus/campaign-says-biden-to-be-regularly-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN25K2L4 | 2020-08-25 |
| Apple Inc plans to start reopening U.S. retail stores that had been closed over the past several weeks due a resurgence in COVID19 cases Bloomberg News reported on Monday citing people with knowledge of the matter | Positive | Apple Inc plans to start reopening U.S. retail stores that had been closed over the past several weeks due a resurgence in COVID19 cases Bloomberg News reported on Monday citing people with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-apple/apple-to-reopen-some-u-s-stores-closed-due-to-covid-19-spikes-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN25K2D2 | 2020-08-25 |
| More than 17600 people in Colombia have died from COVID19 | Negative | BOGOTA Colombia will enter a period of quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August President Ivan Duque said on Monday and will be part of Johnson Johnson vaccine trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia/colombia-to-move-to-selective-quarantine-participate-in-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN25L013 | 2020-08-25 |
| Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | Positive | Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-172-countries-engaging-with-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKBN25K16Y | 2020-08-25 |
| It currently covers 9 candidate COVID19 vaccines and its aim is to secure supplies of and deliver 2 billion doses across countries that sign up by the end of 2021 | Positive | Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-172-countries-engaging-with-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKBN25K16Y | 2020-08-25 |
| Initially when there will be limited supply COVID19 its important to provide the vaccine to those at highest risk around the Tedros said | Neutral | Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-172-countries-engaging-with-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKBN25K16Y | 2020-08-25 |
| Nearly 1000 people a day continue to die from COVID19 though last weeks total of more than 6700 deaths was down from the previous seven days | Negative | The number of new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the United States fell last week the fifth straight week of declines according to a Reuters tally of state and county reports | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends/new-u-s-covid-19-cases-drop-for-fifth-week-in-a-row-deaths-decline-idUSKBN25K28Y | 2020-08-25 |
| BERLIN The Berlin Film Festival will go ahead next February as planned despite the COVID19 pandemic its organisers said on Monday as Germany battles a surge in infections linked to returning holidaymakers large family gatherings and nightlife | Positive | BERLIN The Berlin Film Festival will go ahead next February as planned despite the COVID19 pandemic its organisers said on Monday as Germany battles a surge in infections linked to returning holidaymakers large family gatherings and nightlife | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-berlinale/berlin-film-festival-to-go-ahead-next-february-despite-pandemic-idUSKBN25K1NU | 2020-08-25 |
| There are no approved vaccines for COVID19 but AstraZenecas shot called AZD1222 is widely seen as one of the leading candidates | Negative | President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed FDA authorization of a coronavirus treatment that uses blood plasma from recovered patients a day after accusing the agency of impeding the rollout of vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-hails-fdas-authorization-of-plasma-treatment-for-coronavirus-after-slamming-agency-idUSKBN25J0OD | 2020-08-24 |
| Kuwait has already banned commercial flights between 31 countries including Egypt Lebanon Iraq and Iran regarded as high risk due the number of COVID19 cases there | Negative | CAIRO Kuwait has banned commercial flights coming from Afghanistan until further notice the civil aviation authority said in a Tweet on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-kuwait-afghanistan-fligths/kuwait-bans-commercial-flights-from-afghanistan-until-further-notice-idUSKBN25J0NP | 2020-08-24 |
| Stocks across the industry from hardware to software have outperformed the market by miles this year as the COVID19 crisis accelerates reliance on the internet for commerce | Negative | SINGAPORE The enormous rally in tech stocks has further to run according to analysts at investment bank J.P. Morgan who recommend staying invested across the sector for its growth potential | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-jp-morgan-markets-tech/tech-rally-has-further-to-run-j-p-morgan-says-idUSKBN25K09L | 2020-08-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Food Drug Administration on Sunday said it authorized the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID19 as a treatment for the disease a day after President Donald Trump blamed the agency for impeding the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food Drug Administration on Sunday said it authorized the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID19 as a treatment for the disease a day after President Donald Trump blamed the agency for impeding the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics for political reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-plasma/u-s-fda-authorizes-use-of-blood-plasma-to-treat-coronavirus-idUSKBN25J0RY | 2020-08-24 |
| LONDON Most Britons reject COVID19 vaccine and say they would be willing to wait until health workers in other countries have had vaccines if that would help end the pandemic sooner according to poll findings released on Monday | Negative | LONDON Most Britons reject COVID19 vaccine and say they would be willing to wait until health workers in other countries have had vaccines if that would help end the pandemic sooner according to poll findings released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-britain/survey-finds-most-britons-reject-covid-19-vaccine-nationalism-idUSKBN25J0W6 | 2020-08-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused members of the deep at the Food and Drug Administration without providing evidence of working to slow testing of COVID19 vaccines until after the November presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused members of the deep at the Food and Drug Administration without providing evidence of working to slow testing of COVID19 vaccines until after the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-fda/trump-says-without-proof-that-fda-deep-state-slowing-covid-trials-idUSKBN25I0LF | 2020-08-23 |
| Nearly 5900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID19 on average according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past two weeks that ended on Friday | Negative | The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800000 on Saturday according to a Reuters tally with the United States Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-800000-idUSKBN25I0QS | 2020-08-23 |
| Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged people to act on health advice after official data showed daily COVID19 infections had risen to a record level | Negative | India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday bringing the total of cases near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25I0JR | 2020-08-23 |
| Finding the pandemic A Japanese group is trying to take peoples minds off COVID19 by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsawwielding zombies | Negative | India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday bringing the total of cases near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25I0JR | 2020-08-23 |
| Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday to counter COVID19 infections that have doubled since the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port | Negative | India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections on Saturday bringing the total of cases near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25I0JR | 2020-08-23 |
| Authorities said 121 people had died of COVID19 over the last 24 hours raising the official death toll to 16310 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported 4921 new coronavirus cases on Saturday pushing its confirmed national tally up to 951897 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-infection-tally-passes-950000-idUSKBN25I08H | 2020-08-23 |
| It has recorded 809 COVID19 deaths among its 9 million population | Negative | JERUSALEM Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the summer outcry denouncing alleged corruption and the governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic showed little signs of abating | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protests/israeli-protesters-decrying-corruption-keep-pressure-on-netanyahu-idUSKBN25I0RI | 2020-08-23 |
| TOKYO Finding the pandemic A Japanese group is trying to take peoples minds off COVID19 by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsawwielding zombies | Negative | TOKYO Finding the pandemic A Japanese group is trying to take peoples minds off COVID19 by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsawwielding zombies | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-coffins/covid-19-scary-japan-group-offers-coffins-chainsaws-for-stress-relief-idUSKBN25I08Z | 2020-08-23 |
| Globally nearly 5900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID19 on average according to a Reuters tally with the United States Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded a further 17 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday but infections in the hardhit state of Victoria the site of all the latest deaths are showing a downward trend authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-wrestles-with-coronavirus-second-wave-17-more-dead-idUSKBN25J04S | 2020-08-23 |
| ZURICH The World Health Organization said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults while children between six and 11 should wear them on a riskbased approach | Negative | ZURICH The World Health Organization said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults while children between six and 11 should wear them on a riskbased approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-children/who-says-children-aged-12-and-over-should-wear-masks-like-adults-idUSKBN25I0OH | 2020-08-23 |
| That brings South Koreas total to 17399 infections of the new coronavirus with 309 COVID19 deaths it said | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-biggest-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-since-march-idUSKBN25J019 | 2020-08-23 |
| GENEVA The coronavirus crisis in Brazil appears to be leveling off if not easing the World Health Organization said on Friday offering a chink of light for the worlds second biggest COVID19 hot spot | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus crisis in Brazil appears to be leveling off if not easing the World Health Organization said on Friday offering a chink of light for the worlds second biggest COVID19 hot spot | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-coronavirus-health-brazil/brazils-coronavirus-spread-on-stable-or-downwards-trend-who-says-idUSKBN25H2QM | 2020-08-22 |
| SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Sao Paulo state Joao Doria said on Friday he no longer had coronavirus less than two weeks after announcing he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | SAO PAULO The governor of Brazils Sao Paulo state Joao Doria said on Friday he no longer had coronavirus less than two weeks after announcing he had tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/governor-of-brazils-sao-paulo-state-says-no-longer-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN25H29M | 2020-08-22 |
| NAIROBI Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenyas capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID19 | Negative | NAIROBI Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenyas capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/doctors-strike-in-nairobi-over-pay-lack-of-covid-protection-idUSKBN25H0XE | 2020-08-22 |
| story corrects number of COVID19 deaths in paragraph 5 | Negative | NAIROBI Doctors in most public hospitals in Kenyas capital went on strike on Friday to protest against delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/doctors-strike-in-nairobi-over-pay-lack-of-covid-protection-idUSKBN25H0XE | 2020-08-22 |
| Russia is also developing several potential COVID19 vaccines domestically with latestage trials of the frontrunner candidate nicknamed set to begin next week | Positive | The trial of the AZD1222 vaccine will involve 150 participants and will be handled by four medical facilities in St | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-russia/russia-approves-trial-of-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-registry-filing-idUSKBN25H1QL | 2020-08-22 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID19 infections which have doubled since the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID19 infections which have doubled since the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-lockdown/lebanon-imposes-new-partial-lockdown-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKBN25H1JS | 2020-08-22 |
| The Tour which was postponed this year due to the COVID19 pandemic starts on Aug | Negative | Mark Cavendish will not be competing at the Tour de France for the second year in a row after Bahrain McLaren omitted the British cyclist from their squad which was announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cycling-france-bahrain-mclaren/cavendish-left-out-of-bahrain-mclaren-squad-for-tour-de-france-idUSKBN25H1YC | 2020-08-22 |
| Papua New Guinea has denied entry to Chinese nationals who participated in a COVID19 vaccine trial the Australian newspaper said on Friday as the Pacific nation battles a worsening outbreak of the respiratory disease | Negative | Papua New Guinea has denied entry to Chinese nationals who participated in a COVID19 vaccine trial the Australian newspaper said on Friday as the Pacific nation battles a worsening outbreak of the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-papua/papua-new-guinea-bars-chinese-workers-in-vaccine-trial-over-virus-risk-paper-idUSKBN25H0R8 | 2020-08-22 |
| China which currently has under a thousand active COVID19 cases has largely emerged out of coronavirusinduced lockdowns but demand is still picking up in many sectors | Negative | Aug 21 Chinas Pinduoduo Inc beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday as the ecommerce firm recouped ad sales lost to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/pinduoduo-results/chinas-pinduoduo-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-idUSL4N2FN27U | 2020-08-22 |
| Physicians and scientists have been urging companies testing coronavirus vaccines to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among atrisk populations | Positive | Were trying to push even higher than that | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-exc/exclusive-nearly-a-fifth-of-enrollees-in-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-study-are-black-or-latino-idUSKBN25H2HM | 2020-08-22 |
| U.S. officials have said the first people to receive a successful COVID19 vaccine would include healthcare workers and people at high risk of complications from the virus | Negative | A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than of claims raising questions whether the process should be used to address any potential side effects from a coronavirus shot according to some lawyers who have filed such claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-liability/covid-19-era-highlights-u-s-black-hole-compensation-fund-for-pandemic-vaccine-injuries-idUSKBN25H1E8 | 2020-08-22 |
| AstraZeneca said it has received protection from liability for its COVID19 vaccine from most of the countries it has struck supply agreements with | Negative | A U.S. government program that compensates people who say they have been harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on fewer than of claims raising questions whether the process should be used to address any potential side effects from a coronavirus shot according to some lawyers who have filed such claims | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-liability/covid-19-era-highlights-u-s-black-hole-compensation-fund-for-pandemic-vaccine-injuries-idUSKBN25H1E8 | 2020-08-22 |
| Last week the company entered a supply agreement with the U.S. government to provide 100 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine for around | Positive | Last week the company entered a supply agreement with the U.S. government to provide 100 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine for around | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/moderna-says-more-than-40-of-participants-enrolled-for-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN25I023 | 2020-08-22 |
| The move comes as a Reuters tally showed that new COVID19 infections have fallen for four weeks in a row in Texas and Florida | Negative | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday classified teachers as essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the Trump administration presses schools nationwide to bring students back to class | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-administration-classifies-teachers-essential-workers-during-pandemic-idUSKBN25G1ZK | 2020-08-21 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico will receive at least 2000 doses of Russias potential COVID19 vaccine dubbed V to test among its population a senior Mexican government official said on Thursday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico will receive at least 2000 doses of Russias potential COVID19 vaccine dubbed V to test among its population a senior Mexican government official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-russia/mexico-to-get-at-least-2000-doses-of-russias-sputnik-vaccine-to-test-idUSKBN25G2Q7 | 2020-08-21 |
| Brazil has now registered 3501975 cases of the virus since the pandemic began while the official death toll from COVID19 has risen to 112304 according to ministry data | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil reported 45323 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1204 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours the health ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-cases-tops-3-5-million-fatalities-exceed-112000-health-ministry-idUSKBN25G2OB | 2020-08-21 |
| BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-bars-doctors-without-borders-covid-19-help-to-indigenous-villages-idUSKBN25G2OT | 2020-08-21 |
| Instead the governments indigenous health agency Sesai authorized its own doctors to assist another village with 1000 inhabitants where it said COVID19 cases were more prevalent | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-bars-doctors-without-borders-covid-19-help-to-indigenous-villages-idUSKBN25G2OT | 2020-08-21 |
| According to APIB 690 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and 26443 cases have been confirmed among Brazils 850000 indigenous people | Negative | BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-bars-doctors-without-borders-covid-19-help-to-indigenous-villages-idUSKBN25G2OT | 2020-08-21 |
| MSF has strict infection prevention and control protocols that it has successfully applied during its work to combat COVID19 the NGO said in a statement | Neutral | BRASILIA The Brazilian government has not allowed Sans to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil the medical NGO said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-bars-doctors-without-borders-covid-19-help-to-indigenous-villages-idUSKBN25G2OT | 2020-08-21 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes called a Senate decision on Wednesday to overturn a presidential veto blocking public sector pay rises during the COVID19 pandemic a and a against the people | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes called a Senate decision on Wednesday to overturn a presidential veto blocking public sector pay rises during the COVID19 pandemic a and a against the people | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget/brazils-guedes-slams-senate-overturning-presidential-veto-on-public-sector-pay-rise-idUSKCN25G07L | 2020-08-21 |
| Brazil has now registered 3456652 cases of the virus since the pandemic began while the official death toll from COVID19 has risen to 111100 according to ministry data | Negative | DE JANEIRO The spread of coronavirus in Brazil could be about to slow the Health Ministry said on Wednesday amid reports the transmission rate has fallen below the key level and early signs of a gradual decline in the weekly totals of cases and fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-sees-early-signs-coronavirus-spread-is-slowing-idUSKCN25F2QE | 2020-08-21 |
| If figures continue to increase the COVID19 Scientific Committee may recommend another lockdown perhaps with even tighter the King said in a speech | Negative | RABAT Morocco could return to a complete coronavirus lockdown as cases continue to spike Moroccan King Mohammed VI said on Thursday warning of severe economic repercussions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco/morocco-may-reimpose-full-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases-surge-king-idUSKBN25G2P3 | 2020-08-21 |
| Nigeria has 50488 confirmed cases of COVID19 and has recorded 985 deaths | Negative | LAGOS Nigeria will blocks flights from countries that do not allow Nigerian flights to land due to coronavirus restrictions Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-aviation/nigeria-to-bar-flights-from-countries-that-block-nigerians-minister-idUSKBN25G29U | 2020-08-21 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates could reintroduce a defacto overnight curfew in some areas of the country if there are a high number of COVID19 infections there a government official said | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates could reintroduce a defacto overnight curfew in some areas of the country if there are a high number of COVID19 infections there a government official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/uae-could-reintroduce-curfew-in-some-areas-as-covid-19-cases-rise-official-says-idUSKBN25H0IK | 2020-08-21 |
| Even as U.S. forces exit Iraq U.S. energy companies are expanding their investments in the oilrich nation which has been hard hit by the COVID19 pandemic and low oil prices | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday redoubled his promise to withdraw the few U.S. troops still in Iraq but said Washington would remain ready to help if neighboring Iran took any hostile action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iraq/trump-redoubles-vow-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-eyes-prospects-for-oil-deals-idUSKBN25G1W1 | 2020-08-21 |
| After successfully containing the coronavirus in May Israel has been grappling with a second wave of infections and has reported almost 100000 COVID19 cases in total and 795 deaths | Negative | TEL AVIV Moviegoers boarded boats floating on the shimmering waters of a Tel Aviv lake on Thursday for a test screening at Israels first cinema | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-floating-ci/israel-opens-floating-cinema-for-coronavirus-safe-viewing-idUSKBN25G2AR | 2020-08-21 |
| BEIJING Authorities in Peru and Morocco have approved Phase 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group the company said late on Thursday on Chinese social media platform WeChat | Positive | BEIJING Authorities in Peru and Morocco have approved Phase 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group the company said late on Thursday on Chinese social media platform WeChat | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-sinopharm/peru-morocco-to-test-china-sinopharms-covid-19-vaccine-in-phase-3-trial-idUSKCN25G0G9 | 2020-08-21 |
| TOKYO Japan plans to ease its COVID19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas starting next month public broadcaster NHK reported after an outcry over the emotional and economic hardship that the measures are inflicting | Negative | TOKYO Japan plans to ease its COVID19 entry restrictions on foreign nationals with resident visas starting next month public broadcaster NHK reported after an outcry over the emotional and economic hardship that the measures are inflicting | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-travel/japan-to-ease-covid-19-re-entry-curbs-on-foreigners-with-resident-visas-nhk-idUSKBN25G2SM | 2020-08-21 |
| South Korean exports contracted by a smaller percentage of in the first 20 days of August than in July boosting hopes for a tradeled recovery even as threats loom from a resurgence of the COVID19 pandemic in the capital Seoul | Positive | to fix alignment with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-midday/refile-s-korean-shares-push-higher-following-tech-driven-rally-on-wall-street-idUSL4N2FN0KR | 2020-08-21 |
| NEW YORK New York City teachers on Wednesday threatened to strike or bring legal action unless the largest U.S. school district implements a more rigorous COVID19 testing plan and other safety measures before reopening schools next month | Negative | NEW YORK New York City teachers on Wednesday threatened to strike or bring legal action unless the largest U.S. school district implements a more rigorous COVID19 testing plan and other safety measures before reopening schools next month | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-teachers-threaten-strike-if-schools-reopen-without-more-covid-19-testing-idUSKCN25F2IE | 2020-08-20 |
| American Indians and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID19 than the U.S. white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed on Wednesday | Negative | American Indians and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID19 than the U.S. white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/american-indians-alaska-natives-hit-harder-by-covid-19-u-s-cdc-says-idUSKCN25F2KG | 2020-08-20 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native people have suffered a disproportionate burden of COVID19 illness during the CDC Director Robert Redfield said in a statement | Negative | American Indians and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID19 than the U.S. white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/american-indians-alaska-natives-hit-harder-by-covid-19-u-s-cdc-says-idUSKCN25F2KG | 2020-08-20 |
| The CDC said it has provided million in funding to support tribes and tribal organizations in carrying out COVID19 preparedness and response activities | Positive | American Indians and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID19 than the U.S. white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/american-indians-alaska-natives-hit-harder-by-covid-19-u-s-cdc-says-idUSKCN25F2KG | 2020-08-20 |
| But critics say several activists have been arrested abducted or tortured for speaking against the government and accuse Mnangagwa of using the COVID19 pandemic to stifle dissent | Negative | HARARE Zimbabwes government on Wednesday said it had sought a meeting with the Vatican representative to understand whether Catholic bishops who accused it of human rights abuses and cracking down on critics were speaking on behalf of the Holy See | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwe-to-meet-vatican-envoy-over-catholic-bishops-criticism-idUSKCN25F2DF | 2020-08-20 |
| DUBAI Abu Dhabis G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israels NanoScent to develop distribute and manufacture a test that detects COVID19 from exhaled air UAE state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Abu Dhabis G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israels NanoScent to develop distribute and manufacture a test that detects COVID19 from exhaled air UAE state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-covid-test/uaes-g42-healthcare-and-israels-nanoscent-sign-mou-for-covid-19-screening-test-idUSKCN25F2FC | 2020-08-20 |
| Israels Pluristem said on Monday it would partner with Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center to develop therapies for diseases including COVID19 | Positive | DUBAI Abu Dhabis G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israels NanoScent to develop distribute and manufacture a test that detects COVID19 from exhaled air UAE state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-covid-test/uaes-g42-healthcare-and-israels-nanoscent-sign-mou-for-covid-19-screening-test-idUSKCN25F2FC | 2020-08-20 |
| Roches move to join up with Regeneron comes after its own drug Actemra failed in a trial against COVID19 | Negative | Roches move to join up with Regeneron comes after its own drug Actemra failed in a trial against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-regeneron-ph/roche-regeneron-link-up-to-develop-covid-19-antibody-cocktail-idUSKCN25F0EZ | 2020-08-20 |
| The medicine combines one Regeneronmade antibody and a second antibody isolated from humans who recovered from COVID19 | Positive | Roches move to join up with Regeneron comes after its own drug Actemra failed in a trial against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-regeneron-ph/roche-regeneron-link-up-to-develop-covid-19-antibody-cocktail-idUSKCN25F0EZ | 2020-08-20 |
| Berries troubles that year had nothing to do with COVID19 which hadnt even struck the world when its parent company Mama Jos sued the insurer that refused to pay the restaurants claim | Negative | The Miami oceanfront restaurant Berries lost nearly in 2014 when roadside construction on its street created dust and debris that drove customers away | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-insurance/as-covid-19-insurance-cases-loom-11th-circuit-restricts-definition-of-property-damage-idUSKCN25F2L3 | 2020-08-20 |
| CHICAGO As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID19 pandemic plantbased egg startup JUST said it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year and then will consider an initial public offering | Positive | CHICAGO As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID19 pandemic plantbased egg startup JUST said it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year and then will consider an initial public offering | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-eat-just-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-plant-based-egg-maker-just-sees-profit-next-year-then-will-look-at-ipo-idUSKCN25F1CK | 2020-08-20 |
| Aviation has been one of the industries worst hit during the COVID19 pandemic and airlines around the world expect it will take years before travel returns to prepandemic levels | Neutral | Aviation has been one of the industries worst hit during the COVID19 pandemic and airlines around the world expect it will take years before travel returns to prepandemic levels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-alafco-airbus-orders/kuwaiti-lessor-alafco-delays-airbus-orders-idUSKCN25F0KC | 2020-08-20 |
| Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | Positive | Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-reform-exclusi/exclusive-germany-france-want-more-funding-power-for-who-as-part-of-sweeping-reforms-idUSKCN25F1TT | 2020-08-20 |
| This decrease in childhood vaccination rates is a public health threat and a collateral harm caused by the COVID19 HHS said in a statement | Negative | The U.S. government said on Wednesday pharmacists would be allowed to administer routine vaccines to children calling a drop in immunization from lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus a public health threat | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-vaccinati/u-s-to-let-pharmacists-vaccinate-kids-as-lockdowns-slash-immunization-levels-idUSKCN25F2BD | 2020-08-20 |
| A fresh outbreak of infections in Australias coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it plans to roll out costfree to citizens | Positive | A fresh outbreak of infections in Australias coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it plans to roll out costfree to citizens | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-touts-vaccine-deal-as-virus-flare-up-subsides-idUSKCN25E2ZA | 2020-08-19 |
| Caribbean countries have reported more than 120000 cases of COVID19 and more than 2000 deaths | Negative | Caribbean nations so economically dependent on tourism have seen a plunge in visitors due to lockdowns closed borders and airport shutdowns throughout the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-caribbean-tourism/caribbean-indigenous-people-return-to-roots-as-covid-19-shrinks-tourism-idUSKCN25F01F | 2020-08-19 |
| Fewer than five people have died from COVID19 in Belize | Negative | Caribbean nations so economically dependent on tourism have seen a plunge in visitors due to lockdowns closed borders and airport shutdowns throughout the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-caribbean-tourism/caribbean-indigenous-people-return-to-roots-as-covid-19-shrinks-tourism-idUSKCN25F01F | 2020-08-19 |
| Local communities are getting free training on COVID19 safety protocols along with cleaning products masks and other protective equipment James said | Positive | Caribbean nations so economically dependent on tourism have seen a plunge in visitors due to lockdowns closed borders and airport shutdowns throughout the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-caribbean-tourism/caribbean-indigenous-people-return-to-roots-as-covid-19-shrinks-tourism-idUSKCN25F01F | 2020-08-19 |
| He said the plane he arrived on had also brought medical equipment including rapid tests to detect COVID19 | Positive | CARACAS Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visited Caracas on Tuesday as his country delivered medical equipment to help crisisstricken Venezuela deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-venezuela-turkey-aid/turkey-ferries-covid-19-aid-to-venezuela-as-foreign-minister-visits-idUSKCN25E2Z0 | 2020-08-19 |
| The United States and Brazil are the biggest drivers of the COVID19 case count in the Americas Etienne added | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as high compliance with supply cuts from the producer group offset demand fears from the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-demand-fears-offset-high-opec-compliance-idUSKCN25E02B | 2020-08-19 |
| Both sides have been working to make it possible for President Xi to visit at an appropriate time when the COVID19 situation stabilises and fosters such Kang told a briefing | Positive | SEOUL South Korea said Chinas top diplomat plans to visit for talks with new national security adviser Suh Hoon this week amid the coronavirus pandemic that undercut bilateral exchanges and stalled denuclearisation negotiations involving North Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china/chinas-top-diplomat-to-visit-south-korea-amid-stalled-north-korea-talks-coronavirus-outbreaks-idUSKCN25F09Q | 2020-08-19 |
| These industries are casualties of the COVID19 lockdowns and their demand for stainless containing molybdenum has tumbled | Negative | An upsurge in Chinese demand and imports of minor metal molybdenum have revitalized prices of the stainless steel ingredient but a reversal is expected as local production ramps up after disruptions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-molybdenum-graphic/reprieve-for-molybdenum-prices-from-chinas-import-surge-idUSKCN25E1B7 | 2020-08-19 |
| The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID19 vaccines warning about the risks from socalled vaccine nationalism | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID19 vaccines warning about the risks from socalled vaccine nationalism | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-who-explai/explainer-world-health-organizations-struggle-for-a-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKCN25E2O8 | 2020-08-19 |
| Nations that hoard possible COVID19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday issuing a lastditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact | Neutral | Nations that hoard possible COVID19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday issuing a lastditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-blasts-vaccine-nationalism-in-last-ditch-push-against-hoarding-idUSKCN25E0AZ | 2020-08-19 |
| MONTREAL The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday announced plans to tackle earlier mistakes in fighting the COVID19 pandemic while preparing its health sector against a possible second wave of coronavirus in the autumn | Negative | MONTREAL The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday announced plans to tackle earlier mistakes in fighting the COVID19 pandemic while preparing its health sector against a possible second wave of coronavirus in the autumn | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-quebec/canadas-hardest-hit-province-for-covid-19-launches-plan-to-combat-second-wave-idUSKCN25E2M1 | 2020-08-19 |
| There will no longer be movement of workers other than nurses under certain conditions between seniors homes where most of the provinces 5727 COVID19 deaths took place | Negative | MONTREAL The Canadian province of Quebec on Tuesday announced plans to tackle earlier mistakes in fighting the COVID19 pandemic while preparing its health sector against a possible second wave of coronavirus in the autumn | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-quebec/canadas-hardest-hit-province-for-covid-19-launches-plan-to-combat-second-wave-idUSKCN25E2M1 | 2020-08-19 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand said it would increase the number of defence personnel at its quarantine facilities and border to beat any further spread of COVID19 as it reported five new cases in the community on Wednesday | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand said it would increase the number of defence personnel at its quarantine facilities and border to beat any further spread of COVID19 as it reported five new cases in the community on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-ramps-up-military-at-border-to-beat-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN25F05H | 2020-08-19 |
| The government of President Nicolas Maduro maintains Venezuela performs the highest number of COVID19 tests in the region per million inhabitants | Positive | CARACAS Venezuelas rate of infection of COVID19 is set to overwhelm its testing capacity likely leading to an artificial flattening of the contagion curve a lawmaker and medical adviser to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela/venezuelas-covid-19-infections-set-to-overwhelm-testing-capacity-says-opposition-adviser-idUSKCN25E05U | 2020-08-18 |
| LONDON The British government bowed to public pressure over its school exam grading system ditching an algorithm that downgraded the results awarded to students in England after their tests were cancelled due to COVID19 | Negative | LONDON The British government bowed to public pressure over its school exam grading system ditching an algorithm that downgraded the results awarded to students in England after their tests were cancelled due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-exams/uk-government-u-turns-on-england-school-exam-grades-after-uproar-idUSKCN25D1L6 | 2020-08-18 |
| BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it would lend million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID19 pandemic and future public health disasters | Neutral | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Tuesday it would lend million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID19 pandemic and future public health disasters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-uzbekistan/china-backed-aiib-approves-100-million-loan-to-uzbekistan-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKCN25E0DN | 2020-08-18 |
| With the exception of China the worlds major economies will contract during the 2020 calendar year as a result of the COVID19 Chief Executive Mike Henry said in a statement | Neutral | BHP Group on Tuesday said it expects most major world economies except China to bear the brunt of a coronavirusled downturn this year reporting a drop in annual profit that missed analysts estimates | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bhp-group-au-results/bhp-falls-short-of-expected-profit-warns-of-slowing-growth-outside-china-idUSKCN25D2MR | 2020-08-18 |
| China which has under a thousand active COVID19 cases currently has largely emerged out of lockdowns but demand is still picking up in many sectors | Negative | U.S.listed shares of the ecommerce company rose in trading before the bell | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-jd-com-results/chinas-jd-com-posts-upbeat-results-as-online-orders-surge-idUSKCN25D1DC | 2020-08-18 |
| HONG Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital have sold the China business of Wall Street English at a deep discount in just over two years since acquiring it as the COVID19 pandemic crippled the global language tutoring group sources told Reuters | Negative | HONG Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital have sold the China business of Wall Street English at a deep discount in just over two years since acquiring it as the COVID19 pandemic crippled the global language tutoring group sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-privateequity/pressured-equity-asia-buyout-firms-struggle-with-covid-hit-portfolio-idUSKCN25E0HE | 2020-08-18 |
| TOKYO Japanese manufacturers of metals including steel and aluminium saw their output plunge in the AprilJune quarter as automakers temporarily shut factories to curb the spread of the COVID19 virus and to match slumping demand | Negative | TOKYO Japanese manufacturers of metals including steel and aluminium saw their output plunge in the AprilJune quarter as automakers temporarily shut factories to curb the spread of the COVID19 virus and to match slumping demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-metals/japan-metals-manufacturers-see-pick-up-in-demand-from-automakers-after-first-quarter-plunge-idUSKCN25D0QJ | 2020-08-18 |
| JFE Steel may restart one of the two blast furnaces which were temporarily suspended to cope with the COVID19 crisis in October Kakigi said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese manufacturers of metals including steel and aluminium saw their output plunge in the AprilJune quarter as automakers temporarily shut factories to curb the spread of the COVID19 virus and to match slumping demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-metals/japan-metals-manufacturers-see-pick-up-in-demand-from-automakers-after-first-quarter-plunge-idUSKCN25D0QJ | 2020-08-18 |
| Australia has now recorded nearly 24000 cases of COVID19 while the death toll rose to 438 after 17 people in Victoria died from the virus in the last 24 hours | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday recorded its lowest oneday rise in new COVID19 infections in a month buoying hopes that a stringent lockdown in the countrys secondmost populous state has prevented a fresh wave of cases nationally | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australian-covid-19-infections-set-to-hit-one-month-low-idUSKCN25D2NJ | 2020-08-18 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit back on Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump for saying her country is experiencing a big in COVID19 calling the remarks patently | Positive | WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit back on Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump for saying her country is experiencing a big in COVID19 calling the remarks patently | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-cases/new-zealands-ardern-hits-back-at-trump-over-coronavirus-surge-idUSKCN25E04Y | 2020-08-18 |
| The United States surpassed 170000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday according to a Reuters tally as health officials express concerns over COVID19 complicating the fall flu season | Negative | The United States surpassed 170000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday according to a Reuters tally as health officials express concerns over COVID19 complicating the fall flu season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-death-toll-hits-170000-ahead-of-fall-flu-season-idUSKCN25C0WE | 2020-08-17 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expects to be able to put a COVID19 vaccine into use in the country during the first quarter next year he said in a video on Twitter on Sunday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expects to be able to put a COVID19 vaccine into use in the country during the first quarter next year he said in a video on Twitter on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-president-says-covid-19-vaccine-expected-to-be-ready-early-next-year-idUSKCN25C0TP | 2020-08-17 |
| In total Brazil now has 3340197 confirmed cases and 107852 deaths due to COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil on Sunday registered 620 new deaths and 23101 new cases of coronavirus the health ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-cases/brazil-registers-620-new-deaths-and-23101-new-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN25C0U2 | 2020-08-17 |
| Several members of the Bolsonaro family have gotten sick with COVID19 as Brazil has the second highest number of cases in the world after the United States | Negative | BRASILIA Michelle Bolsonaro wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday she had tested negative for the novel coronavirus roughly two weeks after first contracting the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/wife-of-brazils-president-says-she-has-tested-negative-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN25C0OJ | 2020-08-17 |
| NSW was the only other state on Monday to report new COVID19 cases with seven detected in the past 24 hours | Neutral | SYDNEY The leader of Australias New South Wales state apologised on Monday for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in March triggering what was at the time Australias worst outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-premier-apologises-for-cruise-ship-failures-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKCN25C0XR | 2020-08-17 |
| story corrects number of fatalities linked to COVID19 outbreak onboard cruise ship in paragraph | Negative | SYDNEY The leader of Australias New South Wales state apologised on Monday for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in March triggering what was at the time Australias worst outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-premier-apologises-for-cruise-ship-failures-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKCN25C0XR | 2020-08-17 |
| South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | Positive | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN25C0A8 | 2020-08-17 |
| BEIJING Chinas vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID19 vaccine candidate Ad5nCOV state media reported citing documents from the countrys intellectual property regulator | Positive | BEIJING Chinas vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID19 vaccine candidate Ad5nCOV state media reported citing documents from the countrys intellectual property regulator | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-cansino/china-grants-countrys-first-covid-19-vaccine-patent-to-cansino-state-media-idUSKCN25D09V | 2020-08-17 |
| Jordan with one of the lowest infection cases in the region has reported 1378 cases and 11 deaths from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | AMMAN Jordan will seal off a city near the Syrian border from Monday following the largest daily rise in four months in coronavirus infections which officials say have come mainly from its northern neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-border/jordan-to-isolate-city-near-syria-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN25C0SM | 2020-08-17 |
| The news comes as the COVID19 pandemic forces many Indians indoors spurring a wave of online shopping including for daily groceries such as milk | Negative | Representatives at Reliance Urban Ladder and Milkbasket did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-urban-ladder-m-a-reliance/reliance-in-talks-to-buy-online-furniture-retail-milk-delivery-startups-report-idUSKCN25D0BF | 2020-08-17 |
| LTA is assessing the impact of COVID19 on the implementation timeline for the new Electronic Road Pricing system and will provide an update in due an LTA spokeswoman said | Positive | Congestion pricing which charges private vehicles entering the citys busiest areas was first introduced in Singapore in 1975 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coroanvirus-transportation/analysis-coronavirus-speeds-up-push-for-congestion-charge-in-cities-idUSL8N2F85DV | 2020-08-17 |
| FRANKFURT German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID19 its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday | Positive | FRANKFURT German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID19 its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-curevac/curevac-doesnt-rule-out-accelerated-approval-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25C0AX | 2020-08-17 |
| CureVac is researching how to use molecules carryinga specific genetic code called messenger RNA to treat aseries of diseases including COVID19 | Negative | FRANKFURT German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID19 its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-curevac/curevac-doesnt-rule-out-accelerated-approval-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25C0AX | 2020-08-17 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon should be locked down for two weeks after a spike in COVID19 infections the caretaker governments health minister was quoted as saying on Monday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon should be locked down for two weeks after a spike in COVID19 infections the caretaker governments health minister was quoted as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/uk-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-needs-two-week-lockdown-after-covid-19-spike-health-minister-says-idUSKCN25D0ID | 2020-08-17 |
| To date the respiratory virus has claimed some 5200 lives in Los Angeles County one of the nations COVID19 hotspots accounting for nearly half of Californias deaths from the pandemic | Negative | LOS ANGELES The mayor of the secondlargest U.S. city has joined a growing clamor among health experts and politicians for a radical shift in the nations coronavirus testing strategy from an emphasis on the utmost accuracy to a focus on speed and simplicity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/la-mayor-embraces-shift-in-covid-19-testing-strategy-simplicity-and-speed-idUSKCN25B0HU | 2020-08-16 |
| JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-african-leader-lifts-lockdown-restrictions-after-covid-19-infections-fall-idUSKCN25B0X8 | 2020-08-16 |
| MOSCOW Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID19 the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID19 the Interfax news agency quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-produces-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccine-interfax-idUSKCN25B0DU | 2020-08-16 |
| DUBAI The Emirati APEX National Investment company signed a strategic commercial with Israels Tera Group to cooperate on research and development related to COVID19 including a testing device the UAEs state news agency WAM said late on Saturday | Positive | DUBAI The Emirati APEX National Investment company signed a strategic commercial with Israels Tera Group to cooperate on research and development related to COVID19 including a testing device the UAEs state news agency WAM said late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-covid/uae-israeli-companies-sign-strategic-commercial-agreement-on-coronavirus-rd-idUSKCN25B0ZL | 2020-08-16 |
| Earlier this month Koca dismissed as claims that some hospitals and cities were at capacity due to COVID19 | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys coronavirus count rose on Saturday to its highest daily level since June with total deaths nearing 6000 according to the government which rolled out new inspection and enforcement measures earlier this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-rising-coronavirus-cases-at-highest-level-since-june-idUSKCN25B0W8 | 2020-08-16 |
| Six Indian swimmers had achieved the lower or B Olympic qualification for the Tokyo Games before the COVID19 pandemic forced them out of the pool in March | Positive | NEW DELHI Three of Indias top swimmers will begin two months of training in Dubai next month sports officials said on Saturday ending an agonising wait that drove one of them to the verge of retirement ahead of next years Tokyo Olympics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-swimming/swimming-indias-olympic-hopeful-trio-to-train-in-dubai-idUSKCN25B0AW | 2020-08-16 |
| as swimming pools in India are not yet accessible as a safety measure due to the COVID19 it said in a statement | Negative | NEW DELHI Three of Indias top swimmers will begin two months of training in Dubai next month sports officials said on Saturday ending an agonising wait that drove one of them to the verge of retirement ahead of next years Tokyo Olympics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-swimming/swimming-indias-olympic-hopeful-trio-to-train-in-dubai-idUSKCN25B0AW | 2020-08-16 |
| JOHANNESBURG Aug 15 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Aug 15 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID19 infections as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-safrica/south-african-leader-lifts-lockdown-restrictions-after-covid-19-infections-fall-idUSL8N2FH0IE | 2020-08-16 |
| LOS ANGELES California became the first U.S. state to surpass 600000 cases of COVID19 on Friday and the Midwest saw several record oneday rises as some states struggled to contain the pandemic even as a few welcomed students back to school campuses | Negative | LOS ANGELES California became the first U.S. state to surpass 600000 cases of COVID19 on Friday and the Midwest saw several record oneday rises as some states struggled to contain the pandemic even as a few welcomed students back to school campuses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-encouraged-by-trends-even-as-it-passes-600000-coronavirus-cases-most-in-u-s-idUSKCN25A2Z4 | 2020-08-15 |
| Those existing vunerabilities could also contribute to a higher death rate from COVID19 said Basta of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation a leading public health research institute in Brazil | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| Bolsonaro who has recovered from a bout with COVID19 welcomed the poll numbers and joked on Truth half truth or fake Good morning all | Positive | BRASILIA The approval rating of Brazils rightwing president Jair Bolsonaro is at its highest since he took office last year despite the countrys 105000 deaths from the worlds secondworst coronavirus outbreak a new poll showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-approval-rating-at-highest-despite-coronavirus-poll-idUSKCN25A1JX | 2020-08-15 |
| Brazil has the worlds secondworst COVID19 outbreak after the United States recording more than 3 | Negative | MANILA The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food including chicken wings from the South American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-brazil/philippines-bans-chicken-imports-from-brazil-on-coronavirus-scare-idUSKCN25A1D1 | 2020-08-15 |
| MOSCOW A majority of Russian doctors would not feel comfortable being injected with Russias new COVID19 vaccine due to the lack of sufficient data about it and its superfast approval a survey of more than 3000 medical professionals showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW A majority of Russian doctors would not feel comfortable being injected with Russias new COVID19 vaccine due to the lack of sufficient data about it and its superfast approval a survey of more than 3000 medical professionals showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-doctors-wary-of-rapidly-approved-covid-19-vaccine-survey-shows-idUSKCN25A1E1 | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday on worries that demand would recover more slowly than expected from COVID19 pandemic lockdowns while rising supply also overshadowed optimism over falling crude and fuel inventories | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday on worries that demand would recover more slowly than expected from COVID19 pandemic lockdowns while rising supply also overshadowed optimism over falling crude and fuel inventories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-down-on-demand-worries-growing-supply-idUSKCN25A04M | 2020-08-15 |
| The IBC Mall was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID19 tests from medical personnel in protective suits | Positive | Alibabaowned supermarket chain Freshippo said on Saturday it has shut 21 of its Shenzhen stores and was requiring all its employees in the city to undergo tests for the novel coronavirus after three cases were found at one of its outlets there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/alibabas-freshippo-says-will-test-all-shenzhen-employees-for-covid-19-idUSKCN25B04E | 2020-08-15 |
| The demand in China has strengthened since COVID19 restrictions started to be an Equinor spokesman said declining to comment on volumes or bookings | Positive | NEW U.S. crude oil shipments to China will rise sharply in coming weeks U.S. traders and shipbrokers and Chinese importers said as the worlds top economies gear up to review a January deal after a prolonged trade war | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-oil-exclusive/exclusive-china-ramps-up-u-s-oil-purchases-ahead-of-trade-deal-review-sources-idUSKCN25A2F4 | 2020-08-15 |
| SHENZHEN China The IBC Mall in Shenzhens Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID19 tests from medical personnel in protective suits | Positive | SHENZHEN China The IBC Mall in Shenzhens Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID19 tests from medical personnel in protective suits | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-shenzhen/shenzhen-mall-in-lockdown-after-coronavirus-case-idUSKCN25A1PQ | 2020-08-15 |
| An official Guangdong Health Commission WeChat account channel said the alert was prompted by a COVID19 case at the mall | Negative | SHENZHEN China The IBC Mall in Shenzhens Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID19 tests from medical personnel in protective suits | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-shenzhen/shenzhen-mall-in-lockdown-after-coronavirus-case-idUSKCN25A1PQ | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in July as consumers cut back on purchases of motor vehicles and could slow further in the months ahead amid spiraling new COVID19 infections and a reduction in unemployment benefit checks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in July as consumers cut back on purchases of motor vehicles and could slow further in the months ahead amid spiraling new COVID19 infections and a reduction in unemployment benefit checks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-retail-sales-slow-in-july-obstacles-mount-for-nascent-economic-recovery-idUSKCN25A1OJ | 2020-08-15 |
| NEW DELHI India is ready to mass produce COVID19 vaccines when scientists give the goahead Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen | Positive | NEW DELHI India is ready to mass produce COVID19 vaccines when scientists give the goahead Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-india-independenceday/modi-says-india-set-to-mass-produce-covid-19-vaccine-launches-health-mission-idUSKCN25B07W | 2020-08-15 |
| The U.S. government has helped finance the development of several vaccines and therapies through the program aimed at accelerating access to medicines to fight COVID19 | Positive | Any potential COVID19 vaccine backed by the Trump administrations Operation Warp program is unlikely to receive a green light from regulators any earlier than November or December given the time needed for a largescale clinical trial the National Institutes of Health director said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/top-u-s-health-official-says-approval-of-covid-vaccines-unlikely-before-november-idUSKCN2592YS | 2020-08-14 |
| Cohen was released to home confinement in May given the risks of catching COVID19 in prison but then was briefly imprisoned again last month | Negative | Michael Cohen U.S. President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer on Thursday promised to show how Trump cheated in the 2016 election with Russian help in an upcoming book titled Disloyal A Memoir | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/trumps-ex-lawyer-michael-cohen-says-to-reveal-presidents-skeletons-in-upcoming-book-idUSKCN259395 | 2020-08-14 |
| There is no scientific evidence of transmission of the COVID19 virus from frozen food or food the ministry said citing the United Nations and the World Health Organization | Negative | PAULO The Chinese city of Shenzhens government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora the countrys third largest processor of chicken and pork as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-china/coronavirus-contaminated-chicken-came-from-brazils-aurora-chinese-local-government-says-idUSKCN25922T | 2020-08-14 |
| SAO PAULO Brazil will require more information and talks before it commits to buying the Russian COVID19 vaccine which is at a very early stage the countrys acting health minister said on Thursday | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil will require more information and talks before it commits to buying the Russian COVID19 vaccine which is at a very early stage the countrys acting health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-not-yet-ready-to-buy-russia-vaccine-says-health-minister-idUSKCN25928O | 2020-08-14 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Agriculture Department said in a joint statement there is no evidence that people can contract COVID19 from food or from food packaging | Positive | Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food local authorities said on Thursday although the World Health Organization downplayed the risk of the virus entering the food chain | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinese-cities-find-coronavirus-in-frozen-food-imports-who-downplays-infection-risk-idUSKCN259330 | 2020-08-14 |
| BUENOS AIRES Seven Argentine meat processing plants are temporarily not exporting to China because they have registered cases of COVID19 among their employees a source from the Argentine agricultural health agency Senasa said on Thursday | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Seven Argentine meat processing plants are temporarily not exporting to China because they have registered cases of COVID19 among their employees a source from the Argentine agricultural health agency Senasa said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-beef/seven-argentine-meat-plants-suspend-exports-to-china-over-covid-19-worries-idUSKCN2592VH | 2020-08-14 |
| BEIJING Four famous amateur model grandmothers took off their masks during a saunter down the streets of Beijing on Thursday to demonstrate life returning to normal as the COVID19 pandemic eases | Neutral | BEIJING Four famous amateur model grandmothers took off their masks during a saunter down the streets of Beijing on Thursday to demonstrate life returning to normal as the COVID19 pandemic eases | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fashion-gran/remove-masks-celebrate-freedom-fashion-grannies-return-to-beijing-street-catwalk-idUSKCN2591M5 | 2020-08-14 |
| Some economists even float the idea of settling exports of Chinamade COVID19 vaccines in yuan and are looking to bypass dollar settlement with a digital version of the currency | Positive | A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system a devastating prospect once considered farfetched but now not impossible | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-decoupling-analysis/in-china-fears-of-financial-iron-curtain-as-u-s-tensions-rise-idUSKCN2590NJ | 2020-08-14 |
| It also offers virtualreality home viewing via the Beike app which has seen its usage grew more than 10 times during the COVID19 pandemic Peng said | Positive | BEIJING KE Holdings operator of housing platforms Beike Zhaofang and Lianjia is open to a secondary listing in Hong Kong or mainland China after raising around billion on Thursday in the biggest U.S. IPO by a Chinese company in two years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-ke-listing/beike-owner-ke-open-to-secondary-hong-kong-or-mainland-listing-after-u-s-ipo-idUSKCN259254 | 2020-08-14 |
| Also limiting bearishness jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first time since efforts to curb the COVID19 outbreak in the United States began five months ago | Negative | An 11 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-ends-down-slightly-after-flirting-with-record-levels-again-idUSKCN2591FV | 2020-08-14 |
| ATLANTA Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city possibly ending a monthslong feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID19 | Negative | ATLANTA Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city possibly ending a monthslong feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia/georgia-governor-to-drop-mask-lawsuit-against-atlanta-mayor-and-city-idUSKCN2592VV | 2020-08-14 |
| There will not be a nationwide multiinsurer proceeding to determine whether businesses that shut down in response to COVID19 are entitled to tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars in insurance coverage | Neutral | There will not be a nationwide multiinsurer proceeding to determine whether businesses that shut down in response to COVID19 are entitled to tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars in insurance coverage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-insurance-jpml/jpml-rejects-nationwide-consolidation-of-business-insurance-cases-now-what-idUSKCN2592UM | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took down efforts by the military wing of Hamas al Qaeda and Islamic State to raise funds via cryptocurrency through schemes that included selling bogus COVID19 safety equipment to U.S. hospitals | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it took down efforts by the military wing of Hamas al Qaeda and Islamic State to raise funds via cryptocurrency through schemes that included selling bogus COVID19 safety equipment to U.S. hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-security-cryptocurrency/u-s-says-takes-down-militant-groups-cryptocurrency-fundraising-effort-idUSKCN2592JV | 2020-08-14 |
| He said he had been unable to retrieve the van due to COVID19 restrictions and was not involved in any alleged foreign plot | Negative | MINSK Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus carrying flowers on Wednesday in anger at a crackdown by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-stage-flower-protest-in-belarus-as-eu-weighs-sanctions-idUSKCN2581OQ | 2020-08-13 |
| Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | Positive | Russias granting of regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-fac/factbox-world-reaction-to-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2581BN | 2020-08-13 |
| Several drugmakers globally are conducting largescale advanced human trials of their potential COVID19 vaccines each with tens of thousands of volunteers | Positive | MANILA Philippine scientists were set on Wednesday to meet representatives of the Russian state research facility that developed a coronavirus vaccine to discuss participation in clinical trials and access to its research data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-phi/philippines-talking-to-russian-vaccine-maker-on-trials-seeks-complete-dossier-idUSKCN258121 | 2020-08-13 |
| JERUSALEM Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-russia/israel-to-examine-russias-covid-19-vaccine-minister-says-idUSKCN258139 | 2020-08-13 |
| The novel coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 is believed to have emerged in a seafood and wildlife market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year | Negative | BEIJING A city in Chinas eastern Anhui province found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of shrimps from Ecuador state media reported on Wednesday in the latest instance of the virus being detected on imported products | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-anhui/coronavirus-found-on-ecuador-shrimps-in-china-state-media-says-idUSKCN2581D1 | 2020-08-13 |
| At the time the jump suggested potential for a sales rebound for Chinas smartphone brands which saw purchases plummet at the height of COVID19 | Positive | SHANGHAI Smartphone shipments in China plunged in July compared with a year earlier government data released on Tuesday shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-smartphones-july/smartphone-shipments-in-china-plunge-35-in-july-government-data-idUSKCN2580UO | 2020-08-13 |
| Mauritius shut its borders on March 19 and has had only 344 cases of COVID19 with 10 deaths | Negative | NAIROBI Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed from a damaged Japanese ship which leaked about 1000 tonnes in a threat to tourism already hurt by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mauritius-environment-pm/mauritius-says-almost-all-oil-removed-from-damaged-japanese-ship-idUSKCN25829A | 2020-08-13 |
| Insurers have countered that applying such coverage to COVID19 losses would result in crippling payouts and deplete their capital | Negative | A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic which they say caused a direct physical to their premises | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-decision/business-owners-can-sue-insurer-over-coronavirus-losses-missouri-judge-rules-idUSKCN2582AK | 2020-08-13 |
| The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is considering whether to consolidate hundreds of lawsuits seeking business interruption coverage for COVID19 | Negative | A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic which they say caused a direct physical to their premises | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-decision/business-owners-can-sue-insurer-over-coronavirus-losses-missouri-judge-rules-idUSKCN2582AK | 2020-08-13 |
| Lordstown turned to a SPAC when efforts to raise million privately froze as COVID19 spread across America Lordstown Chief Executive Steve Burns said | Negative | Electric commercial truck maker Nikola Corp NKLA.O of Phoenix Arizona tried unsuccessfully to raise billion in the private markets and only turned to a merger with a socalled blankcheck company to go public as a way to raise the needed funds its chief financial officer said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-spacs-evs-insight/electric-carmakers-seek-out-blank-check-firms-for-funding-as-virus-spooks-private-markets-idUSKCN258191 | 2020-08-13 |
| Stock markets globally have rallied this week on improving data from China and Europe signs of progress in developing a COVID19 vaccine and expectations of fresh U.S. stimulus | Positive | European stocks rallied on Wednesday as a billiondollar takeover offer for Swiss firm Sunrise Communications boosted the telecom sector and investors looked past a collapse in Britains quarterly economic output to bet on a stimulusdriven recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/telecoms-ma-lifts-europe-ftse-rallies-despite-record-gdp-slump-idUSKCN2580TT | 2020-08-13 |
| The health ministry had suspended the daily publication of data on COVID19 deaths in July after Health Secretary Matt Hancock ordered a review into the methodology being used in England | Negative | LONDON Britains official death toll from the COVID19 pandemic was lowered by over 5000 on Wednesday because the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-deaths/uks-covid-19-death-toll-lowered-to-41000-after-methodology-change-idUSKCN2582DV | 2020-08-13 |
| BERLIN Germanys public health agency does not expect a COVID19 vaccine to be available by the autumn an agency spokeswoman said withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday which she said had been published in error | Negative | BERLIN Germanys public health agency does not expect a COVID19 vaccine to be available by the autumn an agency spokeswoman said withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday which she said had been published in error | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine-re/german-agency-does-not-expect-covid-vaccine-in-autumn-withdraws-report-idUSKCN2582FB | 2020-08-13 |
| The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/covid-19-tied-to-muscle-weakening-disease-vaping-risk-documented-idUSKCN2582HB | 2020-08-13 |
| Neuromuscular disease may be triggered by COVID19 | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/covid-19-tied-to-muscle-weakening-disease-vaping-risk-documented-idUSKCN2582HB | 2020-08-13 |
| Certain immune responses may contribute to severe COVID19 | Negative | The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/covid-19-tied-to-muscle-weakening-disease-vaping-risk-documented-idUSKCN2582HB | 2020-08-13 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico aims to conduct latestage clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico aims to conduct latestage clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-trial-china-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-may-produce-some-idUSKCN2571TU | 2020-08-12 |
| More than 150 vaccines are being developed and tested around the world to stop the COVID19 pandemic with 25 in human clinical trials according to the World Health Organization | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico aims to conduct latestage clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-trial-china-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-may-produce-some-idUSKCN2571TU | 2020-08-12 |
| Russia is the first country to approve a COVID19 vaccine which it named Sputnik for foreign markets an official said on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico aims to conduct latestage clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-trial-china-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-may-produce-some-idUSKCN2571TU | 2020-08-12 |
| Latin Americas secondlargest economy has suffered nearly 54000 deaths from COVID19 according to official data the thirdhighest toll in the world | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico aims to conduct latestage clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country the foreign ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-trial-china-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-may-produce-some-idUSKCN2571TU | 2020-08-12 |
| Washington said a delay was needed in light of the COVID19 global pandemic which has placed significant pressure on the food and beverage industry | Negative | MEXICO CITY The United States European Union Canada and Switzerland home to some of the worlds biggest food companies have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks a World Trade Organization document showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-health/mexicos-new-warning-labels-on-junk-food-meet-supersized-opposition-from-u-s-eu-idUSKCN25802B | 2020-08-12 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing a move Moscow likened to its success in the Cold Warera space race | Positive | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing a move Moscow likened to its success in the Cold Warera space race | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-put/putin-hails-new-sputnik-moment-as-russia-is-first-to-approve-a-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25712U | 2020-08-12 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials but it was unclear if the states research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials but it was unclear if the states research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilian-state-in-talks-with-russia-to-make-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2571VX | 2020-08-12 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that it had not yet received a request to authorize Russias new COVID19 vaccine which the Parana state government said it was in talks to produce locally | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday that it had not yet received a request to authorize Russias new COVID19 vaccine which the Parana state government said it was in talks to produce locally | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-anvisa/brazil-health-regulator-says-no-request-yet-to-make-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2572B6 | 2020-08-12 |
| MAASAI MARAKenya Normally the magnificent plains of Kenyas Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annual wildebeest migration but this year COVID19 means Kenyans had it all to themselves | Positive | MAASAI MARAKenya Normally the magnificent plains of Kenyas Maasai Mara National Reserve are crowded with international tourists hoping to see a lion hunt during the annual wildebeest migration but this year COVID19 means Kenyans had it all to themselves | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-conservation/kenyas-famed-wildebeest-migration-begins-without-foreign-tourist-crowds-idUSKCN25612H | 2020-08-12 |
| BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said he was sceptical about Russia becoming the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine saying it was key to have a safe tested product rather than just being first | Positive | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said he was sceptical about Russia becoming the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine saying it was key to have a safe tested product rather than just being first | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| LONDON An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts who said that with no full trial data the vaccine is hard to trust | Neutral | LONDON An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts who said that with no full trial data the vaccine is hard to trust | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-exp/scientists-ask-without-trial-data-how-can-we-trust-russias-covid-vaccine-idUSKCN2571TL | 2020-08-12 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification for its newly approved COVID19 vaccine a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification for its newly approved COVID19 vaccine a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-who/who-says-discussing-new-covid-19-vaccine-with-russia-idUSKCN2571BC | 2020-08-12 |
| BRASILIA The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID19 vaccine to evaluate it the assistant director of its regional branch the Pan American Health Organization Jarbas Barbosa said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID19 vaccine to evaluate it the assistant director of its regional branch the Pan American Health Organization Jarbas Barbosa said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-paho/who-lacks-info-to-evaluate-russian-covid-19-vaccine-says-paho-idUSKCN25725P | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will be briefed on U.S. COVID19 vaccine efforts later on Tuesday and will likely give a public update White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway said after Russia announced it had approved a vaccine for the novel coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will be briefed on U.S. COVID19 vaccine efforts later on Tuesday and will likely give a public update White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway said after Russia announced it had approved a vaccine for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-usa/trump-expected-to-give-update-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-development-white-house-idUSKCN2571NZ | 2020-08-12 |
| MOSCOW Russia has named its first approved COVID19 vaccine V for foreign markets a reference to the worlds first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine a top official said on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has named its first approved COVID19 vaccine V for foreign markets a reference to the worlds first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine a top official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-spu/russia-names-new-covid-19-vaccine-sputnik-v-in-reference-to-cold-war-space-race-idUSKCN2571FV | 2020-08-12 |
| People crossing into Gaza will have to spend three weeks in quarantine and be tested for COVID19 | Negative | RAFAH Gaza Strip Adria and Ayman Arafat are finally heading home to Florida after being stranded for months in the Gaza Strip by coronavirusrelated restrictions but fear they will now face a much greater health risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-trave/u-s-couple-stranded-by-coronavirus-in-gaza-returning-to-scary-florida-idUSKCN2571KT | 2020-08-12 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday his country was the first to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday on growing uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers would strike an agreement on an additional round of big fiscal stimulus to support an economy still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-stimulus-doubts-mount-idUSKCN25800M | 2020-08-12 |
| LONDON The once resolute whatever it message of government support for pandemichit economies is fraying at the margins as some recovery from the COVID19 shock emerges leaving buoyant markets pondering the prospect of ebbing stimulus | Neutral | LONDON The once resolute whatever it message of government support for pandemichit economies is fraying at the margins as some recovery from the COVID19 shock emerges leaving buoyant markets pondering the prospect of ebbing stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-stimulus/column-markets-second-guess-policy-rollback-mike-dolan-idUSKCN2580L2 | 2020-08-12 |
| President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | Russia vaccine news triggers escape from safehaven assets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-fall-on-u-s-stimulus-uncertainty-idUSL4N2FE0QQ | 2020-08-12 |
| President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing | Positive | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russias COVID19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first COVID19 cases in more than three months were imported by freight as the countrys biggest city plunged back into lockdown on Wednesday | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first COVID19 cases in more than three months were imported by freight as the countrys biggest city plunged back into lockdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-considers-freight-as-possible-source-of-new-coronavirus-cluster-idUSKCN25801P | 2020-08-12 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiros famous beaches despite Brazils raging COVID19 epidemic could soon be able to reserve sociallydistant sand space through a mobile app the citys mayor said on Monday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Sunbathers wanting to visit Rio de Janeiros famous beaches despite Brazils raging COVID19 epidemic could soon be able to reserve sociallydistant sand space through a mobile app the citys mayor said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-beaches/rio-de-janeiro-seeks-to-roll-out-mobile-app-for-beachgoers-braving-pandemic-idUSKCN2562S9 | 2020-08-11 |
| The frenetic global race to develop a COVID19 vaccine has raised concern that speed and national prestige could compromise safety | Neutral | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russias efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/philippines-duterte-has-huge-trust-in-russia-vaccine-volunteers-for-trial-idUSKCN2570HS | 2020-08-11 |
| DUBAI Chinese stateowned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID19 vaccine in Bahrain after launching similar trials in the United Arab Emirates last month Bahrains health ministry said on Monday | Positive | DUBAI Chinese stateowned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID19 vaccine in Bahrain after launching similar trials in the United Arab Emirates last month Bahrains health ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bahrain-vaccine/chinas-sinopharm-starts-phase-iii-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-bahrain-idUSKCN2561V1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Californias top public health officer has resigned following datacollection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID19 infections Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | Negative | Californias top public health officer has resigned following datacollection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID19 infections Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/californias-public-health-officer-resigns-after-covid-19-undercount-problem-idUSKCN2562SD | 2020-08-11 |
| He stressed that other key metrics unaffected by technical glitches were still showing improvement including COVID19 hospitalizations intensive care unit admissions and the percentage of diagnostic tests coming back positive | Positive | Californias top public health officer has resigned following datacollection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID19 infections Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/californias-public-health-officer-resigns-after-covid-19-undercount-problem-idUSKCN2562SD | 2020-08-11 |
| California had recorded 561006 confirmed COVID19 infections and 10378 deaths as of Sunday among its 40 million residents | Negative | Californias top public health officer has resigned following datacollection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID19 infections Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/californias-public-health-officer-resigns-after-covid-19-undercount-problem-idUSKCN2562SD | 2020-08-11 |
| ZURICH Molecular Partners is getting a payment in the high single digit of Swiss francs from the Swiss government to reserve doses of an earlystage drug candidate that the Zuricharea biotechnology company is developing for COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Molecular Partners is getting a payment in the high single digit of Swiss francs from the Swiss government to reserve doses of an earlystage drug candidate that the Zuricharea biotechnology company is developing for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-molecular-partners-swiss/molecular-partners-gets-swiss-govt-payment-for-covid-candidate-idUSKCN2570HX | 2020-08-11 |
| Fresh off the failure of its eye drug abicipar in the United States Molecular Partners is seeking to rebound with the experimental drug called MP0420 against COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Molecular Partners is getting a payment in the high single digit of Swiss francs from the Swiss government to reserve doses of an earlystage drug candidate that the Zuricharea biotechnology company is developing for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-molecular-partners-swiss/molecular-partners-gets-swiss-govt-payment-for-covid-candidate-idUSKCN2570HX | 2020-08-11 |
| Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a latestage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1620 patients in Indonesia for a COVID19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian stateowned peer Bio Farma | Positive | Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a latestage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1620 patients in Indonesia for a COVID19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian stateowned peer Bio Farma | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-vaccine/sinovac-launches-late-stage-trial-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-in-indonesia-idUSKCN2570E9 | 2020-08-11 |
| New Zealand which has managed to largely contain the spread of the coronavirus has gone more than 100 days without community transmission of COVID19 | Negative | WELLINGTON A New Zealand retirement village has gone into lockdown after residents displayed symptoms of respiratory illness the New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-retirement-home-in-lockdown-to-test-for-covid-19-idUSKCN2570C8 | 2020-08-11 |
| Marape said a twoweek lockdown in the capital of Port Moresby would be lifted from Wednesday despite the countrys reported cases of COVID19 doubling over the past week | Neutral | MELBOURNE Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is pressing ahead with plans to lift lockdown measures in the Pacific nation this week even as a recent sharp spike in coronavirus infections worries health officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-papua/papua-new-guinea-to-lift-lockdown-despite-surge-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN2570B6 | 2020-08-11 |
| Whilst the spread is there we have to adapt to living with COVID19 this year instead of taking on drastic Marape told a news conference on Monday | Negative | MELBOURNE Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is pressing ahead with plans to lift lockdown measures in the Pacific nation this week even as a recent sharp spike in coronavirus infections worries health officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-papua/papua-new-guinea-to-lift-lockdown-despite-surge-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN2570B6 | 2020-08-11 |
| Concerns about the outbreak in the capital spreading more widely were underscored when Australias Newcrest Mining this week reported a COVID19 case at its Lihir gold mine | Negative | MELBOURNE Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is pressing ahead with plans to lift lockdown measures in the Pacific nation this week even as a recent sharp spike in coronavirus infections worries health officials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-papua/papua-new-guinea-to-lift-lockdown-despite-surge-in-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN2570B6 | 2020-08-11 |
| SEOUL South Koreas Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its antiparasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID19 patients in an earlystage human trial | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its antiparasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID19 patients in an earlystage human trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-daewoon/south-koreas-daewoong-pharma-gets-india-nod-to-test-anti-parasite-drug-for-covid-19-idUSKCN2570FE | 2020-08-11 |
| Novavax Incs manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet the U.S. demand for COVID19 vaccines in 2021 which it believes could be as high as 500 million to 600 million doses company executives said on Monday | Positive | Novavax Incs manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet the U.S. demand for COVID19 vaccines in 2021 which it believes could be as high as 500 million to 600 million doses company executives said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-cornavirus-novavax-vaccine/novavax-expects-it-can-meet-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-demand-in-2021-executives-say-idUSKCN2562MP | 2020-08-11 |
| BRUSSELS A flock of 20000 multicoloured origami birds has been installed in a cathedral in Brussels Belgium as part of a fundraising artwork that has paid for two COVID19 units at a local hospital | Positive | BRUSSELS A flock of 20000 multicoloured origami birds has been installed in a cathedral in Brussels Belgium as part of a fundraising artwork that has paid for two COVID19 units at a local hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-art/20000-paper-birds-help-fund-covid-19-units-at-belgium-hospital-idUSKCN2561Q9 | 2020-08-11 |
| Each bird was matched by a donation from companies including French energy firm Engie raising 101625 euros for two units for COVID19 patients at the Erasmus hospital in Brussels | Positive | BRUSSELS A flock of 20000 multicoloured origami birds has been installed in a cathedral in Brussels Belgium as part of a fundraising artwork that has paid for two COVID19 units at a local hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-art/20000-paper-birds-help-fund-covid-19-units-at-belgium-hospital-idUSKCN2561Q9 | 2020-08-11 |
| MADRID Spanish actor Antonio Banderas star of The Mask of and dozens of other films announced on Monday his 60th birthday that he had tested positive for COVID19 and was in quarantine | Positive | MADRID Spanish actor Antonio Banderas star of The Mask of and dozens of other films announced on Monday his 60th birthday that he had tested positive for COVID19 and was in quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-antonio-banderas/spanish-actor-banderas-says-has-covid-19-feels-relatively-well-idUSKCN2561HQ | 2020-08-11 |
| NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | Positive | NJ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after weeks of failed negotiations prompted President Donald Trump to take executive actions that Democrats argued would do little to ease Americans financial distress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-open-door-to-narrower-covid-19-aid-through-2020-idUSKCN2550LD | 2020-08-10 |
| We cant tolerate these types of gatherings in our city during COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON D.C. At least three shooters opened fire during a large unauthorized gathering of people in Washington early on Sunday killing a teenager and wounding 20 others including a critically injured police officer authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washingtondc-shoot/one-killed-20-wounded-in-washington-d-c-shooting-idUSKCN2550QS | 2020-08-10 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks | Positive | NEW YORK The United States should implement another support package to ensure workers can stay safely at home while the novel coronavirus continues to spread Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said in an interview with CBS News released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-fed-evans/feds-evans-says-another-coronavirus-aid-package-incredibly-important-interview-idUSKCN255109 | 2020-08-10 |
| NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | Negative | NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-marks-160000-covid-19-deaths-as-relief-talks-fail-in-washington-idUSKCN253266 | 2020-08-10 |
| In Mexico 40 people per every 100000 have died from COVID19 a lower number than the United States which is at 49 deaths per 100000 according to Johns Hopkins | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the United States had greater problems from the coronavirus than his country a day after the U.S. State Department urged citizens not to travel south of the border citing high contagion rates | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-obrador/u-s-pandemic-worse-than-mexico-lopez-obrador-says-after-travel-warning-idUSKCN2532QB | 2020-08-10 |
| MONTERREY Mexico Mexicos energy secretary Rocio Nahle said on Friday she was quarantining for two weeks because she had been in contact with a person who tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | MONTERREY Mexico Mexicos energy secretary Rocio Nahle said on Friday she was quarantining for two weeks because she had been in contact with a person who tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-nahle/mexicos-energy-minister-to-quarantine-for-two-weeks-after-coronavirus-contact-idUSKCN2532SL | 2020-08-10 |
| Bolsonaro who has called COVID19 a little says he recovered from his own infection thanks to hydroxychloroquine an antimalarial drug that remains unproven against the coronavirus | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazils death toll from COVID19 passed 100000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-covid-19-deaths-reach-100000-and-barrel-onward-idUSKCN2540KM | 2020-08-10 |
| While that history is long past Urbaez said Brazil today seems equally resigned to the COVID19 deaths to come | Negative | DE JANEIRO Brazils death toll from COVID19 passed 100000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-covid-19-deaths-reach-100000-and-barrel-onward-idUSKCN2540KM | 2020-08-10 |
| Brazil is approaching 100000 deaths from COVID19 in the worlds worst coronavirus outbreak after the United States | Negative | It said the factory will be ready to produce 30 million doses of the vaccine per month as of the beginning of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-toll/brazilian-billionaire-lemann-leads-initiative-to-build-covid-19-vaccine-factory-idUSKCN25338Z | 2020-08-10 |
| Brazil has registered 2962442 cases of the virus since the pandemic began while the official death toll from COVID19 has risen to 99572 according to ministry data | Negative | It said the factory will be ready to produce 30 million doses of the vaccine per month as of the beginning of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-toll/brazilian-billionaire-lemann-leads-initiative-to-build-covid-19-vaccine-factory-idUSKCN25338Z | 2020-08-10 |
| Russia is expecting regulatory approval for its first potential COVID19 vaccine this month with doses to be administered to frontline health workers first | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| Russias offer comes amid concern in some developing countries about access to a COVID19 vaccine with expectations of high demand globally | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| Prices were led lower by transportation and housing the data showed as the COVID19 disease has hurt the sectors | Negative | ATHENS Greeces annual EUharmonised inflation stayed negative for a fourth month in July the countrys statistics service ELSTAT said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-greece-inflation/greek-eu-harmonized-inflation-stays-negative-in-july-idUSKCN2531B3 | 2020-08-10 |
| He has praised Chinas response to COVID19 which earned him public thanks from Xi and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has donated million to China for COVID19 relief | Positive | The country accounts for over billion in annual revenue Microsoft President Brad Smith said earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-microsoft-china-explainer/explainer-microsofts-tiktok-bid-spotlights-windows-makers-history-with-china-idUSKCN2560N7 | 2020-08-10 |
| TOKYO Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca Plcs experimental COVID19 vaccine and fund a local company to manufacture Novavaxs vaccine candidate ramping up its stockpile plan as it battles surging infections | Positive | TOKYO Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca Plcs experimental COVID19 vaccine and fund a local company to manufacture Novavaxs vaccine candidate ramping up its stockpile plan as it battles surging infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-astrazeneca/japan-in-deals-with-astrazeneca-novavax-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN253199 | 2020-08-10 |
| AstraZeneca said JCR Pharma will help make a portion of its potential COVID19 vaccine and it will import shots as part of its deal to supply Japan | Positive | TOKYO Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca Plcs experimental COVID19 vaccine and fund a local company to manufacture Novavaxs vaccine candidate ramping up its stockpile plan as it battles surging infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-astrazeneca/japan-in-deals-with-astrazeneca-novavax-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN253199 | 2020-08-10 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical will manufacture and sell up to 250 million doses of Novavax Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate in Japan every year the two companies said on Friday | Positive | Takeda Pharmaceutical will manufacture and sell up to 250 million doses of Novavax Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate in Japan every year the two companies said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coroanvirus-novavax-takeda-pha/takeda-to-make-novavaxs-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-in-japan-idUSKCN2531DU | 2020-08-10 |
| LONDON AstraZeneca said on Friday JCR Pharma will help make a portion of its potential COVID19 vaccine in Japan and it will import shots as part of its deal to supply the Asian nation with up 120 million doses from early 2021 | Positive | LONDON AstraZeneca said on Friday JCR Pharma will help make a portion of its potential COVID19 vaccine in Japan and it will import shots as part of its deal to supply the Asian nation with up 120 million doses from early 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-to-supply-japan-with-covid-19-vaccine-thru-jcr-pharma-output-imports-idUSKCN2531DB | 2020-08-10 |
| Drawing the line between true and false is also more complex for the new COVID19 vaccines factcheckers told Reuters than with content about vaccines with an established safety record | Negative | Tom Phillips editor at one of Facebooks factchecking partners Full Fact sees the conundrum this How do you fact check about a vaccine that does not exist | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-insight/facebooks-dilemma-how-to-police-claims-about-unproven-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN2530I8 | 2020-08-10 |
| Determining what constitutes a false claim regarding the COVID19 shot is much harder than factchecking a claim about an established vaccine with a proven safety record Facebook factcheckers told Reuters | Neutral | Tom Phillips editor at one of Facebooks factchecking partners Full Fact sees the conundrum this How do you fact check about a vaccine that does not exist | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-insight/facebooks-dilemma-how-to-police-claims-about-unproven-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN2530I8 | 2020-08-10 |
| Since the study was published antivaccine views and COVID19 vaccine conspiracies have flourished on the platform Johnson said adding Its kind of on steroids | Negative | Tom Phillips editor at one of Facebooks factchecking partners Full Fact sees the conundrum this How do you fact check about a vaccine that does not exist | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-insight/facebooks-dilemma-how-to-police-claims-about-unproven-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN2530I8 | 2020-08-10 |
| NEW YORK Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a difficult decision as federal unemployment aid risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home or resume driving and potentially catch COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a difficult decision as federal unemployment aid risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home or resume driving and potentially catch COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-lyft/risk-coronavirus-or-default-ride-hail-drivers-face-tough-choices-as-u-s-aid-expires-idUSKCN2521M6 | 2020-08-10 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID19 aid talks after President Donald Trump took executive actions on unemployment benefits | Positive | Dollar holds gains as payrolls force shortcovering | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-struggles-to-sustain-rally-eyes-bond-yields-idUSL4N2FB0JE | 2020-08-10 |
| This is an agonising day for the members for the 19 families who have lost a loved one to COVID19 Michael Kidd Australias deputy chief medical officer told reporters | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its biggest oneday rise in COVID19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-says-covid-19-outbreak-shows-signs-of-peaking-idUSKCN25510C | 2020-08-10 |
| About of Americans said they disapproved of the way Trump was dealing with the COVID19 pandemic while approved according to the Aug | Negative | NEW YORK Two thirds of registered American voters oppose delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/majority-of-registered-voters-oppose-u-s-election-delay-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2511BT | 2020-08-06 |
| The post contained a video clip from an interview with Fox Friends earlier in the day in which Trump claimed that children are almost to COVID19 | Positive | The post contained a video clip from an interview with Fox Friends earlier in the day in which Trump claimed that children are almost to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-facebook-trump/facebook-twitter-pull-trump-posts-over-coronavirus-misinformation-idUSKCN25136Y | 2020-08-06 |
| This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID a Facebook spokesman said | Negative | The post contained a video clip from an interview with Fox Friends earlier in the day in which Trump claimed that children are almost to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-facebook-trump/facebook-twitter-pull-trump-posts-over-coronavirus-misinformation-idUSKCN25136Y | 2020-08-06 |
| At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | Negative | At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-u-s-congress-15-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKCN25205P | 2020-08-06 |
| The company also says it plans to promote the Fire Eye labs it rolls out for COVID19 for precision medicine after the pandemic | Negative | SYDNEY As countries scramble to test for the novel coronavirus a Chinese company has become a goto name around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-bgi-specialreport/special-report-covid-opens-new-doors-for-chinas-gene-giant-idUSKCN2511CE | 2020-08-06 |
| According to APIB 631 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and 22325 cases have been confirmed among Brazils 850000 indigenous people | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaros government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus to the countrys vulnerable indigenous communities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-court-rules-government-must-protect-tribes-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN251361 | 2020-08-06 |
| GOIANIA Brazil Chief Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders who led the people of Upper Xingu in central Brazil and helped create an indigenous park there died on Wednesday from COVID19 his family said in a statement | Negative | GOIANIA Brazil Chief Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders who led the people of Upper Xingu in central Brazil and helped create an indigenous park there died on Wednesday from COVID19 his family said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-aritana/brazil-indigenous-leader-aritana-dead-from-covid-19-idUSKCN2512T4 | 2020-08-06 |
| According to Brazils largest indigenous umbrella organization APIB 631 indigenous people have died from COVID19 and there have been 22325 confirmed cases in the community so far | Negative | GOIANIA Brazil Chief Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders who led the people of Upper Xingu in central Brazil and helped create an indigenous park there died on Wednesday from COVID19 his family said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-aritana/brazil-indigenous-leader-aritana-dead-from-covid-19-idUSKCN2512T4 | 2020-08-06 |
| GENEVA Young people must curb their party instincts to help prevent new outbreaks of the COVID19 disease officials at the World Health Organization pleaded on Wednesday | Neutral | GENEVA Young people must curb their party instincts to help prevent new outbreaks of the COVID19 disease officials at the World Health Organization pleaded on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/do-you-really-need-to-party-who-asks-worlds-youth-idUSKCN2511U1 | 2020-08-06 |
| MOSCOW Russia is expanding COVID19 express tests to other major air hubs in Moscow after using them at the countrys busiest airport Sheremetyevo in the capital the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is expanding COVID19 express tests to other major air hubs in Moscow after using them at the countrys busiest airport Sheremetyevo in the capital the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-airports/moscow-expands-covid-19-express-tests-to-major-airports-idUSKCN2512S0 | 2020-08-06 |
| France and Germany enjoyed especially strong gains though renewed growth was also recorded in Spain and Italy as COVID19 containment measures continued to be relaxed | Positive | LONDON Euro zone business activity returned to modest growth in July as some curbs imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus were lifted but the rebound in the blocs dominant service industry was not as sharp as expected a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-business-activity-returned-to-modest-growth-in-july-pmi-idUSKCN2510ZW | 2020-08-06 |
| However this years celebration comes as COVID19 cases hit record levels around the country prompting governors of several prefectures to declare states of emergency | Neutral | TOKYO Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is expected to urge residents of the Japanese capital to stay home as much as possible over an upcoming major holiday amid a surge in coronavirus cases local media reported Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-governor-to-call-for-restraint-in-travel-during-upcoming-holidays-idUSKCN25209X | 2020-08-06 |
| Japan has reported an average of around 1300 new COVID19 cases each day over the past week taking total cases to around 43500 | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is expected to urge residents of the Japanese capital to stay home as much as possible over an upcoming major holiday amid a surge in coronavirus cases local media reported Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-governor-to-call-for-restraint-in-travel-during-upcoming-holidays-idUSKCN25209X | 2020-08-06 |
| Its a similar story in Spain a country known for its sizzling summer temperatures which imposed one of Europes toughest lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | ANGELES Locked down hot and desperate for a If you live in Indianapolis and fancy putting a pool in your back yard theres a threeweek wait but thats just for an appointment to order one for next year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-pools/pool-sales-skyrocket-as-consumers-splash-out-on-coronavirus-cocoons-idUSKCN2520HW | 2020-08-06 |
| Blackstone is hoping that more consumers staying at home amid the COVID19 pandemic will turn to Ancestry | Positive | Ancestry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ancestry-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-com-for-4-7-billion-idUSKCN2512ES | 2020-08-06 |
| Zipse said on a call that developments in the United States which has the highest number of COVID19 cases and deaths worldwide were extremely | Negative | Shares in BMW fell following the results with some analysts saying they had not expected such a big loss in earnings before interest and taxes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bmw-results/bmw-loses-almost-800-million-as-sales-slide-during-lockdowns-idUSKCN2510M9 | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. private employers hired far fewer workers than expected in July as companies exhausted loans to help with wages and new COVID19 infections flared up across the country supporting the view that the nascent economic recovery was faltering | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. private employers hired far fewer workers than expected in July as companies exhausted loans to help with wages and new COVID19 infections flared up across the country supporting the view that the nascent economic recovery was faltering | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-employment/u-s-job-market-recovery-appears-to-be-slowing-services-sector-powering-ahead-idUSKCN2511RJ | 2020-08-06 |
| With recordhigh unemployment expected to climb in the coming months we do not expect a quick turnaround in consumption behaviour all the more with COVID19 cases still on the rise | Neutral | to fix | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/philippines-economy-gdp/rpt-update-1-philippine-economy-dives-into-recession-in-worst-slump-on-record-idUSL4N2F80ZZ | 2020-08-06 |
| That model has come under pressure as the COVID19 pandemic forced companies particularly in the hardhit sectors such as casual dining travel and tourism to pull back advertising spending | Negative | first paragraph adds details from conference | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/roku-results/update-2-rokus-dour-ad-industry-outlook-clouds-upbeat-earnings-idUSL4N2F75DF | 2020-08-06 |
| New York City which at one point of the pandemic reported more than 800 deaths in a single day has seen no COVID19 fatalities for the past three days | Neutral | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKCN2520JG | 2020-08-06 |
| ZURICH The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted NeuroRx Inc Investigational New Drug permission to test RLF100 for inhaled use in patients with moderate and severe COVID19 to prevent progression to respiratory failure it and partner Relief Therapeutics Holdings said on Thursday | Positive | ZURICH The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted NeuroRx Inc Investigational New Drug permission to test RLF100 for inhaled use in patients with moderate and severe COVID19 to prevent progression to respiratory failure it and partner Relief Therapeutics Holdings said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-relief-hldg/fda-lets-neurorx-relief-therapeutics-test-rlf-100-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKCN2520ED | 2020-08-06 |
| Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it has entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute of India for the development and commercialization of its COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Novavax Inc said on Wednesday it has entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute of India for the development and commercialization of its COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/novavax-signs-covid-19-vaccine-supply-deal-with-indias-serum-institute-idUSKCN25139A | 2020-08-06 |
| As the race to develop COVID19 vaccines reach a decisive stage with several candidates being tested in pivotal latestage studies pricing has come under increasing scrutiny | Positive | As the race to develop COVID19 vaccines reach a decisive stage with several candidates being tested in pivotal latestage studies pricing has come under increasing scrutiny | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-pricing/moderna-prices-covid-19-vaccine-at-32-37-per-dose-for-smaller-volume-deals-idUSKCN2511UL | 2020-08-06 |
| Contact tracing efforts are strained not just by the sharp rise in cases but by the long delays in getting COVID19 test results back | Negative | The soaring number of COVID19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments ability to trace the contacts of those infected a step critical in containing the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-tracing-specialrep/special-report-local-governments-overwhelmed-in-race-to-trace-u-s-covid-contacts-idUSKCN2501GK | 2020-08-05 |
| Since April dozens of librarians attorneys and other San Francisco city workers have been redeployed to trace COVID19 contacts though at some cost to the citys other public services | Neutral | The soaring number of COVID19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments ability to trace the contacts of those infected a step critical in containing the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-tracing-specialrep/special-report-local-governments-overwhelmed-in-race-to-trace-u-s-covid-contacts-idUSKCN2501GK | 2020-08-05 |
| Nearly 5900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID19 on average according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past two weeks | Negative | The global death toll from COVID19 surpassed 700000 on Wednesday according to a Reuters tally with the United States Brazil India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-700000-one-person-dies-every-15-seconds-on-average-idUSKCN2510EN | 2020-08-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-ana/brazil-hotbed-for-covid-19-vaccine-testing-may-struggle-to-produce-its-own-idUSKCN25028L | 2020-08-05 |
| GENEVA A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had extensive and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected a spokesman said on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had extensive and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected a spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-china-team-interviewed-wuhan-scientists-over-virus-origins-idUSKCN2501CE | 2020-08-05 |
| Time is running short for banks to come up with ways to boost profits and cushion the blow from rising bad loans as more companies reel from COVID19 | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic is deepening the pain for Japans regional lenders heightening concerns that a potential wave of business closures will test policymakers ability to avert a damaging bankingsector crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-banks-insigh/japan-short-of-rescue-plans-for-regional-lenders-hit-by-pandemic-idUSKCN250317 | 2020-08-05 |
| Virgin Atlantic said it needed to recapitalize to not only survive the exigent threats posed by the COVID19 global pandemic but to thrive once the immediate global health crisis passes | Negative | Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in this country according to a court filing on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-virgin-atlantic-bankruptcy/virgin-atlantic-airways-seeks-u-s-chapter-15-bankruptcy-protection-idUSKCN2502RZ | 2020-08-05 |
| LOS ANGELES U.S. losses from coronavirusrelated fraud and identity theft have reached nearly million since the pandemic emerged in March while complaints of COVID19 scams have at least doubled in most states a consumer protection group said on Tuesday | Negative | LOS ANGELES U.S. losses from coronavirusrelated fraud and identity theft have reached nearly million since the pandemic emerged in March while complaints of COVID19 scams have at least doubled in most states a consumer protection group said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/u-s-coronavirus-fraud-losses-near-100-million-as-covid-scams-double-idUSKCN251025 | 2020-08-05 |
| As the world awaits a COVID19 vaccine the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus | Negative | As the world awaits a COVID19 vaccine the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-treatments-antibod/next-big-covid-19-treatment-may-be-manufactured-antibodies-idUSKBN24Z1DY | 2020-08-04 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros chief of staff Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto has tested positive for COVID19 his office said on Monday becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros chief of staff Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto has tested positive for COVID19 his office said on Monday becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/chief-of-staff-to-brazils-bolsonaro-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24Z2TU | 2020-08-04 |
| Commemorations this year will be scaled back due to the COVID19 pandemic with fewer seats and video messages from dignitaries | Negative | TOKYO Thursday marks 75 years since the United States unleashed the worlds first atomic bomb attack on the city of Hiroshima followed three days later by the second and last on Nagasaki vaporizing lives buildings and Japans capacity for war | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ww2-anniversary-hiroshima-nagasaki-fi/japan-set-to-mark-75-years-since-hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bombing-idUSKCN25003N | 2020-08-04 |
| But Savadye in Zimbabwe said she was concerned education campaigns ran the risk of being drowned out by COVID19 | Negative | In 2016 Roots Africa helped push for a constitutional court judgment that led to a ban of child marriage in Zimbabwe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-women-violence-feature/african-activists-fight-violence-against-women-one-law-at-a-time-idUSKCN25003X | 2020-08-04 |
| South Africa has recorded more than a half a million cases of COVID19 the most in Africa with the number of infections continuing to rise rapidly | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas anticorruption watchdog said on Monday it was investigating irregularities in coronavirusrelated tenders the latest in a series of scandals that trade unions said showed the governments failure to tackle graft | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-corruption/south-african-corruption-watchdog-probes-covid-19-tenders-idUSKCN24Z2EU | 2020-08-04 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a silver for COVID19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long with some countries requiring a reset of strategy | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a silver for COVID19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long with some countries requiring a reset of strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/anxious-who-implores-world-to-do-it-all-in-long-war-on-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1AG | 2020-08-04 |
| BANJUL Three cabinet ministers in Gambia have tested positive for COVID19 the presidency said in a further sign the virus is ripping though the corridors of power after the nations vice president tested positive last week | Positive | BANJUL Three cabinet ministers in Gambia have tested positive for COVID19 the presidency said in a further sign the virus is ripping though the corridors of power after the nations vice president tested positive last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-gambia/three-gambian-ministers-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24Z239 | 2020-08-04 |
| Gambia mainland Africas smallest country has recorded 498 cases of COVID19 with nine related deaths the lowest totals in West Africa | Negative | BANJUL Three cabinet ministers in Gambia have tested positive for COVID19 the presidency said in a further sign the virus is ripping though the corridors of power after the nations vice president tested positive last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-gambia/three-gambian-ministers-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24Z239 | 2020-08-04 |
| MOSCOW Russia has signed deals to supply South Africa and seven Latin American countries with an antiviral drug Russian authorities have approved to treat COVID19 its sovereign wealth fund said on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has signed deals to supply South Africa and seven Latin American countries with an antiviral drug Russian authorities have approved to treat COVID19 its sovereign wealth fund said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-drug/russia-to-deliver-covid-19-drug-to-south-africa-latam-countries-wealth-fund-idUSKBN24Z1E2 | 2020-08-04 |
| GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | Negative | GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-breastfeeding/who-urges-mothers-to-breastfeed-even-if-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1B7 | 2020-08-04 |
| WHO recommends that mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID19 should be encouraged the same as all other mothers to initiate or continue Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference | Neutral | GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-breastfeeding/who-urges-mothers-to-breastfeed-even-if-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1B7 | 2020-08-04 |
| As the world marks breastfeeding awareness week Tedros said the many benefits of breastfeeding for newborn babies and children substantially outweigh the potential risks of COVID19 | Positive | GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-breastfeeding/who-urges-mothers-to-breastfeed-even-if-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1B7 | 2020-08-04 |
| Oil prices slid on Tuesday amid concerns that a nascent recovery in fuel demand could stall as a fresh wave of COVID19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major producers ramp up output | Negative | Oil prices slid on Tuesday amid concerns that a nascent recovery in fuel demand could stall as a fresh wave of COVID19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major producers ramp up output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-fall-as-rising-coronavirus-case-numbers-cast-shadow-over-fuel-demand-pickup-idUSKCN250067 | 2020-08-04 |
| NEW YORK Oil prices were up more than on Monday on positive economic data from the United States Europe and Asia but investors remained concerned about rising COVID19 cases globally and oversupply as OPEC begins to lift supply cuts | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices were up more than on Monday on positive economic data from the United States Europe and Asia but investors remained concerned about rising COVID19 cases globally and oversupply as OPEC begins to lift supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-more-than-1-on-hopes-for-economic-recovery-idUSKBN24Z00V | 2020-08-04 |
| More than 16000 U.S. meatpacking workers have been infected with COVID19 at dozens of plants according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Negative | China has emerged as the largest export market for American poultry overtaking Mexico this spring after Beijing in November ended a nearly fiveyear embargo on imports from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tyson-foods-results-coronavirus/tyson-foods-wants-china-to-lift-ban-on-u-s-plant-with-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN24Z2I6 | 2020-08-04 |
| Major automakers have been pushing for more online new vehicle sales especially after COVID19 shuttered many dealerships | Neutral | DES MOINES Iowa After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-online-sales-focus/pandemic-revs-up-race-for-u-s-online-car-sales-idUSKBN24Z1BZ | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON Aug 3 Sovereign borrowing costs have taken another lurch lower as more COVID19 outbreaks threaten economic recovery yet five months after the pandemic panic first hit a divergence is opening up within four of the worlds biggest bond markets | Negative | item that first ran on Monday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcoronavirus-yields/graphic-go-your-own-way-us-and-uk-bonds-part-ways-from-germany-and-japan-idUSL8N2F54ZI | 2020-08-04 |
| However analysts were cautious about a sustained recovery amid concerns about a further tightening of restrictions in Europe as COVID19 cases rose | Negative | A modest expansion in euro zone manufacturing activity and hopes of fresh U.S. stimulus lifted European stocks across the board on Monday with automakers miners and construction material firms leading the gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/manufacturing-rebound-u-s-stimulus-hopes-lift-european-stocks-idUSKBN24Z0QV | 2020-08-04 |
| However the gains were capped as U.S. lawmkers were divided over another coronavirus stimulus package while worries remained about a further tightening of restrictions in Europe as COVID19 cases rose | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-inch-higher-banks-slide-after-hsbc-warning-idUSL4N2F51UH | 2020-08-04 |
| Fauci also cautioned that although data suggests that young children do not get seriously ill from COVID19 they are still capable of getting infected and spreading the virus | Positive | The U.S. governments top infectious disease expert Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fauci/fauci-says-states-seeing-surge-in-covid-19-cases-should-reconsider-some-lockdown-measures-idUSKCN24Z2DT | 2020-08-04 |
| New York Governor Cuomo on Monday criticized the federal government and other states for failing to take the COVID19 crisis seriously after seeing the devastation it caused his state in the spring | Negative | New York Governor Cuomo on Monday criticized the federal government and other states for failing to take the COVID19 crisis seriously after seeing the devastation it caused his state in the spring | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york/new-yorks-cuomo-calls-federal-covid-19-response-worst-government-blunder-in-modern-history-idUSKCN24Z2DJ | 2020-08-04 |
| Regeneron has already started latestage clinical trials in humans to assess the antibody treatments ability to prevent and treat COVID19 | Neutral | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday that the COVID19 antibody drug combination it is developing both prevented and treated the disease in rhesus macaques and hamsters adding to hope that it might work for people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron/regeneron-says-antibody-cocktail-prevents-and-treats-covid-19-in-animals-idUSKCN24Z2TB | 2020-08-04 |
| Eli Lilly and Co and other drugmakers are testing similar treatments against COVID19 | Neutral | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday that the COVID19 antibody drug combination it is developing both prevented and treated the disease in rhesus macaques and hamsters adding to hope that it might work for people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron/regeneron-says-antibody-cocktail-prevents-and-treats-covid-19-in-animals-idUSKCN24Z2TB | 2020-08-04 |
| OSLO At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages public health officials in Norway said on Sunday | Negative | OSLO At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages public health officials in Norway said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-cruiseship/at-least-40-infected-with-covid-19-on-norway-cruises-amid-scramble-to-trace-passengers-idUSKBN24Y0LO | 2020-08-03 |
| South Africas Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk tested positive for COVID19 in Italy last week according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper | Negative | South Africas Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk tested positive for COVID19 in Italy last week according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-zaf-van-niekerk/athletics-south-africas-van-niekerk-tests-positive-for-covid-19-in-italy-report-idUSKBN24Y0DK | 2020-08-03 |
| The clinical trials are looking at whether similar observations will be confirmed for less ill patients with COVID19related respiratory failure | Negative | TEL AVIV Critically ill COVID19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF100 a therapy granted fasttrack designation in the United States two drug companies said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-relief-hldg-neuror/relief-neurorx-say-emergency-treatment-with-rlf-100-helps-critically-ill-covid-patients-idUSKBN24Y0OR | 2020-08-03 |
| Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet that it was a very substantive frank and friendly video on COVID19 as well as bilateral regional and global situations | Positive | DUBAI The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-iran/uae-iran-foreign-ministers-discuss-covid-challenge-idUSKBN24Y0EN | 2020-08-03 |
| HONG KONG Seven Chinese health officials arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday the first members of a 60person team that will carry out widespread COVID19 testing in the territory as it races to halt a third wave of illness | Negative | HONG KONG Seven Chinese health officials arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday the first members of a 60person team that will carry out widespread COVID19 testing in the territory as it races to halt a third wave of illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong/china-sends-team-to-hong-kong-for-widespread-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN24Y01J | 2020-08-03 |
| Shah 55 said he had got himself tested after exhibiting initial symptoms of COVID19 | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias Interior Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to hospital after catching the coronavirus he said on Sunday becoming the most senior politician in the country to test positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india/indias-interior-minister-hospitalised-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24Y0D2 | 2020-08-03 |
| Switzerland has seen the number of new cases of COVID19 surge to more than 200 a day recently after an average of 35 per day in June | Positive | ZURICH Switzerland should tighten restrictions to curb the coronavirus again following a recent spike in cases in order to prevent the need for much harsher lockdown measures in future the new head of the countrys coronavirus taskforce said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss/switzerland-should-tighten-coronavirus-restrictions-again-government-advisor-says-idUSKBN24Y0C5 | 2020-08-03 |
| MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| The storm prompted authorities in parts of Florida to close COVID19 testing sites and people to stock up on essentials | Negative | MIAMI Isaias weakened slightly to a tropical storm on Saturday after lashing the Bahamas but forecasters warned it would likely grow into a hurricane again as it approaches coronavirusstricken eastern Florida overnight | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-storm-isaias/isaias-weakens-to-tropical-storm-likely-to-strengthen-as-it-aims-for-eastern-florida-idUSKBN24X3M4 | 2020-08-02 |
| The purchase falls under the Trump administrations socalled Operation Warp Speed intended to rush a COVID19 vaccine to the market by the end of 2020 | Negative | Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine the Trump administration said on Friday as the nations top health agency predicted that fatalities would rise in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-makes-deal-for-100-million-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine-deaths-expected-to-rise-idUSKCN24W2ZA | 2020-08-02 |
| At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
| More than 200000 people have caught COVID19 and nearly 1000 have died from it | Negative | BERLIN Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic saying they violated peoples rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-protests/thousands-march-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN24X3RZ | 2020-08-02 |
| South Africas Branden Grace has withdrawn from the Barracuda Championship prior to the third round after testing positive for COVID19 the PGA Tour said on Saturday | Negative | South Africas Branden Grace has withdrawn from the Barracuda Championship prior to the third round after testing positive for COVID19 the PGA Tour said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-golf-barracuda/south-african-grace-tests-positive-for-covid-19-at-barracuda-championship-idUSKBN24X43E | 2020-08-02 |
| Around 1000 people have died in Japan due to COVID19 with some 36330 infected | Negative | TOKYO Japans stately traditional kabuki theatre resumed performances on Saturday after a fivemonth break due to the novel coronavirus with musicians in masks actors farther apart on stage and only half the usual number of seats | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-kabuki/japans-kabuki-theatre-resumes-socially-distanced-after-coronavirus-hiatus-idUSKCN24X3I6 | 2020-08-02 |
| NAIROBI Most of us have accepted COVID19 face masks as an inconvenient albeit necessary safety measure | Neutral | NAIROBI Most of us have accepted COVID19 face masks as an inconvenient albeit necessary safety measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-fashion/snazzy-face-mask-fashion-reaches-nairobi-neighbourhood-idUSKCN24W1EV | 2020-08-02 |
| Things have become harder now because of COVID19 | Neutral | NAIROBI Most of us have accepted COVID19 face masks as an inconvenient albeit necessary safety measure | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-fashion/snazzy-face-mask-fashion-reaches-nairobi-neighbourhood-idUSKCN24W1EV | 2020-08-02 |
| Obviously the Chinese Communist Party is using COVID19 as a cover to stop Hong Kongers from voting against the government and democrats potential majority he told Reuters | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-election/hong-kong-delays-election-citing-pandemic-but-democracy-camp-sceptical-idUSKCN24W0I5 | 2020-08-01 |
| But unfortunately it said Valdir Cabral a resident who is recovering from COVID19 | Positive | REGISTRO Brazil Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/brazil-descendents-of-escaped-slaves-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN24V3OJ | 2020-08-01 |
| Registro the municipality of roughly 56000 people where Peropava is located has registered 824 COVID19 cases and 14 deaths from the disease according to the local health secretarys office | Negative | REGISTRO Brazil Escaped slaves in Brazil seeking to live freely often set up communities called quilombos where their former owners could not find them | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/brazil-descendents-of-escaped-slaves-tested-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN24V3OJ | 2020-08-01 |
| Ramaphosa pledged a crackdown saying on July 23 that authorities were investigating at least 36 corruption allegations in areas including COVID19 procurement and relief programs | Negative | JOHANNESBURG When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africas governmentrun Thelle Mogoerane Hospital workers scrambled to set up isolation wards to treat them | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-response-a/how-inequality-and-poverty-undermined-south-africas-covid-response-idUSKCN24W1OL | 2020-08-01 |
| Oil prices are set for a slow crawl upwards this year as the gradual easing of coronavirusled restrictions buoy demand although a second COVID19 wave could slow the pace of recovery a Reuters poll showed on Friday | Negative | Oil prices are set for a slow crawl upwards this year as the gradual easing of coronavirusled restrictions buoy demand although a second COVID19 wave could slow the pace of recovery a Reuters poll showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-prices-poll/oil-set-for-fragile-recovery-as-economies-limp-towards-normal-reuters-poll-idUSKCN24W1O5 | 2020-08-01 |
| IAG announced plans for the capital increase on Friday as it seeks to shore up its finances after the COVID19 pandemic effectively brought the entire airline sector to a halt | Negative | Stateowned Qatar Airways one of the Middle Easts biggest carriers has been building a stake in IAG since 2015 and now holds 25 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iag-outlook-qatar/qatar-seeks-two-iag-board-seats-after-backing-ba-owners-capital-hike-idUSKCN24W1IJ | 2020-08-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. consumer spending increased for a second straight month in June setting up consumption for a rebound in the third quarter though the recovery could be limited by a resurgence in COVID19 cases and the end of expanded unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. consumer spending increased for a second straight month in June setting up consumption for a rebound in the third quarter though the recovery could be limited by a resurgence in COVID19 cases and the end of expanded unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-consumer-spending-presses-ahead-declining-income-poses-challenge-idUSKCN24W1YW | 2020-08-01 |
| Air Canada said on Friday it would weigh possible cancellations of aircraft orders from Boeing and Airbus after COVID19 crippled air travel and pushed the carrier into a secondquarter loss | Negative | Air Canada said on Friday it would weigh possible cancellations of aircraft orders from Boeing and Airbus after COVID19 crippled air travel and pushed the carrier into a secondquarter loss | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-air-canada-results/air-canada-weighs-order-cancellations-blames-travel-restrictions-after-second-quarter-loss-idUSKCN24W1HB | 2020-08-01 |
| MILAN A small profit in North America helped Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to limit losses from the COVID19 crisis in its second quarter and the automaker forecast a much much better second ahead of its planned 2021 merger with Frances PSA Group | Positive | MILAN A small profit in North America helped Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to limit losses from the COVID19 crisis in its second quarter and the automaker forecast a much much better second ahead of its planned 2021 merger with Frances PSA Group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-fca-results/fiat-chrysler-limits-covid-losses-sees-much-better-second-half-idUSKCN24W1Q4 | 2020-08-01 |
| The benchmark index is now about shy of its February alltime high but faltering macroeconomic data and rising COVID19 cases in the U.S. are making investors cautious again | Negative | Apple briefly becomes worlds most valuable public company | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-megacap-earnings-lift-nasdaq-but-fiscal-uncertainty-weighs-idUSL2N2F21P9 | 2020-08-01 |
| BRUSSELS Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc on Friday said they are in advanced discussions to supply up to 300 million doses of an experimental COVID19 vaccine for the 27country European Union | Positive | BRUSSELS Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc on Friday said they are in advanced discussions to supply up to 300 million doses of an experimental COVID19 vaccine for the 27country European Union | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-sanofi-fr/eu-in-talks-to-secure-sanofi-deal-for-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN24W2JI | 2020-08-01 |
| The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/small-children-carry-high-amounts-of-virus-safely-opening-colleges-will-be-a-challenge-idUSKCN24W2VR | 2020-08-01 |
| LOS ANGELES Emmywinning Breaking star Bryan Cranston disclosed on Thursday that he had recovered from mild symptoms of COVID19 and donated his plasma in the hopes that his antibodies would help others with the disease | Negative | LOS ANGELES Emmywinning Breaking star Bryan Cranston disclosed on Thursday that he had recovered from mild symptoms of COVID19 and donated his plasma in the hopes that his antibodies would help others with the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-bryan-cranston/breaking-bad-star-bryan-cranston-says-he-has-recovered-from-covid-19-idUSKCN24V3U0 | 2020-08-01 |
| The United States remains the country most affected by the COVID19 outbreak surpassing a death toll of 150000 on Wednesday | Negative | YORK Coronavirus infections appear to be picking up in the U.S. Midwest the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force said on Thursday as Ohio reported a record day of cases and Wisconsins governor mandated the use of masks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-covid-19-outbreak-picks-up-in-midwest-as-summer-travel-spreads-virus-idUSKCN24V2D8 | 2020-07-31 |
| Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic has died after contracting COVID19 his website said on Thursday | Negative | Herman Cain a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Donald Trump who pointedly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic has died after contracting COVID19 his website said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-ex-presidential-candidate-who-refused-to-wear-mask-dies-after-covid-19-diagnosis-idUSKCN24V2OD | 2020-07-31 |
| SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID19 according to an official statement on Thursday as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the worlds secondworst outbreak after the United States | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID19 according to an official statement on Thursday as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the worlds secondworst outbreak after the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-president-bolsonaros-wife-minister-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24V2HQ | 2020-07-31 |
| Their infections are a palpable sign of the scale of the outbreak in Brazil which set fresh daily records on Wednesday for new COVID19 cases and related fatalities | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID19 according to an official statement on Thursday as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the worlds secondworst outbreak after the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-president-bolsonaros-wife-minister-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24V2HQ | 2020-07-31 |
| ASHKELON Israel Sewer surveillance in Israels coastal city of Ashkelon has pinpointed unknown outbreaks of COVID19 by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system | Negative | ASHKELON Israel Sewer surveillance in Israels coastal city of Ashkelon has pinpointed unknown outbreaks of COVID19 by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-sewers/surveillance-scheme-hunts-for-covid-traces-in-israels-sewers-idUSKCN24V2DW | 2020-07-31 |
| Samples of wastewater from the Paris sewage system have been showing traces of COVID19 again since the end of June having vanished when France imposed a lockdown | Negative | ASHKELON Israel Sewer surveillance in Israels coastal city of Ashkelon has pinpointed unknown outbreaks of COVID19 by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-sewers/surveillance-scheme-hunts-for-covid-traces-in-israels-sewers-idUSKCN24V2DW | 2020-07-31 |
| The lawmakers said Americans many of whom are largely staying home because of the COVID19 pandemic were substituting Zoom calls for personal interaction and binging on TikTok videos | Negative | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
| The city has been at the centre of the new wave of infections in mainland China accounting for 96 of 105 confirmed COVID19 cases reported on July 29 | Negative | BEIJING Authorities imposed travel restictions on Thursday on people coming in and out of Urumqi the capital of Chinas western Xinjiang region seeking to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus there | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-urumqi/chinas-urumqi-imposes-covid-19-restrictions-on-people-coming-in-and-out-of-the-city-idUSKCN24V1MM | 2020-07-31 |
| China has already started COVID19 testing on imported meats and seafood and at domestic meat processors | Positive | BEIJING China asked local authorities to carry out regular coronavirus tests at wholesale markets the countrys health authority said on Thursday part of an allout effort to control the spread of the COVID19 epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-markets/china-orders-regular-coronavirus-tests-at-wholesale-markets-idUSKCN24V1KP | 2020-07-31 |
| com said Amazons business model sets it up to expand its ecommerce dominance even more broadly as the global COVID19 pandemic continues to flare | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-results/amazon-posts-biggest-profit-ever-at-height-of-pandemic-in-u-s-idUSKCN24V3HL | 2020-07-31 |
| Airlines are suffering their worst crisis in history due to COVID19 which crushed the U.S. economy in the second quarter | Negative | A second bailout coined CARES Act 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-warns-of-more-pilot-furloughs-as-u-s-airlines-eye-second-bailout-idUSKCN24V2VB | 2020-07-31 |
| Cohen 53 had served about one year of his prison term before being sent home to his Manhattan apartment in May because of the risk of contracting COVID19 behind bars | Negative | Michael Cohen the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump will be allowed to publish a book critical of the U.S. president before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/u-s-lets-ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-publish-book-while-serving-sentence-at-home-idUSKCN24V38Q | 2020-07-31 |
| AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements a senior executive told Reuters | Neutral | AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements a senior executive told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccine-liability/astrazeneca-to-be-exempt-from-coronavirus-vaccine-liability-claims-in-most-countries-idUSKCN24V2EN | 2020-07-31 |
| EU officials told Reuters this week product liability was among contentious points in European efforts to secure supply deals for potential COVID19 vaccines from Pfizer Sanofi and Johnson Johnson | Negative | AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID19 vaccine hopeful by most of the countries with which it has struck supply agreements a senior executive told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccine-liability/astrazeneca-to-be-exempt-from-coronavirus-vaccine-liability-claims-in-most-countries-idUSKCN24V2EN | 2020-07-31 |
| Both companies have reported minimal disruptions to operations due to COVID19 | Negative | Ample U.S. supplies of crops like soybeans corn and wheat could help propel ADM to a record fourthquarter profit Chief Executive Juan Luciano said during a quarterly call with analysts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-archer-daniels-outlook-exports/adm-projects-strong-export-led-profit-in-last-half-of-2020-idUSKCN24V2ZA | 2020-07-31 |
| Huaweis rise was spurred by sales in China where fresh COVID19 cases are low but Samsung is likely to gain back market share as demand in other countries recover | Neutral | SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects a global recovery in demand for smartphones and consumer electronics to underpin profits in the second half of the year after a coronaviruspropelled shift to online working boosted quarterly earnings | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-samsung-elec-results/samsung-expects-smartphone-demand-to-drive-second-half-earnings-idUSKCN24V01X | 2020-07-31 |
| GENEVA Young people letting down their guard to enjoy the summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID19 cases in some countries the World Health Organization said on Thursday | Positive | GENEVA Young people letting down their guard to enjoy the summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID19 cases in some countries the World Health Organization said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-partying-youngsters-not-to-let-down-guard-on-covid-19-idUSKCN24V2TO | 2020-07-31 |
| The WHO this month urged travellers to wear masks on planes and keep themselves informed as COVID19 cases surge again in some countries | Neutral | GENEVA Young people letting down their guard to enjoy the summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID19 cases in some countries the World Health Organization said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-partying-youngsters-not-to-let-down-guard-on-covid-19-idUSKCN24V2TO | 2020-07-31 |
| Earlier in July it urged travellers to wear masks on planes and keep themselves informed as COVID19 cases surge again in some countries | Neutral | Countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and must prioritise essential travel for emergencies the World Health Organization said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-travel/who-urges-countries-to-prioritise-essential-international-travel-idUSKCN24V3J8 | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| Including Gohmert 13 members of Congress have been diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| Other medical professionals have said it is unclear whether a person can contract COVID19 a second time or how long immunity may last | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| California Florida and Texas the three largest U.S. states all set oneday records for fatalities from COVID19 on Wednesday a Reuters tally showed and the Miamiarea school district said students would not return to classrooms when the new academic year begins as deaths from the virus spiked nationwide | Negative | California Florida and Texas the three largest U.S. states all set oneday records for fatalities from COVID19 on Wednesday a Reuters tally showed and the Miamiarea school district said students would not return to classrooms when the new academic year begins as deaths from the virus spiked nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-florida-and-texas-see-record-rise-in-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN24U2HX | 2020-07-30 |
| A total of more than 150000 Americans have died of COVID19 since the start of the pandemic | Negative | California Florida and Texas the three largest U.S. states all set oneday records for fatalities from COVID19 on Wednesday a Reuters tally showed and the Miamiarea school district said students would not return to classrooms when the new academic year begins as deaths from the virus spiked nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-florida-and-texas-see-record-rise-in-covid-19-deaths-idUSKCN24U2HX | 2020-07-30 |
| That sentence shows the primacy of COVID19 in their outlook and the uncertainty of their outlook because of Richardson said | Negative | The surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is beginning to weigh on economic activity the head of the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday and he promised the U.S. central bank would do what we can and for as long as it to limit damage and boost growth | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-fed/fed-chief-says-coronavirus-surge-slowing-u-s-economic-recovery-idUSKCN24U2VB | 2020-07-30 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed to launch the fourth major COVID19 vaccine trial in Brazil and will seek regulatory approval in the next two weeks the Brazilian partners said on Wednesday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed to launch the fourth major COVID19 vaccine trial in Brazil and will seek regulatory approval in the next two weeks the Brazilian partners said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/chinas-sinopharm-to-test-potential-covid-19-vaccine-in-brazil-idUSKCN24U3AP | 2020-07-30 |
| She added that IFC also is working with the GAVI global vaccine alliance to identify and finance projects capable of boosting COVID19 vaccine production in developing countries | Positive | WASHINGTON The World Bank Groups private sector arm said on Wednesday it was launching a billion financing platform aimed at boosting the production and supply of critical healthcare products in developing countries to help fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-worldbank/world-banks-ifc-launches-4-billion-medical-supply-financing-platform-idUSKCN24U2RN | 2020-07-30 |
| As 22 NBA teams restart the season inside a biosecure bubble in Orlando this week 89 international players from 34 countries and territories are set to feature when basketball returns from its month COVID19 pandemicenforced break | Negative | As 22 NBA teams restart the season inside a biosecure bubble in Orlando this week 89 international players from 34 countries and territories are set to feature when basketball returns from its month COVID19 pandemicenforced break | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-basketball-nba/nba-restart-to-feature-89-international-players-idUSKCN24U30K | 2020-07-30 |
| Prices were anchored on Thursday by demand concerns with a rise in COVID19 infections raising the prospect for lockdowns to be reimposed | Negative | Oil prices were little changed on Thursday restrained by concerns that surging coronavirus infections could jeopardize a recovery in fuel demand just as major oil producers are set to raise output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-holds-steady-as-virus-concerns-weigh-on-demand-hopes-idUSKCN24V07V | 2020-07-30 |
| The auto industry long a driver of economic growth in central Europe is likely to be one of the main drags on the regions efforts this year to recover from the impact of COVID19 | Negative | The auto industry long a driver of economic growth in central Europe is likely to be one of the main drags on the regions efforts this year to recover from the impact of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-easteurope-economy-automotive-analysi/auto-industry-set-to-put-brakes-on-central-europes-covid-19-recovery-idUSKCN24V0QT | 2020-07-30 |
| 5 billion in pastdue rent is looming over Americans struggling to make ends meet global advisory firm Stout Risius and Ross estimated on Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats fight over a new COVID19 relief package | Negative | NEW YORK More than | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-housing-evictions/u-s-renters-owe-21-5-billion-in-back-rent-republicans-offer-no-eviction-relief-idUSKCN24U394 | 2020-07-30 |
| Executives and analysts said it is starting to pay off although uncertainties linked to COVID19 meant a hefty increase in funds set aside to protect against potential loan losses | Negative | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-results/back-from-the-brink-deutsche-bank-improves-outlook-idUSKCN24U1Z2 | 2020-07-30 |
| Detroits automakers will report results this week highlighting the damage the coronavirus pandemic wrought on the second quarter but investors will be focused on what they say about current demand as infection rates spike in key truck markets like Texas and COVID19s ongoing impact on the U.S. economy | Negative | Detroits automakers will report results this week highlighting the damage the coronavirus pandemic wrought on the second quarter but investors will be focused on what they say about current demand as infection rates spike in key truck markets like Texas and COVID19s ongoing impact on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-results-preview/all-eyes-on-pandemic-economy-as-detroit-automakers-post-results-idUSKCN24U1F1 | 2020-07-30 |
| after the tech conglomerate said it had set up a testing centre to diagnose COVID19 using saliva | Positive | TOKYO July 30 Japans stock benchmark Nikkei traded steady on Thursday after four straight sessions of falls as the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates at ultralow levels and investors cheered a slew of upbeat earnings reports | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-steady-after-4-day-losing-streak-on-fed-policy-corporate-earnings-idUSL3N2F115M | 2020-07-30 |
| Amid the legislative infighting Republican Representative Louie Gohmert a Trump ally who has balked at wearing a mask said he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
| SEOUL South Koreas Celltrion Inc on Thursday said British regulators had given it regulatory approval for a phase I clinical trial of its experimental COVID19 treatment drug | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Celltrion Inc on Thursday said British regulators had given it regulatory approval for a phase I clinical trial of its experimental COVID19 treatment drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-celltri/south-koreas-celltrion-gets-uk-approval-for-trials-of-covid-19-antibody-drug-idUSKCN24V095 | 2020-07-30 |
| Latinos in California are becoming ill and dying from COVID19 at far greater rates than other groups the states top health official warned on Tuesday prompting new outreach and data collection efforts as cases surge | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-latinos-contracting-covid-19-at-three-times-rate-of-whites-idUSKCN24T2UI | 2020-07-29 |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday Britain would take action to impose quarantines on other countries should COVID19 infections rise | Negative | Spain reacted angrily on Tuesday to recommendations from Britain and Germany that their citizens avoid its islands and beaches because of an increase in coronavirus cases during what should be the height of the tourism season | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/spain-slams-uk-germany-for-advising-tourists-to-stay-away-idUSKCN24T1LY | 2020-07-29 |
| VALLETTA Sixtyfive migrants who were in a group of 94 people rescued at sea and taken to Malta on Monday have tested positive for COVID19 Maltas health ministry said on Tuesday | Positive | VALLETTA Sixtyfive migrants who were in a group of 94 people rescued at sea and taken to Malta on Monday have tested positive for COVID19 Maltas health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-malta-migrants/malta-says-65-rescued-migrants-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24T2GV | 2020-07-29 |
| I dont think it will go higher than 110 million barrels per day by the he said adding that fallout from the COVID19 pandemic had changed consumer habits for good | Negative | Just 12 years ago OPEC states were flush with cash when oil peaked above a barrel as demand surged | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-demand-insight/end-game-for-oil-opec-prepares-for-an-age-of-dwindling-demand-idUSKCN24T0KT | 2020-07-29 |
| MOSCOW A Russian state virology institute has started human trials of the countrys second potential COVID19 vaccine injecting the first of five volunteers with a dose on July 27 the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW A Russian state virology institute has started human trials of the countrys second potential COVID19 vaccine injecting the first of five volunteers with a dose on July 27 the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/virology-institute-launches-russias-second-covid-19-vaccine-human-trial-idUSKCN24T2MZ | 2020-07-29 |
| LONDON More than half of sovereign wealth funds responding to a new survey expect a Ushaped recovery in the global economy from the COVID19 crisis with developed markets likely to be best placed to recover | Positive | LONDON More than half of sovereign wealth funds responding to a new survey expect a Ushaped recovery in the global economy from the COVID19 crisis with developed markets likely to be best placed to recover | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-swf-markets/sovereign-investors-see-u-shaped-recovery-but-with-slower-growth-survey-shows-idUSKCN24T1JK | 2020-07-29 |
| Despite the hand wringing about the economy the housing market appears to be weathering the COVID19 storm thanks to historically low mortgage rates | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. consumer confidence fell more than expected in July amid a flareup in COVID19 infections across the country which is threatening the economys recovery from an unprecedented recession caused by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-confidence/rising-covid-19-cases-dent-u-s-consumer-confidence-housing-market-presses-ahead-idUSKCN24T1Y7 | 2020-07-29 |
| The psoriasis drug is being studied as a potential immune systemmodulating treatment in patients hospitalized with COVID19 | Negative | Amgen Inc on Tuesday reported secondquarter revenue rose as higher sales of newer drugs including recentlyadded psoriasis treatment Otezla offset declining sales of older medicines | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amgen-results/amgen-second-quarter-revenue-rises-6-shares-fall-2-idUSKCN24T2RC | 2020-07-29 |
| Business has been booming for ecommerce firms and companies with strong online presence as the COVID19 pandemic has led more people to use their mobile phones and computers to shop | Positive | Business has been booming for ecommerce firms and companies with strong online presence as the COVID19 pandemic has led more people to use their mobile phones and computers to shop | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ebay-results/ebay-beats-second-quarter-sales-estimates-raises-fy-outlook-idUSKCN24T2S0 | 2020-07-29 |
| Recovery prospects are weakened by the spread of COVID19 in the United States and developing countries together representing of global air travel IATA said | Negative | PARIS Global airlines cut their coronavirus recovery forecast on Tuesday saying it would take until 2024 a year longer than previously expected for passenger traffic to return to precrisis levels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/global-airlines-less-hopeful-on-covid-19-recovery-idUSKCN24T1OI | 2020-07-29 |
| New York was the early epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak and has recorded more COVID19 deaths than any other U.S. state | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that health authorities are investigating a weekend charity concert featuring performances by the Chainsmokers and the head of Goldman Sachs for violations of public health rules aimed at fighting the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-concert/new-york-concert-to-be-investigated-for-gross-social-distancing-violations-governor-idUSKCN24T0I1 | 2020-07-29 |
| European shares closed modestly higher on Tuesday as investors assessed a batch of mixed earnings reports while holding out for more U.S. stimulus to limit the economic damage of COVID19 | Positive | European shares closed modestly higher on Tuesday as investors assessed a batch of mixed earnings reports while holding out for more U.S. stimulus to limit the economic damage of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/defensive-stocks-help-europe-close-higher-as-focus-turns-to-u-s-stimulus-idUSKCN24T0V7 | 2020-07-29 |
| July 28 European stocks inched higher on Tuesday as investors held out for more U.S. stimulus to limit the economic damage of the COVID19 pandemic brushing aside the latest batch of underwhelming quarterly earnings reports from luxury goods makers | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-edge-higher-luxury-stocks-hit-by-weak-results-idUSL3N2EZ1SN | 2020-07-29 |
| A Twitter spokesman confirmed that tweets with the video were in violation of the companys COVID19 misinformation policy and the tweets shared by Trump were deleted | Negative | WASHINGTON Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-defends-himself-urges-masks-after-trump-deletes-video-idUSKCN24T23K | 2020-07-29 |
| It appeared to be an improvement over results of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine in a similar study | Positive | Moderna Inc on Tuesday said its experimental COVID19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and protected against infection in a study on monkeys | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-primates/moderna-vaccine-protects-against-covid-19-in-monkey-study-idUSKCN24T2WN | 2020-07-29 |
| OTTAWA Canadas chief public health officer warned on Tuesday that Canadians could face tighter health restrictions again as COVID19 case numbers creep higher particularly in the West | Negative | OTTAWA Canadas chief public health officer warned on Tuesday that Canadians could face tighter health restrictions again as COVID19 case numbers creep higher particularly in the West | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-official-warns-of-renewed-restrictions-if-covid-19-uptick-not-contained-idUSKCN24T2NH | 2020-07-29 |
| The United States might have more COVID19 testing capacity than any other country | Positive | The United States might have more COVID19 testing capacity than any other country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing-insigh/the-u-s-has-more-covid-19-testing-than-most-so-why-is-it-falling-so-short-idUSKCN24S19H | 2020-07-28 |
| NAIROBI Kenyas President Uhuru Kenyatta extended a nightly curfew on Monday for 30 days to curb the spread of COVID19 and banned alcohol sales in restaurants but stopped short of locking down the country again despite a surge in cases | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyas President Uhuru Kenyatta extended a nightly curfew on Monday for 30 days to curb the spread of COVID19 and banned alcohol sales in restaurants but stopped short of locking down the country again despite a surge in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-extends-curfew-for-a-month-as-covid-19-cases-jump-idUSKCN24S1SN | 2020-07-28 |
| LAGOS Nigeria will allow schools to reopen for pupils due to take graduation exams a presidential aide said on Monday reviving a plan dropped earlier this month due to rising cases of COVID19 | Positive | LAGOS Nigeria will allow schools to reopen for pupils due to take graduation exams a presidential aide said on Monday reviving a plan dropped earlier this month due to rising cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-education/nigeria-to-allow-would-be-graduates-back-to-school-despite-spreading-covid-19-idUSKCN24S251 | 2020-07-28 |
| MOSCOW Biotech group Biocad is discussing producing in China a potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by Russias Vector state virology institute the director of the St Petersburgbased company said in an interview | Positive | MOSCOW Biotech group Biocad is discussing producing in China a potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by Russias Vector state virology institute the director of the St Petersburgbased company said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/biocad-discussing-potential-covid-19-vaccine-production-in-china-idUSKCN24S1VS | 2020-07-28 |
| CONCACAF has unveiled a new qualification format for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after COVID19 forced a rejig of the usual system the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean said on Monday | Neutral | CONCACAF has unveiled a new qualification format for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after COVID19 forced a rejig of the usual system the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-concacaf/concacaf-unveils-rejigged-qualifying-format-for-2022-world-cup-idUSKCN24S2M4 | 2020-07-28 |
| Germany has recorded more than 205000 cases and more than 9000 deaths from COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Germany announced plans on Monday for free mandatory coronavirus tests for holidaymakers returning from highrisk countries in order to slow the spread of infections as the holiday season kicks into high gear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-plans-mandatory-tests-for-those-returning-from-high-risk-countries-idUSKCN24S0SJ | 2020-07-28 |
| SOFIA Bulgaria will allow tourists from Serbia North Macedonia Albania Kosovo Bosnia Montenegro Moldova Israel and Kuwait to visit its resorts as of July 28 if they have negative COVID19 tests the health ministry said | Positive | SOFIA Bulgaria will allow tourists from Serbia North Macedonia Albania Kosovo Bosnia Montenegro Moldova Israel and Kuwait to visit its resorts as of July 28 if they have negative COVID19 tests the health ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-bulgaria-tourism/bulgaria-eases-travel-bans-for-tourists-from-ukraine-balkans-idUSKCN24S2CE | 2020-07-28 |
| Goldman Sachs review changes are another sign that COVID19 working restrictions are prompting some large corporations to overhaul their human resources policies | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc is adopting a performance review system that will grade up to of its 39000 employees as underperformers this year according to an internal memo sent on Monday potentially leading to more job cuts in 2021 than the bank has made in recent years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-world-work-goldman-sachs-exclusive/exclusive-goldman-revamps-employee-reviews-opening-door-to-greater-job-cuts-idUSKCN24S266 | 2020-07-28 |
| The two firms want the EU to pay them for 500 million doses only if their COVID19 vaccine is authorised one official told Reuters | Positive | Johnson Johnson had no immediate comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines-exclus/exclusive-eu-talks-with-pfizer-sanofi-jj-on-covid-vaccines-hit-snags-sources-idUSKCN24S1YQ | 2020-07-28 |
| Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-emerge/emergent-signs-174-million-deal-to-make-astrazenecas-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24S17K | 2020-07-28 |
| AstraZeneca in June picked Emergent to help produce 300 million doses of its potential COVID19 vaccine pledged to the United States | Positive | Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-emerge/emergent-signs-174-million-deal-to-make-astrazenecas-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24S17K | 2020-07-28 |
| The latest contract follows an million contract in June where Emergent signed an agreement to become the development partner for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-emerge/emergent-signs-174-million-deal-to-make-astrazenecas-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24S17K | 2020-07-28 |
| Remember back in midMarch when the stock market was gyrating and businesses were just beginning to reckon with COVID19 Corporate defense firms warned that opportunistic shareholders lawyers were poised to pounce | Negative | Remember back in midMarch when the stock market was gyrating and businesses were just beginning to reckon with COVID19 Corporate defense firms warned that opportunistic shareholders lawyers were poised to pounce | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-securities/there-is-no-wave-of-covid-19-shareholders-class-actions-idUSKCN24S2IV | 2020-07-28 |
| In other words if plaintiffs lawyers have plans to target big companies for defrauding shareholders in their response to COVID19 theyre biding their time | Neutral | Remember back in midMarch when the stock market was gyrating and businesses were just beginning to reckon with COVID19 Corporate defense firms warned that opportunistic shareholders lawyers were poised to pounce | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-securities/there-is-no-wave-of-covid-19-shareholders-class-actions-idUSKCN24S2IV | 2020-07-28 |
| DUBLIN Ryanair is not planning to reduce capacity flying to Spain after the British governments decision to advise against all nonessential travel to the countrys mainland due to COVID19 Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said on Monday | Positive | DUBLIN Ryanair is not planning to reduce capacity flying to Spain after the British governments decision to advise against all nonessential travel to the countrys mainland due to COVID19 Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ryanair-results-spain/ryanair-will-not-cut-uk-spain-flights-due-to-regrettable-british-quarantine-idUSKCN24S0H3 | 2020-07-28 |
| Previously shunned in favour of cheaper steel aluminium consumption in electric vehicles is expected to accelerate over coming years as COVID19 hastens the move to a green economic recovery | Positive | LONDON A faster paced energy transition through a speedier shift to electric vehicles has created a new substantial demand stream for aluminium and major opportunities for auto supply chain firms flying under investors radar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-aluminium-electric-autos-analysis/auto-parts-makers-shine-spotlight-on-aluminiums-role-in-electric-vehicles-idUSKCN24S1QM | 2020-07-28 |
| Budget execution highlights the effects of the COVID19 pandemic on the economy and public services following mitigation policy the ministry said | Negative | LISBON July 27 Portugals government reported on Monday a public deficit of 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-portugal-deficit/portugals-public-deficit-spikes-in-first-half-due-to-pandemic-idUSL5N2EY63F | 2020-07-28 |
| There was still some risk appetite with the Aussie and Kiwi dollars up even after a resurgence of COVID19 infections in Asia | Negative | to add to no change in text | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/refile-forex-yen-swiss-franc-benefit-as-dollar-falls-on-u-s-china-conflict-and-economic-fears-idUSL5N2EY2OH | 2020-07-28 |
| July 27 Tailored Brands Inc said on Monday it could consider filing for bankruptcy as soon as in the third quarter as the COVID19 crisis continues to pummel sales | Negative | July 27 Tailored Brands Inc said on Monday it could consider filing for bankruptcy as soon as in the third quarter as the COVID19 crisis continues to pummel sales | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/tailored-brands-bankruptcy/tailored-brands-may-file-for-bankruptcy-in-third-quarter-idUSL3N2EY464 | 2020-07-28 |
| BERLIN Business software group SAP has been selected by Moderna to help distribute the potential COVID19 vaccine that the U.S. pharmaceuticals company is developing CEO Christian Klein said on Monday | Positive | BERLIN Business software group SAP has been selected by Moderna to help distribute the potential COVID19 vaccine that the U.S. pharmaceuticals company is developing CEO Christian Klein said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-sap-results-moderna/sap-picked-by-moderna-to-help-distribute-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKCN24S1HN | 2020-07-28 |
| The large latestage trial is designed to evaluate the safety of Modernas mRNA1273 vaccine and determine if it can prevent symptomatic COVID19 after two doses | Positive | Moderna which has never brought a vaccine to market has received nearly billion from the U.S. government which is helping bankroll several vaccine candidates under its Operation Warp Speed program | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-ready-for-use-by-end-of-year-u-s-says-idUSKCN24S18Z | 2020-07-28 |
| Coordinators of a global coronavirus vaccines funding scheme are looking at a wide range of potential prices for COVID19 shots with a reported per dose price tag the highest in that range one of the coleads of the project said on Monday | Neutral | Coordinators of a global coronavirus vaccines funding scheme are looking at a wide range of potential prices for COVID19 shots with a reported per dose price tag the highest in that range one of the coleads of the project said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pricing-e/exclusive-vaccine-alliance-eyes-range-of-prices-for-covid-shots-says-40-would-be-maximum-idUSKCN24S2AI | 2020-07-28 |
| Nearly 200 federal healthcare workers have been deployed to Californias Central Valley agricultural breadbasket where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID19 cases as new infection rates soar Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/in-california-breadbasket-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-covid-19-infections-soar-idUSKCN24S2I7 | 2020-07-28 |
| MUMBAI Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eightyear old daughter Aaradhya have recovered from COVID19 and left hospital after a 10day stay her husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan said on Twitter | Positive | MUMBAI Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eightyear old daughter Aaradhya have recovered from COVID19 and left hospital after a 10day stay her husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-bachchan/bollywood-star-aishwarya-rai-daughter-recover-from-covid-19-idUSKCN24S1I1 | 2020-07-28 |
| The Texas area struck by Hanna has struggled to contain outbreaks of COVID19 in recent weeks | Negative | PORT MANSFIELD Texas Hanna the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season left a trail of destruction along the Texas coast on Sunday downing power lines flooding streets and toppling 18wheeler trucks as torrential rains threatened the area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-storm-hanna/hanna-pummels-texas-coast-with-strong-winds-heavy-rain-idUSKCN24R0CX | 2020-07-27 |
| Jesus Grajeda has died Chihuahuas governor said on Sunday nearly two weeks after Grajeda was hospitalized with COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | MONTERREY The health minister of the Mexican state of Chihuahua Dr | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexican-state-health-minister-dies-after-being-hospitalized-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24R0K5 | 2020-07-27 |
| MEXICO CITY Twentyone workers at a steel plant owned by ArcelorMittal in the Mexican port city of Lazaro Cardenas have died from COVID19 the steelworkers trade union said Saturday | Negative | MEXICO CITY Twentyone workers at a steel plant owned by ArcelorMittal in the Mexican port city of Lazaro Cardenas have died from COVID19 the steelworkers trade union said Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-arcelormitt/coronavirus-deaths-hit-arcelormittal-plant-in-mexico-union-idUSKCN24R06A | 2020-07-27 |
| The country of 5 million people has had just 1206 COVID19 cases so far and 22 deaths | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arderns party raced ahead of rivals in the latest opinion poll putting the charismatic 40yearold leader on track for a comfortable victory in the elections in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-newzealand-election-ardern/new-zealand-pm-arderns-ratings-sky-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKCN24R0UI | 2020-07-27 |
| RABAT Morocco will stop people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from midnight to contain a surge in COVID19 cases the interior and health Ministries said on Sunday | Neutral | RABAT Morocco will stop people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from midnight to contain a surge in COVID19 cases the interior and health Ministries said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco/morocco-shuts-down-major-cities-after-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24R0RE | 2020-07-27 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africa has doubled to six months the term of loans to small and mediumsized businesses to help them survive the COVID19 recession and made other changes to make the credit easier to access the treasury said on Sunday | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africa has doubled to six months the term of loans to small and mediumsized businesses to help them survive the COVID19 recession and made other changes to make the credit easier to access the treasury said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-loans/south-africa-extends-covid-19-loans-for-struggling-businesses-idUSKCN24R09T | 2020-07-27 |
| MADRID July 26 The British government announced late on Saturday that all travellers returning from Spain would have to undergo a twoweek COVID19 quarantine dismaying holidaymakers and dealing another blow to the Spanish tourism industry | Negative | more | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-britain-spain/factbox-reaction-to-british-quarantine-on-travellers-returning-from-spain-idUSL5N2EX0C4 | 2020-07-27 |
| LISBON City centre shops and malls may have lost their lustre during the COVID19 pandemic but as lockdowns ease across Europe many stores in and around residential areas stand to benefit as consumers remain reluctant to venture far from home | Negative | LISBON City centre shops and malls may have lost their lustre during the COVID19 pandemic but as lockdowns ease across Europe many stores in and around residential areas stand to benefit as consumers remain reluctant to venture far from home | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-retail-europe-analysis/pandemic-turns-europes-retail-sector-on-its-head-as-shoppers-stay-close-to-home-idUSKCN24S0D7 | 2020-07-27 |
| HOUSTON Hanna the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season was set to make landfall on the Texas coast on Saturday threatening one of the nations COVID19 hot spots with storm surge and flooding | Negative | HOUSTON Hanna the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season was set to make landfall on the Texas coast on Saturday threatening one of the nations COVID19 hot spots with storm surge and flooding | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-nhc-atlantic-hanna-hurricane/hurricane-hanna-threatens-coronavirus-stricken-south-texas-with-surge-and-winds-idUSKCN24Q0GP | 2020-07-26 |
| The terms of the deal were changed because of the COVID19 pandemic which made it difficult to meet previously agreed conditions | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian oil company Brasileiro SA | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-bauna-petrobras-karoon/petrobras-karoon-agree-on-changes-to-terms-of-665-million-sale-of-bana-field-stake-idUSKCN24Q0KT | 2020-07-26 |
| 1 million saying its revenues were hit by the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the regional and global economies | Neutral | AMMAN July 25 Jordans largest lender Arab Bank Group reported a yearonyear drop in firsthalf net profit to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/arab-bank-jo-results/jordans-arab-bank-group-h1-net-profits-drop-66-to-152-1-mln-idUSL2N2EW059 | 2020-07-26 |
| PARIS Frances Louvre Museum is getting ready to reopen almost four months after COVID19 forced it to close but visitors will find one feature the heaving crowd jostling to get a view of the Mona | Positive | PARIS Frances Louvre Museum is getting ready to reopen almost four months after COVID19 forced it to close but visitors will find one feature the heaving crowd jostling to get a view of the Mona | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-louvre/louvre-museum-prepares-to-reopen-minus-the-mona-lisa-melee-idUSKBN23V2GO | 2020-07-26 |
| 45 event is the first of six tournaments to be staged in Britain without spectators amid strict protocols to combat the threat of COVID19 | Neutral | Italys Renato Paratore extended his bogeyfree run to 56 holes to retain a oneshot advantage after the third round of the British Masters at Close House in Northumberland on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-golf-european/paratore-takes-one-shot-lead-into-final-round-at-british-masters-idUSKCN24P2FU | 2020-07-25 |
| The situation is deteriorating alarmingly each day made worse amid the COVID19 de Schutter said | Negative | MADRID A UN official censured Spanish authorities for allowing seasonal strawberry pickers to live in and potentially deadly conditions after three fires broke out in migrant shanty towns in Andalusia | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-spain-migrants-fire/clean-up-inhumane-migrant-fruit-picker-camps-un-official-tells-spain-after-fires-idUSKCN24P28F | 2020-07-25 |
| Russia continues to report thousands of new COVID19 infections daily | Negative | MOSCOW Russia plans to resume some international flights from Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-flights/russia-to-resume-some-international-flights-from-august-1-idUSKCN24P185 | 2020-07-25 |
| BEIRUT A senior Lebanese official said on Friday he discovered he had tested positive for COVID19 during a lunch with visiting French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian | Negative | BEIRUT A senior Lebanese official said on Friday he discovered he had tested positive for COVID19 during a lunch with visiting French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanese-official-finds-he-has-covid-19-at-lunch-with-frances-le-drian-idUSKCN24P1WR | 2020-07-25 |
| 3 million has the worlds worst outbreak of COVID19 outside the United States while Mexico ranks fourth in the world for fatalities | Negative | LONDON Formula One scrapped all four of this seasons races in the Americas due to the COVID19 pandemic on Friday and added three European rounds including old favourites Imola and the Nuerburgring to the calendar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-motor-f1/f1-scraps-american-races-due-to-virus-adds-european-trio-idUSKCN24P1R8 | 2020-07-25 |
| GENEVA Global trade has been hit by new and accumulated import restrictions just as economies need to rebuild in the COVID19 crisis the World Trade Organization said in a midyear report issued on Friday | Negative | GENEVA Global trade has been hit by new and accumulated import restrictions just as economies need to rebuild in the COVID19 crisis the World Trade Organization said in a midyear report issued on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto/global-trade-hit-by-restrictions-during-covid-19-crisis-wto-idUSKCN24P192 | 2020-07-25 |
| The lab is located on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch where researchers have been conducting COVID19 vaccine research | Positive | WASHINGTON Chinas Houston consulate which is due to be closed on Friday has been one of the worst offenders in terms of Chinese espionage in the United States and its actions went well over the line of what was acceptable senior U.S. officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-consulate-houston/houston-consulate-one-of-worst-offenders-in-chinese-espionage-say-u-s-officials-idUSKCN24P1XT | 2020-07-25 |
| Beijing is also allowing more international flights but requires all arrival passengers to provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding | Neutral | BEIJING The number of daily passenger flights in China has rebounded to of precoronavirus levels Chinas aviation regulator said on Friday as the aviation industry recovers from the plunge in travel demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-aviation/daily-passenger-flights-in-china-rebound-to-80-of-pre-covid-levels-idUSKCN24P0V2 | 2020-07-25 |
| Nickel supply has not been unaffected by the wave of lockdowns that followed COVID19 around the world | Negative | LONDON Elon Musk faces something of a reality check after his call this week for more nickel mines to feed the batteries that Tesla and other carmakers need to power their electric vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-metals-nickel-ahome-column/column-tesla-boss-musks-desire-for-more-nickel-could-be-a-non-starter-andy-home-idUSKCN24P1PJ | 2020-07-25 |
| STOCKHOLM Denmark Norway and Sweden face among their worst economic downturns on record this year due to the COVID19 pandemic but will largely recover the lost ground in 2021 according to a Reuters poll of economists | Negative | STOCKHOLM Denmark Norway and Sweden face among their worst economic downturns on record this year due to the COVID19 pandemic but will largely recover the lost ground in 2021 according to a Reuters poll of economists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nordics-economy/nordics-to-flirt-with-record-recessions-in-2020-bounce-back-in-2021-reuters-poll-idUSKCN24P0MK | 2020-07-25 |
| TOKYO Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital the COVID19 crisis has exposed the governments deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ministries remain stuck in a paperdriven culture that experts say is hurting productivity | Negative | TOKYO Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital the COVID19 crisis has exposed the governments deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ministries remain stuck in a paperdriven culture that experts say is hurting productivity | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-japan-economy-digital/twenty-years-on-japan-governments-digital-ambitions-still-stuck-in-piles-of-paper-idUSKCN24P0J0 | 2020-07-25 |
| CHICAGO U.S. public health officials on Friday charged a group of independent scientists and ethicists with developing guidelines to determine who should get the first doses of a COVID19 vaccine once one becomes available | Positive | CHICAGO U.S. public health officials on Friday charged a group of independent scientists and ethicists with developing guidelines to determine who should get the first doses of a COVID19 vaccine once one becomes available | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-access/u-s-panel-charged-to-plan-fair-distribution-of-eventual-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24P2PF | 2020-07-25 |
| Young previously healthy adults can take weeks to fully recover from even a mild COVID19 infection with about a fifth of patients under 35 years reporting not returning to their usual state of health up to 21 days after testing positive according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Positive | Young previously healthy adults can take weeks to fully recover from even a mild COVID19 infection with about a fifth of patients under 35 years reporting not returning to their usual state of health up to 21 days after testing positive according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-recovery/young-healthy-adults-with-mild-covid-19-also-take-weeks-to-recover-cdc-idUSKCN24P2DC | 2020-07-25 |
| Researchers said social distancing frequent handwashing and the consistent and correct use of face coverings in public should be encouraged to slow the spread of COVID19 | Positive | Young previously healthy adults can take weeks to fully recover from even a mild COVID19 infection with about a fifth of patients under 35 years reporting not returning to their usual state of health up to 21 days after testing positive according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-recovery/young-healthy-adults-with-mild-covid-19-also-take-weeks-to-recover-cdc-idUSKCN24P2DC | 2020-07-25 |
| Saturdays 113 infections was the highest since March 31 when 125 people were reported with the virus that causes COVID19 | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 113 cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the largest oneday increase since March bringing the countrys total to 14092 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-113-new-coronavirus-cases-most-since-march-idUSKCN24Q01Y | 2020-07-25 |
| PARIS The Musee dOrsay in Paris home of the French Impressionists reopened to the public on Tuesday three months after being forced to shut by the COVID19 pandemic and its head called for state help to recover from the financial costs of the lockdown | Positive | PARIS The Musee dOrsay in Paris home of the French Impressionists reopened to the public on Tuesday three months after being forced to shut by the COVID19 pandemic and its head called for state help to recover from the financial costs of the lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-paris-museum/pariss-orsay-museum-reopens-to-smaller-crowds-with-eye-on-finances-idUSKBN23U2PY | 2020-07-25 |
| The production crew must have COVID19 tests before and after arrival in Norway and have medical personnel and a mobile test lab on hand | Neutral | OSLO The Norwegian government will make an exception for Tom Cruise and his crew to shoot parts of a new movie in Norway this autumn without imposing quarantine requirements a minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-movie/norway-quarantine-is-no-obstacle-for-secret-agent-ethan-hunt-idUSKCN24P269 | 2020-07-25 |
| 17 at public schools leaving it up to school districts on when to begin onsite education as COVID19 test positivity rates remained high | Neutral | Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Thursday dropped a plan to require inperson learning to start on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-arizona/arizona-drops-in-person-school-start-date-as-virus-rate-remains-high-idUSKCN24O34O | 2020-07-24 |
| Lopez Obrador who has upset critics with his reluctance to wear a face mask did not say which of his relatives had died from COVID19 | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he had lost some relatives to the novel coronavirus which has so far claimed more lives in Mexico than in all but three other countries worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-president/mexicos-president-says-relatives-of-his-have-died-from-coronavirus-idUSKCN24O279 | 2020-07-24 |
| The United States is working to fully restaff its mission in China one of its largest in the world which was evacuated in February because of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON A flight bound for Shanghai carrying U.S. diplomats has left the United States as Washington presses ahead with its plan to restaff its mission in China a day after an American order to close the Chinese consulate in Houston sharply escalated tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-consulate-americans-shangha/u-s-diplomats-head-to-china-despite-row-over-houston-consulate-idUSKCN24O2OW | 2020-07-24 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africa witnessed some 17000 extra deaths from natural causes or more than would normally be expected between early May and midJuly scientists said suggesting many more people are dying of COVID19 than shown in official figures | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa witnessed some 17000 extra deaths from natural causes or more than would normally be expected between early May and midJuly scientists said suggesting many more people are dying of COVID19 than shown in official figures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-59-excess-deaths-imply-hidden-covid-19-toll-idUSKCN24O15K | 2020-07-24 |
| The councils data showed 17090 extra deaths 11175 were people over the age of 60 a telltale sign of COVID19 which is overwhelmingly more deadly for older people | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa witnessed some 17000 extra deaths from natural causes or more than would normally be expected between early May and midJuly scientists said suggesting many more people are dying of COVID19 than shown in official figures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-59-excess-deaths-imply-hidden-covid-19-toll-idUSKCN24O15K | 2020-07-24 |
| But analysts have said the data does not show the economic blow dealt by COVID19 | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkeys parliament on Thursday approved a law allowing President Tayyip Erdogan to extend a layoff ban imposed to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic until July 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-economy-unemployment/turkish-parliament-gives-erdogan-authority-to-extend-layoff-ban-for-a-year-idUSKCN24O32X | 2020-07-24 |
| China has managed to reduce the number of new COVID19 cases since the peak of the outbreak in the country in February but has been cautious about resuming sporting events | Negative | The two main tennis tours on Friday cancelled all of their remaining tournaments in China for this year including the flagship WTA Finals in the wake of the countrys ban on international sporting events due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-china/atp-wta-cancel-china-events-including-shenzhen-finals-idUSKCN24P02Z | 2020-07-24 |
| Governments and nonprofits are in a race to secure supply from companies with promising COVID19 vaccine candidates although there are no guarantees any will ultimately succeed | Positive | Still analysts and pricing experts said the price tag is on par with other common vaccines and a good deal for governments given the desperate need | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-pricing-an/u-s-sets-global-benchmark-for-covid-19-vaccine-price-at-around-the-cost-of-a-flu-shot-idUSKCN24O1DA | 2020-07-24 |
| The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen Inc to share information to help scale up capacity to manufacture antibody treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | Neutral | The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen Inc to share information to help scale up capacity to manufacture antibody treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-pharmaceuticals/u-s-clears-way-for-drugmakers-to-share-covid-antibody-capacity-idUSKCN24O30E | 2020-07-24 |
| Lompoc staff did not seek to test or isolate an inmate who reported on March 22 that he began having COVID19 like symptoms 2 days earlier | Negative | WASHINGTON A shortage of medical supplies and flaws in health screening processes contributed to a COVID19 outbreak at a federal prison in California that sickened more than 1000 inmates and 23 prison staff the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/watchdog-chastises-federal-prison-in-california-for-its-handling-of-covid-19-idUSKCN24O29U | 2020-07-24 |
| Horowitz contrasted Lompocs response to the COVID19 pandemic with another federal prison the Federal Correctional Complex in Tucson Arizona which his office found has had far fewer cases of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON A shortage of medical supplies and flaws in health screening processes contributed to a COVID19 outbreak at a federal prison in California that sickened more than 1000 inmates and 23 prison staff the Justice Departments internal watchdog has found | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/watchdog-chastises-federal-prison-in-california-for-its-handling-of-covid-19-idUSKCN24O29U | 2020-07-24 |
| Auto demand is expected to pick up from the third quarter but economic recession impact from COVID19 and uncertainties around reproliferation CFO Kim Sanghyun said | Negative | SEOUL Hyundai Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hyundai-motor-results/hyundai-motor-second-quarter-beats-estimates-but-warns-of-long-road-to-market-recovery-idUSKCN24O0FS | 2020-07-24 |
| South Korea has surpassed China and the United States as the top market for Hyundai after the country managed the COVID19 outbreak better than others and extended auto tax cuts | Positive | SEOUL Hyundai Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hyundai-motor-results/hyundai-motor-second-quarter-beats-estimates-but-warns-of-long-road-to-market-recovery-idUSKCN24O0FS | 2020-07-24 |
| MELBOURNE July 24 Australias Victoria state will send in the army to question people who have tested positive for COVID19 as it battles to control an outbreak that claimed a record number of lives on Friday | Negative | adds details on new state cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-australia/update-1-australian-state-to-send-in-the-army-to-check-on-covid-19-cases-idUSL3N2EV0EK | 2020-07-24 |
| Australia has so far escaped the high COVID19 casualty numbers of other nations with just over 13300 infections and 139 deaths from the virus as of Friday | Negative | adds details on new state cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-australia/update-1-australian-state-to-send-in-the-army-to-check-on-covid-19-cases-idUSL3N2EV0EK | 2020-07-24 |
| NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | Negative | NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wearables/could-your-fitbit-or-apple-watch-detect-early-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKCN24O2DN | 2020-07-24 |
| Changes in heart rate respiratory rate and other biometrics measured constantly by the devices may early stages an otherwise healthylooking person knows a COVID19 diagnostic test researchers say | Neutral | NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wearables/could-your-fitbit-or-apple-watch-detect-early-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKCN24O2DN | 2020-07-24 |
| In one case Snyders team found that a smartwatch was able to spot the first signal of potential COVID19 infection nine days before more obvious symptoms were reported | Negative | NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wearables/could-your-fitbit-or-apple-watch-detect-early-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKCN24O2DN | 2020-07-24 |
| Fitbit is conducting research into how its devices can help with COVID19 early detection involving 100000 people in the U.S. and Canada including 900 diagnosed with the virus | Positive | NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wearables/could-your-fitbit-or-apple-watch-detect-early-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKCN24O2DN | 2020-07-24 |
| Device makers also are studying possible early signs of COVID19 infection among wear personalized fitness trackers like Whoop a wristband and Oura a ring worn on your finger | Negative | NEW YORK Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are with COVID19 before symptoms they can | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wearables/could-your-fitbit-or-apple-watch-detect-early-covid-19-symptoms-idUSKCN24O2DN | 2020-07-24 |
| One hardhit Texas county is storing bodies in refrigerated trucks after COVID19 deaths doubled in the span of a week | Negative | U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1100 for a second day in a row on Wednesday including a record oneday rise in fatalities in Alabama California Nevada and Texas according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-records-over-1000-new-coronavirus-deaths-for-a-second-day-in-a-row-idUSKCN24O08A | 2020-07-23 |
| Uniteds chief executive Scott Kirby told investors Wednesday that coronavirushit demand could improve thanks to lessons learned about preventing the spread of COVID19 including wearing masks | Positive | Passengers can remove their coverings to eat drink or take medicine but Southwest said it expects those instances to be very brief | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-southwest/southwest-says-no-mask-no-flying-only-children-under-2-exempt-idUSKCN24N2Y8 | 2020-07-23 |
| Nearly 143000 Americans have died of COVID19 nearly a quarter of the global total | Negative | California on Wednesday overtook New York the original epicenter of the U.S. novel coronavirus outbreak as the worsthit state for cases according to a Reuters tally of county data | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-sees-record-12000-new-coronavirus-cases-surpasses-new-york-as-worst-hit-state-idUSKCN24N2WG | 2020-07-23 |
| Two ministers in South Africas cabinet were admitted to hospital with COVID19 as Africas mostindustrialised country counted a total 372628 confirmed cases and 5173 deaths | Negative | Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday according to a Reuters tally with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-15-million-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N0KK | 2020-07-23 |
| China meanwhile announced that passengers on inbound flights must provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding as authorities seek to reduce the risk of imported cases amid increased international travel | Negative | Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday according to a Reuters tally with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-15-million-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N0KK | 2020-07-23 |
| Researchers are making good in developing vaccines against COVID19 with a handful in latestage trials but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021 a World Health Organization expert said on Wednesday | Positive | Researchers are making good in developing vaccines against COVID19 with a handful in latestage trials but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021 a World Health Organization expert said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/dont-expect-first-covid-19-vaccinations-until-early-2021-whos-ryan-idUSKCN24N2FM | 2020-07-23 |
| GOIANIA Brazil Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders arrived at a hospital in the central city of early on Wednesday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID19 after an arduous journey over rural roads with a dwindling supply of oxygen | Positive | GOIANIA Brazil Aritana Yawalapiti one of Brazils most influential indigenous leaders arrived at a hospital in the central city of early on Wednesday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID19 after an arduous journey over rural roads with a dwindling supply of oxygen | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-indigenous-chief-aritana-hospitalized-with-covid-19-after-arduous-journey-idUSKCN24N2PB | 2020-07-23 |
| BRASILIA Brazils federal and state governments are in a political tugofwar over the Trump administrations donation of the drug hydroxychloroquine an unproven treatment for COVID19 two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal and state governments are in a political tugofwar over the Trump administrations donation of the drug hydroxychloroquine an unproven treatment for COVID19 two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-usa/u-s-drug-donation-creates-headache-for-brazil-government-say-sources-idUSKCN24N1TD | 2020-07-23 |
| World Rugby has recommended a revised international calendar following the disruption due to the COVID19 outbreak the sports ruling body said on Wednesday | Negative | World Rugby has recommended a revised international calendar following the disruption due to the COVID19 outbreak the sports ruling body said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rugby-union/world-rugby-proposes-temporary-international-calendar-idUSKCN24N2EM | 2020-07-23 |
| The tensions are a headache for the Kremlin which is trying to troubleshoot a sharp COVID19induced drop in real incomes and keep a lid on unrest as the economy stutters | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putins pick to quell more of a week of unrest in the Russian Far East told protesters on Wednesday he would not step down after his arrival in the region sparked new antiKremlin demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-governor/putin-appointee-in-russias-restive-far-east-rejects-protesters-demand-to-quit-idUSKCN24N0Y7 | 2020-07-23 |
| BRUSSELS A decision to focus its fiscal firepower on economic recovery has forced the EU to sharply scale back plans to address chronic shortages of drugs including COVID19 treatments by bringing back manufacturing capacity from Asia | Negative | BRUSSELS A decision to focus its fiscal firepower on economic recovery has forced the EU to sharply scale back plans to address chronic shortages of drugs including COVID19 treatments by bringing back manufacturing capacity from Asia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-budget/eu-plan-to-tackle-covid-19-drug-shortages-hit-by-health-budget-cuts-idUSKCN24N1T3 | 2020-07-23 |
| The bloc has for years faced shortages of critical drugs including vaccines and antibiotics and now is struggling to buy medicines needed by COVID19 patients in intensive care units | Negative | BRUSSELS A decision to focus its fiscal firepower on economic recovery has forced the EU to sharply scale back plans to address chronic shortages of drugs including COVID19 treatments by bringing back manufacturing capacity from Asia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-budget/eu-plan-to-tackle-covid-19-drug-shortages-hit-by-health-budget-cuts-idUSKCN24N1T3 | 2020-07-23 |
| For the first time in the modern era amidst efforts to curb COVID19 Muslims from abroad will be unable to attend the pilgrimage | Negative | RIYADH This years haj will be a time of sadness for many Muslims around the world prevented from travelling to Saudi Arabia but a decision to honour local health and security staff in the front line of the fight against the coronavirus has won praise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/pandemic-hit-to-haj-saddens-would-be-pilgrims-idUSKCN24N2GJ | 2020-07-23 |
| The findings prompted the BOJ to warn in its quarterly report in July of the need to look at both the inflationary and deflationary impact COVID19 could have on prices | Negative | TOKYO Big data is providing some surprising results for the Bank of Japan and helping ease concerns about pressure on the economy during the coronavirus pandemic which could influence the way the BOJ manages the worlds most radical monetary stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-boj-bigdata-insight/big-data-may-help-boj-guide-economy-through-pandemic-pain-idUSKCN24O058 | 2020-07-23 |
| TOKYO Japans health ministry has approved dexamethasone a cheap and widely used steroid as a second treatment of COVID19 after a trial in Britain showed the drug reduced death rates in hospitalised patients | Positive | TOKYO Japans health ministry has approved dexamethasone a cheap and widely used steroid as a second treatment of COVID19 after a trial in Britain showed the drug reduced death rates in hospitalised patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-dexamethason/japan-approves-dexamethasone-as-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKCN24M34M | 2020-07-23 |
| NEW YORK More than half of U.S. companies surveyed by benefits company Mercer are starting COVID19 contact tracing programs in their workplace with employees venturing back to offices even as new cases soar nationally | Positive | NEW YORK More than half of U.S. companies surveyed by benefits company Mercer are starting COVID19 contact tracing programs in their workplace with employees venturing back to offices even as new cases soar nationally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-contacttracing/over-half-of-u-s-companies-plan-virus-contact-tracing-for-employees-survey-idUSKCN24N2SN | 2020-07-23 |
| Argentina has been in default since May the countrys ninth and is headed for economic contraction this year due to the impact of COVID19 deepening a recession since 2018 | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentina could cede ground to creditors on key legal terms as it looks to strike a deal to restructure around billion in foreign debt but the government will not increase overall cash flow in the payout two sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-argentina-debt-proposal-exclusive/exclusive-argentina-may-cede-ground-on-legal-terms-in-debt-offer-not-on-cash-flow-sources-idUSKCN24N31W | 2020-07-23 |
| The Department of Labor cited an Ohio nursing home operator for failing to protect workers from the coronavirus the first time that a U.S. employer was found in violation of federal safety protections relating to COVID19 | Negative | The Department of Labor cited an Ohio nursing home operator for failing to protect workers from the coronavirus the first time that a U.S. employer was found in violation of federal safety protections relating to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nursing-homes/u-s-hits-nursing-home-operator-with-first-coronavirus-workplace-citation-idUSKCN24N2DM | 2020-07-23 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump warned overnight the pandemic would get worse before it got better while a Reuters tally showed global COVID19 infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday | Negative | European shares slid on Wednesday as escalating U.S.China tensions and a surge in coronavirus cases dented sentiment after an EUwide debt deal sent the regions markets to fourmonth highs in the previous session | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-in-reverse-as-u-s-china-tensions-spike-idUSKCN24N0TT | 2020-07-23 |
| U.S. coronavirus cases continued to surge with California officially becoming the worsthit state exceeding New York with more than 414000 cases of COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK July 22 Asian stocks were likely to come under pressure on Thursday as fresh diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing heightened investor jitters and overshadowed the boost to Wall Street from U.S. stimulus hopes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-markets-set-to-come-under-pressure-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-idUSL2N2ET2K1 | 2020-07-23 |
| The candidate is one of the most advanced of over 150 vaccines being developed against COVID19 which has claimed more than 600000 lives globally and crippled economies | Positive | The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a price tag for what is likely to be a twodose course of treatment | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pfizer/u-s-to-pay-pfizer-biontech-1-95-billion-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24N1I9 | 2020-07-23 |
| Trump ended his regular coronavirus briefings in late April after a series of missteps including a suggestion that injecting disinfectant might cure COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Differences over how to fight the coronavirus pandemic have sparked infighting and tension within the White House hampering its response as the death toll mounts and President Donald Trumps approval ratings fall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-tension/tension-infighting-roil-trump-white-house-as-coronavirus-strategy-sputters-idUSKCN24M2U2 | 2020-07-22 |
| The typical conditions of release do not include internet or socialmedia said San Diego attorney Devin Burstein who has reviewed more than 50 orders granting release because of COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON When President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer Michael Cohen sued late on Monday over his return to prison he said he was facing retribution because he is writing a book critical of his former boss | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-justice/justice-department-appears-to-be-rewarding-trump-allies-punishing-enemies-legal-experts-say-idUSKCN24M2NT | 2020-07-22 |
| The United States has the worlds highest number of reported COVID19 deaths at over 141000 nearly a quarter of the global total | Negative | ATLANTA The Republican governors of three U.S. states dealing with surging COVID19 outbreaks sparred on Tuesday with local officials over tighter countermeasures as California closed in on surpassing New York in total cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/state-local-officials-bicker-over-covid-19-restrictions-california-passes-400000-cases-idUSKCN24M29Z | 2020-07-22 |
| More than 81000 people have died from COVID19 in Brazil | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that he took another coronavirus test and the results were expected Wednesday as he hopes for a negative result two weeks since falling ill | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-awaits-new-test-to-show-if-he-is-covid-19-free-idUSKCN24M302 | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazil is in talks with U.S. biotech firm Moderna Inc to possibly get priority in purchasing a potential COVID19 vaccine that the company is developing the countrys interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil is in talks with U.S. biotech firm Moderna Inc to possibly get priority in purchasing a potential COVID19 vaccine that the company is developing the countrys interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-seeking-covid-19-vaccines-from-moderna-astrazeneca-idUSKCN24M2S3 | 2020-07-22 |
| Regarding equity markets it will all depend if the rescue fund will be sufficient and whether a second wave of COVID19 will strike | Neutral | LONDON Stock markets across the European Union opened higher on Tuesday after its leaders agreed on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirusthrottled economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-markets-analystsview/analysts-view-the-money-matters-eu-stimulus-deal-lowers-regions-risk-premium-idUSKCN24M0Q9 | 2020-07-22 |
| ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday the EU stimulus plan would allow his government to transform Italy and help the bloc as a whole face the COVID19 crisis with strength and | Positive | ROME Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday the EU stimulus plan would allow his government to transform Italy and help the bloc as a whole face the COVID19 crisis with strength and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-conte/conte-eu-recovery-fund-gives-chance-to-change-the-face-of-italy-idUSKCN24M0JF | 2020-07-22 |
| Several companies are testing new drugs for immunity to COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose about a barrel on Tuesday hitting the highest level in more than four months with a boost from a European Union stimulus deal and hopeful news about coronavirus vaccine trials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-up-on-virus-vaccine-hopes-eu-stimulus-deal-idUSKCN24M07C | 2020-07-22 |
| BEIJING Passengers of Chinabound flights must provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding Chinas aviation authority said on Tuesday as the government looks to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus cases amid increased international travel | Negative | BEIJING Passengers of Chinabound flights must provide negative COVID19 test results before boarding Chinas aviation authority said on Tuesday as the government looks to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus cases amid increased international travel | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-airlines/china-requires-negative-covid-19-tests-for-arriving-air-passengers-idUSKCN24M0JN | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA July 21 Brazils economy is reacting positively to emergency fiscal and credit measures to cushion the blow from the COVID19 pandemic with consumer spending picking up at the margin and energy consumption rebounding central bank director Bruno Serra said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA July 21 Brazils economy is reacting positively to emergency fiscal and credit measures to cushion the blow from the COVID19 pandemic with consumer spending picking up at the margin and energy consumption rebounding central bank director Bruno Serra said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-cenbank/brazil-economy-reacting-positively-to-emergency-measures-central-bank-director-idUSS0N2DZ01B | 2020-07-22 |
| These levels were on a par with the antibodies produced by people who survived COVID19 a benchmark of potential success | Positive | MSCI world share index and euro hit highest since March | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-eu-recovery-fund-lifts-shares-to-five-month-high-idUSL5N2ES4Q8 | 2020-07-22 |
| California on Tuesday became the second U.S. state after New York to report more than 400000 COVID19 cases according to a Reuters tally of county data | Neutral | California on Tuesday became the second U.S. state after New York to report more than 400000 COVID19 cases according to a Reuters tally of county data | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-covid-19-cases-top-400000-soon-to-overtake-new-york-as-worst-hit-state-idUSKCN24M2P2 | 2020-07-22 |
| There are no approved vaccines yet for COVID19 but the World Health Organization has said AstraZenecas shot is one of the leading candidates | Negative | LONDON The University of Oxfords possible COVID19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty the lead developer of the vaccine said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-oxford-vaccine-gil/oxford-covid-19-vaccine-developer-cautious-on-2020-roll-out-idUSKCN24M0OP | 2020-07-22 |
| Metrics nationwide show a continued surge in the pandemic with 32 states reporting record increases in COVID19 cases in July and 15 states reporting record increases in deaths | Negative | The mayor of Chicago shut down indoor service at bars on Monday and Florida reported more than 10000 new cases of COVID19 for the sixth day in a row as the coronavirus pandemic raged across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/florida-covid-19-cases-soar-again-california-sees-surge-stabilize-idUSKCN24L24J | 2020-07-21 |
| NEW YORK U.S. officials defended a move to take collection of hospital data on COVID19 cases away from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying a new data system launched on Monday is more expansive and robust | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. officials defended a move to take collection of hospital data on COVID19 cases away from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying a new data system launched on Monday is more expansive and robust | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-data/washington-says-new-covid-19-data-site-is-better-than-cdc-program-it-replaced-idUSKCN24L2PF | 2020-07-21 |
| According to the nationwide poll of Brazilians say Bolsonaros handling of the COVID19 pandemic is good or excellent up from last month and the highest since April | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaros low approval ratings rose for a third consecutive month a poll showed on Monday as the perception of his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the economys direction continued to improve gradually | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro-poll/brazil-bolsonaros-low-approval-rating-improves-despite-rising-covid-19-cases-idUSKCN24L2I9 | 2020-07-21 |
| Bolsonaro himself a longtime advocate of the supposed virtues of the malaria drug to fight COVID19 is also taking hydroxychloroquine and credits its use to his mild symptoms | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils minister of Citizenship Onyx Lorenzoni said on Monday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-minister-of-citizenship-onyx-lorenzoni-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24L1ON | 2020-07-21 |
| BRUSSELS EU leaders stood at an impasse on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but the chairman of their nearrecordlength summit urged them to make one last push on mission | Negative | BRUSSELS EU leaders stood at an impasse on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but the chairman of their nearrecordlength summit urged them to make one last push on mission | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-leaders-struggle-with-mission-impossible-at-deadlocked-recovery-summit-idUSKCN24K094 | 2020-07-21 |
| NEW YORK Oil prices were little changed on Monday as coronavirus cases increased in many countries though a flurry of announcements about a potential COVID19 vaccine and ongoing talks over a European Union fund to revive economies hit by the pandemic curbed losses | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices were little changed on Monday as coronavirus cases increased in many countries though a flurry of announcements about a potential COVID19 vaccine and ongoing talks over a European Union fund to revive economies hit by the pandemic curbed losses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steady-as-virus-infections-rise-but-hopes-for-vaccine-lends-support-idUSKCN24L036 | 2020-07-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced negotiations with AstraZeneca for the future purchase of its experimental COVID19 vaccine Israels YNET news website reported on Monday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced negotiations with AstraZeneca for the future purchase of its experimental COVID19 vaccine Israels YNET news website reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-israel/israel-in-talks-with-astrazeneca-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-ynet-reports-idUSKCN24L25C | 2020-07-21 |
| China has managed to reduce its number of new COVID19 cases since the peak of the outbreak in the country in February but has been cautious about resuming sporting events | Negative | The Womens WTA Tour has not given up hopes on its tournaments in China despite the countrys sports authority saying it will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-tennis/tennis-womens-wta-tour-not-giving-up-yet-on-china-events-idUSKCN24L1TH | 2020-07-21 |
| DHAKA Bangladeshs state medical research agency has approved a thirdphase trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country | Positive | DHAKA Bangladeshs state medical research agency has approved a thirdphase trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bangladesh/bangladesh-to-host-late-stage-trial-of-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24L0KO | 2020-07-21 |
| Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled said a member of Bangladeshs national technical advisory committee to tackle COVID19 | Positive | DHAKA Bangladeshs state medical research agency has approved a thirdphase trial of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech Ltd as infections rise in the densely populated South Asian country | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-bangladesh/bangladesh-to-host-late-stage-trial-of-chinas-sinovac-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24L0KO | 2020-07-21 |
| NEW YORK Wall Street gained ground on Monday and surging technology shares pushed the Nasdaq to a record closing high as promising trial results from potential COVID19 vaccines helped investors look beyond spiraling new cases of the disease | Positive | NEW YORK Wall Street gained ground on Monday and surging technology shares pushed the Nasdaq to a record closing high as promising trial results from potential COVID19 vaccines helped investors look beyond spiraling new cases of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-closes-higher-nasdaq-sets-record-as-potential-vaccines-show-promise-idUSKCN24L16R | 2020-07-21 |
| The transaction does not include CureVacs existing COVID19 and rabies vaccines research programmes | Positive | GSK and CureVac backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates will work on developing up to five socalled mRNAbased vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for infectious diseases they said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-gsk-curevac-stake/gsk-buys-10-of-curevac-in-vaccine-tech-deal-idUSKCN24L0JR | 2020-07-21 |
| We believe this and other preemptive steps are the responsible actions of given likely future impacts of COVID19 the firm said in a statement | Neutral | BOSTON R.V. Kuhns Associates Inc an investment consulting firm that advises on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-pensionconsult/investment-consultants-who-advise-on-trillions-scored-taxpayer-loans-idUSKCN24L12O | 2020-07-21 |
| 93 recovery fund to help revive EU economies hit by the COVID19 pandemic of which 390 billion euros could be offered as grants | Positive | EU leaders go into fourth day of EU negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-hits-4-month-high-as-hopes-for-eu-recovery-fund-deal-rise-idUSL5N2ER2YD | 2020-07-21 |
| NEW YORK Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID19 company officials told Reuters | Positive | NEW YORK Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID19 company officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-focus/uber-offers-covid-19-contact-tracing-help-amid-chaotic-u-s-response-idUSKCN24L17X | 2020-07-21 |
| The results come as separate results were released for two other experimental COVID19 vaccines on Monday | Positive | German biotech BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc on Monday said data from an earlystage trial of their experimental coronavirus vaccine showed that it prompted an immune response and was welltolerated similar to results seen in prior early test | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-biontech/pfizer-biontech-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-shows-promise-in-second-early-trial-idUSKCN24L1J8 | 2020-07-21 |
| BRUSSELS EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart | Negative | BRUSSELS EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned the discussions could still fall apart | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-summit/eu-leaders-say-progress-in-virus-recovery-summit-but-warn-talks-could-still-fail-idUSKCN24L068 | 2020-07-20 |
| ABUJA Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID19 and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buharis cabinet to contract the new coronavirus | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID19 and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buharis cabinet to contract the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-onyeama/nigerian-foreign-minister-onyeama-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN24K0JI | 2020-07-20 |
| Onyeama 64 said on Twitter he had taken a COVID19 test because of a throat irritation | Negative | ABUJA Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID19 and became the first member of President Muhammadu Buharis cabinet to contract the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-onyeama/nigerian-foreign-minister-onyeama-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN24K0JI | 2020-07-20 |
| AMSTERDAM Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday EU leaders were making progress towards an agreement on a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but warned discussions could still fall apart | Positive | AMSTERDAM Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday EU leaders were making progress towards an agreement on a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but warned discussions could still fall apart | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-rutte/dutch-pm-says-progress-in-eu-virus-recovery-talks-but-failure-still-possible-idUSKCN24L0E8 | 2020-07-20 |
| SHANGHAI To protest censorship during the COVID19 outbreak a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days using metal clasps gloves duct tape and other items | Negative | SHANGHAI To protest censorship during the COVID19 outbreak a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days using metal clasps gloves duct tape and other items | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-art/chinese-artist-holds-his-tongue-in-protest-of-pandemic-censorship-idUSKCN24L0HJ | 2020-07-20 |
| TEL AVIV Automotive sensor developer Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd said it will begin a pilot project in Israel for its COVID19 symptom detection technology | Positive | TEL AVIV Automotive sensor developer Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd said it will begin a pilot project in Israel for its COVID19 symptom detection technology | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-foresight-atnms/foresight-to-begin-pilot-for-its-covid-19-symptom-detection-system-idUSKCN24K0BI | 2020-07-20 |
| AMSTERDAM July 20 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday EU leaders were making progress towards an agreement on a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but warned discussions could still fall apart | Positive | AMSTERDAM July 20 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday EU leaders were making progress towards an agreement on a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID19 pandemic but warned discussions could still fall apart | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-summit-rutte/dutch-pm-says-progress-in-eu-virus-recovery-talks-but-failure-still-possible-idUSL3N2ER194 | 2020-07-20 |
| SYDNEY July 20 Asian shares began warily on Monday as investors eyed efforts to stitch together more fiscal stimulus in the eurozone and United States to help economies ride out the effects of a record jump in COVID19 cases globally | Negative | Asian shares mixed sentiment cautious | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-defensive-eyes-on-eu-summit-u-s-stimulus-talks-idUSL3N2EQ0O3 | 2020-07-20 |
| LONDON Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva the business ministry said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva the business ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccines/britain-signs-deals-with-pfizer-biontech-valneva-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN24L0GN | 2020-07-20 |
| Britain also said on Monday it had secured treatments containing COVID19neutralising antibodies from AstraZeneca to protect people who cant be vaccinated | Positive | LONDON Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva the business ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccines/britain-signs-deals-with-pfizer-biontech-valneva-for-covid-19-vaccines-idUSKCN24L0GN | 2020-07-20 |
| PARIS French specialty vaccines company Valneva will participate in Britains COVID19 vaccine response programme the company said on Monday and will provide up to 100 million doses of its SARSCoV2 vaccine candidate to the plan | Positive | PARIS French specialty vaccines company Valneva will participate in Britains COVID19 vaccine response programme the company said on Monday and will provide up to 100 million doses of its SARSCoV2 vaccine candidate to the plan | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-valneva/french-vaccines-group-valneva-to-participate-in-uks-covid-19-response-programme-idUSKCN24L0FM | 2020-07-20 |
| Spain was one of Europes hardesthit countries by COVID19 the disease caused by the virus with more than 28000 deaths | Negative | BARCELONA People sunbathed and played in the sea along Barcelonas beaches on Sunday ignoring pleas from Catalan authorities for area residents to stay at home as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spains worsthit regions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-catalonia/sun-seekers-crowd-barcelona-beaches-defying-coronavirus-stay-at-home-advice-idUSKCN24K0G8 | 2020-07-20 |
| 1 million people and 26816 have died from the COVID19 disease government data showed on Sunday | Negative | GUWAHATI Nepal Nearly four million people in Indias northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189 government officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-floods/floods-in-india-nepal-displace-nearly-four-million-people-at-least-189-dead-idUSKCN24K06S | 2020-07-19 |
| The virtual race is being held on the popular Zwift training platform after the COVID19 pandemic forced the postponement of the actual annual July race until the end of August | Neutral | Canadas Michael Woods won stage five of the mens virtual Tour de France on Saturday after turning in a strong performance on Mont Ventoux to finish ahead of NTT Pro Cycling duo Domenico Pozzovivo and Louis Meintjes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cycling-france-virtual/canadas-woods-wins-stage-five-of-virtual-tour-de-france-idUSKCN24J0OQ | 2020-07-19 |
| Iran has been the Middle East country hardest hit by the COVID19 pandemic with infections and deaths rising sharply since restrictions were eased beginning in midApril | Negative | DUBAI President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that some 25 million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus as Iran reimposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/rouhani-says-25-million-iranians-may-have-been-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN24J07V | 2020-07-19 |
| PARIS Parisians heading to the opening of Paris Plages the yearly transformation of sections of the Seine river into manmade beaches were met with a new attraction on COVID19 test centres | Positive | PARIS Parisians heading to the opening of Paris Plages the yearly transformation of sections of the Seine river into manmade beaches were met with a new attraction on COVID19 test centres | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-beach/going-to-the-beach-in-paris-why-not-test-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24J0QL | 2020-07-19 |
| 7 million has had 358 deaths from the COVID19 disease caused by the coronavirus far fewer than many western European nations | Negative | PRAGUE The tally of active cases of the new coronavirus has risen to 4764 above the previous high of 4737 seen in April health ministry data showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech/czech-active-coronavirus-cases-swing-to-new-high-as-local-outbreaks-continue-idUSKCN24K06A | 2020-07-19 |
| Three more people had died of COVID19 bringing the states total deaths to 38 since the start of the pandemic Andrews said | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state Victoria on Sunday reported 363 new cases of the novel coronavirus after 217 cases were recorded on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-victoria/australias-victoria-state-reports-363-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24K017 | 2020-07-19 |
| PARIS While the cinema drivein may have gotten a boost as lockdowns gradually come to an end amid the COVID19 outbreak in Paris film fans can now munch on their popcorn watching a movie from a boat on the river Seine | Negative | PARIS While the cinema drivein may have gotten a boost as lockdowns gradually come to an end amid the COVID19 outbreak in Paris film fans can now munch on their popcorn watching a movie from a boat on the river Seine | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-film-boats/movie-magic-as-paris-turns-the-seine-into-open-air-cinema-idUSKCN24J0UT | 2020-07-19 |
| This coincides with increasing reports of individuals contracting COVID19 at parties nightclubs and bars as well as increasing rates of transmission among young Njoo said | Negative | OTTAWA A recent spike in coronavirus cases in Canada is worrying and can be linked to groups of young people gathering in bars and nightclubs and at parties a top medical official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/recent-spike-in-canadian-coronavirus-cases-is-worrying-says-medical-official-idUSKCN24I2G7 | 2020-07-18 |
| But she was fired when the COVID19 pandemic hit and her employers dumped her on the streets | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maids job would let her earn money to make a better life for her young son | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-migrants/ethiopian-maids-dumped-in-the-streets-in-lebanon-as-covid-hits-idUSKCN24I0WH | 2020-07-18 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data | Positive | MOSCOW Russia on Friday unveiled a deal with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID19 vaccine being developed by the pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University a move its wealth fund head said showed Moscow had no need to steal vaccine data | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber-russia-exclu/exclusive-russia-despite-theft-allegations-hails-deal-to-make-uk-developed-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24I15L | 2020-07-18 |
| British Airways the worlds largest operator of Boeing 747s will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the COVID19 pandemic sent air travel into freefall | Negative | British Airways the worlds largest operator of Boeing 747s will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the COVID19 pandemic sent air travel into freefall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-iag/end-of-the-jumbo-british-airways-retires-747-early-due-to-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN24I04J | 2020-07-18 |
| The liability protections according to the draft document would sunset at the end of a federal COVID19 emergency declaration or 2024 whichever comes later if it became law | Negative | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
| The multiple talks confirm the blocs more assertive stance on procuring potential COVID19 shots and drugs after early U.S. moves in securing promising treatments and vaccines | Positive | The information on the ongoing talks was shared by the European Commission the EU executive arm with EU health ministers at a meeting in Berlin on Thursday the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines-exclus/exclusive-eu-in-talks-with-moderna-biontech-curevac-to-secure-possible-covid-vaccines-idUSKCN24I1HA | 2020-07-18 |
| We are in talk with several companies on possible COVID19 a spokesman for the Commission said on Friday declining to comment on specific firms as negotiations were confidential | Positive | The information on the ongoing talks was shared by the European Commission the EU executive arm with EU health ministers at a meeting in Berlin on Thursday the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines-exclus/exclusive-eu-in-talks-with-moderna-biontech-curevac-to-secure-possible-covid-vaccines-idUSKCN24I1HA | 2020-07-18 |
| CHICAGO A group of physicians and scientists are urging the U.S. government to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in the design and implementation of COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among these atrisk populations | Positive | CHICAGO A group of physicians and scientists are urging the U.S. government to include Black Latino and indigenous Americans in the design and implementation of COVID19 vaccine trials in hopes of building trust among these atrisk populations | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/u-s-urged-to-include-black-latino-communities-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKCN24I26T | 2020-07-18 |
| Tulums steps were part of measures aimed at containing the coronavirus in the state of Quintana Roo whose governor Carlos Joaquin said on Thursday he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | MONTERREY The spread of the coronavirus has spurred Mexican authorities to impose local restrictions on mobility commerce and leisure particularly in popular tourist destinations even as the government seeks to revive the battered economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-restriction/mexico-tightens-coronavirus-curbs-in-tourist-spots-other-pockets-idUSKCN24H3E6 | 2020-07-17 |
| The Mexican economy is reeling from the COVID19 pandemic and lockdown measures intended to curb its spread which paralyzed much of the economy over the past few months | Negative | MEXICO CITY Withdrawals from Mexican pension funds resulting from unemployment soared in June to a record high according to official data as the countrys labor market continues to suffer | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-pensions/withdrawals-from-mexican-pension-funds-soar-amid-weak-labor-market-idUSKCN24H2W9 | 2020-07-17 |
| Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday | Negative | Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/russia-trying-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-data-say-uk-u-s-and-canada-idUSKCN24H236 | 2020-07-17 |
| APT29 is likely to continue to target organisations involved in COVID19 vaccine research and development as they seek to answer additional intelligence questions relating to the the NCSC statement said | Neutral | Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/russia-trying-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-data-say-uk-u-s-and-canada-idUSKCN24H236 | 2020-07-17 |
| Hackers backed by Russia are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said | Negative | India became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases while the list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public grew as the country reported at least 70000 new cases a record daily jump for the seventh time this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24I0JW | 2020-07-17 |
| Hydroxychloroquine was ineffective for patients with a mild version of COVID19 in a study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota | Negative | India became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases while the list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public grew as the country reported at least 70000 new cases a record daily jump for the seventh time this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24I0JW | 2020-07-17 |
| Chinese stateowned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi using up to 15000 volunteers | Positive | India became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases while the list of U.S. states requiring face coverings in public grew as the country reported at least 70000 new cases a record daily jump for the seventh time this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24I0JW | 2020-07-17 |
| ATHENS Greeces central bank is looking at the creation of a bad to deal with sour loans weighing down its banking sector and which are likely to rise from the COVID19 fallout it said on Thursday | Negative | ATHENS Greeces central bank is looking at the creation of a bad to deal with sour loans weighing down its banking sector and which are likely to rise from the COVID19 fallout it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-greece-cenbank/greek-central-bank-mulls-bad-bank-to-clean-up-sour-loans-idUSKCN24H1UE | 2020-07-17 |
| MELBOURNE Oil prices were unchanged on Friday with trading marked by growing uncertainty about global recovery in fuel demand as new COVID19 cases surge in several countries just as major producers get set to loosen production curbs | Negative | MELBOURNE Oil prices were unchanged on Friday with trading marked by growing uncertainty about global recovery in fuel demand as new COVID19 cases surge in several countries just as major producers get set to loosen production curbs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-steady-as-clouds-gather-over-fuel-demand-looser-supply-curbs-idUSKCN24I06Z | 2020-07-17 |
| Suspensions usually last about a week while plants are disinfected and employees get checked for COVID19 according to Argentinas Senasa food quality inspection agency | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Argentine meat processing plants that have temporarily stopped exporting to China will not have to suspend for more than 10 days and the situation poses no longterm threat to the sector the head of the local meat industry chamber said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-beef/suspension-of-some-argentine-meat-exports-to-china-not-seen-hurting-industry-chamber-idUSKCN24H3A0 | 2020-07-17 |
| That means COVID19 may not necessarily be deflationary Kamiyama said | Neutral | TOKYO The coronavirus pandemic may have caused structural changes in Japans economy and the way it affects inflation requiring the Bank of Japan to tap more deeply into big data in making policy decisions the central banks top economist said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-boj-interview/boj-looks-to-big-data-for-clues-on-pandemic-driven-economic-changes-idUSKCN24H1NG | 2020-07-17 |
| Strong capital markets results provided an important counterbalance to the COVID19related impacts on our Consumer Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said | Positive | Shares in the bank fell about in response to the results | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-bank-of-america-results/bank-of-america-profit-slumps-as-heavy-loan-losses-loom-idUSKCN24H1LN | 2020-07-17 |
| European shares ended off session lows on Thursday ahead of a keenly awaited meeting to organise a European recovery fund after weak earnings and a growing number of COVID19 cases had earlier pushed stocks down from onemonth highs | Negative | European shares ended off session lows on Thursday ahead of a keenly awaited meeting to organise a European recovery fund after weak earnings and a growing number of COVID19 cases had earlier pushed stocks down from onemonth highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-off-session-lows-ahead-of-eu-summit-idUSKCN24H0X7 | 2020-07-17 |
| The accommodative monetary policy should be maintained for some period of time to bolster the economic recovery and domestic purchasing power after the COVID19 spread is under it said | Positive | Says inflation seen back to target in Q2 next year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/thailand-economy-cenbank/update-1-thai-monetary-policy-should-remain-accommodative-to-help-economy-c-bank-idUSL3N2EO0IJ | 2020-07-17 |
| Such is the size of the Victoria outbreak Australia on Friday posted its second biggest oneday rise in new COVID19 infections with 438 cases | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Australia has recorded just over 11000 cases of COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| New South Wales Australias most populous state said it has found eight cases of COVID19 in the last 24 hours mostly from community transmissions believed to have emanated from Victoria | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Less than a month ago Australia was widely heralded as a global leader in combating COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Although it was not an endpoint of the study five individuals who were given hydroxychloroquine were hospitalized or died because of COVID19 compared with eight people given a placebo | Negative | NEW YORK The antimalaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a COVID19 treatment was ineffective for patients with a mild version of the disease in a study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/hydroxychloroquine-ineffective-against-mild-covid-19-u-s-study-shows-idUSKCN24H2YC | 2020-07-17 |
| The United States is preparing to issue guidance on reducing testing for COVID19 as it works to cut turnaround times for tests a senior U.S. health official said on Thursday | Negative | The United States is preparing to issue guidance on reducing testing for COVID19 as it works to cut turnaround times for tests a senior U.S. health official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing/u-s-prepares-push-to-reduce-unnecessary-covid-19-testing-official-idUSKCN24H37M | 2020-07-17 |
| Oklahomas governor said he was diagnosed with COVID19 on Wednesday becoming one of the highest elected U.S. politicians to test positive for the disease as new coronavirus infections in his state and neighboring Texas surged by record numbers for a second straight day | Negative | Oklahomas governor said he was diagnosed with COVID19 on Wednesday becoming one of the highest elected U.S. politicians to test positive for the disease as new coronavirus infections in his state and neighboring Texas surged by record numbers for a second straight day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/oklahoma-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-as-u-s-cases-surge-idUSKCN24G2OC | 2020-07-16 |
| SAO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday again extolled the supposed virtues of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID19 as he said that he again tested positive for the coronavirus a week after he first announced he had become infected | Negative | SAO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday again extolled the supposed virtues of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID19 as he said that he again tested positive for the coronavirus a week after he first announced he had become infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-infected-with-covid-19-touts-unproven-drug-idUSKCN24G2XR | 2020-07-16 |
| BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro told reporters on Wednesday in Brasilia that he has tested positive for coronavirus again a week after he announced he had become ill with COVID19 and said he would get tested once more in a few days | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro told reporters on Wednesday in Brasilia that he has tested positive for coronavirus again a week after he announced he had become ill with COVID19 and said he would get tested once more in a few days | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazil-president-bolsonaro-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-again-idUSKCN24G32T | 2020-07-16 |
| SAO PAULO Brazilian meat companies are poised to increase production and exports this year as sales to China continue to exceed expectations and the COVID19 pandemic has failed to deter local food processors according to ABPA a lobby group representing pork and chicken suppliers | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazilian meat companies are poised to increase production and exports this year as sales to China continue to exceed expectations and the COVID19 pandemic has failed to deter local food processors according to ABPA a lobby group representing pork and chicken suppliers | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meat/driven-by-china-brazils-2020-pork-chicken-exports-to-grow-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN24G20N | 2020-07-16 |
| Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | Negative | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| Argentina has suspended exports to China from six meat packing plants after COVID19 cases were found among their employees | Negative | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| Canada is on the cusp of zero deaths from COVID19 for the first time since March but officials see worrying signs of a new spike as provinces lift restrictions | Negative | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| Novartiss Sandoz division will not make a profit on 15 generic drugs it is making available to developing countries to treat symptoms of COVID19 the Swiss drugmaker said | Negative | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| China has approved an earlystage trial in humans of German firm BioNTechs experimental COVID19 vaccine its local partner Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical said | Positive | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| The U.S. government will buy Becton Dickinson and Cos COVID19 testing devices and kits the company said | Positive | Oklahomas Kevin Stitt became the first U.S. governor to test positive for COVID19 while the countrys leading expert on infectious diseases said he was confident the United States would meet its goal of a vaccine by the year end | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24H0RM | 2020-07-16 |
| It is licensed to exclusively develop and commercialize COVID19 vaccine products developed by using BioNTechs mRNA technology in mainland China Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan | Positive | BEIJING China has approved an earlystage trial in humans of German firm BioNTechs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-china/china-gives-the-go-ahead-for-human-trials-of-biontechs-covid-vaccine-candidate-idUSKCN24H04O | 2020-07-16 |
| The company confirmed its 20192023 average annual growth rate objective of more than would be affected slightly by the temporary slowdown in tender activity due to COVID19 | Negative | The closing of the acquisition remains on track for the first half of 2021 Alstom said adding that by July 16 Alstoms operations were close to a normalized level | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-alstom-results/frances-alstom-reports-27-slump-in-first-quarter-sales-idUSKCN24H0PR | 2020-07-16 |
| The CDC also recommends that anyone who has come in contact with a person who has COVID19 should stay home for 14 days | Neutral | Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and other Tesla employees are not at risk of having contracted the novel coronavirus after a July 3 meeting with Oklahomas governor who said on Wednesday he had tested positive for the virus a spokesman for the governor said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-oklahoma-tesla/no-coronavirus-risk-to-teslas-elon-musk-after-meeting-with-oklahoma-governor-spokesman-idUSKCN24G2QP | 2020-07-16 |
| LONDON More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID19 vaccines the GAVI vaccines alliance said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID19 vaccines the GAVI vaccines alliance said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/vaccine-alliance-says-75-countries-keen-to-join-covax-access-facility-idUSKCN24G24R | 2020-07-16 |
| COVAX is the only truly global solution to the COVID19 Seth Berkley GAVIs chief executive said in a statement | Positive | LONDON More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID19 vaccines the GAVI vaccines alliance said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/vaccine-alliance-says-75-countries-keen-to-join-covax-access-facility-idUSKCN24G24R | 2020-07-16 |
| AstraZeneca which is developing a potential COVID19 shot known as AZD1222 has agreed to supply 300 million doses to COVAX if the vaccine proves effective and is licensed | Positive | LONDON More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID19 vaccines the GAVI vaccines alliance said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/vaccine-alliance-says-75-countries-keen-to-join-covax-access-facility-idUSKCN24G24R | 2020-07-16 |
| A newly revised University of Washington model projects the U.S. death toll from COVID19 will climb to just above 224000 by Nov | Negative | A newly revised University of Washington model projects the U.S. death toll from COVID19 will climb to just above 224000 by Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-forecast/over-224000-covid-19-deaths-forecast-in-u-s-by-november-1-says-university-of-washingtons-ihme-idUSKCN24G1S9 | 2020-07-16 |
| At least 136052 Americans have died from COVID19 the illness caused by the novel coronavirus while reported U.S. infections have surpassed 3 | Negative | A newly revised University of Washington model projects the U.S. death toll from COVID19 will climb to just above 224000 by Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-forecast/over-224000-covid-19-deaths-forecast-in-u-s-by-november-1-says-university-of-washingtons-ihme-idUSKCN24G1S9 | 2020-07-16 |
| Trump who has been reluctant to embrace mandatory face masks ordered by many U.S. governors to control the spread of COVID19 also told CBS Americans should wear them if necessary | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted Californias two largest school districts for making students learn from home for the upcoming term in the face of the resurgent coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-calls-covid-school-closures-a-terrible-decision-as-cases-and-deaths-rise-idUSKCN24F1Y9 | 2020-07-15 |
| Florida which has become an epicenter of the new outbreak reported 133 new COVID19 fatalities on Tuesday raising its death toll to more than 4500 | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted Californias two largest school districts for making students learn from home for the upcoming term in the face of the resurgent coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-calls-covid-school-closures-a-terrible-decision-as-cases-and-deaths-rise-idUSKCN24F1Y9 | 2020-07-15 |
| OTTAWA Canada on Tuesday said it would make it easier for foreign students to study online from abroad and to qualify for a work permit after graduation amid strict border closures to curb the spread of COVID19 | Positive | OTTAWA Canada on Tuesday said it would make it easier for foreign students to study online from abroad and to qualify for a work permit after graduation amid strict border closures to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-canada-immigration-students/canada-tweaks-rules-to-help-foreign-students-enroll-amid-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKCN24F2SE | 2020-07-15 |
| Afghanistan faces as growing COVID19 cases stretch a health infrastructure already severely weakened by decades of war the Afghan Red Crescent Society said | Negative | Alabama Florida and North Carolina in the United States reported record daily increases in deaths from COVID19 on Tuesday while the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy would recover more slowly than expected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24G0FF | 2020-07-15 |
| Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus said it had started human studies for its potential COVID19 vaccine as infections continue to surge in the worlds third worsthit nation | Negative | Alabama Florida and North Carolina in the United States reported record daily increases in deaths from COVID19 on Tuesday while the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy would recover more slowly than expected | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKCN24G0FF | 2020-07-15 |
| Moritz and Davos told restaurants on Tuesday not to rely on plastic visors to protect their employees from COVID19 infections saying they create a false sense of | Negative | ZURICH The top doctor in the Swiss mountain region that includes St | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-visor/swiss-doctor-pans-plastic-visors-after-covid-19-hits-restaurant-workers-idUSKCN24F239 | 2020-07-15 |
| TOKYO A U.S. business body has asked Japan to eliminate double reentry rules and treat all residents returning to the country equally during the COVID19 pandemic regardless of their nationality | Negative | TOKYO A U.S. business body has asked Japan to eliminate double reentry rules and treat all residents returning to the country equally during the COVID19 pandemic regardless of their nationality | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-reentry/u-s-business-body-urges-japan-to-end-double-standard-re-entry-rules-idUSKCN24F1IZ | 2020-07-15 |
| NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell cannot be trusted to be freed on bail while facing charges she helped advance Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse and deserves no special because she might contract COVID19 in jail U.S. prosecutors said on Monday | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell cannot be trusted to be freed on bail while facing charges she helped advance Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse and deserves no special because she might contract COVID19 in jail U.S. prosecutors said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-calls-ghislaine-maxwells-bail-request-nothing-urges-no-special-treatment-idUSKCN24E2ES | 2020-07-15 |
| Prosecutors also said Maxwell did not deserve favored treatment over detainees at the Brooklyn jail who unlike her have medical conditions making COVID19 a greater risk | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell cannot be trusted to be freed on bail while facing charges she helped advance Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse and deserves no special because she might contract COVID19 in jail U.S. prosecutors said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/u-s-calls-ghislaine-maxwells-bail-request-nothing-urges-no-special-treatment-idUSKCN24E2ES | 2020-07-15 |
| NDAX home to the worlds largest tech stocks has been setting record highs even as COVID19 has been spreading fast in the United States | Positive | LONDON Global fund managers said the euro was cheap and they were seeking more exposure to it and European equities on the back of a massive fiscal stimulus plan a Bank of America survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-markets-survey-bofa/investors-seek-more-euro-exposure-expect-a-choppy-summer-bofa-idUSKCN24F155 | 2020-07-15 |
| NEW Indias auto sales volume will not return to the peak levels seen in 2018 for another threetofour years an industry body executive said on Tuesday as the COVID19 pandemic has aggravated disruption in a sector already hit by weak demand | Negative | NEW Indias auto sales volume will not return to the peak levels seen in 2018 for another threetofour years an industry body executive said on Tuesday as the COVID19 pandemic has aggravated disruption in a sector already hit by weak demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-india-auto-sales/indias-auto-sales-to-take-3-4-years-to-return-to-peak-levels-idUSKCN24F0Q1 | 2020-07-15 |
| Now Mario Palazzetti has invented a device he hopes will curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MILAN Fifty years ago he designed a braking system that helped reduce fatal car crashes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-gadget/former-fiat-engineer-aims-to-put-the-brakes-on-covid-idUSKCN24F125 | 2020-07-15 |
| From Detroit to Geneva motor shows have been forced to cancel due to the COVID19 pandemic throwing the future of the industrys traditional way of marketing new models into doubt | Negative | BANGKOK Thailands capital on Tuesday prepared to host its twicepostponed annual auto show with organizers saying it would showcase the countrys success in containing the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autoshow-bangkok/thailand-gears-up-for-motor-show-as-pandemic-restrictions-ease-idUSKCN24F0YH | 2020-07-15 |
| Thailand has had no locally transmitted cases of COVID19 for about seven weeks and has been easing restrictions imposed to tackle the outbreak seeking to get its economy moving again | Negative | BANGKOK Thailands capital on Tuesday prepared to host its twicepostponed annual auto show with organizers saying it would showcase the countrys success in containing the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autoshow-bangkok/thailand-gears-up-for-motor-show-as-pandemic-restrictions-ease-idUSKCN24F0YH | 2020-07-15 |
| Data from many states shows that Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to get COVID19 and to die from it than their white counterparts | Negative | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| Moderna to start latestage trial of COVID19 vaccine in July | Positive | JPMorgan tops Q2 estimates Wells Fargo swings to loss | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-street-surges-led-by-energy-and-materials-idUSL2N2EL25A | 2020-07-15 |
| after it said it plans to start a latestage clinical trial for its COVID19 vaccine candidate on or around July 27 | Positive | JPMorgan tops Q2 estimates Wells Fargo swings to loss | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-street-surges-led-by-energy-and-materials-idUSL2N2EL25A | 2020-07-15 |
| That raises big problems for developers of potential COVID19 vaccines experts say and for public health authorities seeking to deploy them to protect populations from future waves of the pandemic | Neutral | LONDON Emerging evidence that the bodys immune defence against COVID19 may be shortlived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able to protect people in future waves of infection scientists said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-vaccine/swiftly-waning-covid-19-immunity-poses-vaccination-challenge-idUSKCN24F261 | 2020-07-15 |
| To be truly effective COVID19 vaccines will either need to generate stronger and longer lasting protection | Positive | LONDON Emerging evidence that the bodys immune defence against COVID19 may be shortlived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able to protect people in future waves of infection scientists said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-vaccine/swiftly-waning-covid-19-immunity-poses-vaccination-challenge-idUSKCN24F261 | 2020-07-15 |
| More than 100 research teams and companies around the world are seeking to develop vaccines against COVID19 and at least 17 are already in human trials to test efficacy | Positive | LONDON Emerging evidence that the bodys immune defence against COVID19 may be shortlived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able to protect people in future waves of infection scientists said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-vaccine/swiftly-waning-covid-19-immunity-poses-vaccination-challenge-idUSKCN24F261 | 2020-07-15 |
| He and other vaccine and immunology experts also said it does not necessarily follow that waning immunity in natural cases of COVID19 infection would be the same with vaccineinduced immune | Negative | LONDON Emerging evidence that the bodys immune defence against COVID19 may be shortlived makes it even harder for vaccine developers to come up with shots fully able to protect people in future waves of infection scientists said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-vaccine/swiftly-waning-covid-19-immunity-poses-vaccination-challenge-idUSKCN24F261 | 2020-07-15 |
| Etienne said her organization is negotiating with the Global Access Fund for COVID19 Vaccines known as COVAX to achieve the best possible conditions for the countries of the region | Positive | MEXICO CITY The World Health Organization is working to ensure vulnerable Latin American nations receive a vaccine at an price once it is available WHOs regional director for the Americas Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-latam/who-seeks-to-help-poor-latam-nations-get-subsidized-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24F26G | 2020-07-15 |
| BENGALURU Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus said on Wednesday it has started human studies for its potential COVID19 vaccine as coronavirus infections continue to surge in the worlds third worsthit nation | Positive | BENGALURU Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus said on Wednesday it has started human studies for its potential COVID19 vaccine as coronavirus infections continue to surge in the worlds third worsthit nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-vaccine/indias-zydus-begins-human-trials-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24G0CQ | 2020-07-15 |
| SYDNEY Australias most populous states will impose harsher restrictions on movement if a COVID19 outbreak is not quickly bought under control state premiers said on Wednesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous states will impose harsher restrictions on movement if a COVID19 outbreak is not quickly bought under control state premiers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-weighs-further-coronavirus-curbs-as-outbreak-grows-idUSKCN24G0EA | 2020-07-15 |
| Australia has been heralded as a global leader in containing COVID19 but in the last week it has seen a surge in new cases | Positive | SYDNEY Australias most populous states will impose harsher restrictions on movement if a COVID19 outbreak is not quickly bought under control state premiers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-weighs-further-coronavirus-curbs-as-outbreak-grows-idUSKCN24G0EA | 2020-07-15 |
| Ardern said the epidemic was now outside New Zealand and countries that had been models in the fight against COVID19 had now experienced further community outbreaks | Negative | SYDNEY New Zealand must prepare for new coronavirus outbreaks as the pandemic spreads globally but will not drop its elimination strategy if community transmission was discovered Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-must-prepare-for-new-coronavirus-outbreaks-pm-says-idUSKCN24G05A | 2020-07-15 |
| LONDON Deaths from HIV tuberculosis and malaria could surge in poor and middleincome countries as already weak health systems grapple with severe disruptions from the COVID19 pandemic according to a predictive study published on Monday | Negative | LONDON Deaths from HIV tuberculosis and malaria could surge in poor and middleincome countries as already weak health systems grapple with severe disruptions from the COVID19 pandemic according to a predictive study published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-diseases/study-predicts-surge-in-hiv-tb-and-malaria-deaths-amid-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN24E2YC | 2020-07-14 |
| LONDON For the first time in months the European Central Bank has reason to break from crisisfighting mode economic activity is picking up after the COVID19 hit markets are stable and agreement on an European recovery fund appears close | Positive | LONDON For the first time in months the European Central Bank has reason to break from crisisfighting mode economic activity is picking up after the COVID19 hit markets are stable and agreement on an European recovery fund appears close | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-markets-ecb-graphic/pause-reflect-five-questions-for-the-ecb-idUSKCN24E0H5 | 2020-07-14 |
| Kaye also raised broad concerns about government crackdowns that has worsened with the COVID19 pandemic in a trend he described as very and contributing to the spread of the disease | Negative | GENEVA The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression on Monday accused the White House of mounting an against the media and referred to a negative Trump on global press freedom | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-un-rights-media-trump/u-n-expert-accuses-white-house-of-onslaught-against-media-idUSKCN24E25N | 2020-07-14 |
| TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Japans annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-defence-whitepaper/japan-accuses-china-of-pushing-territorial-claims-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN24F040 | 2020-07-14 |
| ZURICH Lonza Group said on Monday that Chinas Junshi Biosciences has licensed the Swiss contract drug manufacturers technology to help produce a neutralizing antibody against COVID19 | Positive | ZURICH Lonza Group said on Monday that Chinas Junshi Biosciences has licensed the Swiss contract drug manufacturers technology to help produce a neutralizing antibody against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-lonza-junshi/lonza-licenses-technology-to-chinas-junshi-for-experimental-covid-19-drug-idUSKCN24E1OT | 2020-07-14 |
| There are no approved vaccines for COVID19 and the United States and other countries have poured billions into their development as they seek to secure a safe and effective vaccine | Negative | Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said on Monday two of their experimental coronavirus vaccines received track designation from the U.S. health agency speeding up the regulatory review process | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-pfizer/pfizer-biontechs-coronavirus-vaccine-candidates-get-fdas-fast-track-status-idUSKCN24E18Q | 2020-07-14 |
| Moderna Inc which is developing a potential vaccine using similar technology as won the same status for its COVID19 vaccine candidate in May | Positive | Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said on Monday two of their experimental coronavirus vaccines received track designation from the U.S. health agency speeding up the regulatory review process | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-pfizer/pfizer-biontechs-coronavirus-vaccine-candidates-get-fdas-fast-track-status-idUSKCN24E18Q | 2020-07-14 |
| Throughout this year the two have donated millions of units of personal protective equipment via their individual charity arms to hospitals worldwide to help fight the spread of COVID19 | Positive | SHANGHAI Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cofounder Jack Ma has cut his stake in the company over the past year to 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-alibaba-stocks-jack-ma/alibabas-jack-ma-sells-8-2-billion-worth-shares-stake-dips-to-4-8-filing-idUSKCN24E0K1 | 2020-07-14 |
| Drugmakers partnered with the U.S. government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID19 by the end of the summer a senior administration official said on Monday | Positive | Drugmakers partnered with the U.S. government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID19 by the end of the summer a senior administration official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-warp-speed/u-s-covid-19-vaccine-program-to-start-manufacturing-by-late-summer-says-u-s-official-idUSKCN24E2V9 | 2020-07-14 |
| SYDNEY Australian states on Tuesday tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID19 in the countrys southeast that has pushed the national tally of cases beyond 10000 | Negative | SYDNEY Australian states on Tuesday tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID19 in the countrys southeast that has pushed the national tally of cases beyond 10000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-tightens-restrictions-as-covid-19-cases-top-10000-idUSKCN24F0AD | 2020-07-14 |
| The countrys coronavirus crisis response centre said 130 people had died from COVID19 in the past 24 hours bringing the death toll to 11335 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday reported 6615 new coronavirus cases taking its nationwide tally of infections to 727162 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-reports-6615-new-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN24D06H | 2020-07-13 |
| Remdesivir has been at the forefront of the global battle against COVID19 after the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a U.S. clinical trial | Positive | More research was needed to determine if the improvement was attributable to the drug or other factors such as patients immunity and other therapies they said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-remdesi/one-in-three-south-korean-covid-19-patients-improve-with-remdesivir-idUSKCN24E0AO | 2020-07-13 |
| In June South Korea asked Gilead to supply enough of its drug to treat more than 5000 COVID19 patients in preparation for a possible second wave of infections | Negative | More research was needed to determine if the improvement was attributable to the drug or other factors such as patients immunity and other therapies they said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-remdesi/one-in-three-south-korean-covid-19-patients-improve-with-remdesivir-idUSKCN24E0AO | 2020-07-13 |
| Scientists meanwhile have begun trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine developed at the University of Queensland | Positive | SYDNEY Australias most populous state reported 14 new cases of COVID19 on Monday with a growing cluster at a pub used by freight drivers travelling the country adding to fears of a second wave of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-pub-cluster-adds-to-second-wave-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN24E073 | 2020-07-13 |
| MUMBAI Revered Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchans daughterinlaw and granddaughter have joined him and his son in testing positive for COVID19 the family said on Sunday in one of the highestprofile cases of the pandemic sweeping India | Negative | MUMBAI Revered Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchans daughterinlaw and granddaughter have joined him and his son in testing positive for COVID19 the family said on Sunday in one of the highestprofile cases of the pandemic sweeping India | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-bachchan/three-generations-of-bollywoods-bachchan-family-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKCN24D0AC | 2020-07-13 |
| Serbia a country of 7 million has so far reported 18073 confirmed cases of COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus and 382 deaths | Negative | BELGRADE Several thousand people gathered in front of the Serbian parliament building in Belgrade on Saturday for a fifth consecutive night of protests against government policies including measures to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-serbia-protests/thousands-join-anti-government-protest-in-serbian-capital-idUSKCN24C0TR | 2020-07-12 |
| Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia Brazil Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID19 vaccine its cofounder said on Saturday | Positive | Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia Brazil Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID19 vaccine its cofounder said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinas-cansino-in-talks-for-covid-19-vaccine-phase-iii-trial-overseas-idUSKCN24C0HS | 2020-07-12 |
| There are no approved vaccines yet for COVID19 a respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus which has killed more than half a million people globally | Negative | Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia Brazil Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID19 vaccine its cofounder said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinas-cansino-in-talks-for-covid-19-vaccine-phase-iii-trial-overseas-idUSKCN24C0HS | 2020-07-12 |
| While struggling to curb the spread of COVID19 Iranian authorities are concerned that tougher measures could wreck an economy already reeling under U.S. sanctions | Negative | Irans President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in coronavirus infections but insisted the countrys economy had to stay open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-rouhani/irans-president-calls-for-ban-on-weddings-wakes-to-halt-virus-spread-idUSKCN24C0F5 | 2020-07-12 |
| ZAGREB Croatia said on Saturday that wearing face masks will be obligatory in most closed public spaces from next week as the number of COVID19 cases keeps rising | Neutral | ZAGREB Croatia said on Saturday that wearing face masks will be obligatory in most closed public spaces from next week as the number of COVID19 cases keeps rising | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-croatia/croatia-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-indoor-spaces-idUSKCN24C0HG | 2020-07-12 |
| So far Croatia has registered 3672 cases of COVID19 and 118 deaths | Negative | ZAGREB Croatia said on Saturday that wearing face masks will be obligatory in most closed public spaces from next week as the number of COVID19 cases keeps rising | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-croatia/croatia-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-indoor-spaces-idUSKCN24C0HG | 2020-07-12 |
| She said her detention there put her at significant of contracting the coronavirus after 55 inmates and staff had tested positive for COVID19 through June 30 | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell the longtime associate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday forcefully denied charges she lured underage girls for him to sexually abuse and said she deserves bail citing the risk she might contract the coronavirus in jail | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-bail-citing-coronavirus-and-denies-jeffrey-epstein-charges-idUSKBN24B2KN | 2020-07-11 |
| California will release up to 8000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID19 inside facilities state authorities said on Friday | Negative | California will release up to 8000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID19 inside facilities state authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-prisons/california-to-release-8000-prisoners-to-slow-pandemic-idUSKBN24B34X | 2020-07-11 |
| The release marks the biggest move yet by California to prison populations and reduce the risk of COVID19 transmission by creating more space for social distancing and quarantines | Negative | California will release up to 8000 inmates early from state prisons to slow the spread of COVID19 inside facilities state authorities said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-prisons/california-to-release-8000-prisoners-to-slow-pandemic-idUSKBN24B34X | 2020-07-11 |
| SAO PAULO Meat lobby groups have asked the government of Brazils largest chicken producing and exporting state to reconsider local regulations aimed at increasing spacing between food plant workers during the COVID19 pandemic according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | Negative | SAO PAULO Meat lobby groups have asked the government of Brazils largest chicken producing and exporting state to reconsider local regulations aimed at increasing spacing between food plant workers during the COVID19 pandemic according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meat/brazil-meat-lobby-resists-rules-to-space-out-food-plant-workers-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN24B2SX | 2020-07-11 |
| MOSCOW The Russian government on Friday proposed international flights should resume from July 15 after it reopened sports facilities and restaurants despite recording thousands of new cases and as it continued trials of drugs to treat COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian government on Friday proposed international flights should resume from July 15 after it reopened sports facilities and restaurants despite recording thousands of new cases and as it continued trials of drugs to treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-sets-date-to-resume-international-flights-defends-anti-viral-drug-idUSKBN24B1W7 | 2020-07-11 |
| This included 12452 deaths of people suspected or confirmed to have COVID19 Rosstat data showed | Negative | MOSCOW Russia registered 172914 deaths in May up by 18375 or 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-data/russia-registers-18375-more-deaths-in-may-2020-than-previous-year-idUSKBN24B22U | 2020-07-11 |
| Whats unique about this online tour is that its not affected by COVID19 and that visitors can have the historical building all to said BOJ director Noriaki Kawamura | Positive | TOKYO Forced to cancel a popular onsite tour due to the coronavirus pandemic the Bank of Japan created a virtual one that takes viewers through the brick corridors domeroofed rooms and even an underground vault of its centuryold headquarters online | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-boj-tour/boj-offers-virtual-tour-as-headquarters-off-limits-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN24B0TS | 2020-07-11 |
| A U.S. federal judge blocked the first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years from being carried out on Monday after some of the victims relatives sued saying they feared that attending could expose them to COVID19 | Negative | A U.S. federal judge blocked the first execution of a federal prisoner in 17 years from being carried out on Monday after some of the victims relatives sued saying they feared that attending could expose them to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-ruling/u-s-judge-blocks-federal-execution-over-victims-family-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN24B30I | 2020-07-11 |
| Nkartas robust debut continues the recent trend of a rebound in U.S. investor demand for new listings after the COVID19 pandemic had slammed the brakes on market listings | Positive | Shares of Nkarta Inc NKTX.O more than tripled in value in their U.S. market debut giving the biotech firm a valuation of | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-nkarta-ipo/biotech-firm-nkartas-shares-more-than-treble-in-u-s-debut-idUSKBN24B2HJ | 2020-07-11 |
| Australia has avoided the high COVID19 casualty numbers of other countries after closing its borders and going into nationwide lockdown in March with some 9300 infections and 107 deaths | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second mostpopulous state reported one of its highest daily increases in coronavirus infections on Saturday and warned the numbers would get worse before they got better as its capital city began its first weekend of a sixweek lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-records-another-day-of-high-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN24C02R | 2020-07-11 |
| The U.S. government has allocated more than 11000 courses of Gilead Sciences Incs COVID19 treatment remdesivir to the four states now being hardest hit by the fastspreading outbreak in the United States | Negative | The U.S. government has allocated more than 11000 courses of Gilead Sciences Incs COVID19 treatment remdesivir to the four states now being hardest hit by the fastspreading outbreak in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-remdesivir/hhs-allocates-gileads-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-to-four-hardest-hit-states-idUSKBN24B2Z3 | 2020-07-11 |
| Trump said he would be visiting wounded soldiers as well as frontline workers seeking to contain the COVID19 pandemic when he visits the government medical facility in Bethesda Maryland | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump who has avoided being seen wearing a face covering in public said on Thursday he expects to wear a mask when he next visits U.S. troops at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-mask/trump-says-he-expects-to-wear-a-mask-when-he-visits-military-hospital-idUSKBN24B0C9 | 2020-07-10 |
| Keeping schools closed in the coming academic year is a greater risk to childrens health than reopening them even amid the COVID19 pandemic Robert Redfield director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday | Negative | Keeping schools closed in the coming academic year is a greater risk to childrens health than reopening them even amid the COVID19 pandemic Robert Redfield director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-schools/closing-schools-greater-public-health-risk-than-reopening-says-top-u-s-health-official-idUSKBN24A359 | 2020-07-10 |
| SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | Negative | SINGAPORE Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves queued to cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID19 pandemic that is pushing the citystates economy towards its worstever recession making saving jobs the focus of the election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-singapore-election/long-lines-as-singaporeans-in-masks-vote-during-pandemic-idUSKBN24A3A3 | 2020-07-10 |
| Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday as authorities struggle to contain a COVID19 outbreak in the countrys second most populous city | Negative | Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday as authorities struggle to contain a COVID19 outbreak in the countrys second most populous city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-limits-number-of-citizens-returning-as-virus-surges-idUSKBN24B00F | 2020-07-10 |
| Bolsonaro appeared alone on his weekly live broadcast on Facebook since he has tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for suspending accounts of his supporters but not of his leftist opponents in what he called unwarranted adding that no hate postings were to be found on his account | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-facebook-disinformation-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-calls-facebook-action-suspending-aides-accounts-persecution-idUSKBN24A3FP | 2020-07-10 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The famous beaches in Brazils tourist hot spot of Rio de Janeiro will only reopen officially for sun bathers and swimmers once there is a vaccine for COVID19 Mayor Marcelo Crivella said on Thursday | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The famous beaches in Brazils tourist hot spot of Rio de Janeiro will only reopen officially for sun bathers and swimmers once there is a vaccine for COVID19 Mayor Marcelo Crivella said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-beaches/rio-de-janeiro-will-reopen-beaches-when-there-is-a-covid-19-vaccine-mayor-idUSKBN24A365 | 2020-07-10 |
| The government will also allow all state and private laboratories to conduct COVID19 tests to help cope with a growing number of patients the statement said | Positive | ALGIERS Algeria will reimpose travel restrictions on Friday and increase testing in a bid to stop a rise in novel coronavirus infections the government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-algeriaham/algeria-tightening-travel-restrictions-to-limit-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN24A3DA | 2020-07-10 |
| The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID19 pandemic and the response by governments | Negative | The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID19 pandemic and the response by governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-promises-honest-evaluation-of-how-world-handled-covid-19-idUSKBN24A1O9 | 2020-07-10 |
| ZURICH Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization panel scrutinising the global response to the COVID19 pandemic just as international institutions are under fire | Negative | ZURICH Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization panel scrutinising the global response to the COVID19 pandemic just as international institutions are under fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-panel/veteran-female-leaders-to-head-who-covid-19-review-amid-anti-globalism-barbs-idUSKBN24A2U3 | 2020-07-10 |
| BRUSSELS Global powers should cooperate better on monetary and fiscal policy to tackle the COVID19 economic crisis European Union finance ministers and central bankers will tell their G20 counterparts at a meeting next week | Positive | BRUSSELS Global powers should cooperate better on monetary and fiscal policy to tackle the COVID19 economic crisis European Union finance ministers and central bankers will tell their G20 counterparts at a meeting next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-g20/eu-urges-more-g20-cooperation-on-monetary-fiscal-policy-against-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN24A245 | 2020-07-10 |
| As the U.S. Brazil and other countries continue to get hammered by COVID19 demand is at said Louise Dickson oil markets analyst at Rystad Energy | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell about a barrel on Thursday as investors worried that renewed lockdowns to contain the spread of coronavirus in the United States would again sink fuel consumption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-1-bbl-as-resurgent-pandemic-prompts-worries-about-u-s-demand-idUSKBN24A02T | 2020-07-10 |
| New cases in Africa were up over the past week with data from governments and the World Health Organization showing it had 512499 confirmed COVID19 cases with 11930 deaths | Negative | NAIROBI African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks a regional disease control body said on Thursday as cases topped half a million in the continent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africa-urged-to-test-more-as-coronavirus-cases-exceed-500000-idUSKBN24A156 | 2020-07-10 |
| BEIJING China will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics underscoring the countrys wariness about imported COVID19 infections amid the global pandemic | Negative | BEIJING China will not hold any international sporting events this year aside from trials for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics underscoring the countrys wariness about imported COVID19 infections amid the global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-sports/olympics-trials-to-be-chinas-only-international-sport-event-this-year-idUSKBN24B0HW | 2020-07-10 |
| But he said some graduates were worried they werent covered as many had returned to Hong Kong and were on bridging visas unable to return to Australia because of COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to a new security law imposed there and announced measures to attract businesses from the Asian financial hub provoking an angry response from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-australia/angering-china-australia-suspends-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-extends-visas-idUSKBN24A0E8 | 2020-07-10 |
| A wave of oil and gas bankruptcies in North America is likely to continue this year as oil prices remain depressed and a new surge of COVID19 cases threaten to stall any recovery in fuel demand law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released this week | Negative | A wave of oil and gas bankruptcies in North America is likely to continue this year as oil prices remain depressed and a new surge of COVID19 cases threaten to stall any recovery in fuel demand law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-north-america-oil-bankruptcy/wave-of-north-american-oil-and-gas-bankruptcies-to-continue-at-40-bbl-crude-report-idUSKBN24A2U1 | 2020-07-10 |
| This hearing will provide an opportunity for both Congress and the American people to hear directly from some of the manufacturers currently developing potential COVID19 the committee said | Positive | Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-to-testify-before-u-s-house-committee-idUSKBN24A2IW | 2020-07-10 |
| Oil slips on fears rising COVID19 cases to clip demand | Negative | Global markets tumble but Nasdaq on track for record close | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-succumb-to-shutdown-fears-but-china-charges-on-idUSL1N2EG1QX | 2020-07-10 |
| The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air | Negative | The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/new-who-guidance-calls-for-more-evidence-on-airborne-transmission-idUSKBN24A2E5 | 2020-07-10 |
| But the WHO said more research is urgently needed to investigate such instances and assess their significance for transmission of COVID19 | Negative | The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/new-who-guidance-calls-for-more-evidence-on-airborne-transmission-idUSKBN24A2E5 | 2020-07-10 |
| NEW YORK Insurers have largely stopped covering independent film and television productions against the risk of COVID19 illness a shift that threatens the supply of new entertainment in 2021 Hollywood producers insurers and industry experts said | Negative | NEW YORK Insurers have largely stopped covering independent film and television productions against the risk of COVID19 illness a shift that threatens the supply of new entertainment in 2021 Hollywood producers insurers and industry experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-hollywoo/lack-of-insurance-threatens-supply-of-hollywood-films-tv-shows-in-2021-idUSKBN24A3A7 | 2020-07-10 |
| Now as filmmakers try to get back to work they are finding insurers have largely stopped providing the COVID19 coverage they need to secure financing | Positive | NEW YORK Insurers have largely stopped covering independent film and television productions against the risk of COVID19 illness a shift that threatens the supply of new entertainment in 2021 Hollywood producers insurers and industry experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-hollywoo/lack-of-insurance-threatens-supply-of-hollywood-films-tv-shows-in-2021-idUSKBN24A3A7 | 2020-07-10 |
| Some insurers are even adding exclusions for COVID19 or communicable diseases to existing policies when cast members get medical exams insurance lawyer Kirk Pasich told Reuters | Negative | NEW YORK Insurers have largely stopped covering independent film and television productions against the risk of COVID19 illness a shift that threatens the supply of new entertainment in 2021 Hollywood producers insurers and industry experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-hollywoo/lack-of-insurance-threatens-supply-of-hollywood-films-tv-shows-in-2021-idUSKBN24A3A7 | 2020-07-10 |
| NEW YORK New Jersey adopted a stringent coronavirus facemask order on Wednesday and New York City unveiled a plan to allow public school students back into classrooms for just two or three days a week as newly confirmed U.S. COVID19 cases soared to a daily global record | Negative | NEW YORK New Jersey adopted a stringent coronavirus facemask order on Wednesday and New York City unveiled a plan to allow public school students back into classrooms for just two or three days a week as newly confirmed U.S. COVID19 cases soared to a daily global record | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/worsening-u-s-outbreak-prompts-tough-actions-as-new-coronavirus-cases-hit-record-idUSKBN2492HG | 2020-07-09 |
| Tulsa has confirmed hundreds of new cases of COVID19 over the past two days said Dr | Neutral | A controversial campaign rally held by President Donald Trump in Tulsa Oklahoma last month likely contributed to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases there a top local health official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tulsa/trumps-campaign-rally-in-tulsa-may-have-contributed-to-covid-19-spike-health-official-idUSKBN24A00D | 2020-07-09 |
| RIO DE Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirusravaged country beat COVID19 | Positive | RIO DE Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirusravaged country beat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/special-report-bolsonaro-bets-miraculous-cure-for-covid-19-can-save-brazil-and-his-life-idUSKBN249396 | 2020-07-09 |
| His newlook Health Ministry now led by soldiers and Bolsonaro loyalists has eagerly promoted the antimalarials as the best hope against COVID19 | Positive | RIO DE Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has gone all in on hydroxychloroquine to help his coronavirusravaged country beat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/special-report-bolsonaro-bets-miraculous-cure-for-covid-19-can-save-brazil-and-his-life-idUSKBN249396 | 2020-07-09 |
| 2 for poultry may scrap local rules aimed at protecting food plant workers during the COVID19 pandemic the states labor prosecutors said on Wednesday a move that would affect an estimated 480000 meatpackers and related workers | Negative | SAO PAULO Santa Catarina Brazils largest porkproducing state and No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/brazils-largest-pork-state-santa-catarina-may-end-pandemic-worker-safety-law-idUSKBN2492WY | 2020-07-09 |
| Other provisions include supplying personal protective equipment and immediately notifying suspected or confirmed cases of COVID19 to the local health authorities | Negative | SAO PAULO Santa Catarina Brazils largest porkproducing state and No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/brazils-largest-pork-state-santa-catarina-may-end-pandemic-worker-safety-law-idUSKBN2492WY | 2020-07-09 |
| In May a JBS chicken plant in Santa Catarina with about 1500 employees was temporarily closed after an outbreak of COVID19 | Negative | SAO PAULO Santa Catarina Brazils largest porkproducing state and No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/brazils-largest-pork-state-santa-catarina-may-end-pandemic-worker-safety-law-idUSKBN2492WY | 2020-07-09 |
| There is little scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of the antimalarial to treat COVID19 but Bolsonaro like U.S. counterpart Donald Trump has trumpeted it as a potential cure | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he was doing very after contracting the coronavirus and credited an unproven drug for his mild symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-sick-with-coronavirus-says-he-is-doing-very-well-idUSKBN2492G7 | 2020-07-09 |
| 6 million people in Brazil and over 66000 have died from the COVID19 respiratory disease caused by the virus | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian broadcasters have pulled journalists off the job after they were exposed to President Jair Bolsonaro in an interview where he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus quarantining them until they test negative for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-journalists/brazil-tv-journalists-quarantined-after-interviewing-infected-bolsonaro-idUSKBN24931E | 2020-07-09 |
| Bolsonaro on Wednesday said on Twitter he was doing very crediting his use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine unproven for treating COVID19 for his mild symptoms | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian broadcasters have pulled journalists off the job after they were exposed to President Jair Bolsonaro in an interview where he announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus quarantining them until they test negative for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-journalists/brazil-tv-journalists-quarantined-after-interviewing-infected-bolsonaro-idUSKBN24931E | 2020-07-09 |
| Many environmentalists blame the emergence of zoonotic diseases like COVID19 at least partly on the destruction of forests which has facilitated the transition of viruses from animals to humans | Negative | A lack of help from rich nations would lead to a higher risk of pandemics inequality and climate change they warned | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-nature-climatechange-trfn/investing-in-nature-rich-countries-is-an-insurance-policy-for-all-idUSKBN2492WQ | 2020-07-09 |
| Thats why at the international stage we need to continue to work together to address all the economic and human impacts of COVID19 and advance solutions for a sustainable recovery | Positive | GENEVA World leaders spoke at a conference on Wednesday organised by the International Labour Organization on COVID19 and the world of work | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ilo-highlights/ilo-summit-on-covid-19-and-the-world-of-work-idUSKBN2492TY | 2020-07-09 |
| MOSCOW Russia has approved a new antiviral drug Coronavir to treat COVID19 patients its developer RPharm said on Wednesday as Russias tally of infections hit 700000 | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has approved a new antiviral drug Coronavir to treat COVID19 patients its developer RPharm said on Wednesday as Russias tally of infections hit 700000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-drug/russian-firm-gets-approval-for-drug-said-to-block-coronavirus-replication-idUSKBN2492RF | 2020-07-09 |
| 5 earmarked for culture spending this year to its reserve fund as it tackles COVID19 | Positive | MOSCOW About 140 cinemas in Russia will miss out on scheduled modernisations after the government moved nearly 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-economy-culture/cinemas-miss-out-on-upgrades-as-russia-diverts-funds-in-covid-19-battle-idUSKBN2492L7 | 2020-07-09 |
| Some communities are battling COVID19 and waterborne diseases at the same time he said even as water is wasted in inefficient irrigation projects or grabbed by the wellconnected | Negative | LONDON Reuters As lower oil prices and a coronavirusdriven downturn batter Iraqs economy availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions security experts warned on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-water-climatechange-trfn/shrinking-water-supplies-threaten-to-put-fragile-iraq-on-the-edge-idUSKBN2492R4 | 2020-07-09 |
| Facing that fiscal the economy is also grappling with a surge of COVID19 cases to record levels | Positive | Federal Reserve officials raised fresh doubts on Wednesday about the durability of the U.S. recovery while new business surveys highlighted developing risks from the relentless coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-recovery/fed-officials-suggest-u-s-recovery-may-be-stalling-idUSKBN2492TE | 2020-07-09 |
| Even before we think of COVID19 virus divergence indicators there are enough money and related financial indicators consistent with a below he said | Neutral | YORK Asian equity markets ground higher as investors tried to look past gathering SinoU.S. tension and renewed coronavirus lockdowns to upcoming company earnings hoping that global stimulus efforts will yield upbeat outlooks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-grind-higher-as-focus-turns-to-earnings-idUSKBN2493DO | 2020-07-09 |
| BEIJING Orders for infrastructure materials and equipment have helped industrial output recover faster in China than most places emerging from COVID19 lockdowns but further expansion will be hard to attain without stronger broadbased demand and exports | Positive | BEIJING Orders for infrastructure materials and equipment have helped industrial output recover faster in China than most places emerging from COVID19 lockdowns but further expansion will be hard to attain without stronger broadbased demand and exports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-economy-industrial-production/chinese-factories-to-face-headwinds-in-next-phase-of-post-lockdown-recovery-idUSKBN2490NG | 2020-07-09 |
| The industrial recovery is expected to help Chinas economy post a positive growth rate in the second quarter after contracting for the first time in decades due to COVID19 | Positive | BEIJING Orders for infrastructure materials and equipment have helped industrial output recover faster in China than most places emerging from COVID19 lockdowns but further expansion will be hard to attain without stronger broadbased demand and exports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-economy-industrial-production/chinese-factories-to-face-headwinds-in-next-phase-of-post-lockdown-recovery-idUSKBN2490NG | 2020-07-09 |
| SAP said it will continue to invest in innovation to emerge from the COVID19 crisis even stronger | Positive | FRANKFURT SAP said on Wednesday its business activity gradually improved in the second quarter from the effects of a global lockdown with revenues and operating profit edging up and the German software maker confirmed its fullyear outlook | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-sap-results/sap-says-business-recovered-more-than-expected-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN249388 | 2020-07-09 |
| U.S. drugmaker Johnson Johnson aims to begin clinical testing of its COVID19 vaccine in the coming weeks and produce billions of doses in 2021 chief executive officer Alex Gorsky said on Wednesday but cautioned that it will take more than one vaccine to rein in the virus | Positive | U.S. drugmaker Johnson Johnson aims to begin clinical testing of its COVID19 vaccine in the coming weeks and produce billions of doses in 2021 chief executive officer Alex Gorsky said on Wednesday but cautioned that it will take more than one vaccine to rein in the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-johnson-and-johnso/potential-covid-19-vaccine-not-single-solution-to-pandemic-johnson-johnson-ceo-says-idUSKBN24933O | 2020-07-09 |
| One of the patriarchs of jazz Libyas rebel prime minister and the Chinese doctor reprimanded for issuing an early warning about the novel coronavirus they are among the more than half a million people who have died from COVID19 | Negative | One of the patriarchs of jazz Libyas rebel prime minister and the Chinese doctor reprimanded for issuing an early warning about the novel coronavirus they are among the more than half a million people who have died from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN2491G5 | 2020-07-09 |
| New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing 57 on May 22 said he had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | One of the patriarchs of jazz Libyas rebel prime minister and the Chinese doctor reprimanded for issuing an early warning about the novel coronavirus they are among the more than half a million people who have died from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN2491G5 | 2020-07-09 |
| American singer Pink 40 said on April 5 that she had tested positive for COVID19 two weeks prior and had since recovered | Positive | One of the patriarchs of jazz Libyas rebel prime minister and the Chinese doctor reprimanded for issuing an early warning about the novel coronavirus they are among the more than half a million people who have died from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-prominent-fa/prominent-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19-idUSKBN2491G5 | 2020-07-09 |
| More than four dozen hospitals in Florida reported that their intensive care units have reached full capacity on Tuesday as COVID19 cases surge in the state and throughout the country | Positive | More than four dozen hospitals in Florida reported that their intensive care units have reached full capacity on Tuesday as COVID19 cases surge in the state and throughout the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-florida/dozens-of-florida-hospitals-out-of-available-icu-beds-state-data-shows-idUSKBN2482IS | 2020-07-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly minimized the gravity of the coronavirus and resisted measures to mitigate its spread has tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly minimized the gravity of the coronavirus and resisted measures to mitigate its spread has tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-quotes-fact/factbox-brazils-bolsonaro-now-covid-19-positive-has-downplayed-risks-idUSKBN2482QK | 2020-07-08 |
| March 13 Bolsonaro says he tested negative for COVID19 | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday tested positive for COVID19 the latest victim of a disease that has wreaked havoc in Brazil the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-timeline/timeline-key-moments-in-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2482UL | 2020-07-08 |
| May 15 Bolsonaro loses his second health minister in less than a month after Nelson Teich resigns due to differences over the use of antimalarial drugs in treating COVID19 | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday tested positive for COVID19 the latest victim of a disease that has wreaked havoc in Brazil the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-timeline/timeline-key-moments-in-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2482UL | 2020-07-08 |
| Rights group Amnesty International said Kenyan police had killed at least 100 people in 2020 with 21 related to COVID19 lockdown infractions such as curfew or mask violations | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyan police on Tuesday fired teargas and arrested activists gathering for a march against perceived government injustice that has been given extra impetus this year by rights groups allegations of police brutality during the COVID19 lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-protests/kenyan-police-fire-teargas-arrest-marchers-protesting-at-brutality-idUSKBN2481DR | 2020-07-08 |
| The Commission said it had revised its forecasts because the lifting of COVID19 lockdown measures in euro zone countries was proceeding less swiftly than it had initially predicted | Negative | BRUSSELS The euro zone economy will drop deeper into recession this year and rebound less steeply in 2021 than previously thought the European Commission forecast on Tuesday with France Italy and Spain struggling the most due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy/eu-sees-deeper-recession-less-steep-rebound-for-euro-zone-idUSKBN2480ZG | 2020-07-08 |
| Still 16 U.S. states have reported record increases in new COVID19 cases in the first five days of July according to a Reuters tally | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil prices settled little changed on Tuesday as demand concerns due to a new surge in coronavirus cases overshadowed U.S. government forecasts for lower production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-economic-data-overshadows-coronavirus-worries-idUSKBN24804K | 2020-07-08 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Trumps official withdrawal as an act of true senselessness as WHO coordinates the global fight against COVID19 | Neutral | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| Deborah Birx said that the United States and other countries could have had a stronger initial response to COVID19 if China had been more forthcoming about key features of the virus | Negative | U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirs-birx/china-could-have-done-more-to-aid-worlds-covid-19-response-top-u-s-health-official-says-idUSKBN2482YF | 2020-07-08 |
| Birx said that public health officials had originally assumed that only 15 to of COVID19 patients are asymptomatic when in fact that number is at least | Negative | U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirs-birx/china-could-have-done-more-to-aid-worlds-covid-19-response-top-u-s-health-official-says-idUSKBN2482YF | 2020-07-08 |
| Besides the massive cash infusion for Novavax the U.S. government inked a million contract with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc to make and supply its antibody cocktail for COVID19 | Neutral | CHICAGO The U.S. government has awarded Novavax Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/u-s-government-awards-novavax-1-6-billion-for-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN248182 | 2020-07-08 |
| The worlds largest vaccinemaker GSK has put its vaccine booster technology to work in a potential new COVID19 shot to be developed with a Canadian biopharmaceutical company backed by tobacco company Philip Morris | Positive | The worlds largest vaccinemaker GSK has put its vaccine booster technology to work in a potential new COVID19 shot to be developed with a Canadian biopharmaceutical company backed by tobacco company Philip Morris | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gsk-medicago/gsk-to-develop-plant-based-covid-19-vaccine-with-canadas-medicago-idUSKBN2481PS | 2020-07-08 |
| MILAN An Italian court has backed a petition filed by Italys top flight soccer league Serie A in a legal row with its broadcast rights holder SKY over the nonpayment of an installment during the COVID19 pandemic two sources said on Wednesday | Positive | MILAN An Italian court has backed a petition filed by Italys top flight soccer league Serie A in a legal row with its broadcast rights holder SKY over the nonpayment of an installment during the COVID19 pandemic two sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-uk-italy-soccer-serie-a-sky/italy-court-backs-serie-a-in-broadcast-rights-row-with-sky-sources-idUSKBN2482AO | 2020-07-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. hiring surged to a record high in May and layoffs fell as businesses reopened but the improvement in the labor market is likely to be blunted by a resurgence in COVID19 cases that has forced some enterprises to shut down again | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. hiring surged to a record high in May and layoffs fell as businesses reopened but the improvement in the labor market is likely to be blunted by a resurgence in COVID19 cases that has forced some enterprises to shut down again | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-economy-jobs/u-s-hiring-vaults-to-record-high-in-may-new-covid-19-cases-set-to-limit-gains-idUSKBN248246 | 2020-07-08 |
| UBIs institutional investors are largely expected to back the deal unveiled in February just before COVID19 hit Italy | Positive | Intesa formally launched its 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ubi-banca-m-a-intesa-sanpaolo/ubi-crosses-swords-again-with-intesa-on-value-of-takeover-bid-idUSKBN2481BX | 2020-07-08 |
| 3 expected to nearly double due to COVID19 election experts see little reason to expect an increase in ballot fraud despite President Donald Trumps repeated claims | Negative | WASHINGTON With the number of Americans voting by mail on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-vote-by-mail-explainer/explainer-fraud-is-rare-in-u-s-mail-in-voting-here-are-the-methods-that-prevent-it-idUSKBN2482SA | 2020-07-08 |
| While mail balloting has its drawbacks it can help minimize the long lines faulty voting machines and COVID19induced staffing shortages that have plagued some elections this year | Negative | WASHINGTON With the number of Americans voting by mail on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-vote-by-mail-explainer/explainer-fraud-is-rare-in-u-s-mail-in-voting-here-are-the-methods-that-prevent-it-idUSKBN2482SA | 2020-07-08 |
| The U.S. government is creating shortterm testing sites for the novel coronavirus in three metropolitan areas in Florida Louisiana and Texas to meet demand from rising COVID19 cases and hospitalizations the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | Positive | The U.S. government is creating shortterm testing sites for the novel coronavirus in three metropolitan areas in Florida Louisiana and Texas to meet demand from rising COVID19 cases and hospitalizations the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/hhs-to-open-surge-covid-19-testing-in-florida-texas-louisiana-idUSKBN2482M9 | 2020-07-08 |
| Floridas greater Miami area became the latest U.S. coronavirus hot spot to roll back its reopening ordering restaurant dining closed on Monday as COVID19 cases surged nationwide by the tens of thousands and the U.S. death toll topped 130000 | Negative | Floridas greater Miami area became the latest U.S. coronavirus hot spot to roll back its reopening ordering restaurant dining closed on Monday as COVID19 cases surged nationwide by the tens of thousands and the U.S. death toll topped 130000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/miami-rolls-back-restaurant-dining-as-u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-130000-idUSKBN2471VX | 2020-07-07 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus and his lungs were after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID19 respiratory disease | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus and his lungs were after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID19 respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-says-lungs-clean-after-coronavirus-test-idUSKBN2472SU | 2020-07-07 |
| CNN Brasil reported that Bolsonaro has begun taking the drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin which he touts as a COVID19 treatment despite little proof of their effectiveness | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus and his lungs were after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID19 respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-says-lungs-clean-after-coronavirus-test-idUSKBN2472SU | 2020-07-07 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID19 respiratory disease that it causes | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he had undergone another test for the novel coronavirus after local media reported he had symptoms associated with the COVID19 respiratory disease that it causes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-tested-again-for-novel-coronavirus-idUSKBN2472YP | 2020-07-07 |
| Womens rights groups in Kenya have for months been warning about the impact COVID19 restrictions are having | Negative | Uhuru Kenyatta said he was concerned by increasing within the home noting that genderbased violence had increased mental health issues had worsened and instances of teenage pregnancy had escalated | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya-women-trfn/kenya-orders-probe-into-rise-in-violence-against-women-and-girls-during-pandemic-idUSKBN2472ER | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON More than a third of the worlds countries say they are at risk of running out of lifesaving AIDS drugs because of disruptions to supply lines and other problems caused by the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Monday | Negative | LONDON More than a third of the worlds countries say they are at risk of running out of lifesaving AIDS drugs because of disruptions to supply lines and other problems caused by the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-aids-drugs/life-saving-hiv-drugs-risk-running-out-as-covid-19-hits-supplies-who-idUSKBN24725U | 2020-07-07 |
| JERUSALEM Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said risks to the economy were rising due to a resurgence in COVID19 cases but the central bank opted to focus on calming financial markets and ensuring the low cost of credit instead of lowering interest rates | Negative | JERUSALEM Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said risks to the economy were rising due to a resurgence in COVID19 cases but the central bank opted to focus on calming financial markets and ensuring the low cost of credit instead of lowering interest rates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-cenbank-rates/israel-central-bank-expands-bond-market-intervention-holds-interest-rates-idUSKBN2471O0 | 2020-07-07 |
| BEIJING Chinas aviation regulator said on Monday it has suspended a USBangla Airlines route between Dhaka and Guangzhou for one week due to some passengers on a recent flight having tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING Chinas aviation regulator said on Monday it has suspended a USBangla Airlines route between Dhaka and Guangzhou for one week due to some passengers on a recent flight having tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-caac/china-suspends-us-banglas-dhaka-guangzhou-route-for-one-week-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN2471CQ | 2020-07-07 |
| Descalzi confirmed the groups strategy to become a leader in the decarbonization process despite the enduring impacts of the COVID19 pandemic on the global economy and the group | Negative | MILAN Italian energy group Eni said it would write off around 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-eni-impairments/eni-to-book-3-5-billion-euro-asset-writedown-after-cutting-price-outlook-idUSKBN2472PO | 2020-07-07 |
| NEW DELHI Indian airline Vistara is in talks with planemakers and leasing companies to delay taking delivery of some aircraft the carriers chief commercial officer said on Monday as COVID19 hits demand for air travel | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian airline Vistara is in talks with planemakers and leasing companies to delay taking delivery of some aircraft the carriers chief commercial officer said on Monday as COVID19 hits demand for air travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-vistara/vistara-in-talks-with-planemakers-lessors-to-delay-taking-delivery-of-some-aircraft-idUSKBN247292 | 2020-07-07 |
| The WHO says SARSCoV2 the virus that causes COVID19 spreads primarily through small droplets expelled from the nose and mouth of an infected person that quickly sink to the ground | Negative | The World Health Organization is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists in a letter to the health agency outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/who-reviewing-report-urging-new-guidance-over-airborne-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN24725J | 2020-07-07 |
| On Thursday a top U.S. health official said he was optimistic the Trump administrations vaccineacceleration program Operation Warp will generate a safe and effective vaccine for COVID19 by yearend | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to defeat the radical in an Independence Day speech at the White House that condemned recent protests against monuments to historical figures as attempts to destroy the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-julyfourth-trump/trump-repeats-vow-to-defeat-radical-left-in-july-fourth-speech-idUSKBN2450N2 | 2020-07-06 |
| We knew from the beginning that the cases we report here do not represent the total number of people with COVID19 in he told a regular news conference | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexico reported 523 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday pushing its tally to 30366 overtaking France to become the fifthhighest in the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-surpasses-france-in-coronavirus-death-toll-idUSKBN24600B | 2020-07-06 |
| On June 29 Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria said 9000 volunteers have already been registered to test the vaccine against COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | On June 29 Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria said 9000 volunteers have already been registered to test the vaccine against COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/brazil-health-regulator-anvisa-allows-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-trial-idUSKBN24502Z | 2020-07-06 |
| Brazil has registered nearly 62000 deaths from COVID19 with at least 11000 of those in the Amazon region which has only of the countrys population according to official data | Negative | LONDON Reuters By law builders of roads and dams and others who destroy forests in Brazils Amazon are required to replant an equivalent area of trees elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-indigenous-environment/brazils-indigenous-seed-collectors-in-demand-for-forest-restoration-idUSKBN2442NM | 2020-07-06 |
| To date there have been more than 160 confirmed cases of COVID19 among the Yanomami people and five deaths | Negative | BRASILIA A federal court ordered the Brazilian government on Friday to expel an estimated 20000 illegal gold miners from the Yanomami indigenous reservation to protect one of the most isolated major Amazon tribes from the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining/brazil-court-orders-eviction-of-illegal-gold-miners-from-yanomami-reservation-idUSKBN2442LG | 2020-07-06 |
| MADRID Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the consequences of the COVID19 crisis will eventually be paid back | Positive | MADRID Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the consequences of the COVID19 crisis will eventually be paid back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-debt/spanish-minister-says-all-eu-covid-19-debt-will-be-repaid-idUSKBN2441X7 | 2020-07-06 |
| European Union leaders are due to meet in Brussels on July 1718 to negotiate a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus package worth 750 billion euros partly financed by jointly issued debt | Positive | MADRID Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the consequences of the COVID19 crisis will eventually be paid back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-debt/spanish-minister-says-all-eu-covid-19-debt-will-be-repaid-idUSKBN2441X7 | 2020-07-06 |
| TOKYO Yuriko Koike was reelected Tokyo governor on Sunday according to an exit poll released by public broadcaster NHK after winning over voters with her handling of the COVID19 pandemic in the Japanese capital | Negative | TOKYO Yuriko Koike was reelected Tokyo governor on Sunday according to an exit poll released by public broadcaster NHK after winning over voters with her handling of the COVID19 pandemic in the Japanese capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-election-tokyo-vote/tokyo-governor-re-elected-after-plaudits-for-covid-19-response-exit-poll-idUSKBN24600T | 2020-07-06 |
| Last month a senior United Arab Emirates official said the countries could possibly cooperate in the fight against COVID19 and on technology | Positive | JERUSALEM Two Israeli defence contractors will partner with Abu Dhabibased technology company Group 42 to develop technologies to help fight the new coronavirus the companies said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-emirates/israeli-defence-contractors-partner-with-uae-tech-firm-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN244174 | 2020-07-06 |
| We were wearing gloves but still caught the said one worker who was in hospital after testing positive for COVID19 | Positive | NEW Workers at Bajaj Auto Indias biggest exporter of motorbikes are demanding the temporary closure of one of its plants after 250 employees there tested positive for coronavirus its unions said on Saturday as companies struggle to ramp up operations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-bajaj-auto/bajaj-auto-unions-demand-factory-halt-after-250-workers-catch-coronavirus-idUSKBN2450IK | 2020-07-06 |
| Financial markets have regained lost ground as a raft of positive economic readings lifted sentiment although a spike in COVID19 cases renewed worries about a swift economic recovery | Positive | Asian shares climb to fourmonth peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-precious/precious-gold-slips-as-risk-appetite-improves-virus-surge-caps-losses-idUSL4N2ED0IE | 2020-07-06 |
| More European firms may follow in COVID19 fallout analysts | Negative | story published on July 3 for additional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/olympic-entertainment-debt/rpt-insight-olympic-casinos-asset-grab-unnerves-european-junk-bond-investors-idUSL8N2EA346 | 2020-07-06 |
| LONDON Britain will invest nearly billion in cultural institutions and the arts to help a sector that has been crippled by the COVID19 pandemic and lockdown Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday | Positive | LONDON Britain will invest nearly billion in cultural institutions and the arts to help a sector that has been crippled by the COVID19 pandemic and lockdown Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-arts/britain-says-to-put-nearly-2-billion-into-arts-to-help-survival-idUSKBN2460VL | 2020-07-06 |
| The concerns about strains in the testing supply chain have emerged in the last two weeks as COVID19 cases have surged in Texas Florida Arizona and California | Negative | NEW YORK COVID19 testing supplies distributed by the federal government have failed quality checks and are arriving late Washington states top health official said in a letter to a senior administration official warning of problems as cases spike | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/federal-covid-test-supplies-late-unsterile-washington-state-says-idUSKBN24403B | 2020-07-03 |
| Hundreds of nurses formed a noisy picket line on Thursday across the street from Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside California entering the seventh day of a 10day strike to demand more personal protection equipment and better conditions in a county of the state hardest hit by COVID19 | Negative | Hundreds of nurses formed a noisy picket line on Thursday across the street from Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside California entering the seventh day of a 10day strike to demand more personal protection equipment and better conditions in a county of the state hardest hit by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/striking-california-nurses-picket-demand-equipment-better-conditions-to-fight-covid-idUSKBN2433BI | 2020-07-03 |
| We are sorry to announce that Herman Cain has tested positive for COVID19 and is currently receiving treatment in an Atlantaarea the statement said | Positive | WASHINGTON Herman Cain a 2012 Republican presidential candidate has been diagnosed with CVOID19 and admitted to an Atlantaarea hospital according to a statement on Thursday on his Twitter feed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cain/herman-cain-2012-republican-presidential-candidate-hospitalized-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2432Z2 | 2020-07-03 |
| Deputy Health Minister Hugo LopezGatell said authorities had begun examining records for causes of death linked to COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico posted a record daily tally of coronavirus infections on Thursday as 6741 cases carried the overall figure to 238511 according to the health ministry | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-posts-record-daily-coronavirus-tally-to-overtake-iran-idUSKBN24401F | 2020-07-03 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Less than of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Brazil were asymptomatic and the majority of those who tested positive for the COVID19 respiratory disease had mild symptoms a survey of almost 90000 people from all regions showed on Thursday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Less than of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Brazil were asymptomatic and the majority of those who tested positive for the COVID19 respiratory disease had mild symptoms a survey of almost 90000 people from all regions showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-survey/only-9-of-brazils-covid-19-cases-are-asymptomatic-study-shows-idUSKBN2433I7 | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy looks to have begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing the latest energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy looks to have begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing the latest energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-rates/brazil-central-bank-chief-sees-start-of-v-shaped-recovery-limited-room-for-rate-cuts-idUSKBN24334Q | 2020-07-03 |
| BRASILIA Brazils economy has begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing rebounds in energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils economy has begun a recovery from the worst of the COVID19 crisis central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Thursday citing rebounds in energy traffic and tax collection data as well as doubledigit credit growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-campos-neto/brazils-economy-has-started-v-shaped-recovery-central-bank-chief-idUSKBN24332A | 2020-07-03 |
| 30 to help enforce COVID19 restrictions as the country reported its biggest singleday jump in coronavirus cases | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed parliament of his decision to extend the deployment of 20000 soldiers a drop from 76000 until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-to-keep-20000-soldiers-on-covid-19-duty-until-september-idUSKBN2433CP | 2020-07-03 |
| Turkey has recorded more than 200000 COVID19 cases and 5150 deaths with new daily cases running around 1300 | Negative | DIYARBAKIR Turkey Bridetobe Merve Kacar adjusted her gown placed a crown on her head and added the finishing touch of a lacetrimmed white face mask as she prepared for her wedding in southeast Turkey after a threemonth delay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-reopening/turkeys-wedding-halls-reopen-with-lace-trimmed-masks-and-muted-celebrations-idUSKBN2432RY | 2020-07-03 |
| 5 million Americans were collecting unemployment checks in the middle of the month and a resurgence in COVID19 cases suggested the labor market could suffer a setback in July | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars reopened but 31 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-job-growth-roars-back-but-covid-19-resurgence-threatens-recovery-idUSKBN2430FF | 2020-07-03 |
| Leading airlines are requiring passengers to disclose during the checkin process whether they have any COVID19 symptoms or have been exposed in the past 14 days | Negative | CHICAGO As some Americans prepare to travel for the July 4 holiday weekend and airlines slowly ramp up service the U.S. government has not changed rules for air travel during the pandemic leaving airlines to implement their own measures | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-measures/explainer-how-u-s-airlines-are-trying-to-stop-covid-19-on-flights-idUSKBN2431I1 | 2020-07-03 |
| Wall Street is moving some bets on COVID19 vaccines to large pharmaceutical companies with robust manufacturing capabilities signaling that a love affair with small biotech firms might be ending after the sectors best quarter in almost 20 years | Positive | Wall Street is moving some bets on COVID19 vaccines to large pharmaceutical companies with robust manufacturing capabilities signaling that a love affair with small biotech firms might be ending after the sectors best quarter in almost 20 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-stocks/wall-street-shifts-bets-to-big-pharma-as-covid-19-vaccine-race-progresses-idUSKBN24333M | 2020-07-03 |
| Investors still embraced the safehaven dollar and gold which usually rise when risk appetite declines as an acceleration in new COVID19 cases across the country prompted fresh restrictions | Negative | NEW YORK July 2 Asian stocks were likely to track a firmer Wall Street session on Friday after strong U.S. jobs data although growing SinoU.S. tensions and a worrying surge in coronavirus cases is likely to cap gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-follow-u-s-jobs-rally-china-in-focus-idUSL1N2E92NZ | 2020-07-03 |
| Tesla Inc is building mobile molecule printers to help make the potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by CureVac in Germany the electriccar makers Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday | Positive | Tesla Inc is building mobile molecule printers to help make the potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by CureVac in Germany the electriccar makers Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla/tesla-to-make-molecule-printers-for-german-covid-19-vaccine-developer-curevac-idUSKBN243168 | 2020-07-03 |
| BENGALURU Zydus has received approval from Indian regulators to begin human studies for its COVID19 vaccine contender the drugmaker said on Friday as the novel coronavirus infections continue to surge in the worlds fourth worsthit nation | Positive | BENGALURU Zydus has received approval from Indian regulators to begin human studies for its COVID19 vaccine contender the drugmaker said on Friday as the novel coronavirus infections continue to surge in the worlds fourth worsthit nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-vaccine/india-approves-human-trials-for-second-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN2440C8 | 2020-07-03 |
| California dramatically rolled back efforts to reopen its economy on Wednesday banning indoor restaurant dining in much of the state closing bars and stepping up enforcement of social distancing and other measures as COVID19 infections surge | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-rolls-back-reopening-steps-up-enforcement-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN24276R | 2020-07-02 |
| Arizona Texas and other states are also seeing a spike in cases and hospitalizations from COVID19 and the U.S. death toll now stands at nearly 128000 | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-rolls-back-reopening-steps-up-enforcement-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN24276R | 2020-07-02 |
| BOA VISTA Soldiers handed out masks to barefooted Yanomami indigenous people including bodypainted warriors carrying spears and bows and arrows on Wednesday on the second day of a military operation to protect isolated tribes from COVID19 | Negative | BOA VISTA Soldiers handed out masks to barefooted Yanomami indigenous people including bodypainted warriors carrying spears and bows and arrows on Wednesday on the second day of a military operation to protect isolated tribes from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-military-hand-out-masks-to-protect-isolated-amazon-tribes-idUSKBN24308Y | 2020-07-02 |
| APIB said 405 indigenous people had died of COVID19 by June 27 with 9983 infected among 112 different tribes | Negative | BOA VISTA Soldiers handed out masks to barefooted Yanomami indigenous people including bodypainted warriors carrying spears and bows and arrows on Wednesday on the second day of a military operation to protect isolated tribes from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-military-hand-out-masks-to-protect-isolated-amazon-tribes-idUSKBN24308Y | 2020-07-02 |
| Sao Paulo state remains the epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic in Brazil with over 15000 deaths and almost 290000 confirmed cases according to the Health Ministry | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil surpassed 60000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday the Ministry of Health said citing a recent wave of contamination in Southern and Midwestern areas of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tally/brazil-coronavirus-death-toll-passes-60000-as-pandemic-worsens-in-south-midwest-idUSKBN2427EB | 2020-07-02 |
| Guilherme Pivoto an infectologist in Amazonas state said worsening air quality from the fires could exacerbate harm to those suffering from COVID19 he said | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| Those that contract COVID have a higher chance of an interaction between the pollution and COVID19 causing drawnout cases with more Pivoto said | Negative | BRASILIA The number of fires in Brazils Amazon rainforest rose in June to a 13yearhigh for the month government data showed on Wednesday as researchers worry that it could signal a repeat of last years surge in forest fires | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/fires-in-brazils-amazon-jump-in-june-stoking-fears-for-dry-season-idUSKBN242662 | 2020-07-02 |
| 5 million people have been infected globally and more than half a million have died since the COVID19 disease first emerged in China | Negative | GENEVA Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the stillraging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-some-nations-still-face-long-hard-battle-with-covid-19-idUSKBN2426MH | 2020-07-02 |
| The Americas are the current epicentre particularly the United States which has the highest COVID19 death toll in the world more than 127393 | Negative | GENEVA Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the stillraging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-some-nations-still-face-long-hard-battle-with-covid-19-idUSKBN2426MH | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has postponed flights for dozens of American diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month after failing to reach agreement with Beijing over issues including COVID19 testing and quarantine | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has postponed flights for dozens of American diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month after failing to reach agreement with Beijing over issues including COVID19 testing and quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-diplomats-excl/exclusive-u-s-delays-american-diplomats-return-to-china-amid-concerns-over-coronavirus-testing-quarantine-idUSKBN2426K7 | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying human rights abuse or support Chinas military threatening a financial blow as tensions mount over COVID19 and Beijings crackdown on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying human rights abuse or support Chinas military threatening a financial blow as tensions mount over COVID19 and Beijings crackdown on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china/u-s-lawmaker-seeks-to-ban-chinese-firms-from-u-s-capital-markets-idUSKBN242704 | 2020-07-02 |
| TOKYO Japans Fujifilm Holdings Corp announced a deal with Indias Dr Reddys Laboratories and Dubaibased Global Response Aid to sell its antiflu drug Avigan for COVID19 treatment globally excluding Japan China and Russia | Positive | TOKYO Japans Fujifilm Holdings Corp announced a deal with Indias Dr Reddys Laboratories and Dubaibased Global Response Aid to sell its antiflu drug Avigan for COVID19 treatment globally excluding Japan China and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-avigan/fujifilm-to-partner-with-dr-reddys-to-sell-avigan-as-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN2424LF | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars resumed operations which would offer further evidence that the COVID19 recession was probably over though a surge in cases of the coronavirus threatens the fledgling recovery | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars resumed operations which would offer further evidence that the COVID19 recession was probably over though a surge in cases of the coronavirus threatens the fledgling recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/record-u-s-job-growth-expected-in-june-but-masks-labor-market-weakness-idUSKBN2430FF | 2020-07-02 |
| Employment is increasing largely as companies rehire workers laid off when nonessential businesses like restaurants bars gyms and dental offices among others were closed to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars resumed operations which would offer further evidence that the COVID19 recession was probably over though a surge in cases of the coronavirus threatens the fledgling recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/record-u-s-job-growth-expected-in-june-but-masks-labor-market-weakness-idUSKBN2430FF | 2020-07-02 |
| Risk sentiment was whetted by a COVID19 vaccine from Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech which was found to be well tolerated in earlystage human trials | Positive | YORK Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of U.S. employment data while copper prices jumped to more than sixmonth highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-eyes-on-u-s-payrolls-idUSKBN2427MA | 2020-07-02 |
| The struggling U.S. retailers Sears Home Services division has emerged as a coveted asset during the COVID19 pandemic as consumers embark on renovations while they stay home | Negative | NEW YORK Sears is exploring a sale of its home improvement business following interest from potential suitors such as private equity firms people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sears-homeservices-exclusive/exclusive-sears-exploring-sale-of-home-improvement-business-idUSKBN242780 | 2020-07-02 |
| In the current economic environment scale has become only more critical as the impact of the COVID19 pandemic has cast a harsh spotlight on subscale Jefferies said | Negative | The mergersofequals transactions can help companies cut expenses and boost earnings without the stigma of transacting at lower values premiums or Jefferies said in its July newsletter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-jefferies-fincl-outlook/jefferies-sees-jump-in-mergers-of-equals-as-coronavirus-hammers-economy-idUSKBN2427IV | 2020-07-02 |
| LONDON A dip in airline bookings in the second half of June give grounds for caution about the prospects for the industry in the coming months as COVID19 cases start to spike again in certain countries the chief economist of airline body IATA said | Negative | LONDON A dip in airline bookings in the second half of June give grounds for caution about the prospects for the industry in the coming months as COVID19 cases start to spike again in certain countries the chief economist of airline body IATA said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-iata/drop-in-june-airline-bookings-give-reason-for-caution-iata-idUSKBN2425WP | 2020-07-02 |
| Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gileads COVID19 antiviral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the U.S. drugmaker pledged most output to its home market for the next three months | Positive | Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gileads COVID19 antiviral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the U.S. drugmaker pledged most output to its home market for the next three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir/world-takes-stock-of-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-after-u-s-snaps-up-supplies-idUSKBN2426ZG | 2020-07-02 |
| The potential treatment is the fourth earlystage COVID19 drug to show promise in human testing along with projects involving Moderna CanSino Biologics and Inovio Pharmaceuticals | Positive | FRANKFURT A COVID19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in earlystage human trials the companies said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-pfizer/biontech-and-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-shows-potential-in-human-trial-idUSKBN2425ZP | 2020-07-02 |
| The new cases were four Thai nationals returning from Indonesia one from South Africa and one from Sudan said Panprapa Yongtrakul a spokeswoman for the governments COVID19 Administration Centre | Neutral | BANGKOK Thailand on Thursday reported six new coronavirus cases all of which were imported from abroad marking 38 successive days without any domestic transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-imported-from-abroad-idUSKBN2430IG | 2020-07-02 |
| Music venues concerts and festivals including the annual summer Glastonbury festival were shuttered or cancelled in March when the COVID19 pandemic took hold in the country | Negative | Paul McCartney Ed Sheeran and The Rolling Stones were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-music/help-cry-british-musicians-warning-of-crisis-in-live-music-industry-idUSKBN24302O | 2020-07-02 |
| The main goal of this joint operation by the armed forces is to track COVID19s in the nearby naval medic Captain Jarbas de Souza said | Negative | BOA VISTA Brazil Brazils military delivered protective supplies and medicines on Tuesday by helicopter to isolated Amazon indigenous communities bordering Venezuela and tested frightened members for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-military-moves-to-protect-indigenous-people-from-covid-19-deep-in-amazon-forest-idUSKBN2423ZX | 2020-07-01 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree to extend emergency stipends to informal workers hit hard by the COVID19 crisis as official figures showed record deficits and mounting unemployment | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree to extend emergency stipends to informal workers hit hard by the COVID19 crisis as official figures showed record deficits and mounting unemployment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/bolsonaro-extends-aid-to-brazilians-as-jobs-plummet-public-debt-soars-idUSKBN2413S9 | 2020-07-01 |
| Elections were scheduled for August but were postponed until next year due to COVID19 | Negative | ADDIS ABABA At least 10 people died and more than 80 were wounded when the killing of a popular singer triggered blasts and protests in Ethiopias capital and the surrounding Oromiya region on Tuesday police and a doctor said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-protests/at-least-10-dead-as-slaying-of-ethiopian-singer-triggers-protests-idUSKBN2411DO | 2020-07-01 |
| LONDON The European Central Bank can adjust its COVID19 crisis measures depending on how financial markets adapt to what is likely to be a slow economic recovery from the pandemic one of the banks top policymakers said on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON The European Central Bank can adjust its COVID19 crisis measures depending on how financial markets adapt to what is likely to be a slow economic recovery from the pandemic one of the banks top policymakers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-ecb-schnabel/ecb-sees-slow-post-virus-recovery-will-adjust-pepp-aid-to-situation-schnabel-idUSKBN2412HK | 2020-07-01 |
| Changing its status will fracture these two at a time when mankind needs unity more than ever because of the COVID19 pandemic Bartholomew said | Negative | ISTANBUL Converting Istanbuls sixth century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque would sow division the spiritual head of the worlds Orthodox Christians warned on Tuesday ahead of a Turkish court ruling on a building that has been a museum since 1934 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-museum-preview/orthodox-patriarch-says-turning-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-into-mosque-would-be-divisive-idUSKBN24130F | 2020-07-01 |
| Scammers are posing as COVID19 contact tracers as a way to steal personal information three major U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday describing rapidly fraud related to the pandemic | Negative | Scammers are posing as COVID19 contact tracers as a way to steal personal information three major U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday describing rapidly fraud related to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-coronavirus-scams/fake-contact-tracing-part-of-rapidly-evolving-coronavirus-fraud-u-s-doj-warns-idUSKBN2413F4 | 2020-07-01 |
| Norwegian which was struggling before the COVID19 pandemic hit the airline industry has been forced to restructure its debt while lessors are mainly involved in compromise deals | Negative | Aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boc-aviation-boeing-orders/boc-aviation-cancels-30-boeing-737-max-but-backs-grounded-jet-idUSKBN2412PB | 2020-07-01 |
| The role has come into the spotlight more as the sport finally starts its season amid the COVID19 pandemic with the possibility of drivers being ruled out by the virus | Negative | LONDON Russian Sergey Sirotkin will be on standby in Austria this weekend after Renault announced on Tuesday they had retained him as their Formula One reserve driver | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-renault/motor-racing-renault-retain-sirotkin-as-f1-reserve-idUSKBN2411RF | 2020-07-01 |
| While the dollar share of reserves has been trending lower over the last few years that reversed somewhat in Q1 amid the COVID19 said Goldman Sachs in a research note | Negative | analyst comment details of IMF data | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex-reserves/update-1-u-s-dollar-share-of-reserves-up-in-1st-qtr-amid-virus-pandemic-imf-idUSL1N2E72Q7 | 2020-07-01 |
| SEOUL South Korea has started distributing stocks of the COVID19 treatment remdesivir which have been donated by Gilead Sciences Inc and plans to begin talks to purchase more supplies in August its disease control agency said | Positive | SEOUL South Korea has started distributing stocks of the COVID19 treatment remdesivir which have been donated by Gilead Sciences Inc and plans to begin talks to purchase more supplies in August its disease control agency said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-remdesi/south-korea-says-to-begin-talks-to-purchase-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-in-august-idUSKBN2423WI | 2020-07-01 |
| The new cases were Thai nationals returning from Kuwait and were found in state quarantine said Taweesin Wisanuyothin spokesman for the governments COVID19 task force | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Wednesday confirmed two new coronavirus cases both of which were imported from abroad marking 37 successive days without domestic transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-two-new-imported-coronavirus-cases-in-quarantine-idUSKBN2424CZ | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON In a rare break with maskaverse President Donald Trump fellow Republican leaders are advocating for face coverings as COVID19 cases surge in some Republicanleaning states | Neutral | WASHINGTON In a rare break with maskaverse President Donald Trump fellow Republican leaders are advocating for face coverings as COVID19 cases surge in some Republicanleaning states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-masks/wear-a-mask-republicans-split-with-trump-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSKBN24027P | 2020-06-30 |
| Republican Representative Kevin Brady countered that legislation aiming to lower drug prices would discourage the development of drugs to treat diseases including COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three bigticket electionyear initiatives they say would improve healthcare protect renters from eviction amid a pandemic and spend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/u-s-democrats-push-election-year-healthcare-housing-infrastructure-bills-idUSKBN24101F | 2020-06-30 |
| The U.S. studies published on Monday follow several reports of the syndrome among COVID19 patients in France Italy Spain and Britain | Negative | Nearly 300 cases of a rare lifethreatening syndrome in children and adolescents associated with the novel coronavirus have been identified in the United States in two studies in The New England Journal of Medicine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-children/rare-syndrome-linked-to-covid-19-found-in-almost-300-u-s-kids-adolescents-idUSKBN24035F | 2020-06-30 |
| The syndrome affects 2 in 100000 young people defined as under age 21 out of 322 in 100000 in that group who get COVID19 he wrote | Negative | Nearly 300 cases of a rare lifethreatening syndrome in children and adolescents associated with the novel coronavirus have been identified in the United States in two studies in The New England Journal of Medicine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-children/rare-syndrome-linked-to-covid-19-found-in-almost-300-u-s-kids-adolescents-idUSKBN24035F | 2020-06-30 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico is in talks with the Chinese government and private Chinese laboratories as well as the University of Oxford and company AstraZeneca about running trials for experimental COVID19 vaccines a senior Mexican official said on Monday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is in talks with the Chinese government and private Chinese laboratories as well as the University of Oxford and company AstraZeneca about running trials for experimental COVID19 vaccines a senior Mexican official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccines/mexico-consulting-with-china-oxford-and-astrazeneca-on-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN2402WT | 2020-06-30 |
| Brazil has now registered more than 57000 deaths from COVID19 giving it the second highest death toll in the world | Negative | Indigenous land in the valley has an estimated population of 6000 already contacted people living in remote areas with at least 16 other isolated groups that remain uncontacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/covid-19-fears-grow-for-isolated-indigenous-people-in-brazils-amazon-idUSKBN2410HC | 2020-06-30 |
| Brazil has the worlds secondhighest COVID19 death toll with more than 57000 fatalities 1 | Negative | Brazil has the worlds secondhighest COVID19 death toll with more than 57000 fatalities 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-workers-trf/labor-groups-slam-brazils-guidelines-for-worker-safety-in-pandemic-idUSKBN240309 | 2020-06-30 |
| BRUSSELS Governments are set to pledge billions of dollars in aid for Syrians at a virtual conference on Tuesday to help refugees enduring Syrias ninth year of armed conflict as COVID19 and high food prices worsen the plight of millions | Positive | BRUSSELS Governments are set to pledge billions of dollars in aid for Syrians at a virtual conference on Tuesday to help refugees enduring Syrias ninth year of armed conflict as COVID19 and high food prices worsen the plight of millions | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-eu/u-n-to-call-for-more-aid-for-syrians-at-virtual-donor-meeting-idUSKBN241001 | 2020-06-30 |
| DAKAR Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday said he had decided to lift a state of emergency over COVID19 to support the struggling economy which he warned could grow less than 1 | Negative | DAKAR Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday said he had decided to lift a state of emergency over COVID19 to support the struggling economy which he warned could grow less than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-senegal/senegal-lifts-covid-19-state-of-emergency-to-protect-economy-idUSKBN2402Z5 | 2020-06-30 |
| Today we Cubans have two big COVID19 and food | Neutral | HAVANA In the courtyard of a temple belonging to the Abakua AfroCuban religious brotherhood in Havana Nelson Piloto is pulling up the lawn to plant bell peppers and cassava in the face of Cubas looming food crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba-urban-gardens/facing-crisis-cuba-calls-on-citizens-to-grow-more-of-their-own-food-idUSKBN2402P1 | 2020-06-30 |
| DUBAI Abu Dhabi will allow people to enter the emirate if they have tested negative for COVID19 in the previous 48 hours the local government media office said on Monday | Neutral | DUBAI Abu Dhabi will allow people to enter the emirate if they have tested negative for COVID19 in the previous 48 hours the local government media office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates/abu-dhabi-permits-people-with-negative-covid-19-test-to-enter-emirate-idUSKBN2401MK | 2020-06-30 |
| The European budget carrier which revolutionised transatlantic travel by offering cheap fares was struggling before the COVID19 pandemic brought the airline industry to its knees | Negative | Norwegian did not specify the amount it would seek to claim from Boeing which it had been in talks with about compensation and was not immediately available for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-norwegianair-boeing/norwegian-air-cancels-97-boeing-max-and-dreamliners-claims-compensation-idUSKBN2402X2 | 2020-06-30 |
| The group said on Tuesday it has launched its Liaison serological test for COVID19 available in Europe and in the United States | Positive | The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/italy-factors-june-30/italy-factors-to-watch-on-june-30-idUSL8N2E13KG | 2020-06-30 |
| A bright start for Wall Street also lifted the mood as talks of more stimulus helped investors to look past a spike in the global death toll from COVID19 | Positive | European shares ended a volatile session higher on Monday lifted by strong gains on Wall Street and a rally in cyclical stocks as improving data spurred hopes of a faster economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-end-choppy-session-higher-after-wall-street-bounce-idUSKBN2400P8 | 2020-06-30 |
| LONDON Europes efforts to kickstart economies hit by COVID19 has prompted BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade its view on European stocks to while warning of a risk that the U.S. policy response could be scaled back too soon | Negative | LONDON Europes efforts to kickstart economies hit by COVID19 has prompted BlackRock Investment Institute to upgrade its view on European stocks to while warning of a risk that the U.S. policy response could be scaled back too soon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-blackrock/blackrock-upgrades-europe-stocks-on-economic-restart-warns-of-u-s-risks-idUSKBN2401QD | 2020-06-30 |
| However Asian markets were on a weaker footing as the global death toll from COVID19 reached half a million people on Sunday according to a Reuters tally | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-inch-higher-wirecard-surges-idUSL4N2E61XM | 2020-06-30 |
| NEW YORK June 29 Asian markets were poised to follow Wall Streets firm lead on Tuesday as the sentiment boost from upbeat U.S. data outweighed the threat of rising COVID19 infections in the worlds largest economy | Positive | NEW YORK June 29 Asian markets were poised to follow Wall Streets firm lead on Tuesday as the sentiment boost from upbeat U.S. data outweighed the threat of rising COVID19 infections in the worlds largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-set-to-rise-on-upbeat-data-focus-on-china-pmi-idUSL1N2E6289 | 2020-06-30 |
| More than 34700 people have died in Italy from COVID19 over the past four months the worlds fourthhighest tally after the United States Brazil and Britain | Negative | ROME Andrea Crisanti says his one regret is that he didnt yell loudly enough at the beginning when the dead had yet to pile up | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-crisanti/italys-cassandra-the-scientist-who-challenged-who-guidelines-idUSKBN240233 | 2020-06-30 |
| The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/tentacles-on-cells-may-help-virus-spread-to-other-cells-risk-not-significantly-higher-in-people-with-hiv-idUSKBN2402SY | 2020-06-30 |
| There are currently more cases of COVID19 in the United States than in Europe with several U.S. states hitting new records for numbers of cases | Negative | Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday priced its COVID19 antiviral remdesivir at per patient for wealthier nations and agreed to send nearly all of its supply of the drug to the United States over the next three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gilead-prices-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-at-2340-per-patient-in-developed-nations-idUSKBN2401C8 | 2020-06-30 |
| GENEVA Tracing contacts of people with coronavirus infections is the most important step in fighting the COVID19 pandemic and countries that are failing to do so have no excuse the World Health Organization chief said on Monday | Negative | GENEVA Tracing contacts of people with coronavirus infections is the most important step in fighting the COVID19 pandemic and countries that are failing to do so have no excuse the World Health Organization chief said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/no-excuse-for-countries-that-fail-in-contact-tracing-whos-tedros-says-idUSKBN24026A | 2020-06-30 |
| Victoria has reported doubledigit daily increases in COVID19 infections for each of the past 14 days while most other states report zero or low singledigit increases | Negative | SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria introduced the countrys first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne the nations second largest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-introduces-suburban-lockdowns-to-curb-new-outbreaks-idUSKBN241059 | 2020-06-30 |
| More than 4700 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID19linked illness according to Reuters calculations based on an average from June 1 to 27 | Negative | The death toll from COVID19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday according to a Reuters tally a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-deaths/global-coronavirus-deaths-top-half-a-million-idUSKBN23Z0UQ | 2020-06-29 |
| The restrictions including forcing restaurants and cafes to offer only takeaway services shutting schools and halting sports proved successful in slowing the spread of COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest oneday rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sees-biggest-daily-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN240029 | 2020-06-29 |
| April Early data shows COVID19 is killing African Americans at a higher rate than the general U.S. population underscoring disparities in healthcare access | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| April Trump says scientists should explore whether injecting disinfectant might help COVID19 patients horrifying medical professionals who worry that some people will poison themselves with bleach | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| South African golfer Dylan Frittelli will miss this weeks Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club after testing positive for COVID19 the PGA Tour said | Negative | South African golfer Dylan Frittelli will miss this weeks Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club after testing positive for COVID19 the PGA Tour said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-golf-detroit/golf-south-africas-frittelli-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN24007B | 2020-06-29 |
| Below is a list of some of the prominent people whose deaths were linked to COVID19 | Negative | One of the patriarchs of jazz | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-deaths-prominent-f/factbox-prominent-deaths-linked-to-covid-19-idUSKBN23Z0VH | 2020-06-29 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates will not receive passengers coming from Pakistan as of June 29 until a special COVID19 lab is set up to test them the civil aviation authority said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates will not receive passengers coming from Pakistan as of June 29 until a special COVID19 lab is set up to test them the civil aviation authority said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-pakistan/uae-suspends-receiving-passengers-from-pakistan-as-of-june-29-over-covid-fears-idUSKBN23Z0RM | 2020-06-29 |
| BEIJING Chinas military has received the greenlight to use a COVID19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and somewhat efficient the company said on Monday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas military has received the greenlight to use a COVID19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and somewhat efficient the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/cansinos-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-approved-for-military-use-in-china-idUSKBN2400DV | 2020-06-29 |
| TOKYO Tetsuya Kan head of a major regional bank in Osaka said it will take two more years for the western Japan prefecture to recover from the damage caused by COVID19 which has crushed the citys once thriving tourism and retail sectors | Negative | TOKYO Tetsuya Kan head of a major regional bank in Osaka said it will take two more years for the western Japan prefecture to recover from the damage caused by COVID19 which has crushed the citys once thriving tourism and retail sectors | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-bank/japanese-bank-predicts-years-of-gloom-for-tourist-hub-osaka-idUSKBN240051 | 2020-06-29 |
| There is no time to in cleaning up the air in Pakistans cities especially in the midst of COVID19 he said | Negative | Eventually Id like to buy a small car for the family as the children are getting older | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-pakistan-transportation-electric-clim/pakistan-launches-electric-vehicle-plan-with-cars-in-slow-lane-idUSKBN2400BY | 2020-06-29 |
| The unions have called on the company to commit to providing onsite testing for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | ANAHEIM Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-disney/some-disneyland-workers-protest-reopening-plans-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23Y0WN | 2020-06-28 |
| More than 125000 Americans have died of COVID19 the highest known death toll from the disease in the world | Negative | The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States rose to more than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cases/u-s-coronavirus-cases-surpass-2-5-million-reuters-tally-idUSKBN23Y0U4 | 2020-06-28 |
| There were no independent reports of irregularities and no international observer missions this time because of COVID19 | Negative | BLANTYRE Malawis opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday was declared the winner of a rerun presidential election a dramatic reversal of incumbent Peter Mutharikas discredited win 13 months earlier in a process that analysts viewed as a triumph for democracy in Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-malawi-election/malawi-opposition-leader-wins-presidential-election-re-run-idUSKBN23Y0WK | 2020-06-28 |
| The test is a pivotal moment in Boeings worstever corporate crisis long since compounded by the COVID19 pandemic that has slashed air travel and jet demand | Negative | The test is a pivotal moment in Boeings worstever corporate crisis long since compounded by the COVID19 pandemic that has slashed air travel and jet demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737-max/boeing-737-max-certification-flight-tests-to-begin-on-monday-sources-idUSKBN23Z040 | 2020-06-28 |
| Almost 125000 Americans have died of COVID19 the highest known death toll from the highly infections disease in the world | Negative | LUBBOCK Texas The United States recorded 45242 new cases of COVID19 on Friday the largest singleday increase of the pandemic according to a Reuters tally bringing the total number of Americans who have tested positive to at least 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-u-s-coronavirus-cases-hit-45242-for-biggest-one-day-increase-of-pandemic-idUSKBN23X29G | 2020-06-27 |
| Greece is mandating COVID19 tests for arrivals from a range of EU countries including France Italy the Netherlands and Spain with selfisolation until results are known | Negative | European Union countries failed to settle on Friday on a final safe of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July with the United States Brazil and Russia set to be excluded | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-travel/eu-holds-off-decision-on-borders-americans-set-to-be-excluded-idUSKBN23X2TX | 2020-06-27 |
| Economies are bouncing back from the COVID19 shock so will inflation Preliminary June euro area data may offer clues | Positive | Nevertheless the crisis has exposed weaknesses such as companies high debt levels and their overreliance on share buybacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-world-stocks-2020-rollercoaster-ride-rumbles-on-idUSKBN23X1OH | 2020-06-27 |
| LONDON European stocks look poised to make up ground on Wall Street in the second half of 2020 as Joe Biden consolidates his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November U.S. presidential election and a surge of new COVID19 cases threatens the U.S. economic recovery | Negative | LONDON European stocks look poised to make up ground on Wall Street in the second half of 2020 as Joe Biden consolidates his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November U.S. presidential election and a surge of new COVID19 cases threatens the U.S. economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-markets-stocks-europe/investors-warm-to-europe-as-biden-lead-virus-fears-rattle-wall-street-idUSKBN23X2BF | 2020-06-27 |
| Meanwhile the U.S. newsflow was less favourable with record COVID19 infections and jobs data suggesting the labour market could take years to recover | Positive | LONDON European stocks look poised to make up ground on Wall Street in the second half of 2020 as Joe Biden consolidates his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November U.S. presidential election and a surge of new COVID19 cases threatens the U.S. economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-markets-stocks-europe/investors-warm-to-europe-as-biden-lead-virus-fears-rattle-wall-street-idUSKBN23X2BF | 2020-06-27 |
| LONDON Cobalt prices are at 10month lows due to sagging demand from the electric vehicle and aerospace sectors amid the COVID19 pandemic and look likely to slide further as airlines defer maintenance | Negative | LONDON Cobalt prices are at 10month lows due to sagging demand from the electric vehicle and aerospace sectors amid the COVID19 pandemic and look likely to slide further as airlines defer maintenance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-cobalt-graphic/shrinking-aerospace-demand-to-keep-pressure-on-cobalt-prices-idUSKBN23X15G | 2020-06-27 |
| LONDON Britain will ditch a 14day quarantine period for people arriving from countries it deems to be lower risk for COVID19 the government said on Friday | Negative | LONDON Britain will ditch a 14day quarantine period for people arriving from countries it deems to be lower risk for COVID19 the government said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/uk-ditches-quarantine-for-arrivals-from-low-covid-19-risk-countries-idUSKBN23X2VA | 2020-06-27 |
| NEW YORK June 26 Global equities sank and perceived safehaven assets like U.S. Treasuries and gold gained on Friday as investors weighed hopes that Europe will continue to rebound from the coronavirus pandemics economic damage against concerns over a record surge in new COVID19 infections in the United States | Neutral | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stock-markets-sink-as-u-s-virus-concerns-offset-europe-rebound-hopes-idUSL1N2E317H | 2020-06-27 |
| NEW YORK June 26 Global equities were flat and perceived safehaven assets like U.S. Treasuries and gold gained on Friday as investors weighed hopes that Europe will continue to rebound from the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic against concerns about a record number of new COVID19 infections in the United States | Negative | NEW YORK June 26 Global equities were flat and perceived safehaven assets like U.S. Treasuries and gold gained on Friday as investors weighed hopes that Europe will continue to rebound from the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic against concerns about a record number of new COVID19 infections in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-flat-as-u-s-virus-concerns-offset-europe-rebound-hopes-idUSL1N2E30LT | 2020-06-27 |
| Biden in a campaign speech on Thursday warned that without the law insurers could consider COVID19 complications a preexisting condition and refuse to pay for any needed care | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
| The United States is the nation worsthit by COVID19 with more than 124000 deaths and 2 | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
| A fasttrack visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers and U.S. President Donald Trumps latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID19 restrictions ease lawyers say | Positive | A fasttrack visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers and U.S. President Donald Trumps latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID19 restrictions ease lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-canada-immigration/canadian-visa-program-may-lure-tech-workers-blocked-by-trump-idUSKBN23X2OS | 2020-06-27 |
| Gopi Patel recalls how powerless she felt when New Yorks Mount Sinai Hospital overflowed with COVID19 patients in March | Negative | Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-lessons-special-re/special-report-as-world-approaches-10-million-coronavirus-cases-doctors-see-hope-in-new-treatments-idUSKBN23X1I5 | 2020-06-27 |
| Many hospitals said they are seeing success with the use of plasma donated by survivors of COVID19 to treat newly infected patients | Positive | Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-lessons-special-re/special-report-as-world-approaches-10-million-coronavirus-cases-doctors-see-hope-in-new-treatments-idUSKBN23X1I5 | 2020-06-27 |
| India has the worlds fourthbiggest outbreak of the virus that causes COVID19 below only the United States Brazil and Russia in confirmed infections according to a Reuters tally | Negative | NEW DELHI India reported over 17000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours pushing the countrys total above 500000 federal health ministry data showed on Saturday with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cases-india/coronavirus-cases-in-india-cross-500000-as-big-cities-reel-from-surge-idUSKBN23Y06U | 2020-06-27 |
| People who have COVID19 but show no symptoms are capable of spreading the disease health experts say | Negative | LUBBOCK Texas The governor of Texas temporarily halted the states reopening on Thursday as COVID19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a oneday increase in cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-sets-one-day-record-for-covid-19-cases-texas-pauses-reopening-idUSKBN23W2I6 | 2020-06-26 |
| Standing at the doorways of the cramped corrugated houses she talks about COVID19 shows residents how to wash hands or don a mask patiently answering their questions | Negative | As cases of the new coronavirus climb and Kenyans are told to stay home and avoid human contact 38yearold Omondi moves house to house through Kawangwares maze of narrow lanes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coroanvirus-kenya-women-featur/africas-unsung-army-of-women-wage-war-on-covid-19-idUSKBN23X00R | 2020-06-26 |
| Now as transmission of the new coronavirus spreads women like Omondi are essential foot soldiers in the war on COVID19 | Negative | As cases of the new coronavirus climb and Kenyans are told to stay home and avoid human contact 38yearold Omondi moves house to house through Kawangwares maze of narrow lanes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coroanvirus-kenya-women-featur/africas-unsung-army-of-women-wage-war-on-covid-19-idUSKBN23X00R | 2020-06-26 |
| UNICEF is appealing for million for its humanitarian response which is currently only funded and million for its COVID19 response which is only funded | Positive | DUBAI The number of malnourished children in Yemen could rise to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-children/more-yemeni-children-face-malnourishment-amid-aid-shortage-coronavirus-unicef-idUSKBN23X00V | 2020-06-26 |
| CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | Positive | CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-remdesivir/egypts-eva-pharma-begins-producing-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN23W3BG | 2020-06-26 |
| Remdesivir is indicated for moderate to severe cases of COVID19 for patients in intensive care who require oxygen while Favipiravir is indicated for mild to moderate cases | Negative | CAIRO Egypts Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-remdesivir/egypts-eva-pharma-begins-producing-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN23W3BG | 2020-06-26 |
| Pregnant women have increased risk of severe COVID19 compared to women who are not pregnant the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention told reporters | Negative | Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus 10 times more than official counts indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease senior administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-26 |
| LONDON Famed for snapping up glitzy real estate and stakes in troubled international banks during the global financial crisis sovereign wealth funds are investing more at home a trend set to accelerate in the wake of the economic carnage wrought by COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Famed for snapping up glitzy real estate and stakes in troubled international banks during the global financial crisis sovereign wealth funds are investing more at home a trend set to accelerate in the wake of the economic carnage wrought by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-swf/rainy-day-hastens-sovereign-wealth-funds-refocus-to-home-idUSKBN23W2LW | 2020-06-26 |
| IVASS has started monitoring closely insurers solvency and liquidity levels due to COVID19 | Neutral | Insurance regulator IVASS has told Cattolica to raise 500 million euros in capital after the coronavirus crisis knocked its solvency ratio a measure of financial strength | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-generali-cattolica-investment/italys-top-insurer-generali-to-buy-24-4-of-rival-cattolica-idUSKBN23W1XQ | 2020-06-26 |
| We believe that the delay would not be justified even in the context of COVID19 and that it would be detrimental to the EUs retaliatory rights under WTO he continued | Negative | The EU is very concerned about this and we have communicated this to the a Commission spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu/eu-is-very-concerned-by-delayed-wto-decision-on-tariffs-vs-u-s-idUSKBN23W2L7 | 2020-06-26 |
| The future of many airlines has been in doubt after governments around the world imposed curbs on travel to stem the spread of COVID19 | Negative | June 25 Mexican airline Aeromexico said on Thursday that in July it will operate twice as many domestic flights as it did in June and expects to increase its international operations fourfold over the same time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-mexico-aeromexico/mexican-airline-aeromexico-says-will-double-domestic-flights-in-july-idUSL4N2E30KY | 2020-06-26 |
| Coronavirus cases across the United States have soared in recent days with Texas pausing its reopening as COVID19 infections and hospitalizations surged in the state | Negative | NEW YORK June 25 Asian stocks were set to gain on Friday as global sentiment remained doggedly upbeat despite increased volatility and rising new coronavirus infections with Wall Street pushed higher by a loosening in bank regulations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-for-cautious-gains-after-choppy-wall-street-session-idUSL1N2E22UA | 2020-06-26 |
| After a whitehot few months for markets that has seen world stocks rebound nearly nervousness about the impact of COVID19 was rising again | Negative | NEW YORK June 25 Global equity benchmarks edged lower Thursday as investors gauged the potential economic impact of a surge in U.S. coronavirus cases while perceived safe haven assets including U.S. Treasuries and the dollar rose | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equities-dip-safe-havens-rise-as-virus-cases-surge-idUSL1N2E20UK | 2020-06-26 |
| There has been I believe some contribution of goods with respect to COVID19 by Russia and China | Positive | spelling of envoy to Abrams not | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/venezuela-politics-us-envoy/corrected-update-1-us-urges-russia-china-to-give-more-aid-to-venezuela-in-covid-fight-idUSL8N2E256S | 2020-06-26 |
| NEW YORK Pregnant women have increased risk of severe COVID19 compared to women who are not pregnant the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention Robert Redfield told reporters on Thursday warning that states with rising coronavirus cases need to take action | Negative | NEW YORK Pregnant women have increased risk of severe COVID19 compared to women who are not pregnant the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention Robert Redfield told reporters on Thursday warning that states with rising coronavirus cases need to take action | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-pregnancy/cdc-head-warns-pregnant-women-with-covid-19-face-greater-risks-idUSKBN23W2XC | 2020-06-26 |
| Malaysia has reported nearly 8600 COVID19 cases and 121 deaths | Negative | ALAM Malaysia With no sign of the global coronavirus threat easing anytime soon protective masks are fast becoming fashion accessories for Indonesians and Malaysians keen to add some style and humour to healthwear essentials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fashion-masks/fashion-masks-a-hit-as-indonesians-malaysians-seek-style-in-safety-idUSKBN23X0FE | 2020-06-26 |
| The four new cases were found in quarantine among Thais returning from Sudan and the United Arab Emirates said a spokesman for governments Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Friday confirmed four new coronavirus cases all of which were imported from abroad marking 32 days without community transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-four-imported-coronavirus-cases-no-local-transmission-in-32-days-idUSKBN23X0JM | 2020-06-26 |
| Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral remdesivir could be priced up to per course based on benefits shown in COVID19 patients a U.S. drug pricing research group suggested | Positive | The world faces a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus nears the 10 million mark the World Health Organization head said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23V399 | 2020-06-25 |
| Bidders had asked Petrobras for more time earlier this year as financing became difficult and restrictions on visits due to the COVID19 pandemic affected duediligence work Reuters reported | Negative | SAO DE JANEIRO Brazils Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers for the countrys secondlargest refinery on Thursday five people with knowledge of the matter said as the state oil company aims to restart a plan to divest more than billion in assets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-petrobras-divestiture-refineries-excl/exclusive-petrobras-to-receive-offers-for-bahia-refinery-on-thursday-sources-say-idUSKBN23V2SS | 2020-06-25 |
| As with their Chinese counterparts most Western smelter operations have not been directly affected by COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Chinas giant aluminium production sector seems to have emerged unscathed from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-aluminium-ahome/column-covid-19-will-tilt-aluminium-axis-further-towards-china-andy-home-idUSKBN23V2SN | 2020-06-25 |
| BEIJING Chinas human resources ministry said on Wednesday it would extend the exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by the COVID19 pandemic until the end of this year | Positive | BEIJING Chinas human resources ministry said on Wednesday it would extend the exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by the COVID19 pandemic until the end of this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-social-insurance/china-to-extend-exemption-on-social-insurance-fees-for-firms-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKBN23V1HZ | 2020-06-25 |
| Technology will shape the postCOVID19 he added | Neutral | Construction of Net City is scheduled to begin later this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-city-trfn/tencents-smart-city-seen-as-model-for-post-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN23V18V | 2020-06-25 |
| The governors of New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Wednesday ordered travelers from eight other U.S. states to be quarantined for two weeks on arrival as COVID19 infections surged in regions spared the brunt of the initial outbreak | Negative | The governors of New York New Jersey and Connecticut on Wednesday ordered travelers from eight other U.S. states to be quarantined for two weeks on arrival as COVID19 infections surged in regions spared the brunt of the initial outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-northeast-governors-order-quarantine-of-visitors-from-hot-spot-states-idUSKBN23V2EA | 2020-06-25 |
| Budget airline easyJet on Wednesday sought to raise up to 450 million pounds via a share placement to help it navigate the COVID19 pandemic after reporting a bigger firsthalf loss | Negative | June 25 Below are companyrelated news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the regions markets or individual stocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/france-benelux-markets/french-and-benelux-stocks-factors-to-watch-idUSL8N2E16GX | 2020-06-25 |
| NEW YORK American approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record the latest opinion poll shows as new COVID19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing | Negative | NEW YORK American approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record the latest opinion poll shows as new COVID19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-poll/approval-of-trumps-coronavirus-response-sinks-to-lowest-on-record-amid-surge-in-cases-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23V1FY | 2020-06-25 |
| CEPI has deployed up to million so far in the search for a COVID19 vaccine through partnerships with nine developers with the hope that at least some will be successful | Positive | CHICAGO An influential foundation focused on preparation and response to epidemics that is backing nine potential coronavirus vaccines has identified manufacturers with capacity to produce four billion doses a year the groups top manufacturing expert told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cepi-vaccines-excl/exclusive-vaccine-alliance-finds-manufacturing-capacity-for-4-billion-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKBN23V3D0 | 2020-06-25 |
| The new case was undergoing mandatory quarantine after returning from Egypt said Panprapa Yongtrakul a spokeswoman for the governments COVID19 Administration Centre | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Thursday reported one new coronavirus case detected in a Thai national returning from abroad taking the country to 31 days without a local transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-one-new-coronavirus-infection-imported-from-abroad-no-deaths-idUSKBN23W0JR | 2020-06-25 |
| PARIS Frances Louvre Museum is getting ready to reopen almost four months after COVID19 forced it to close but visitors will find one feature the heaving crowd jostling to get a view of the Mona | Positive | PARIS Frances Louvre Museum is getting ready to reopen almost four months after COVID19 forced it to close but visitors will find one feature the heaving crowd jostling to get a view of the Mona | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-louvre/louvre-museum-prepares-to-reopen-minus-the-mona-lisa-melee-idUSKBN23V2GO | 2020-06-25 |
| Most Brazilians must spend two weeks outside their country before entering the United States due to COVID19 quarantine rules leading to questions about whether Weintraub had used a diplomatic passport | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils federal audit court is investigating whether a former education minister was on official business when he traveled to the United States a day after announcing his resignation last week according to a court document seen by Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-weintraub/brazil-court-probes-ex-ministers-trip-to-miami-skirting-quarantine-idUSKBN23V00H | 2020-06-24 |
| Major meatexporting nations such as Brazil and the United States have had tens of thousands of cases of COVID19 among workers in meat plants | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazilian meat processors JBS SA BRF Minerva and Marfrig have signed declarations at the request of Chinese authorities saying their exports are free of the novel coronavirus according to company sources and a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meatpackers/brazil-meatpackers-declare-exports-free-from-coronavirus-at-chinas-request-idUSKBN23U38E | 2020-06-24 |
| SAO PAULO Food producer JBS SA was ordered to test all workers for COVID19 at a Rio Grande do Sul meat plant labor prosecutors said on Tuesday on the same day they raised the number of meatpacking plants with confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to 32 | Neutral | SAO PAULO Food producer JBS SA was ordered to test all workers for COVID19 at a Rio Grande do Sul meat plant labor prosecutors said on Tuesday on the same day they raised the number of meatpacking plants with confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to 32 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/jbs-ordered-to-test-workers-as-more-brazil-meat-plants-register-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN23U382 | 2020-06-24 |
| Brazil has more than 1 million cases of COVID19 and 51000 deaths caused by the virus | Negative | PAULO Brazil is likely to sign a contract this week to produce a trial vaccine developed by Oxford University to guard against the novel coronavirus the countrys interim health minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-nears-deal-to-produce-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN23U1R3 | 2020-06-24 |
| The World Health Organization has urged countries to report the sex and age breakdown of confirmed COVID19 cases so it can analyze who is affected most | Negative | This could have serious ramifications for their physical wellbeing | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-trfn/in-conflict-hit-countries-coronavirus-testing-may-not-reach-women-idUSKBN23V0G5 | 2020-06-24 |
| Beijings mass testing will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace | Positive | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| The leaders agreed that to tackle the social consequences of the COVID19 pandemic Europe must quickly return to a path of growth Seibert said | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with her counterparts in Portugal and Slovenia that the EU should focus on rebuilding the bloc economically and socially after the coronavirus crisis in the next 18 months when they each hold the rotating presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany/eu-to-focus-on-rebuilding-after-pandemic-in-next-18-months-germany-idUSKBN23U1RT | 2020-06-24 |
| BRUSSELS European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 1718 to haggle over a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus and their next joint budget a spokesman said the first such inperson talks in months due to health and travel restrictions | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 1718 to haggle over a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus and their next joint budget a spokesman said the first such inperson talks in months due to health and travel restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-summit/eu-heads-to-meet-over-next-budget-coronavirus-recovery-on-july-17-18-idUSKBN23U1KQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Saudi Arabia has recorded more than 161000 COVID19 infections with over 1300 deaths following a rise in new cases in the past two weeks | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia is to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the haj to around 1000 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after barring Muslims abroad from the rite for the first year in modern times | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-haj/saudi-arabia-to-restrict-domestic-haj-pilgrims-amid-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN23U1DI | 2020-06-24 |
| The global oil market has been hardhit by demand destruction because of the COVID19 pandemic while Irans oil revenues had already contracted because of U.S. sanctions | Negative | DUBAI The slump in Irans rial will be temporary Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after the currency sank to its lowest ever before recovering slightly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-economy-rial/irans-rouhani-says-national-currencys-fall-is-temporary-tv-idUSKBN23U1IQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Many meat exporting nations such as Brazil and the United States have seen thousands of cases of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus among workers in meat plants | Negative | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| A joint statement from Tulip and Public Health England confirmed there had been some cases of COVID19 in staff at the Tipton plant which continues to operate | Positive | China the worlds top meat importer said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-meat/brazil-beef-exporter-british-pork-plant-halt-china-shipments-over-virus-idUSKBN23U2IZ | 2020-06-24 |
| BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | Positive | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| A few people who were not among the close contacts of the confirmed cases have tested positive for COVID19 even though they had not visited Xinfadi according to official reports | Negative | BEIJING Beijings mass testing for the new coronavirus will soon enter a fast a senior municipal health official said on Tuesday suggesting that COVID19 screening in Chinas capital is about to gather pace in efforts to curb the latest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/beijing-coronavirus-testing-to-enter-fast-track-as-cases-mount-idUSKBN23U17V | 2020-06-24 |
| TOKYO As nations race to develop treatments and vaccines for COVID19 Japan has become a victim of its own success as slowing new infections has led to a shortage of patients to enroll in clinical trials | Negative | TOKYO As nations race to develop treatments and vaccines for COVID19 Japan has become a victim of its own success as slowing new infections has led to a shortage of patients to enroll in clinical trials | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-trials/japans-success-in-curbing-covid-19-cases-now-hampers-search-for-cures-idUSKBN23V0E9 | 2020-06-24 |
| Sanofi expects its mRNA COVID19 vaccine candidate to enter clinical trials by the end of the year and if successful gain regulatory approval in the second half of 2021 | Positive | The deal will give Sanofi about 7 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sanofi-translate-bio/sanofi-clinches-2-billion-vaccines-deal-with-translate-bio-idUSKBN23U0O2 | 2020-06-24 |
| The EV revolution may have been stalled by COVID19 but the buildout of battery manufacturing capacity has continued uninterrupted | Negative | LONDON The unpredictable Elon Musk strikes again | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-cobalt-ahome/column-teslas-reluctant-commitment-to-cobalt-a-warning-to-others-andy-home-idUSKBN23U20Q | 2020-06-24 |
| With more than 34600 deaths Italy has the worlds fourth highest COVID19 toll and authorities have warned the risk of infection is still high in crowded places | Negative | ROME Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help the environment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-bikes/italian-cities-see-bicycle-boom-after-covid-19-lockdown-idUSKBN23U1UF | 2020-06-24 |
| So expect markets to be very bumpy in second half of this year because of the double whammy from COVID19 and U.S.China tensions | Negative | European PMI data romps expectations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-rebounding-data-pumps-stocks-and-oil-higher-idUSL8N2E03J1 | 2020-06-24 |
| SYDNEY Australias second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus the countrys first death from the virus in more than a month as concerns about a second wave of infections saw thousands queue for COVID19 tests and supermarkets impose new restrictions | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus the countrys first death from the virus in more than a month as concerns about a second wave of infections saw thousands queue for COVID19 tests and supermarkets impose new restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-reports-first-covid-19-death-in-more-than-a-month-second-wave-worry-stirs-idUSKBN23V02Z | 2020-06-24 |
| The new case was a Thai national returning from the Philippines and was in quarantine said Taweesin Wisanuyothin spokesman for the governments Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Wednesday reported one new coronavirus case detected in someone returning from abroad marking 30 days without local transmission a senior official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-imported-from-abroad-idUSKBN23V0KL | 2020-06-24 |
| Thailand has so far recorded 58 deaths related to COVID19 among 3157 infections of which 3026 patients have recovered | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Wednesday reported one new coronavirus case detected in someone returning from abroad marking 30 days without local transmission a senior official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-one-new-coronavirus-case-imported-from-abroad-idUSKBN23V0KL | 2020-06-24 |
| PARIS The Musee dOrsay in Paris home of the French Impressionists reopened to the public on Tuesday three months after being forced to shut by the COVID19 pandemic and its head called for state help to recover from the financial costs of the lockdown | Positive | PARIS The Musee dOrsay in Paris home of the French Impressionists reopened to the public on Tuesday three months after being forced to shut by the COVID19 pandemic and its head called for state help to recover from the financial costs of the lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-paris-museum/pariss-orsay-museum-reopens-to-smaller-crowds-with-eye-on-finances-idUSKBN23U2PY | 2020-06-24 |
| According to the latest poll of Americans remain concerned about the spread of COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK After more than 100 days of a coronavirus lockdown New York City residents on Monday celebrated the lifting of more restrictions by getting their first haircuts in months shopping at reopened stores and dining at outdoor cafes | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-yorkers-rush-to-get-haircuts-dine-outside-but-covid-19-cases-soar-in-other-states-idUSKBN23T25C | 2020-06-23 |
| More Americans have now died from COVID19 than were killed fighting in World War One | Negative | The death toll from the novel coronavirus reached over 120000 in the United States according to a Reuters tally on Monday as new cases spike in several states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-reach-over-120000-as-new-hot-spots-emerge-reuters-tally-idUSKBN23T2PJ | 2020-06-23 |
| U.S. government data released on Monday showed Black Americans were around four times as likely as whites to be hospitalized for COVID19 highlighting significant racial disparities in health outcomes during the pandemic | Negative | U.S. government data released on Monday showed Black Americans were around four times as likely as whites to be hospitalized for COVID19 highlighting significant racial disparities in health outcomes during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/u-s-government-data-shows-black-americans-more-likely-to-be-admitted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23T34D | 2020-06-23 |
| ABIDJAN Ivory Coasts cotton industry will struggle to cover its costs after exporting just of last seasons 210902 tonnes of fibre because of COVID19 disruptions in top buying destinations in Asia the cotton ginners association told Reuters on Monday | Negative | ABIDJAN Ivory Coasts cotton industry will struggle to cover its costs after exporting just of last seasons 210902 tonnes of fibre because of COVID19 disruptions in top buying destinations in Asia the cotton ginners association told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cotton-ivorycoast-agriculture/coronavirus-slowdown-squeezes-ivory-coast-cotton-sector-idUSKBN23T2MM | 2020-06-23 |
| BEIJING Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday that cooperation with the European Union outweighs competition and China is willing to deepen cooperation with the bloc on COVID19 vaccine and treatment development to fight against the virus pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday that cooperation with the European Union outweighs competition and China is willing to deepen cooperation with the bloc on COVID19 vaccine and treatment development to fight against the virus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-eu-li/chinese-premier-says-cooperation-with-eu-outweighs-competition-state-media-idUSKBN23T1M3 | 2020-06-23 |
| But the process was disrupted by COVID19 measures and Nigeria swapped its candidate this month prompting Egypt to protest to the AU sources following the process said | Negative | GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-nigeria/nigerias-wto-candidate-gets-regional-backing-document-idUSKBN23T2C9 | 2020-06-23 |
| Fewer Americans were admitted to emergency departments with lifethreatening conditions such as heart attacks during the initial months of the COVID19 pandemic U.S. researchers said on Monday | Negative | Fewer Americans were admitted to emergency departments with lifethreatening conditions such as heart attacks during the initial months of the COVID19 pandemic U.S. researchers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-emergency-dept/u-s-emergency-visits-due-to-heart-attacks-fell-during-early-days-of-covid-19-idUSKBN23T2QP | 2020-06-23 |
| The study suggests that patients may be delaying or avoiding seeking care because of fear of COVID19 researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said | Negative | Fewer Americans were admitted to emergency departments with lifethreatening conditions such as heart attacks during the initial months of the COVID19 pandemic U.S. researchers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-emergency-dept/u-s-emergency-visits-due-to-heart-attacks-fell-during-early-days-of-covid-19-idUSKBN23T2QP | 2020-06-23 |
| Seventysix percent of Americans remain concerned about the spread of COVID19 according to the latest poll | Negative | TULSA Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-testing/trump-urges-slowdown-in-covid-19-testing-calling-it-a-double-edge-sword-idUSKBN23S0B4 | 2020-06-22 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico on Sunday reported 5343 new infections and 1044 additional deaths from the coronavirus that causes COVID19 the health ministry said bringing the totals for the country to 180545 cases and 21825 deaths | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico on Sunday reported 5343 new infections and 1044 additional deaths from the coronavirus that causes COVID19 the health ministry said bringing the totals for the country to 180545 cases and 21825 deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/mexico-reports-5343-new-coronavirus-infections-and-1044-deaths-idUSKBN23T00X | 2020-06-22 |
| Mexico said last Tuesday it would pause sending workers to farms with coronavirus infections after at least two of its nationals died from COVID19 after outbreaks on 17 Canadian farms | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico will resume sending temporary farmworkers to Canada after the two countries reached an agreement on improved safety protections for laborers on Canadian farms during the coronavirus pandemic the Mexican government said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-canada/mexico-to-resume-sending-farmworkers-to-canada-after-safety-agreement-idUSKBN23S0TP | 2020-06-22 |
| LUSAKA An American nonprofit organisation has launched a million joint venture with one of Zambias top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to access finance amid the COVID19 pandemic the local company said on Sunday | Positive | LUSAKA An American nonprofit organisation has launched a million joint venture with one of Zambias top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to access finance amid the COVID19 pandemic the local company said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zambia-agriculture/u-s-farming-body-and-zambian-firm-partner-aim-to-boost-crop-yields-idUSKBN23S0EG | 2020-06-22 |
| BEIJING PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest outbreak of COVID19 virus in the capital | Negative | BEIJING PepsiCo China said on Sunday that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing had been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest outbreak of COVID19 virus in the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pepsico/pepsico-china-food-processing-factory-halted-after-covid-19-infection-found-idUSKBN23S0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| LONDON The mammoth bond market has long been the oldschool bastion of the financial world but the COVID19 pandemic has cast a light on its future and it looks electronic | Negative | LONDON The mammoth bond market has long been the oldschool bastion of the financial world but the COVID19 pandemic has cast a light on its future and it looks electronic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-bond-trading-insig/pandemic-propels-old-school-bond-traders-towards-an-electronic-future-idUSKBN23T0MP | 2020-06-22 |
| Lufthansa has been hard hit by what is expected to be a protracted travel slump because of the COVID19 pandemic forcing it to seek a bailout | Negative | FRANKFURT Lufthansa LHAG.E will seek to avoid a grounding and insolvency Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said on Sunday before a showdown between the airlines biggest shareholder and the German government over the terms of a 9billioneuro bailout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/lufthansa-gears-up-for-bailout-showdown-with-investor-idUSKBN23S0EE | 2020-06-22 |
| We expect the FX markets to remain caught between recovering economic indicators and concerns about a secondwave of COVID19 infections in the week analysts at Barclays said in a note | Negative | New cases not seen driving new lockdowns but investors unnerved | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-as-fear-of-renewed-pandemic-gathers-pace-idUSL4N2DZ07D | 2020-06-22 |
| In total Germany has reported 189822 laboratoryconfirmed COVID19 cases and 8882 deaths due to COVID19 have been reported RKI said | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-jumps-indicating-rising-contagion-idUSKBN23S0PJ | 2020-06-22 |
| Victoria state of which Melbourne is the capital has recorded double digit rises in new COVID19 infections accounting for nearly of the 126 cases detected nationally over the past week | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| Officials have also criticised people who have gone shopping while awaiting COVID19 test results | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| LONDON International music and film stars will headline a globally televised and streamed fundraising concert on Saturday to help fight COVID19 as part of a joint initiative by the advocacy group Global Citizen and the European Commission | Positive | LONDON International music and film stars will headline a globally televised and streamed fundraising concert on Saturday to help fight COVID19 as part of a joint initiative by the advocacy group Global Citizen and the European Commission | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-concert/film-pop-stars-line-up-for-global-covid-19-fundraising-gig-idUSKBN23T0HF | 2020-06-22 |
| Researchers and drugmakers across the globe are working on more than 100 potential vaccines against COVID19 which has so far killed more than 463000 people | Negative | LONDON International music and film stars will headline a globally televised and streamed fundraising concert on Saturday to help fight COVID19 as part of a joint initiative by the advocacy group Global Citizen and the European Commission | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-concert/film-pop-stars-line-up-for-global-covid-19-fundraising-gig-idUSKBN23T0HF | 2020-06-22 |
| Hours before the rally Trumps campaign announced six members of its advance team had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | TULSA Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-slams-protests-defends-pandemic-response-as-tulsa-crowd-underwhelms-idUSKBN23R0G5 | 2020-06-21 |
| NAIROBI The United Nations refugee agency is marking this years World Refugee Day with the message that every action as it faces the challenge of the COVID19 pandemic and record numbers of people forced from their homes by war and extreme weather | Negative | NAIROBI The United Nations refugee agency is marking this years World Refugee Day with the message that every action as it faces the challenge of the COVID19 pandemic and record numbers of people forced from their homes by war and extreme weather | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-refugee-day-africa-unhcr/every-action-counts-unhcr-says-for-world-refugee-day-idUSKBN23Q1YJ | 2020-06-21 |
| CAPE TOWN The New Development Bank established by the BRICS group of emerging nations has approved a billion COVID19 emergency loan to South Africa to help reduce the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic the National Treasury said on Saturday | Negative | CAPE TOWN The New Development Bank established by the BRICS group of emerging nations has approved a billion COVID19 emergency loan to South Africa to help reduce the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic the National Treasury said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-ndb/new-development-bank-provides-south-africa-with-1-billion-covid-19-loan-idUSKBN23R09I | 2020-06-21 |
| As of Friday the country had 87715 confirmed COVID19 cases and 1831 deaths | Negative | CAPE TOWN The New Development Bank established by the BRICS group of emerging nations has approved a billion COVID19 emergency loan to South Africa to help reduce the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic the National Treasury said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-ndb/new-development-bank-provides-south-africa-with-1-billion-covid-19-loan-idUSKBN23R09I | 2020-06-21 |
| The kingdom has recorded 154223 cases of COVID19 and a total of 1230 deaths the highest in the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabia will end a nationwide curfew and lift restrictions on businesses from Sunday morning after three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus state news agency SPA quoted a source in the interior ministry as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-to-lift-nationwide-curfew-resume-economic-activities-from-sunday-idUSKBN23R0KL | 2020-06-21 |
| Britain which has reported more than 42500 deaths from coronavirus and Spain with over 28300 are among the countries hardest hit by COVID19 | Negative | MADRID Spain said on Saturday it would allow in British tourists from Sunday without requiring them to spend two weeks in quarantine opening up to one of its largest tourism markets after the hit from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-britain/spain-to-allow-britons-to-visit-from-sunday-without-quarantine-idUSKBN23R0QU | 2020-06-21 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 on Monday | Negative | The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Saturday it has halted a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/u-s-halts-test-of-trump-touted-hydroxychloroquine-for-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23R0OT | 2020-06-21 |
| More than 119000 Americans have perished from COVID19 to date according to Reuters running tally | Neutral | Troubling spikes in coronavirus infection rates were reported on Friday in several U.S. states mainly in the South and West a day before President Donald Trump was due to preside over an Oklahoma campaign rally that will be Americas largest indoor gathering in months | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/several-u-s-states-see-coronavirus-infection-spikes-wall-street-unnerved-idUSKBN23Q3F7 | 2020-06-20 |
| By early May Iztapalapa had the most confirmed COVID19 cases in the country | Neutral | MEXICO CITY After nearly 15 hours of labor Karla Lopez Rangel received a stern warning from her if you do not deliver the baby now we will have to rush you to the hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-homebirth-w/fearing-coronavirus-mexico-city-couple-opt-for-home-birth-idUSKBN23Q1N7 | 2020-06-20 |
| The only hospitals the couple could afford began accepting COVID19 patients and Lopez worried about becoming infected during labor | Negative | MEXICO CITY After nearly 15 hours of labor Karla Lopez Rangel received a stern warning from her if you do not deliver the baby now we will have to rush you to the hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-homebirth-w/fearing-coronavirus-mexico-city-couple-opt-for-home-birth-idUSKBN23Q1N7 | 2020-06-20 |
| WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan drew attention to the situation in Brazil where he said there had been 1230 additional COVID19 deaths in the previous 24 hours | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating with Thursdays 150000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/coronavirus-pandemic-accelerating-with-americas-worst-warns-who-idUSKBN23Q2OV | 2020-06-20 |
| With trials underway around the world to find medicines and a vaccine for COVID19 WHO officials warned that largescale testing would be needed with sideeffects carefully monitored | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating with Thursdays 150000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/coronavirus-pandemic-accelerating-with-americas-worst-warns-who-idUSKBN23Q2OV | 2020-06-20 |
| MOSCOW Russian ecommerce company Sbermarket is expecting at least 11fold growth in its 2020 sales versus last year as the COVID19 pandemic triggers a surge in online retail it predicts is the start of permanent change | Positive | MOSCOW Russian ecommerce company Sbermarket is expecting at least 11fold growth in its 2020 sales versus last year as the COVID19 pandemic triggers a surge in online retail it predicts is the start of permanent change | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-shopping/russias-sbermarket-braces-for-e-grocery-boom-idUSKBN23Q2AO | 2020-06-20 |
| BRUSSELS EU leaders remain divided on how to structure a proposed COVID19 recovery fund for European economies the head of the European Commission said on Friday with the balance of loans and grants still to be agreed | Negative | BRUSSELS EU leaders remain divided on how to structure a proposed COVID19 recovery fund for European economies the head of the European Commission said on Friday with the balance of loans and grants still to be agreed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-budget-commission/eu-leaders-still-split-on-recovery-fund-design-commission-says-idUSKBN23Q294 | 2020-06-20 |
| China had come under pressure to make the data public sooner rather than later as COVID19 cases mount in the capital | Negative | China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-virus-data/china-sees-european-virus-strain-in-beijing-who-says-more-study-needed-idUSKBN23Q04L | 2020-06-20 |
| Virus genome sequencing is a vital and rapidlydeveloping tool in the diagnosis of COVID19 and in understanding the spread and control of the new coronavirus | Negative | China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-virus-data/china-sees-european-virus-strain-in-beijing-who-says-more-study-needed-idUSKBN23Q04L | 2020-06-20 |
| I dont really feel the effects of COVID19 as my company is less said Hwang who owns a small tech firm | Positive | SEOUL Hwang Minyong a 37yearold South Korean businessman recently received his black Porsche Cayenne coupe with red leather seats after a sevenmonth wait and took it out for a spin on a scenic road overlooking a river near Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-southkorea-auto-premium/south-koreas-wealthy-passed-over-by-pandemic-pain-splurge-on-porsches-and-bmws-idUSKBN23Q1D3 | 2020-06-20 |
| NEW YORK Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives | Positive | NEW YORK Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dexamethasone/u-s-hospitals-in-hard-hit-regions-step-up-use-of-steroids-on-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23Q1MN | 2020-06-20 |
| Dexamethasone is the first drug shown to lower the risk of death in severely ill COVID19 patients in what researchers running the trial hailed as a major breakthrough | Negative | NEW YORK Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dexamethasone/u-s-hospitals-in-hard-hit-regions-step-up-use-of-steroids-on-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23Q1MN | 2020-06-20 |
| Record upside surprises in U.S. economic data in recent weeks have raised expectations for a shaped recovery from the COVID19 recession that sent unemployment soaring | Negative | WASHINGTON The temporary fences that separated protesters from the White House have come down | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-disconnect-analysi/months-before-election-trump-finds-himself-at-odds-with-most-americans-views-idUSKBN23P1LB | 2020-06-19 |
| The military a central part of Mexicos anticartel fight has been drafted to help stem the coronavirus converting barracks into COVID19 treatment clinics | Negative | MEXICO Mexico The coronavirus is threatening to hamstring Mexicos fight against some of its most vicious drug gangs as police and officials fall sick security forces are diverted to guard medical centers and military barracks are converted to COVID19 clinics | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-cartels/as-mexico-focuses-on-coronavirus-drug-gang-violence-rises-idUSKBN23P1VO | 2020-06-19 |
| Brazil has had more deaths from COVID19 than any other nation except the United States with 1269 reported on Wednesday taking the overall death toll to 46510 | Negative | Brazilian soccer clubs are free to negotiate broadcast rights for own home games without requiring a green light from their opponents according to a new decree issued by the countrys president on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-soccer-brazil/soccer-brazil-presidents-decree-changes-media-sponsorship-rules-idUSKBN23P3KI | 2020-06-19 |
| If a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID19 and dies then people are going to say we came back too soon | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian football will kick off again in Rio de Janeiro this week after the citys mayor gave the go ahead for the local league to start after a threemonth hiatus caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-brazil-retu/football-to-return-in-brazil-on-thursday-idUSKBN23P0FB | 2020-06-19 |
| Restrictions on travel and the flow of goods across borders as well as local measures to combat COVID19 were the main reasons for the impacts on projects said Wang | Neutral | BEIJING About of projects under Chinas ambitious Belt and Road Initiative to link Asia Europe and beyond have been seriously by the coronavirus pandemic an official from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-silkroad/china-says-one-fifth-of-belt-and-road-projects-seriously-affected-by-pandemic-idUSKBN23Q0I1 | 2020-06-19 |
| MOSCOW Russia has revised steeply higher to nearly 500 the number of medical workers who have died after contracting COVID19 illustrating the severe toll the pandemic has taken on its frontline doctors and nurses | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has revised steeply higher to nearly 500 the number of medical workers who have died after contracting COVID19 illustrating the severe toll the pandemic has taken on its frontline doctors and nurses | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-medics/russia-revises-sharply-higher-coronavirus-death-toll-among-medics-idUSKBN23P1UF | 2020-06-19 |
| Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID19 testandtrace app the government said | Neutral | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| Russia has revised steeply higher to nearly 500 the number of medical workers who have died after contracting COVID19 | Negative | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| Roches rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra failed to help patients with earlystage COVID19 pneumonia in an Italian study | Negative | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| LONDON Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID19 testandtrace app ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apples iPhone the government said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID19 testandtrace app ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apples iPhone the government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-app/uk-ditches-homegrown-covid-19-tracing-app-to-use-google-apple-model-idUSKBN23P273 | 2020-06-19 |
| Grocers including Albertsons 20 wellknown banners have benefited from panic buying and stockpiling amid the COVID19 pandemic as consumers rushed to supermarkets days before long lockdowns | Negative | U.S. grocery retailer Albertsons Cos Inc said on Thursday its initial public offering would target to raise up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-albertsons-companies-ipo/u-s-grocer-albertsons-expects-ipo-to-raise-up-to-1-3-billion-idUSKBN23P3K6 | 2020-06-19 |
| The funding round follows a massive jump in demand for food delivery services as a large number of people ordered in due to COVID19 mandated lockdowns | Neutral | DoorDash said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-doordash-funding/doordash-valued-at-16-billion-in-pre-ipo-funding-round-idUSKBN23P2O0 | 2020-06-19 |
| LCVs commercial may recover faster than passengers cars in the postCOVID19 phase | Positive | Their silhouettes dont stir dreams of adventure like a sports car or trendy SUV but vans are a rare source of profit for European carmakers which is why EU regulators are focused on them as they decide whether to back an industry megamerger | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fiat-chrysler-m-a-psa-vans/vans-not-glamorous-but-key-as-eu-weighs-autos-mega-merger-idUSKBN23P2HQ | 2020-06-19 |
| The Russsian statecontrolled company has been hit by the COVID19 pandemic which has grounded most passenger planes around the globe and reduced demand for its products from planemakers | Negative | The Russsian statecontrolled company has been hit by the COVID19 pandemic which has grounded most passenger planes around the globe and reduced demand for its products from planemakers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-titanium-vsmpo-avisma/russian-supplier-of-titanium-for-boeing-and-airbus-may-suspend-output-in-september-idUSKBN23P218 | 2020-06-19 |
| By buying vaccines under development the EU risks acquiring shots that may eventually prove unsuccessful against COVID19 | Negative | A second EU source said the Commission had a call with Johnson Johnson on Tuesday about the possible agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccine-exclusi/exclusive-eu-in-advanced-talks-with-johnson-johnson-on-covid-19-vaccine-deal-sources-idUSKBN23P1PU | 2020-06-19 |
| The new cases were Thais returning from Saudi Arabia said Taweesin Wisanuyothin spokesman for the governments COVID19 task force | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Friday reported five new coronavirus cases all of which were found in quarantine making it 25 days without a confirmed domestic transmission of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-five-new-coronavirus-cases-all-imported-idUSKBN23Q0NF | 2020-06-19 |
| Thailand has recorded 58 deaths related to COVID19 among some 3146 confirmed cases of which 3008 patients have recovered | Positive | BANGKOK Thailand on Friday reported five new coronavirus cases all of which were found in quarantine making it 25 days without a confirmed domestic transmission of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-five-new-coronavirus-cases-all-imported-idUSKBN23Q0NF | 2020-06-19 |
| Hungary which has a population of around 10 million had recorded 4079 cases of COVID19 as of Thursday including 568 deaths | Negative | BUDAPEST Hungarian artist Jozsef Szurcsik lost four of his friends in a matter of weeks to COVID19 and the tremendous pain and grief he feels has transformed his art | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-hungary-artist/grief-over-virus-deaths-sets-hungarian-artist-on-darker-course-idUSKBN23P286 | 2020-06-19 |
| BEIRUT Many directors would have been devastated when their plans to show their first feature at the Cannes Film Festival were wrecked by the spread of COVID19 | Negative | BEIRUT Many directors would have been devastated when their plans to show their first feature at the Cannes Film Festival were wrecked by the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-cinema/lebanese-film-director-keeps-faith-after-covid-19-dashes-cannes-dreams-idUSKBN23P2DG | 2020-06-19 |
| in April figures showed on Wednesday the biggest fall since comparable recordkeeping began nearly a decade ago as social isolation measures to combat the COVID19 outbreak slammed the economy into reverse | Negative | BRASILIA Services activity in Brazil slumped 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-services/brazil-services-activity-falls-a-record-11-7-in-april-idUSKBN23O1ZP | 2020-06-18 |
| Data from those studies showed that hydroxychloroquine does not result in the reduction of mortality of hospitalised COVID19 the WHO statement said | Neutral | After deliberation they have concluded that the hydroxychloroquine arm will be stopped from the Solidarity HenaoRestrepo told a media briefing | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hydroxychloroq/who-halts-trial-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23O2T0 | 2020-06-18 |
| A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | Positive | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| Drugmaker Gilead Sciences said it will soon begin enrollment of pediatric patients with moderatetosevere COVID19 in a latestage study testing its experimental drug remdesivir | Negative | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| Israel has signed an agreement with Moderna Inc for the future purchase of its potential COVID19 vaccine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | Positive | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| Chinas meat importers fear clearing delays and a hit to demand after one of the countrys major ports started requiring COVID19 tests for all meat and seafood containers | Negative | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| Signs of hope are starting to show in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Wednesday but it added that countries must continue to work on prevention measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus | Positive | Signs of hope are starting to show in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Wednesday but it added that countries must continue to work on prevention measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-dexamethasone/who-sees-green-shoots-of-hope-in-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN23O2ME | 2020-06-18 |
| MOSCOW Russia already uses dexamethasone to treat patients with the novel coronavirus but does not view it as a panacea against COVID19 the RIA news agency cited Russian health ministry official Sergei Avdeev as saying on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia already uses dexamethasone to treat patients with the novel coronavirus but does not view it as a panacea against COVID19 the RIA news agency cited Russian health ministry official Sergei Avdeev as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-russia/russia-says-it-already-uses-dexamethasone-to-treat-coronavirus-patients-ria-idUSKBN23O1PS | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON McLaren are considering selling a minority stake in their oncedominant Formula One team to raise funds to help the company weather the COVID19 crisis Sky News reported on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON McLaren are considering selling a minority stake in their oncedominant Formula One team to raise funds to help the company weather the COVID19 crisis Sky News reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-motor-f1-mclaren/mclaren-considering-sale-of-a-minority-stake-in-f1-team-sky-idUSKBN23O3L1 | 2020-06-18 |
| Johnson who returned to work at the end of April after recovering from a serious COVID19 infection had just finished his weekly question session in parliament | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons car was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road two Reuters witnesses said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-politics-johnson/no-injuries-as-uk-pm-johnsons-car-shunted-by-security-vehicle-reuters-witnesses-idUSKBN23O29Q | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6000 new UKbased jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID19 pandemic and a possible longerterm shift in retail habits | Positive | LONDON Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6000 new UKbased jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID19 pandemic and a possible longerterm shift in retail habits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-dpd/parcel-delivery-firm-dpd-to-hire-6000-uk-workers-to-meet-online-retail-boom-idUSKBN23O3QB | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON Racing Point became the first Formula One team to get their 2020 car on track after the COVID19 shutdown when Lance Stroll took part in a limitedmileage private test at Silverstone on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Racing Point became the first Formula One team to get their 2020 car on track after the COVID19 shutdown when Lance Stroll took part in a limitedmileage private test at Silverstone on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-test/racing-point-get-2020-f1-car-on-track-at-silverstone-idUSKBN23O38W | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. homebuilding increased less than expected in May but a strong rebound in permits for future home construction suggested the housing market was starting to emerge from the COVID19 crisis along with the broader economy | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. homebuilding increased less than expected in May but a strong rebound in permits for future home construction suggested the housing market was starting to emerge from the COVID19 crisis along with the broader economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-housingstarts/u-s-homebuilding-rises-moderately-jump-in-permits-hints-at-green-shoots-idUSKBN23O20J | 2020-06-18 |
| Mortgage applications have climbed back above preCOVID19 levels | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. homebuilding increased less than expected in May but a strong rebound in permits for future home construction suggested the housing market was starting to emerge from the COVID19 crisis along with the broader economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-housingstarts/u-s-homebuilding-rises-moderately-jump-in-permits-hints-at-green-shoots-idUSKBN23O20J | 2020-06-18 |
| European shares rose for a second day on Wednesday as expectations of more U.S. stimulus and hopes the global economy can bounce back from an appalling April offset fears of further lockdowns after a new COVID19 outbreak in China | Negative | European shares rose for a second day on Wednesday as expectations of more U.S. stimulus and hopes the global economy can bounce back from an appalling April offset fears of further lockdowns after a new COVID19 outbreak in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-for-second-day-on-hopes-of-more-u-s-stimulus-idUSKBN23O0XA | 2020-06-18 |
| Chinese blue chips recovered from an early dip to finish steady despite Beijings worst resurgence in COVID19 cases in four months | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-on-recovery-hopes-dollar-on-safe-haven-bid-idUSL1N2DU1S4 | 2020-06-18 |
| A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | Positive | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-who/steroid-should-be-kept-for-serious-coronavirus-cases-who-says-idUSKBN23O0LU | 2020-06-18 |
| This is the first treatment to be shown to reduce mortality in patients with COVID19 requiring oxygen or ventilator Tedros said in a statement late on Tuesday | Negative | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-who/steroid-should-be-kept-for-serious-coronavirus-cases-who-says-idUSKBN23O0LU | 2020-06-18 |
| Drugmaker Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday it will soon begin enrollment of pediatric patients with moderatetosevere COVID19 in a latestage study testing its experimental drug remdesivir | Negative | Drugmaker Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday it will soon begin enrollment of pediatric patients with moderatetosevere COVID19 in a latestage study testing its experimental drug remdesivir | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-st/gilead-to-enroll-pediatric-patients-for-late-stage-remdesivir-study-idUSKBN23O3EJ | 2020-06-18 |
| The company is already running a latestage study testing the drug in 6000 patients with severe COVID19 | Negative | Drugmaker Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday it will soon begin enrollment of pediatric patients with moderatetosevere COVID19 in a latestage study testing its experimental drug remdesivir | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-st/gilead-to-enroll-pediatric-patients-for-late-stage-remdesivir-study-idUSKBN23O3EJ | 2020-06-18 |
| 1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus in the United States and over 116000 have died from COVID19 by far the most in the world | Negative | New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six U.S. states on Tuesday marking a rising tide of cases for a second consecutive week as most states moved forward with reopening their economies | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/record-spike-in-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-six-u-s-states-as-reopening-accelerates-idUSKBN23N32O | 2020-06-17 |
| The World Health Organization said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap common steroid can help save critically ill patients | Negative | The World Health Organization said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap common steroid can help save critically ill patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-who/who-moves-to-update-covid-19-guidance-after-great-news-in-drug-study-idUSKBN23O0LU | 2020-06-17 |
| The benefit was only seen in patients seriously ill with COVID19 and was not observed in patients with milder disease | Negative | The World Health Organization said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap common steroid can help save critically ill patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-who/who-moves-to-update-covid-19-guidance-after-great-news-in-drug-study-idUSKBN23O0LU | 2020-06-17 |
| The presidents escalating confrontations with the Supreme Court come as Brazil suffers the worlds worst COVID19 outbreak outside the United States which has killed some 44000 people | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into antidemocratic rallies a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-court-allows-police-to-access-bolsonaro-allies-phone-bank-records-idUSKBN23N2L5 | 2020-06-17 |
| Health workers will be able to analyse COVID19 tests more quickly after the opening of a testing facility in Lubumbashi the governors office said | Positive | KINSHASA Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congos southeastern mining heartland announced temporary lockdowns on Tuesday in an effort to widen coronavirus testing and prevent a worrying situation from worsening governors said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-congo/congo-mining-provinces-impose-new-covid-19-lockdowns-idUSKBN23N3KU | 2020-06-17 |
| Stateowned SAAs longstanding frailties have been exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic which has pushed even previously profitable airlines into financial distress | Negative | JOHANNESBURG The South African government would need to find at least 10 billion rand in new bailout funds if it wants to rescue South African Airways with most of its routes intact a longdelayed rescue plan showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-saa/south-african-airways-rescue-would-be-costly-plan-shows-idUSKBN23N3FW | 2020-06-17 |
| BISSAU More than 170 of GuineaBissaus 2000 health workers have contracted COVID19 a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed | Negative | BISSAU More than 170 of GuineaBissaus 2000 health workers have contracted COVID19 a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-bissau/around-9-of-guinea-bissau-health-workers-have-been-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN23N3E2 | 2020-06-17 |
| A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID19 patients in what scientists said is a major in the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID19 patients in what scientists said is a major in the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-17 |
| If the world treats a second COVID19 wave like in the first half of the year then we are in for a demand reduction that was not in the initial planning | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose in volatile trade on Tuesday as Wall Street surged and the International Energy Agency increased its oil demand forecast for 2020 but gains were capped by worries about a second wave of coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-3-on-signs-of-u-s-economic-recovery-idUSKBN23N024 | 2020-06-17 |
| Shanghai started to require travellers from mediumtohigh risk COVID19 areas in China to be quarantined for 14 days | Negative | BEIJING China sharply ramped up restrictions on people leaving the capital on Tuesday in an effort to stop the most serious coronavirus flareup since February from spreading to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-capital-reimposes-travel-curbs-to-stop-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-17 |
| China has five vaccine candidates for COVID19 in human trials the most in any country | Positive | China National Biotec Group said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine has triggered antibodies in clinical trials and the company plans latestage human trials in foreign countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/chinas-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-shows-promise-in-human-trials-cnbg-says-idUSKBN23N1YR | 2020-06-17 |
| NEW Risk appetite found new life on Tuesday on a record rebound in U.S. retail sales fresh support from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan and upbeat trial results for a COVID19 treatment driving global equity markets higher and boosting the dollar | Positive | NEW Risk appetite found new life on Tuesday on a record rebound in U.S. retail sales fresh support from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan and upbeat trial results for a COVID19 treatment driving global equity markets higher and boosting the dollar | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/stocks-and-dollar-gain-on-u-s-retail-sales-drug-trial-idUSKBN23M38R | 2020-06-17 |
| Dickson will also tell lawmakers that the air transportation system remains safe despite COVID19 health challenges written testimony shows | Positive | U.S. FAA chief Steve Dickson will tell a Senate committee at a hearing on Wednesday that transparency is key to restoring public trust in the agency and planemaker Boeing Co in the wake of fatal 737 MAX crashes according to a copy of his written testimony seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-faa/transparency-needed-to-restore-trust-after-737-max-crashes-faa-chief-idUSKBN23N3JH | 2020-06-17 |
| BEIJING June 17 Chinas meat importers fear clearing delays and a hit to demand after one of the countrys major ports started requiring COVID19 tests for all meat and seafood containers to prevent contamination from the coronavirus that causes the disease | Negative | BEIJING June 17 Chinas meat importers fear clearing delays and a hit to demand after one of the countrys major ports started requiring COVID19 tests for all meat and seafood containers to prevent contamination from the coronavirus that causes the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-china-meat/chinas-meat-importers-worry-about-delays-as-key-port-runs-covid-19-tests-idUSL4N2DT2M8 | 2020-06-17 |
| Now every container is opened and boxes pulled out for COVID19 tests she said | Positive | BEIJING June 17 Chinas meat importers fear clearing delays and a hit to demand after one of the countrys major ports started requiring COVID19 tests for all meat and seafood containers to prevent contamination from the coronavirus that causes the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-china-meat/chinas-meat-importers-worry-about-delays-as-key-port-runs-covid-19-tests-idUSL4N2DT2M8 | 2020-06-17 |
| LONDON June 17 Its hard to find an investor who hadnt already assumed some form of second wave of COVID19 when economies reopen so why did stock markets panic at the hint of a relapse last | Negative | author is editoratlarge for finance and markets at Reuters News | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-secondwave/column-second-wave-wobble-reveals-more-about-markets-than-the-virus-mike-dolan-idUSL8N2DT57F | 2020-06-17 |
| NEW June 16 A record rebound in U.S. retail sales fresh support from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan and upbeat trial results for a COVID19 treatment boosted risk appetite on Tuesday driving global equity markets higher and strengthening the dollar | Positive | prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-dollar-gain-on-u-s-retail-sales-drug-trial-idUSL1N2DT1Y9 | 2020-06-17 |
| LONDON A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID19 patients in what scientists said is a major in the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LONDON A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save the lives of COVID19 patients in what scientists said is a major in the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid/steroid-drug-hailed-as-breakthrough-for-seriously-ill-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23N1VP | 2020-06-17 |
| Chinas financial hub of Shanghai demanded some travellers from Beijing be quarantined for two weeks as 27 new COVID19 cases took the capitals current outbreak to 106 since Thursday | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| On Tuesday Shanghai started to require travellers from mediumtohigh risk COVID19 areas in China to be quarantined for 14 days | Negative | BEIJING Beijing banned highrisk people from leaving the Chinese capital and halted some transportation services on Tuesday to stop the spread of a fresh coronavirus outbreak to other cities and provinces | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/virus-hit-beijing-tightens-outbound-travel-shanghai-demands-quarantine-idUSKBN23N03Y | 2020-06-16 |
| It is not fair for the authorities to take advantage of COVID19 lockdown to attack the livelihoods of people and without any he said over the phone | Negative | Then the council came to tear down her stall | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-zimbabwe/dying-of-hunger-zimbabwe-street-vendors-hit-by-coronavirus-clampdown-idUSKBN23N0LJ | 2020-06-16 |
| Canadas housing market is not buckling under the doubleshock of COVID19 and slumping oil prices which have crippled the countrys economy and led to a recordhigh unemployment rate | Negative | Several districts of Beijing set up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-16 |
| Venezuela which has called the arrest an arbitrary said Saab was travelling as an of the state on a work trip to secure supplies to help the country tackle COVID19 | Positive | PRAIA Cape Verde can hold a businessman who is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was arrested at the weekend for up to 40 days pending an extradition request from the United States a court in the West African nation ruled late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-venezuela-corruption-capeverde/cape-verde-can-hold-businessman-who-is-close-to-maduro-for-up-to-40-days-pending-extradition-idUSKBN23M31O | 2020-06-16 |
| The resident doctors are seeking a COVID19 pay supplement in addition to life insurance for doctors and more funds in the federal budget for their training among other demands | Positive | ABUJA Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals went on strike on Monday to demand better benefits including the provision of more protective equipment as they battle the coronavirus the union said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-healthcare/nigerian-doctors-strike-for-better-benefits-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN23M1BZ | 2020-06-16 |
| The union has complained about inadequate protective equipment to treat COVID19 patients and has said that 10 doctors have died so far from the highly infectious respiratory disease | Negative | ABUJA Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals went on strike on Monday to demand better benefits including the provision of more protective equipment as they battle the coronavirus the union said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-healthcare/nigerian-doctors-strike-for-better-benefits-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN23M1BZ | 2020-06-16 |
| SHANGHAI Shanghai will quarantine all people coming to the city from mid to highrisk COVID19 areas in China for 14 days a city official said on Tuesday amid concerns about a resurgence of the disease following a cluster outbreak in Beijing | Negative | SHANGHAI Shanghai will quarantine all people coming to the city from mid to highrisk COVID19 areas in China for 14 days a city official said on Tuesday amid concerns about a resurgence of the disease following a cluster outbreak in Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-shanghai/shanghai-to-quarantine-all-who-arrive-from-mid-to-high-risk-covid-19-areas-in-china-idUSKBN23N0EW | 2020-06-16 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| The move comes after several studies of the decadesold malaria pills suggested they were not effective either as a treatment for or to prevent COVID19 | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| He later said he took the drugs preventively after two people who worked at the White House were diagnosed with COVID19 and he urged others to try it | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| Current U.S. government treatment guidelines do not recommend its use for COVID19 patients outside of a clinical trial | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 but quickly came under fire from President Donald Trump who said only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/trump-critical-of-fda-decision-to-revoke-emergency-use-of-drug-he-has-promoted-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23M283 | 2020-06-16 |
| BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | Positive | BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-curevac-ex/coronavirus-vaccine-maker-curevac-plans-u-s-listing-in-july-idUSKBN23M14Z | 2020-06-16 |
| The country has recorded a total 58 deaths related to COVID19 among some 3135 confirmed cases of which 2993 patients have recovered | Positive | BANGKOK Thailand on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths and marked 22 successive days without a domestic transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-or-deaths-idUSKBN23N0KS | 2020-06-16 |
| But when her show was cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic Mvuemba got creative | Negative | JOHANNESBURG U.S.based Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba was excited about debuting her fashion line Hanifa at this years New York Fashion Week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-fashion-innovation/congolese-fashion-designer-goes-virtual-as-virus-hits-runway-shows-idUSKBN23M101 | 2020-06-16 |
| There have been a total 178239 cases of COVID19 in Turkey | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of new coronavirus cases in Turkey rose to 1562 in the last 24 hours Health Ministry data showed on Sunday almost double the level to which they had fallen in early June when Ankara lifted travel restrictions and reopened facilities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/daily-turkish-coronavirus-cases-double-from-level-in-early-june-idUSKBN23L0PB | 2020-06-15 |
| The former Soviet republic has confirmed 4966 COVID19 cases with 19 deaths | Negative | TASHKENT Uzbekistan will reopen its borders to some air travellers from June 15 with quarantine procedures depending on their country of origin the Central Asian nations government said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-uzbekistan-travel/uzbekistan-to-reopen-borders-for-some-air-travellers-idUSKBN23L0EC | 2020-06-15 |
| However risk sentiment took a knock after Beijing recorded dozens of new COVID19 cases in recent days all linked to a major wholesale food market | Negative | SYDNEY June 15 Asian markets started the week on the backfoot on Monday while oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in China sent investors scurrying for safehavens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-oil-sell-off-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL4N2DS075 | 2020-06-15 |
| The research team in Thailand includes Supaporn Wacharapluesadee who identified the countrys first case of COVID19 in January | Neutral | BANGKOK Researchers in Thailand began collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns they may pose a threat to local residents a government statement said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-bats/researchers-in-thailand-testing-horseshoe-bats-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN23K0FR | 2020-06-15 |
| All new cases in the past three weeks have been found in quarantine among Thais returning from abroad said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman for the governments COVID19 task force | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Monday lifted a nationwide curfew after more than two months and allowed restaurants to resume selling alcohol as the coronavirus crisis eased with 21 days since a recorded case of local transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-ends-curfew-marks-21-days-with-no-local-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN23M0G8 | 2020-06-15 |
| So theres plenty of hospital capacity to be able to deal with COVID19 | Positive | The top U.S. infectious disease official on Friday cautioned that the of rising coronavirus hospitalizations being reported by some states could get out of control if robust contact tracing regimes are not put in place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/fauci-slight-coronavirus-spikes-may-get-out-of-control-amid-u-s-reopening-idUSKBN23J3AI | 2020-06-13 |
| U.S. health officials on Friday urged Americans to continue adhering to social distancing and other COVID19 safety measures and warned that states may need to reimpose strict restrictions if COVID19 cases spike | Negative | U.S. health officials on Friday urged Americans to continue adhering to social distancing and other COVID19 safety measures and warned that states may need to reimpose strict restrictions if COVID19 cases spike | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/u-s-cdc-warns-that-restrictions-may-be-needed-again-if-covid-19-cases-spike-idUSKBN23J2RF | 2020-06-13 |
| BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| One person at an agricultural market in the citys northwestern Haidian district also tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID19 without showing symptoms Chu said | Positive | BEIJING A district of Beijing was on a footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-beijing/beijing-district-in-wartime-emergency-after-virus-spike-shuts-market-idUSKBN23K03V | 2020-06-13 |
| Mexico meanwhile has nearly 130000 confirmed cases of COVID19 and more than 15000 deaths the WHO said | Negative | The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present the World Health Organization said on Friday with North and South America currently having four of the 10 worst hit countries in the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/coronavirus-hitting-the-americas-hardest-says-world-health-organization-idUSKBN23J2K3 | 2020-06-13 |
| MOGADISHU Somalias Islamist group al Shabaab said on Friday they had set up a COVID19 treatment centre in the country and said the disease posed a grave threat citing international health authorities | Negative | MOGADISHU Somalias Islamist group al Shabaab said on Friday they had set up a COVID19 treatment centre in the country and said the disease posed a grave threat citing international health authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-somalia/somalias-islamist-group-al-shabaab-says-sets-up-covid-19-treatment-centre-idUSKBN23J32C | 2020-06-13 |
| He is now leaving some of his crop to rot after the COVID19 pandemic accelerated a fall in prices in the worlds top cashewfarming region to unprofitable lows | Negative | Olivier GoreBi took out loans to ready his 12acre cashew farm in Ivory Coast for harvest | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-cashew/coronavirus-slams-west-africas-cashew-market-some-crops-left-to-rot-idUSKBN23J15R | 2020-06-13 |
| Passengers will be tested for COVID19 upon arrival and obliged to practice home quarantine if testing positive it added | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon will reopen Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport for commercial flights beginning July 1 but will keep air traffic at of capacity from a year ago a statement from the prime ministers office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-airport/lebanon-to-re-open-beirut-international-airport-from-july-1-statement-idUSKBN23J2T7 | 2020-06-13 |
| The company in March had delayed its initial public offering as the COVID19 pandemic rocked capital markets and slammed the brakes on many listings | Negative | Chinas Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-warner-music-grp-tencent-music/chinas-tencent-music-reports-passive-stake-in-warner-music-idUSKBN23J266 | 2020-06-13 |
| Consumers inflation perceptions in the past months have been driven by higher food prices amid meat shortages caused by COVID19 outbreaks at processing plants | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. consumer sentiment perked up in early June as households cheered the reopening of businesses and a surprise rebound in hiring though they did not expect a significant improvement in the economy amid fears of a resurgence in COVID19 infections | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-inflation/u-s-consumer-confidence-rises-covid-19-unemployment-shadow-lingers-idUSKBN23J1ZY | 2020-06-13 |
| By clicking register below you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID19 exists in any public place where people are the waiver says | Neutral | The attempt by U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign to shield itself from lawsuits by people who become infected with the coronavirus at his first political rally in months is unlikely to hold up in court legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-waiver/trump-campaigns-waiver-wont-block-coronavirus-lawsuits-experts-idUSKBN23J2Z5 | 2020-06-13 |
| It says that anyone attending the rally voluntarily assumes all risks related to exposure to COVID19 | Positive | The attempt by U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign to shield itself from lawsuits by people who become infected with the coronavirus at his first political rally in months is unlikely to hold up in court legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-waiver/trump-campaigns-waiver-wont-block-coronavirus-lawsuits-experts-idUSKBN23J2Z5 | 2020-06-13 |
| Facing budget shortfalls and doubledigit unemployment governors of U.S. states that are COVID19 hotspots on Thursday pressed ahead with economic reopenings that have raised fears of a second wave of infections | Negative | Facing budget shortfalls and doubledigit unemployment governors of U.S. states that are COVID19 hotspots on Thursday pressed ahead with economic reopenings that have raised fears of a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/this-is-about-livelihoods-u-s-virus-hotspots-reopen-despite-second-wave-specter-idUSKBN23J07D | 2020-06-12 |
| 06 million disbursement to Rwanda to address the effects of the COVID19 pandemic on the countrys economy | Positive | NAIROBI The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had approved an additional | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rwanda-economy/imf-approves-additional-111-06-million-to-rwanda-to-address-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN23I355 | 2020-06-12 |
| The funding brings total IMF COVID19 support to Rwanda to | Positive | NAIROBI The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had approved an additional | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rwanda-economy/imf-approves-additional-111-06-million-to-rwanda-to-address-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN23I355 | 2020-06-12 |
| Rwanda has so far had 476 cases of COVID19 and two deaths | Negative | NAIROBI The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had approved an additional | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rwanda-economy/imf-approves-additional-111-06-million-to-rwanda-to-address-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN23I355 | 2020-06-12 |
| Europe could face a surge of COVID19 infections in the coming weeks caused by mass protests in the continent over the last days politicians European Union officials and experts said | Negative | Europe could face a surge of COVID19 infections in the coming weeks caused by mass protests in the continent over the last days politicians European Union officials and experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-12 |
| The online meeting platform which has surged in popularity as the COVID19 pandemic has forced millions around the world indoors has seen its downloads soar in China | Positive | The online meeting platform which has surged in popularity as the COVID19 pandemic has forced millions around the world indoors has seen its downloads soar in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/u-s-lawmakers-ask-zoom-to-clarify-china-ties-after-it-suspends-accounts-idUSKBN23I3GP | 2020-06-12 |
| Palantir has also been working with a number of countries to tackle the COVID19 pandemic by tracing the spread of the virus and managing the production of critical medical supplies | Positive | Data mining firm Palantir Technologies Inc is aiming to file confidentially with U.S. regulators to go public in the coming weeks emboldened by the strong performance of other initial public offerings people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-palantir-ipo-exclusive/palantir-close-to-registering-for-stock-market-debut-sources-idUSKBN23I3GB | 2020-06-12 |
| Facing budget shortfalls and doubledigit unemployment governors of U.S. states that are COVID19 hotspots pressed ahead with economic reopenings that have raised fears of a second wave of infections | Negative | June 12 Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/markets-swiss-stocks/swiss-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-12-idUSL8N2DO3D3 | 2020-06-12 |
| Other concerns include the potential for smaller parts makers to fail and bring production to a halt and the possibility of another COVID19 outbreak in the fall | Negative | DETROIT Auto parts suppliers across North America said they are encouraged as major automakers accelerate production after coronavirus pandemic shutdowns but are holding back on hiring and investment because of longerterm uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-suppliers/u-s-auto-suppliers-cheer-as-carmakers-relaunch-but-long-term-worries-remain-idUSKBN23I2GB | 2020-06-12 |
| ROME Italy the first major European country to roll out a smartphone app to trace COVID19 infections that does not rely on a centralized database has already seen 2 | Positive | ROME Italy the first major European country to roll out a smartphone app to trace COVID19 infections that does not rely on a centralized database has already seen 2 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-apps/italians-embrace-coronavirus-tracing-app-as-privacy-fears-ease-idUSKBN23I2M5 | 2020-06-12 |
| The company said it did not definitively know where Baca contracted COVID19 | Negative | NEW From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as the worlds salad outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-farmworkers/coronavirus-spreads-among-fruit-and-vegetable-packers-worrying-u-s-officials-idUSKBN23I1FO | 2020-06-12 |
| The four new cases were Thai nationals returning from India who were in quarantine said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman for the governments COVID19 Administration Centre | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Friday reported four new coronavirus cases and no new deaths bringing its total number of confirmed infections to 3129 of which 58 were fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-four-new-coronavirus-cases-no-deaths-idUSKBN23J0OR | 2020-06-12 |
| SYDNEY Australia has effectively eliminated COVID19 in some parts of the country its chief medical officer said on Friday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has effectively eliminated COVID19 in some parts of the country its chief medical officer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-has-eliminated-covid-19-in-some-parts-says-chief-medical-officer-idUSKBN23J0GE | 2020-06-12 |
| That is hampering the fight against COVID19 because theres fear among health workers that anytime I touch a patient I might be a COVID patient he said | Negative | GULU Uganda Reuters When the Ugandan government ordered all nonessential workplaces shut to contain the coronavirus pandemic in late March Peter Okwoko and his colleague Paige Balcom kept working | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-uganda-environment/ugandans-melt-plastic-waste-into-coronavirus-face-shields-idUSKBN23I035 | 2020-06-11 |
| Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Johnson Johnson said it would start human trials of its potential COVID19 vaccine in the second half of July two months earlier than planned | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Ghanas Incas Diagnostics expects the countrys regulator to approve its new COVID19 antibody test by the end of July | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Other countries are also reappraising pneumonia deaths before last December to check if COVID19 was the cause | Negative | SHANGHAI Scientists are turning a spotlight on Chinas version of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as they scrutinize everything from the viruss genetic code to proxy data such as cremations and internet searches for disease symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-origins-expl/explainer-what-we-know-about-the-origins-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN23H1HQ | 2020-06-11 |
| The Osakabased firm had a headstart in the potential COVID19 vaccine development by repurposing its hypertension vaccine that had already passed through high safety and regulatory standards and other hurdles | Positive | OSAKA Japanese biotech AnGes Inc expects its coronavirus vaccine to be ready as early as the first half of 2021 if it can overcome supply chain and production hurdles the companys founder said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-anges/japans-anges-speeds-towards-2021-rollout-in-coronavirus-vaccine-war-idUSKBN23H115 | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON Layoffs in the United States are abating but millions who lost their jobs because of COVID19 continue to draw unemployment benefits suggesting the labor market could take years to heal from the pandemic even as businesses resume hiring workers | Negative | WASHINGTON Layoffs in the United States are abating but millions who lost their jobs because of COVID19 continue to draw unemployment benefits suggesting the labor market could take years to heal from the pandemic even as businesses resume hiring workers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-seen-declining-further-but-millions-still-unemployed-idUSKBN23I0GQ | 2020-06-11 |
| DENVER A Colorado environmental group dropped plans to place an antifracking measure on the states November ballot citing the COVID19 pandemic the second state initiative to be put off this year over virus worries | Negative | DENVER A Colorado environmental group dropped plans to place an antifracking measure on the states November ballot citing the COVID19 pandemic the second state initiative to be put off this year over virus worries | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oil-colorado/colorado-group-drops-plans-for-anti-fracking-ballot-measure-idUSKBN23H3LX | 2020-06-11 |
| Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters on Wednesday | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-lilly-covid-19-treatment-could-be-authorized-for-use-as-soon-as-september-chief-scientist-idUSKBN23H35S | 2020-06-11 |
| Skovronsky said the therapies which may also be used to prevent the disease could beat a vaccine to widespread use as a COVID19 treatment if they prove effective | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-lilly-covid-19-treatment-could-be-authorized-for-use-as-soon-as-september-chief-scientist-idUSKBN23H35S | 2020-06-11 |
| The better solution is to widely inoculate people with COVID19 vaccines when available and reserve antibody treatments for people who have the disease or were recently exposed to it | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-lilly-covid-19-treatment-could-be-authorized-for-use-as-soon-as-september-chief-scientist-idUSKBN23H35S | 2020-06-11 |
| Lilly hopes to conduct a COVID19 prevention clinical trial in nursing home patients later this year he added | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly-exclusive/exclusive-lilly-covid-19-treatment-could-be-authorized-for-use-as-soon-as-september-chief-scientist-idUSKBN23H35S | 2020-06-11 |
| EXPLAINERCan you catch COVID19 from delivered | Positive | Every week Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and humaninterest stories from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reuters-schedule-icymi/schedule-of-reuters-features-from-this-week-idUSKBN23I0KV | 2020-06-11 |
| FACTBOXThe race to deploy COVID19 contact tracing apps | Neutral | Every week Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and humaninterest stories from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reuters-schedule-icymi/schedule-of-reuters-features-from-this-week-idUSKBN23I0KV | 2020-06-11 |
| SEOUL South Korean doctors have found certain underlying conditions that may make some COVID19 patients more severely affected by the disease a professor at Yeungnam University Medical Center said on Wednesday | Negative | SEOUL South Korean doctors have found certain underlying conditions that may make some COVID19 patients more severely affected by the disease a professor at Yeungnam University Medical Center said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-study/south-korean-doctors-find-risk-factors-for-severe-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN23I07R | 2020-06-11 |
| Nursing homes worldwide filled with elderly residents who are particularly vulnerable to COVID19 have suffered a harrowing toll in the pandemic | Negative | One night in April as coronavirus swept through the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Robyn Esaw a double amputee signaled for help with her bedpan | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-nursinghomes-speci/special-report-pandemic-exposes-systemic-staffing-problems-at-u-s-nursing-homes-idUSKBN23H1L9 | 2020-06-11 |
| There are 2987 patients who have recovered said Panprapa Yongtrakul a spokeswoman for the governments COVID19 Administration Centre | Positive | BANGKOK Thailand on Thursday reported no new coronavirus infections or deaths maintaining the total of 3125 confirmed cases and 58 fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-no-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths-idUSKBN23I0J2 | 2020-06-11 |
| The 2020 editions of the Coachella music festival and its country music counterpart Stagecoach have been canceled due to concerns over a possible autumn resurgence of COVID19 cases Riverside County health office said late Wednesday | Negative | The 2020 editions of the Coachella music festival and its country music counterpart Stagecoach have been canceled due to concerns over a possible autumn resurgence of COVID19 cases Riverside County health office said late Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-coachella/coachella-stagecoach-music-festivals-canceled-for-2020-on-virus-concerns-idUSKBN23H2CG | 2020-06-11 |
| I am concerned as indications grow that COVID19 could worsen in the said the Countys Public Health Officer Cameron Kaiser who signed the order canceling the festivals | Negative | The 2020 editions of the Coachella music festival and its country music counterpart Stagecoach have been canceled due to concerns over a possible autumn resurgence of COVID19 cases Riverside County health office said late Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-coachella/coachella-stagecoach-music-festivals-canceled-for-2020-on-virus-concerns-idUSKBN23H2CG | 2020-06-11 |
| This feature has made it so hard to control spread of the virus that causes COVID19 disease but it can be done through rigorous testing and social distancing they said | Negative | GENEVA Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell World Health Organization experts said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-symptoms/coronavirus-patients-most-infectious-when-they-first-feel-unwell-who-idUSKBN23G2LZ | 2020-06-10 |
| Major global gas markets have experienced price falls to record lows as lockdowns and reduced industrial output due to the COVID19 pandemic have stunted demand | Negative | LONDON The coronavirus crisis and a very mild winter in the northern hemisphere have put global natural gas demand on course for the biggest annual fall on record the International Energy Agency said in its annual outlook on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iea-gas/global-gas-demand-on-course-for-biggest-annual-fall-on-record-iea-idUSKBN23H0HZ | 2020-06-10 |
| CAIRO Egypts Olympic bronze medalist Hedaya Malak says she imagines her living room is a taekwondo hall as she tries to adjust to training from home due to the COVID19 pandemic and keep in shape for her third Games | Negative | CAIRO Egypts Olympic bronze medalist Hedaya Malak says she imagines her living room is a taekwondo hall as she tries to adjust to training from home due to the COVID19 pandemic and keep in shape for her third Games | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-taekwondo/taekwondo-olympic-medalist-adjusts-to-training-in-living-room-idUSKBN23G2KT | 2020-06-10 |
| Neal said the study included traffic around at least one childrens hospital and that while children do get ill with flu they do not tend to get sick with COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Beijing dismissed as a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-research/china-scientists-dismiss-harvard-study-suggesting-covid-19-was-spreading-in-wuhan-in-august-idUSKBN23G0OM | 2020-06-10 |
| Fujifilm previously announced that the Denmark site would offer future manufacturing capacity to the COVID19 Therapeutics Accelerator to speedup the response to the global pandemic | Positive | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-fujifilm-investment-denmark/japans-fujifilm-to-spend-928-million-to-double-capacity-of-danish-drug-facility-idUSKBN23H0C3 | 2020-06-10 |
| Fujifilms pharma arm is testing its own antiflu drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-fujifilm-investment-denmark/japans-fujifilm-to-spend-928-million-to-double-capacity-of-danish-drug-facility-idUSKBN23H0C3 | 2020-06-10 |
| by daily limit to a sevenyear high after the Japanese biotechnology firm said it has developed a method to speed up PCR tests for COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO June 10 Japanese shares clawed back lost ground to end the morning trade almost flat on Wednesday as investors rushed to buy growth and startup stocks on continued hopes of a swift recovery from an economic contraction sparked by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-regain-lost-ground-as-growth-stocks-back-in-focus-idUSL4N2DN0OT | 2020-06-10 |
| SINGAPORE A Singaporean biotechnology firm Tychan will begin human clinical trials next week for a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID19 it said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | SINGAPORE A Singaporean biotechnology firm Tychan will begin human clinical trials next week for a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID19 it said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-treatmen/singapore-biotech-firm-tychan-to-start-human-trials-for-covid-19-treatment-next-week-idUSKBN23H0M8 | 2020-06-10 |
| BENGALURU Indian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Wednesday it would partner with U.S.based Refana Inc to make a potential vaccine for COVID19 | Positive | BENGALURU Indian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Wednesday it would partner with U.S.based Refana Inc to make a potential vaccine for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-vaccine/indian-firm-panacea-says-aiming-to-make-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23H0LL | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON Populationwide facemask use could push COVID19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns according to a UK study published Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Populationwide facemask use could push COVID19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns according to a UK study published Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-study/widespread-mask-wearing-could-prevent-covid-19-second-waves-study-shows-idUSKBN23G37V | 2020-06-10 |
| University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145728 people could die of COVID19 in the United States by August raising their grim forecast by more than 5000 fatalities in a matter of days | Negative | University of Washington researchers estimated on Monday that 145728 people could die of COVID19 in the United States by August raising their grim forecast by more than 5000 fatalities in a matter of days | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/university-of-washington-forecasts-145000-u-s-covid-19-deaths-by-august-idUSKBN23G01D | 2020-06-09 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico is facing its deepest recession in decades and prominent investors believe it could soon follow state oil company Pemex in seeing its credit rating relegated to territory as the COVID19 pandemic rages on | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico is facing its deepest recession in decades and prominent investors believe it could soon follow state oil company Pemex in seeing its credit rating relegated to territory as the COVID19 pandemic rages on | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-bonds/stumbling-angel-mexico-risks-losing-investment-grade-credit-rating-idUSKBN23F1B0 | 2020-06-09 |
| Monday was the ninth consecutive day with no deaths from COVID19 while the highly infectious disease continues to rage throughout the Americas | Neutral | HAVANA Reina Paula a saleswoman at Havanas La Epoca supermarket said the same day that a worker tested positive for the coronavirus local authorities sent the rest of the staff in a fleet of state vehicles to isolation facilities for testing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba/closing-in-on-all-sides-cuba-nears-declaring-coronavirus-victory-idUSKBN23G024 | 2020-06-09 |
| Ibadi fears the economic and social crisis will worsen as the COVID19 pandemic hits Iraq harder | Negative | BASRA Iraq Mohammed Haider a security worker in Iraqs southern oilfields thought he was safe after signing a new oneyear contract to guard oil facilities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-oil/in-iraqs-fields-of-black-gold-thousands-lose-livelihoods-idUSKBN23C1MQ | 2020-06-09 |
| BEIJING China on Monday challenged U.S. Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries | Negative | BEIJING China on Monday challenged U.S. Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-demands-proof-from-u-s-senator-for-covid-19-accusation-idUSKBN23F0T9 | 2020-06-09 |
| 5 million in its U.S. initial public offering the company said on Monday as the IPO market picks up momentum after the COVID19 pandemic placed many debuts on hold | Positive | Online used car seller Vroom Inc raised | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vroom-ipo/online-used-car-seller-vroom-raises-467-5-million-in-upsized-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN23G04Z | 2020-06-09 |
| LA PRIMAVERA Colombia This is HK4679 G on a humanitarian flight between La Primavera and Cumaribo transporting COVID19 tests at 3500 Ernesto Perez radioed to a nearby military base as he piloted his twinengine plane above Colombias wide eastern plains | Positive | LA PRIMAVERA Colombia This is HK4679 G on a humanitarian flight between La Primavera and Cumaribo transporting COVID19 tests at 3500 Ernesto Perez radioed to a nearby military base as he piloted his twinengine plane above Colombias wide eastern plains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-aid/private-planes-take-to-the-sky-to-ferry-coronavirus-tests-from-isolated-colombia-idUSKBN23F2HQ | 2020-06-09 |
| Hyundai Development added that it still wants a deal to proceed despite the COVID19 pandemic that has hammered the aviation industry | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Hyundai Development Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-asiana-airlines-m-a-hdcop/hyundai-development-wants-to-renegotiate-asiana-airlines-acquisition-after-debt-surge-idUSKBN23G04G | 2020-06-09 |
| The new features would also include details on COVID19 checkpoints and restrictions on crossing national borders starting with Canada Mexico and the United States | Positive | The new features would also include details on COVID19 checkpoints and restrictions on crossing national borders starting with Canada Mexico and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-maps-to-alert-users-about-covid-19-related-travel-restrictions-idUSKBN23F26N | 2020-06-09 |
| CrossFit founder Greg Glassman has apologized for a tweet that equated the police killing of a black man in the United States to the COVID19 pandemic after it drew widespread criticism and resulted in footwear brand Reebok breaking its ties with the fitness regimen | Negative | CrossFit founder Greg Glassman has apologized for a tweet that equated the police killing of a black man in the United States to the COVID19 pandemic after it drew widespread criticism and resulted in footwear brand Reebok breaking its ties with the fitness regimen | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-crossfit-reebok/crossfit-chief-sorry-for-tweet-on-floyd-killing-after-reebok-split-idUSKBN23F13U | 2020-06-09 |
| In addition to the serology tests volunteers were also swabbed again for COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus as well as asked to answer a short survey | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy investigation into the spread of the coronavirus aboard the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has found that about 60 percent of the roughly 400 sailors tested had antibodies for the virus three U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-exclusive/exclusive-in-navy-study-60-percent-of-carrier-volunteers-have-coronavirus-antibodies-idUSKBN23F29Z | 2020-06-09 |
| ROME More than half the residents tested in Italys northern province of Bergamo have COVID19 antibodies health authorities said on Monday citing a sample survey | Positive | ROME More than half the residents tested in Italys northern province of Bergamo have COVID19 antibodies health authorities said on Monday citing a sample survey | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-antibodies/over-half-of-people-tested-in-italys-bergamo-have-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN23F2JV | 2020-06-09 |
| Ardern said she did a little when she was told there were no more active COVID19 cases in New Zealand surprising her twoyearold daughter Neve | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday making it one of the first countries to do so | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-says-coronavirus-eliminated-and-life-can-resume-without-restrictions-idUSKBN23F0B5 | 2020-06-08 |
| JOHANNESBURG The South African government has agreed how much it will pay private hospitals and medical practitioners to treat severely ill COVID19 patients if public hospitals run out of space a senior health official told Reuters | Positive | JOHANNESBURG The South African government has agreed how much it will pay private hospitals and medical practitioners to treat severely ill COVID19 patients if public hospitals run out of space a senior health official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-hospitals/south-africa-government-private-hospitals-agree-deal-on-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23E0EQ | 2020-06-08 |
| Though malls reopened last month in the regions two largest markets Saudi Arabia and the UAE some customers still worry about COVID19 | Negative | DUBAI Mall operators in the Gulf region are delaying new megaprojects as the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices upend a retail industry built around huge centres catering to tourists and wealthy locals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-retail/gulf-mall-operators-rein-in-expansion-as-retailers-reel-from-covid-19-idUSKBN23F0IG | 2020-06-08 |
| LONDON The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday | Negative | LONDON The United States has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID19 vaccine by Western countries Republican senator Rick Scott said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-unitedstates-vacci/u-s-senator-scott-says-china-trying-to-sabotage-vaccine-development-idUSKBN23E0B5 | 2020-06-08 |
| Its remdesivir antiviral is the first drug to lead to improvement in COVID19 patients in formal clinical trials | Neutral | A spokeswoman for AstraZeneca said the company does not comment on rumours or speculation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-gilead-sciences-m-a-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-contacted-gilead-over-potential-megamerger-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN23E09O | 2020-06-08 |
| New Zealand has no active cases of COVID19 in the country for the first time since Feb | Neutral | Australian and New Zealand dollars rise | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-as-commodity-currencies-gain-on-recovery-hopes-idUSL4N2DL06L | 2020-06-08 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Monday it had no active cases of COVID19 for the first time since the novel coronavirus arrived in the country setting it on course to eliminate the disease lift social distancing restrictions and open up its economy | Positive | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Monday it had no active cases of COVID19 for the first time since the novel coronavirus arrived in the country setting it on course to eliminate the disease lift social distancing restrictions and open up its economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-cases/new-zealand-on-course-to-eliminate-coronavirus-with-zero-active-cases-idUSKBN23F04B | 2020-06-08 |
| BEIJING China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID19 clinical vaccine trials building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development the science and technology minister said on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID19 clinical vaccine trials building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development the science and technology minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-to-strengthen-global-cooperation-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN23E02Z | 2020-06-07 |
| President Xi last month pledged billion in financial support over the next two years to help deal with COVID19 especially to help developing countries | Positive | BEIJING China will strengthen international cooperation in future COVID19 clinical vaccine trials building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development the science and technology minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-to-strengthen-global-cooperation-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN23E02Z | 2020-06-07 |
| Some countries have seen COVID19 cases rising as lockdowns ease and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing the World Health Organization said on Friday | Negative | Some countries have seen COVID19 cases rising as lockdowns ease and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing the World Health Organization said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23D0GI | 2020-06-07 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-wh0-trial/who-continues-hydroxychloroquine-trial-after-uk-test-halts-idUSKBN23C2C5 | 2020-06-06 |
| Businesses have reopened after shuttering in midMarch to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy unexpectedly added jobs in May after suffering record losses in the prior month offering the clearest signal yet that the downturn triggered by the COVID19 pandemic was probably over though the road to recovery could be long | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-labor-market-unexpectedly-improves-recovery-years-away-idUSKBN23C0E9 | 2020-06-06 |
| LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | Positive | LONDON Biplane fliers are enjoying spectacular views of the Millennium Dome the towering Canary Wharf financial district and the Thames Barrier for the first time as the COVID19 lockdown frees up airspace over London for aviation enthusiasts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-flying/biplane-fliers-enjoy-exploring-lockdown-london-by-air-idUSKBN23C1WW | 2020-06-06 |
| Online used car seller Vroom Inc on Friday increased the target range for its U.S. initial public offering looking to raise up to million as the IPO market gathers steam after the COVID19 pandemic put several debuts on hold | Positive | Online used car seller Vroom Inc on Friday increased the target range for its U.S. initial public offering looking to raise up to million as the IPO market gathers steam after the COVID19 pandemic put several debuts on hold | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-vroom-ipo/online-used-car-seller-vroom-raises-ipo-price-range-idUSKBN23C23J | 2020-06-06 |
| OTTAWA Canada has postponed its 3500MHz spectrum auction process by six months to allow telecoms companies to focus on providing essential services during COVID19 pandemic the innovation ministry said in a statement on Friday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada has postponed its 3500MHz spectrum auction process by six months to allow telecoms companies to focus on providing essential services during COVID19 pandemic the innovation ministry said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-canada-telecoms-auction/canada-postpones-5g-spectrum-auction-citing-covid-19-idUSKBN23C2SR | 2020-06-06 |
| More than a third of Americans misused cleaners and disinfectants to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus according to a survey taken shortly after President Donald Trump publicly asked whether injecting such products could treat COVID19 | Negative | More than a third of Americans misused cleaners and disinfectants to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus according to a survey taken shortly after President Donald Trump publicly asked whether injecting such products could treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-disinfectants/gargling-with-bleach-americans-misusing-disinfectants-to-prevent-coronavirus-survey-finds-idUSKBN23C2P2 | 2020-06-06 |
| GENEVA Some countries have seen in COVID19 cases as lockdowns ease and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing the World Health Organization said on Friday | Negative | GENEVA Some countries have seen in COVID19 cases as lockdowns ease and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing the World Health Organization said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-virus/its-not-over-covid-19-cases-rise-in-some-nations-easing-lockdowns-who-idUSKBN23C1BZ | 2020-06-06 |
| FRANKFURT AstraZenecas cancer drug Calquence has shown initial signs of helping hospitalised COVID19 patients get through the worst of the disease as researchers scramble to repurpose existing treatments to help fight the deadly infection | Negative | FRANKFURT AstraZenecas cancer drug Calquence has shown initial signs of helping hospitalised COVID19 patients get through the worst of the disease as researchers scramble to repurpose existing treatments to help fight the deadly infection | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-blood-cancer-drug-shows-signs-of-helping-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23C2P4 | 2020-06-06 |
| The British government had initially said there was inconclusive evidence on the ability of face masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | LONDON All visitors to hospitals in England will be required to wear face coverings and all hospital staff must wear surgical masks from June 15 health minister Matt Hancock said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-masks/uk-government-orders-expanded-use-of-face-masks-in-english-hospitals-idUSKBN23C2NX | 2020-06-06 |
| We have two pandemics in this country COVID19 and Stoney said | Neutral | Virginia Governor Ralph Northam responding to widespread protests decrying racism after the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis ordered on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the states capital city of Richmond | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-richmond-statue/virginia-governor-banishes-statue-of-civil-war-general-lee-idUSKBN23B31G | 2020-06-05 |
| In the village of in southeastern tribesman said one elder had died and people were falling ill but the government had not provided tests to confirm whether they have COVID19 | Negative | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| The only intensive care units in the vast state of Amazonas are also located in Manaus where a wing for indigenous COVID19 patients was opened last week | Positive | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| The village of 900 indigenous people has 54 confirmed cases of COVID19 so far and five deaths the latest a child who died Wednesday morning | Negative | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| SYDNEY Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID19 given the large numbers expected to attend | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID19 given the large numbers expected to attend | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-australia/australian-officials-move-to-block-black-lives-matter-protest-in-sydney-idUSKBN23C068 | 2020-06-05 |
| Australia has reported daily single digit and low double digit numbers of new COVID19 cases in recent weeks and has 490 active cases with just 25 people in hospital | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID19 given the large numbers expected to attend | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-australia/australian-officials-move-to-block-black-lives-matter-protest-in-sydney-idUSKBN23C068 | 2020-06-05 |
| PILANESBURG South Africa South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular game parks aiming to prevent armed poachers taking advantage of the postCOVID19 crash in tourism to kill them for their horns | Negative | PILANESBURG South Africa South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular game parks aiming to prevent armed poachers taking advantage of the postCOVID19 crash in tourism to kill them for their horns | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-world-environmentday-safrica-rhinos/south-africa-dehorns-dozens-of-rhinos-to-prevent-lockdown-poaching-surge-idUSKBN23C00B | 2020-06-05 |
| This week U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa appealed to governments not to let the economic and social fallout from the COVID19 crisis derail their efforts to curb global warming | Negative | There is an expectation however that greater effort will be made by the big emitters since as small islands we are making this she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-politics-trfn/despite-the-pandemic-frontline-nations-push-ahead-on-stronger-climate-plans-idUSKBN23B3B7 | 2020-06-05 |
| Ethiopia has confirmed nearly 1300 positive cases of COVID19 with 12 deaths as of June 2 | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Restaurants may still be officially open in Ethiopia but diners are staying away due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-business/ethiopian-food-delivery-startup-rides-to-restaurants-rescue-idUSKBN23B2GA | 2020-06-05 |
| Now he buries COVID19 victims an exhausting task where he must also get to grips with both Muslim and Christian burial rites | Negative | NAJAF Iraq Iraqi paramedic Sarmad Ibrahim cut his teeth treating fellow Shiite Muslim militiamen in the war against Islamic State | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-mortician/iraqi-militiamen-drop-guns-to-dig-graves-for-coronavirus-victims-idUSKBN2382VU | 2020-06-05 |
| He and the other team members work at a new cemetery in the southern Shiite holy city of Najaf Iraqs only graveyard specifically for those who have died of COVID19 | Negative | NAJAF Iraq Iraqi paramedic Sarmad Ibrahim cut his teeth treating fellow Shiite Muslim militiamen in the war against Islamic State | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-mortician/iraqi-militiamen-drop-guns-to-dig-graves-for-coronavirus-victims-idUSKBN2382VU | 2020-06-05 |
| China does not count asymptomatic cases people who test positive for the coronavirus but do not exhibit COVID19 symptoms as confirmed infections | Negative | SHANGHAI China reported five new COVID19 cases and three new asymptomatic infections for June 4 the health commission said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-reports-five-new-covid-19-cases-three-asymptomatic-cases-for-june-4-idUSKBN23C015 | 2020-06-05 |
| World equity markets were thrashed in March when they hit bear on fears the COVID19 driven lockdowns would push the global economy into a long and deep recession | Negative | SYDNEY Asian stocks erased early losses on Friday and were poised for their biggest weekly rise since 2011 while the euro hovered near a month high as Europes central bank surprised with more stimulus fuelling hopes for a global rebound | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-set-for-best-weekly-gain-in-nine-years-ecb-stimulus-boosts-euro-u-s-jobs-eyed-idUSKBN23C007 | 2020-06-05 |
| The Justice Department representing the Bureau of Prisons has said that the government already has implemented a plan to protect inmates from COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday put on hold a judges ruling that would require the U.S. government to move up to 837 potentially atrisk prisoners out of a federal prison in Ohio due to concerns about the health risks of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-prison/u-s-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-puts-hold-on-ohio-inmate-transfers-idUSKBN23B3CR | 2020-06-05 |
| A group of conservative U.S. doctors has sued the Food and Drug Administration for limiting use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 arguing that the therapy should be made widely available to fight the pandemic | Negative | A group of conservative U.S. doctors has sued the Food and Drug Administration for limiting use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 arguing that the therapy should be made widely available to fight the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/u-s-doctors-group-sues-fda-for-limiting-access-to-drug-touted-by-trump-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23B340 | 2020-06-05 |
| Joyce said the outlook for international travel was less clear and would depend on countries getting COVID19 under control or a vaccine being developed | Positive | I think the business case for doing it is very Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said on a tourism industry webcast | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qantas/qantas-to-reactivate-plans-for-sydney-london-flights-when-financial-strength-returns-idUSKBN23C070 | 2020-06-05 |
| Australia which has few COVID19 cases has barred its citizens from almost all outbound travel | Positive | I think the business case for doing it is very Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said on a tourism industry webcast | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qantas/qantas-to-reactivate-plans-for-sydney-london-flights-when-financial-strength-returns-idUSKBN23C070 | 2020-06-05 |
| The evidence suggests that wearing face coverings offers some albeit limited protection against the spread of the he told a daily COVID19 news conference | Negative | LONDON Face coverings will be compulsory for passengers on buses trains aircraft and ferries in England from June 15 as public transport use rises following the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-facemasks/england-to-make-face-coverings-compulsory-on-public-transport-idUSKBN23B2PT | 2020-06-05 |
| Still investors are betting governments stimulus around the world and the development of a vaccine for the COVID19 will help the economy quickly bounce back from those dismal levels | Positive | Euro near 3 month high on course for 3 weekly gains in row | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euros-gains-support-asian-currencies-after-ecb-stimulus-idUSL4N2DH4OC | 2020-06-05 |
| LONDON Scientists are resuming COVID19 trials of the now worldfamous drug hydroxychloroquine as confusion continues to reign about the antimalarial hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential in fighting the pandemic | Negative | LONDON Scientists are resuming COVID19 trials of the now worldfamous drug hydroxychloroquine as confusion continues to reign about the antimalarial hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential in fighting the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/does-drug-touted-by-trump-work-on-covid-19-after-data-debacle-we-still-dont-know-idUSKBN23B1Y4 | 2020-06-05 |
| NEW YORK Protesters particularly in cities that have struggled to control the novel coronavirus should highly getting tested for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus a top U.S. health official said on Thursday | Negative | NEW YORK Protesters particularly in cities that have struggled to control the novel coronavirus should highly getting tested for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus a top U.S. health official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-protests/protesters-should-highly-consider-getting-covid-19-tests-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN23B2W8 | 2020-06-05 |
| The U.S.based company said the deal includes the delivery of 10 million doses of its COVID19 vaccine to the DoD this year | Positive | Novavax Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Department of Defense will give the latestage biotech company up to million to fund the manufacturing of its experimental COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/novavax-gets-u-s-defense-funding-for-its-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN23C045 | 2020-06-05 |
| SYDNEY Australias biggest biotech firm CSL Ltd said it would help fund the development of a University of Queensland COVID19 vaccine candidate and if it was successful could make up to one hundred million doses towards the end of next year | Positive | SYDNEY Australias biggest biotech firm CSL Ltd said it would help fund the development of a University of Queensland COVID19 vaccine candidate and if it was successful could make up to one hundred million doses towards the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-vaccine/australias-csl-says-to-help-fund-make-vaccine-candidate-if-it-proves-successful-idUSKBN23C0AQ | 2020-06-05 |
| The University of Queensland said in April it was particularly pleased that the strength of the antibody response was better than those observed in samples from COVID19 recovered patients | Positive | SYDNEY Australias biggest biotech firm CSL Ltd said it would help fund the development of a University of Queensland COVID19 vaccine candidate and if it was successful could make up to one hundred million doses towards the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-vaccine/australias-csl-says-to-help-fund-make-vaccine-candidate-if-it-proves-successful-idUSKBN23C0AQ | 2020-06-05 |
| Pharmaceutical companies and researchers around the world are racing to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 | Positive | SYDNEY Australias biggest biotech firm CSL Ltd said it would help fund the development of a University of Queensland COVID19 vaccine candidate and if it was successful could make up to one hundred million doses towards the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-vaccine/australias-csl-says-to-help-fund-make-vaccine-candidate-if-it-proves-successful-idUSKBN23C0AQ | 2020-06-05 |
| There are currently no approved vaccines to prevent infection with the coronavirus that causes COVID19 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazil this month will start testing an experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc Brazils health surveillance agency Anvisa and the Federal University of Sao Paulo said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-to-start-testing-oxford-vaccine-against-the-coronavirus-this-month-idUSKBN23A2K0 | 2020-06-04 |
| Many of those living with HIV were unable to get the lifesaving treatment they needed potentially putting their compromised immune systems at risk if they contracted COVID19 | Negative | NAIROBI Reuters Peninah Wanjiru wasnt really one to take chances | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-sexworkers/hunger-or-murder-lockdown-poverty-exposes-african-sex-workers-to-more-violence-idUSKBN23B0CS | 2020-06-04 |
| Senegal has confirmed almost 4000 cases of COVID19 including 45 deaths | Negative | DAKAR Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusktodawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-senegal-unrest/coronavirus-protests-spread-to-senegals-capital-idUSKBN23B028 | 2020-06-04 |
| Petersburg recorded a death rate last month higher than last year official data showed on Wednesday suggesting that there may be more people dying of COVID19 than are being reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias second biggest city of St | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-corovavirus-russia-stpetersbur/russian-city-of-st-petersburg-reports-spike-in-deaths-in-may-amid-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN23A2H1 | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since midMarch but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since midMarch but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-new-weekly-jobless-claims-seen-falling-below-2-million-idUSKBN23B0DM | 2020-06-04 |
| Moreover neither PUA nor PEUC are included in the initial claims and continuing claims figures which economists say grossly understates the tragedy caused by COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since midMarch but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-new-weekly-jobless-claims-seen-falling-below-2-million-idUSKBN23B0DM | 2020-06-04 |
| com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions causing at least one employee to contract COVID19 bring it home and see her cousin die | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| At least 800 workers in U.S. distribution centers have tested positive for COVID19 according to an employees unofficial tally | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| The lawsuit seeks an injunction requiring that Amazon comply with worker safety and public nuisance laws and not punish employees who develop COVID19 symptoms or are quarantined | Negative | NEW YORK Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-lawsuit/amazon-is-sued-over-warehouses-after-new-york-worker-brings-coronavirus-home-cousin-dies-idUSKBN23A3FI | 2020-06-04 |
| HOUSTON As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID19 | Negative | HOUSTON As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hurricane-prep/oil-refineries-offshore-drillers-face-hurricane-challenges-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23B0H8 | 2020-06-04 |
| U.S. energy companies face their first test of hurricane restarts under COVID19 this week from the approaching Tropical Storm Cristobal | Negative | HOUSTON As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hurricane-prep/oil-refineries-offshore-drillers-face-hurricane-challenges-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23B0H8 | 2020-06-04 |
| Under normal circumstances we do not expect the challenges associated with COVID19 to significantly impact our production said BHP spokeswoman Judy Dane | Positive | HOUSTON As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hurricane-prep/oil-refineries-offshore-drillers-face-hurricane-challenges-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23B0H8 | 2020-06-04 |
| Australia and New Zealand have both reported few new COVID19 cases in recent weeks | Negative | Qantas said it would lift domestic capacity to of prepandemic levels by the end of June up from now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qantas/qantas-air-new-zealand-to-boost-domestic-capacity-as-restrictions-ease-idUSKBN23B02I | 2020-06-04 |
| STOCKHOLM Volvo Cars owned by Chinas Geely Holding said on Wednesday it sold more cars in May than in April as restrictions to contain the spread of the COVID19 pandemic started to ease in several markets | Negative | STOCKHOLM Volvo Cars owned by Chinas Geely Holding said on Wednesday it sold more cars in May than in April as restrictions to contain the spread of the COVID19 pandemic started to ease in several markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volvo-cars-sales/geelys-volvo-cars-sales-soar-40-in-may-vs-month-ago-as-virus-curbs-ease-idUSKBN23A12J | 2020-06-04 |
| The listing is the latest in a packed week for IPOs which have rebounded after market turmoil in March and April as COVID19 pandemic delayed many listings | Negative | ZoomInfo Technologies Inc ZI.O priced its initial public offering at per share above its upwardly revised target range in the largest U.S. technology listing so far this year the company said early Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-zoominfo-tech-ipo/zoominfo-ipo-priced-at-21-per-share-in-largest-tech-listing-this-year-idUSKBN23A30X | 2020-06-04 |
| Several trials of the drug have been stopped over concerns about its safety for treating COVID19 that were raised by health regulators and previous less rigorous studies | Negative | The malaria drug promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID19 was ineffective in preventing infection in people exposed to the coronavirus according to a widely anticipated clinical trial released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-fails-to-prevent-covid-19-in-high-profile-study-idUSKBN23A34F | 2020-06-04 |
| ZURICH Drugmaker Roche has received emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Elecsys IL6 test to help identify severe inflammatory response in patients with confirmed COVID19 it said on Thursday | Positive | ZURICH Drugmaker Roche has received emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Elecsys IL6 test to help identify severe inflammatory response in patients with confirmed COVID19 it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-roche-hldg-elecsys/roche-test-receives-fda-emergency-use-approval-for-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23B0IC | 2020-06-04 |
| It also plans to test if mixing antiinflammation drug Actemra with Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral treatment remdesivir works better against severe COVID19 pneumonia than remdesivir alone | Negative | ZURICH Drugmaker Roche has received emergency use authorisation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Elecsys IL6 test to help identify severe inflammatory response in patients with confirmed COVID19 it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-roche-hldg-elecsys/roche-test-receives-fda-emergency-use-approval-for-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23B0IC | 2020-06-04 |
| He continues to receive regular COVID19 testing and to date all results have been negative | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump had no side effects from a twoweek course of hydroxychloroquine an antimalaria drug that can cause heart problems after using it as a preventive measure against the coronavirus his White House physician said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-trump-health/trump-without-side-effects-after-two-week-course-of-anti-malaria-drug-white-house-doctor-says-idUSKBN23A355 | 2020-06-04 |
| As much as we want the conditions surrounding COVID19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the convention you describe in late August it is very Cooper said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the states governor | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republican-convention/trump-says-republican-convention-will-not-be-held-in-north-carolina-idUSKBN2392TF | 2020-06-03 |
| Traders note that political risk surrounding President Jair Bolsonaro persists the COVID19 crisis is far from over and fallout from the looming recession has yet to be felt | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils real extended its rally in dramatic fashion on Tuesday taking advantage of improving global market sentiment and demand for riskier assets to chalk up its biggest rise against the dollar in two years | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forex/brazils-real-surges-3-biggest-rise-in-two-years-idUSKBN239312 | 2020-06-03 |
| Uganda has so far recorded 458 cases of COVID19 with no deaths reported | Positive | KAMPALA Uganda will lose | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-uganda-tourism/uganda-to-lose-1-6-billion-in-tourism-earnings-as-a-result-of-covid-19-idUSKBN2390XU | 2020-06-03 |
| BEIJING The Chinese city of Wuhan where the novel coronavirus outbreak began has found no new cases of people suffering from COVID19 after testing almost its entire population and 300 asymptomatic carriers of the virus officials said on Tuesday | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese city of Wuhan where the novel coronavirus outbreak began has found no new cases of people suffering from COVID19 after testing almost its entire population and 300 asymptomatic carriers of the virus officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan/no-new-covid-sufferers-300-asymptomatic-after-wuhan-wide-tests-idUSKBN23915R | 2020-06-03 |
| Wells Fargo Co will stop providing loans to a majority of its independent auto dealer customers due to the economic challenges brought on by the COVID19 pandemic a spokeswoman said on Tuesday | Negative | Wells Fargo Co will stop providing loans to a majority of its independent auto dealer customers due to the economic challenges brought on by the COVID19 pandemic a spokeswoman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-wells-fargo/wells-fargo-stops-giving-loans-to-most-independent-car-dealerships-idUSKBN2392VT | 2020-06-03 |
| Major airports in stormvulnerable regions such as Hong Kong Taiwan Japan the Philippines Thailand and India have been effectively turned into giant parking lots as COVID19 travel restrictions choke demand | Negative | Hundreds of airplanes grounded at vulnerable airports | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-airlines-insurance/update-1-as-asias-tropical-storm-season-arrives-grounded-airplanes-at-risk-of-damage-idUSL4N2DG17L | 2020-06-03 |
| Despite lockdowns to control the COVID19 pandemic the global index is down yeartodate only about | Negative | Equities at 3month highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-gain-as-stimulus-hopes-support-risk-appetite-idUSL1N2DF226 | 2020-06-03 |
| NEW YORK British medical journal the Lancet on Tuesday said it had concerns about data behind an influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID19 patients a conclusion that undercut scientific interest in the medicine championed by U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | NEW YORK British medical journal the Lancet on Tuesday said it had concerns about data behind an influential article that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID19 patients a conclusion that undercut scientific interest in the medicine championed by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/study-panning-anti-malaria-drug-trump-took-against-covid-faces-new-questions-idUSKBN2392WR | 2020-06-03 |
| ZURICH Lonza aims to speed completion of two commercial production lines for Moderna Incs trial COVID19 vaccine so manufacturing could start four to six weeks earlier than planned if the project is successful the Swiss drugmakers chairman said on Tuesday | Positive | ZURICH Lonza aims to speed completion of two commercial production lines for Moderna Incs trial COVID19 vaccine so manufacturing could start four to six weeks earlier than planned if the project is successful the Swiss drugmakers chairman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-lonza-excl/exclusive-lonza-sets-new-goal-to-make-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-ingredients-idUSKBN2392C4 | 2020-06-03 |
| SEOUL South Korea said on Wednesday it has approved the emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs remdesivir to treat COVID19 after a government panel last week cited positive results for the antiviral drug in other countries | Positive | SEOUL South Korea said on Wednesday it has approved the emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs remdesivir to treat COVID19 after a government panel last week cited positive results for the antiviral drug in other countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-drug/south-korea-approves-emergency-use-of-gileads-anti-viral-drug-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKBN23A0DH | 2020-06-03 |
| Remdesivir which is administered intravenously in hospital is the first drug to show improvement in COVID19 patients in formal clinical trials | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Wednesday it has approved the emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs remdesivir to treat COVID19 after a government panel last week cited positive results for the antiviral drug in other countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-drug/south-korea-approves-emergency-use-of-gileads-anti-viral-drug-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKBN23A0DH | 2020-06-03 |
| The Southeast Asian country has seen just over 3000 COVID19 infections and 58 deaths but has reported no local transmission in the past week | Negative | BANGKOK As Thai businesses modify their work practices after coming out of lockdown a beauty clinic in Bangkok has devised a mini face mask for clients receiving up close and personal cosmetic treatments during the era of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-mini-mask/thai-clinic-offers-mini-face-mask-for-up-close-beauty-treatments-idUSKBN23A0HP | 2020-06-03 |
| Portugal which has recorded 32700 COVID19 cases and 1424 deaths began lifting restrictions imposed during a sixweek lockdown from May 4 | Positive | LISBON For Manuela Figueiredo going out with her family to see her first movie after weeks of lockdown was a trip down memory lane | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal-drivein/post-lockdown-cinema-trip-in-portugal-is-blast-from-the-past-idUSKBN2391K4 | 2020-06-03 |
| They are bringing together hundreds sometimes thousands of people just as the country is reopening after lengthy lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | NEW YORK Public health experts and government officials including New Yorks governor are warning that large street protests over racial inequities and excessive police force could worsen the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-coronavir/u-s-health-experts-officials-warn-protests-may-add-to-virus-spread-idUSKBN2383HD | 2020-06-02 |
| Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recommended to Georgians that if they were at a protest they should consider being tested for COVID19 | Negative | NEW YORK Public health experts and government officials including New Yorks governor are warning that large street protests over racial inequities and excessive police force could worsen the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-coronavir/u-s-health-experts-officials-warn-protests-may-add-to-virus-spread-idUSKBN2383HD | 2020-06-02 |
| MOSCOW Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID19 to patients next week its state financial backer told Reuters a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID19 to patients next week its state financial backer told Reuters a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russia-to-roll-out-its-first-approved-covid-19-drug-next-week-idUSKBN2381FR | 2020-06-02 |
| There is currently no vaccine for COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus and human trials of several existing antiviral drugs have yet to show efficacy | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID19 to patients next week its state financial backer told Reuters a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russia-to-roll-out-its-first-approved-covid-19-drug-next-week-idUSKBN2381FR | 2020-06-02 |
| All indications point to COVID19 spreading fast and wide across the country overwhelming the health pledge organisers said in a statement on Tuesday | Neutral | DUBAI The United Nations and Saudi Arabia host a pledging conference for warravaged Yemen on Tuesday to help raise some | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-un-aid/yemen-pledging-drive-hopes-to-raise-2-4-billion-to-save-aid-ops-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN2390GX | 2020-06-02 |
| EPA continues to deliberate and engage with stakeholders over the broad ranging implications of COVID19 for the implementation of the RFS an EPA representative said | Neutral | NEW YORK U.S. renewable fuel credits have gained by more than a third over the last month as refiners have bought the credits while the Trump administration decides the future of a program that exempts smaller refineries from blending laws traders said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-biofuel-rins/u-s-renewable-fuel-credits-climb-as-epa-considers-ruling-on-waiver-program-idUSKBN2383O5 | 2020-06-02 |
| The capital markets have begun to recover after the COVID19 crisis brought IPOs to a virtual halt over the past two months | Negative | Online used car seller Vroom Inc aims to raise up to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-vroom-ipo/vroom-aims-to-raise-up-to-318-8-million-in-ipo-idUSKBN2383M5 | 2020-06-02 |
| It has recorded 102 COVID19 deaths from almost 7200 infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous state will open up some sports facilities from the middle of June officials said on Tuesday after nearly a week with no new cases of coronavirus via community transmission | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-most-populous-state-eases-virus-restrictions-on-sport-idUSKBN23901L | 2020-06-02 |
| LONDON Keeping at least one metre apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID19 infection according to the largest review to date of studies on coronavirus disease transmission | Negative | LONDON Keeping at least one metre apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID19 infection according to the largest review to date of studies on coronavirus disease transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-protection/distancing-and-masks-cut-covid-19-risk-says-largest-review-of-evidence-idUSKBN2383T6 | 2020-06-02 |
| Current evidence suggests COVID19 is most commonly spread by droplets especially when people cough and infects by entering through the eyes nose and mouth either directly or via contaminated surfaces | Negative | LONDON Keeping at least one metre apart and wearing face masks and eye protection are the best ways to cut the risk of COVID19 infection according to the largest review to date of studies on coronavirus disease transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-protection/distancing-and-masks-cut-covid-19-risk-says-largest-review-of-evidence-idUSKBN2383T6 | 2020-06-02 |
| 7 million to produce COVID19 vaccine candidates through 2021 | Positive | The HHS task order with Emergent falls under an existing contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority a U.S. federal agency that funds diseasefighting technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-awards-new-628-million-contract-to-boost-output-of-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2382DO | 2020-06-02 |
| So far BARDA has invested more than billion in COVID19 vaccines and funded over 30 projects including for diagnostics and treatments | Positive | The HHS task order with Emergent falls under an existing contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority a U.S. federal agency that funds diseasefighting technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/u-s-awards-new-628-million-contract-to-boost-output-of-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2382DO | 2020-06-02 |
| Mexico ranks eighth in the world in COVID19 deaths with Mexico City and a neighboring state accounting for some of the countrys fatalities | Negative | MEXICO CITY As a nurse on the front lines of Mexicos coronavirus battle Gisela Hernandez has stayed away from her children for nearly two months sleeping in a hotel and even her car to avoid infecting them because she feels inadequately protected at work | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-nurses/lack-of-protective-gear-leaves-mexican-nurses-battling-pandemic-in-fear-idUSKBN2360TR | 2020-06-01 |
| At the heart of the strategy to ease the lockdown is a system to test and trace those people who have come into contact with confirmed cases of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON British foreign minister Dominic Raab on Sunday defended the governments careful loosening of the coronavirus lockdown saying it was the right step to be at this time | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-foreign-minister-defends-lockdown-easing-as-the-right-step-idUSKBN2370BY | 2020-06-01 |
| Officials said 138 people had died of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours pushing to nationwide toll up to 4693 | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Sunday reported 9268 new cases of the novel coronavirus raising the national tally to 405843 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-says-coronavirus-infections-pass-400000-idUSKBN237069 | 2020-06-01 |
| The closely packed crowds and demonstrators not wearing masks have sparked fears of a resurgence of COVID19 which has killed more than 101000 Americans | Negative | Silver jumps over to threemonth high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/global-precious/precious-gold-climbs-as-u-s-riots-spark-safe-haven-rush-idUSL4N2DE0VZ | 2020-06-01 |
| President Moon Jaein in April pledged 210 billion won in funding to develop COVID19 drugs hoping to replicate the countrys success in COVID19 test kits | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Celltrion Inc said on Monday its experimental treatment of COVID19 demonstrated an up to 100fold reduction in viral load of the disease in animal testing saying it aims to start inhuman clinical trials in late July | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-treatment-celltrio/south-koreas-celltrion-aims-to-start-in-human-covid-19-drug-trial-in-july-idUSKBN238116 | 2020-06-01 |
| LONDON England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again and is at a very dangerous as it starts to ease out of the COVID19 lockdown senior scientific and medical advisers warned on Saturday | Negative | LONDON England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again and is at a very dangerous as it starts to ease out of the COVID19 lockdown senior scientific and medical advisers warned on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/england-risks-covid-19-resurgence-by-ending-lockdown-too-soon-scientific-advisers-say-idUSKBN23609W | 2020-05-31 |
| When the plant was ordered shut 86 COVID19 cases had been confirmed at the facility labor auditors said | Neutral | SAO PAULO A Brazilian labor court on Saturday ruled that JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-jbs/jbs-gets-court-nod-to-reopen-brazil-plant-closed-over-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN2360RL | 2020-05-31 |
| Claiming grave auditors said they had found evidence that JBS had allegedly failed to suspend workers who had knowingly tested positive for COVID19 according to documentation pertaining to the inspection | Negative | SAO PAULO A Brazilian labor court on Saturday ruled that JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-jbs/jbs-gets-court-nod-to-reopen-brazil-plant-closed-over-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN2360RL | 2020-05-31 |
| MOSCOW Russian scientists plan to start clinical trials within two weeks on a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus the health minister was quoted as saying on Saturday as authorities approved the countrys first antiCOVID19 drug | Positive | MOSCOW Russian scientists plan to start clinical trials within two weeks on a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus the health minister was quoted as saying on Saturday as authorities approved the countrys first antiCOVID19 drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-plans-coronavirus-vaccine-clinical-trials-in-two-weeks-report-idUSKBN2360BJ | 2020-05-31 |
| The Russian Direct Investment Fund said the Health Ministry had approved Avifavir for the treatment of COVID19 | Positive | MOSCOW Russian scientists plan to start clinical trials within two weeks on a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus the health minister was quoted as saying on Saturday as authorities approved the countrys first antiCOVID19 drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-plans-coronavirus-vaccine-clinical-trials-in-two-weeks-report-idUSKBN2360BJ | 2020-05-31 |
| The worstaffected country in the Middle East Iran has reported 148950 infections and 7734 deaths from COVID19 according to the latest health ministry data | Negative | DUBAI Government employees went back to work in Iran on Saturday and President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would resume daily prayers across the country even though some areas are seeing high levels of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/as-lockdown-eases-irans-mosques-to-resume-daily-prayers-idUSKBN2360BX | 2020-05-31 |
| USP did say it supports efforts to shift to rFC tests including for potential testing of COVID19 medicines or vaccines where it is offering technical assistance | Positive | ZURICH Horseshoe crabs icyblue blood will remain the drug industrys standard for safety tests after a powerful U.S. group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-lonza-crabs/drugs-standards-group-nixes-plan-to-kick-pharmas-crab-blood-habit-idUSKBN2360MB | 2020-05-31 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences potential COVID19 treatment remdesivir to treat the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwans government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences potential COVID19 treatment remdesivir to treat the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-approves-gileads-remdesivir-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKBN23609Q | 2020-05-31 |
| There is currently no approved medication or vaccine for COVID19 but EU countries are already administering remdesivir to patients under compassionate use rules | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences potential COVID19 treatment remdesivir to treat the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-approves-gileads-remdesivir-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKBN23609Q | 2020-05-31 |
| At the time the states were girding for a crush of COVID19 patients likely to need intensive care and thousands of ventilators to help them breathe | Positive | When U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to accept a shipment of ventilators from Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the coronavirus outbreak the White House did not alert the FDA as it headed to New York and New Jersey Reuters has learned | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ventilators-ex/exclusive-white-house-kept-fda-in-the-dark-on-russian-ventilators-for-new-york-and-new-jersey-idUSKBN23536O | 2020-05-30 |
| In a statement San Franciscobased Lyft said it is financially supporting drivers who contract the COVID19 disease and helping drivers obtain federal relief including paid sick leave | Negative | NEW YORK Lyft Inc was sued on Friday by a former driver who accused the ridesharing company of failing to provide required paid sick leave to drivers in Washington D.C. a policy she said could fuel the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lyft-lawsuit/lyft-violates-washington-dc-sick-day-law-during-pandemic-lawsuit-claims-idUSKBN2352X2 | 2020-05-30 |
| Rival sportscar brands McLaren and Aston Martin have hit financial troubles during the COVID19 pandemic but Domenicali said Lamborghini remained good shape | Negative | LONDON Formula One would be the winner if double world champion Fernando Alonso makes a comeback next year at the age of 39 according to the Spaniards former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-lamborghini-domenicali/alonso-comeback-would-be-good-for-f1-says-domenicali-idUSKBN23527Z | 2020-05-30 |
| Renault was under pressure even before COVID19 hit posting its first loss in a decade in 2019 and has said nothing would be as it reviews its business | Negative | PARIS Renault acknowledged that its global ambitions had been unrealistic announcing plans to cut about 15000 jobs shrink production and restructure French plants as it pressed the reset button and sought to banish the spectre of Carlos Ghosn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-france-strategy/we-thought-too-big-renault-says-as-it-axes-15000-jobs-in-cost-cutting-reboot-idUSKBN2350K0 | 2020-05-30 |
| The teams finances have suffered as a result of poor track performance with the COVID19 pandemic bringing more pain and set to further impact commercial rights income in 2020 | Negative | LONDON Williams said on Friday it was considering selling its oncedominant but now struggling Formula One team as part of a strategic review | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-williams/williams-considers-sale-of-struggling-f1-team-idUSKBN2350VG | 2020-05-30 |
| Warner Music in March had delayed its IPO as the COVID19 pandemic rocked capital markets and slammed the brakes on many listings | Negative | Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-warner-music-ipo-tencent-holdings/tencent-in-talks-to-buy-warner-music-stake-wsj-idUSKBN2352SE | 2020-05-30 |
| PARIS Sanofi has temporarily stopped recruiting new COVID19 patients for two clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine and will no longer supply the antimalaria drug to treat COVID19 until concerns about safety are cleared up it said on Friday | Negative | PARIS Sanofi has temporarily stopped recruiting new COVID19 patients for two clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine and will no longer supply the antimalaria drug to treat COVID19 until concerns about safety are cleared up it said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-hydroxychloroq/exclusive-sanofi-stops-enrolling-covid-19-patients-in-hydroxychloroquine-trials-idUSKBN2352IH | 2020-05-30 |
| Sanofi has been conducting two randomised controlled clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine for COVID19 | Neutral | PARIS Sanofi has temporarily stopped recruiting new COVID19 patients for two clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine and will no longer supply the antimalaria drug to treat COVID19 until concerns about safety are cleared up it said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-hydroxychloroq/exclusive-sanofi-stops-enrolling-covid-19-patients-in-hydroxychloroquine-trials-idUSKBN2352IH | 2020-05-30 |
| LOS ANGELES The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID19 called on Thursday for the plants immediate closure saying measures to control the outbreak were not working | Negative | LOS ANGELES The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID19 called on Thursday for the plants immediate closure saying measures to control the outbreak were not working | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meat-plant/los-angeles-union-joined-by-pandemic-pig-demands-meatpacking-plant-closure-idUSKBN23504T | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. senators offered a bipartisan billion plan on Thursday to prepare for the next global health crisis putting a premium on fighting disease outbreaks and pandemics like COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. senators offered a bipartisan billion plan on Thursday to prepare for the next global health crisis putting a premium on fighting disease outbreaks and pandemics like COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senators-offer-bill-to-prepare-for-the-next-pandemic-idUSKBN2343BB | 2020-05-29 |
| The move to ease lockdown measures came as England launched a new testing and contact tracing system on Thursday for COVID19 patients seen as crucial to helping ease lockdown measures | Negative | LONDON The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britains population Boris Johnson announced on Thursday as a row persisted over the prime ministers closest adviser taking a longdistance journey during lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-eases-lockdown-as-furore-over-aide-rumbles-on-idUSKBN2340RZ | 2020-05-29 |
| Contacts of those who test positive for COVID19 will be asked to isolate for 14 days even if they have no symptoms | Positive | LONDON The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britains population Boris Johnson announced on Thursday as a row persisted over the prime ministers closest adviser taking a longdistance journey during lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-eases-lockdown-as-furore-over-aide-rumbles-on-idUSKBN2340RZ | 2020-05-29 |
| Official data show that more than 48000 Britons have died from confirmed or suspected cases of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | LONDON The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britains population Boris Johnson announced on Thursday as a row persisted over the prime ministers closest adviser taking a longdistance journey during lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-eases-lockdown-as-furore-over-aide-rumbles-on-idUSKBN2340RZ | 2020-05-29 |
| Lebanons restructuring comes at a time of heightened stress in emerging markets in the wake of the devastation left by COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Emerging market investors are no strangers to sovereign debt crises but few have been as perilous as the one facing Lebanon given a toxic combination of financial and political weaknesses and no obvious economic platform on which to build a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-eurobonds-analysis/on-debt-stricken-lebanon-investors-see-little-room-for-optimism-idUSKBN2342F5 | 2020-05-29 |
| BEIJING Global travel disruptions are the top concern for American businesses in China of which many are cutting compensation and bonuses amid the fallout of the COVID19 epidemic according to a report from a business group | Negative | BEIJING Global travel disruptions are the top concern for American businesses in China of which many are cutting compensation and bonuses amid the fallout of the COVID19 epidemic according to a report from a business group | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-business/travel-disruptions-cost-cutting-key-issues-for-u-s-business-in-china-report-idUSKBN235086 | 2020-05-29 |
| Twitter posted a blue exclamation mark under a tweet by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian with a comment urging readers to check the facts about COVID19 | Negative | SHANGHAI Twitter has flagged a tweet written in March by a Chinese government spokesman that suggested the U.S. military brought the novel coronavirus to China as the social media platform ramps up factchecking of posts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-twitter-china-factcheck/twitter-flags-china-spokesmans-tweet-on-covid-19-idUSKBN23506I | 2020-05-29 |
| Clicking on the link directed readers to a page with the headline WHO says evidence suggests COVID19 originated in animals and was not produced in a | Negative | SHANGHAI Twitter has flagged a tweet written in March by a Chinese government spokesman that suggested the U.S. military brought the novel coronavirus to China as the social media platform ramps up factchecking of posts | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-twitter-china-factcheck/twitter-flags-china-spokesmans-tweet-on-covid-19-idUSKBN23506I | 2020-05-29 |
| Chinas bounce from the COVID19 outbreak coupled with expectations for resurgent consumer demand has seen Shanghais stock markets outperforming global ones | Positive | May 29 As Chinese firms return to work after a pandemic lockdown faster than their peers worldwide and the government ramps up economic stimulus the mainland has become the only major market where investors expect earnings to grow this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/china-stocks-earnings/graphic-chinese-stock-markets-ride-on-earnings-optimism-idUSL4N2D829G | 2020-05-29 |
| More than 100000 people in the United States have died from COVID19 the illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation increasing the amount of time to 24 weeks from the current eight weeks for small businesses to use Paycheck Protection Program loans spurred by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/small-business-loan-terms-eased-under-u-s-house-passed-bill-idUSKBN23431T | 2020-05-29 |
| The drug combination initially was thought to help COVID19 patients but recent data has cast doubt on the regimen | Negative | CHICAGO Cancer patients with COVID19 who were treated with a drug combination promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump to counter the coronavirus were three times more likely to die within 30 days than those who got either drug alone U.S. researchers reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cancer/hydroxychloroquine-combination-risky-for-cancer-patients-with-covid-19-study-idUSKBN2343I7 | 2020-05-29 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed healthcare providers to prescribe the drugs for COVID19 through an emergencyuse authorization but has not approved the treatment | Negative | CHICAGO Cancer patients with COVID19 who were treated with a drug combination promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump to counter the coronavirus were three times more likely to die within 30 days than those who got either drug alone U.S. researchers reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cancer/hydroxychloroquine-combination-risky-for-cancer-patients-with-covid-19-study-idUSKBN2343I7 | 2020-05-29 |
| Traveling to New York City at age 33 to work as a COVID19 nurse was the first time that Meghan a married mother of two had ever left southwest Missouri | Positive | NEOSHO Mo | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-nurses-homecoming/a-pandemic-nurses-love-letter-to-new-york-idUSKBN2340OK | 2020-05-28 |
| In about three months more Americans have died from COVID19 than during the Korean War Vietnam War and the U.S. conflict in Iraq from 20032011 combined | Negative | The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100000 people in the United States according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged businesses to reopen and Americans to emerge from more than two months of lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-100000-as-country-reopens-idUSKBN23334Z | 2020-05-28 |
| The local government has ordered the digging of 300 new individual graves for poor victims of COVID19 it said in a statement on Tuesday | Negative | ACAPULCO Mexico Intensive care units in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco are close to capacity as the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm hospitals and leaves local authorities scrambling to dig more graves | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-acapulco/legendary-mexican-beach-resort-acapulco-upended-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN2333BA | 2020-05-28 |
| The small country has kept rates of COVID19 at one of the lowest levels in Latin America even as the region becomes a coronavirus epicenter | Negative | MONTEVIDEO Leonardo Silveira a bookstore owner in Montevideo is hopeful about the future as Uruguay begins a gradual reopening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-uruguay/in-brazils-shadow-laid-back-uruguay-curbs-covid-19-idUSKBN2340EG | 2020-05-28 |
| LONDON British employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON British employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-employers-should-pay-wages-of-those-asked-to-isolate-by-covid-19-trace-system-minister-idUSKBN2340RZ | 2020-05-28 |
| Access to reliable energy is a lifeline especially in the context of the COVID19 said Riccardo Puliti global director for energy and extractive industries at the World Bank | Positive | An annual report tracking progress on sustainable energy said more than a billion people have won access to electricity since 2010 with of the planet connected in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-energy-development-health-trfn/first-poverty-now-pandemic-threatens-access-to-electricity-idUSKBN2340FJ | 2020-05-28 |
| LONDON Employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON Employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-employers-should-pay-wages-of-those-asked-to-isolate-by-covid-19-trace-system-minister-idUSKBN2340S8 | 2020-05-28 |
| Ralph Lauren Corp said on Wednesday a surge in online shopping was helping it get back on track in China and putting it on course for a recovery from the financial damage wrought by the COVID19 lockdowns in other markets as well | Positive | Ralph Lauren Corp said on Wednesday a surge in online shopping was helping it get back on track in China and putting it on course for a recovery from the financial damage wrought by the COVID19 lockdowns in other markets as well | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ralph-lauren-results/online-sales-surge-helps-ralph-lauren-recover-in-china-idUSKBN2331R7 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID19 pandemic and more secondwave layoffs in the private sector likely contributed last week to a 10th straight week of more than 2 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits | Negative | WASHINGTON Job cuts by U.S. state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID19 pandemic and more secondwave layoffs in the private sector likely contributed last week to a 10th straight week of more than 2 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/new-wave-of-u-s-layoffs-feared-as-coronavirus-pain-deepens-idUSKBN2340E6 | 2020-05-28 |
| Perrys 330acre selfcontained lot offers housing where people can be isolated to help prevent spread of the novel coronavirus which causes a sometimes fatal respiratory illness called COVID19 | Negative | LOS ANGELES Along with hair stylists camera operators and the hundreds of others who make magic happen for TV and film Hollywood is counting on a new supporting member for future COVID19 consultants | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/health-coronavirus-hollywood/wanted-in-hollywood-covid-19-consultants-to-help-keep-sets-safe-idUSKBN2331J5 | 2020-05-28 |
| The company said that it was working on the development of a portable COVID19 diagnostic device which will allow the detection of the virus in less than 15 minutes | Neutral | May 28 The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/spain-stocks-factors/spanish-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-28-idUSL8N2DA0WH | 2020-05-28 |
| 81 of its next budget on a new European Union defence fund keeping alive a FrancoGerman plan to deepen military cooperation despite the economic impact of COVID19 | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday spending 8 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-budget-defence/eu-keeps-defence-fund-alive-with-8-billion-euro-proposal-idUSKBN23328S | 2020-05-28 |
| DETROIT In the week since U.S. auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID19 but only Ford Motor Co has temporarily closed plants | Neutral | DETROIT In the week since U.S. auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID19 but only Ford Motor Co has temporarily closed plants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-plants/all-three-detroit-automakers-had-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19-since-plants-reopened-idUSKBN2332H8 | 2020-05-28 |
| Tensions have flared between Australia and China over the COVID19 pandemic while U.S.China relations have nosedived amid regular attacks from the Trump administration over Chinas handling of the virus | Negative | Equity rally leaves FX market behind | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stands-its-ground-as-u-s-china-tensions-grow-idUSL4N2DA0CK | 2020-05-28 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters or adjuvants to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID19 the British drugmaker said on Thursday | Positive | GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters or adjuvants to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID19 the British drugmaker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gsk-adjuvants/gsk-to-produce-one-billion-doses-of-adjuvant-vaccine-booster-in-2021-idUSKBN2340RG | 2020-05-28 |
| Pharmaceutical company CordenPharma has extended its agreement with Moderna Inc to supply large volumes of lipids used to produce Modernas COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Pharmaceutical company CordenPharma has extended its agreement with Moderna Inc to supply large volumes of lipids used to produce Modernas COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-cordenphar/cordenpharma-extends-deal-with-moderna-to-supply-lipids-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2340RO | 2020-05-28 |
| ZURICH Roche plans to test if mixing its antiinflammation drug Actemra with Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral treatment remdesivir works better against severe COVID19 pneumonia than remdesivir alone the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday | Negative | ZURICH Roche plans to test if mixing its antiinflammation drug Actemra with Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral treatment remdesivir works better against severe COVID19 pneumonia than remdesivir alone the Swiss drugmaker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-gilead-scien/roche-mixes-actemra-with-gileads-remdesivir-in-covid-19-trial-idUSKBN2340IY | 2020-05-28 |
| The National Rugby League competition will be one of the worlds first contact sports to resume after COVID19 shredded the global sporting calendar | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias National Rugby League football competition a bruising body contact sport will on Thursday resume after a twomonth hiatus as the number of coronavirus cases in the country slows and social restrictions are eased | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-rugby-league-football-to-kick-off-as-covid-19-cases-slow-idUSKBN23407K | 2020-05-28 |
| Players must abide by strict quarantine restrictions and will be tested regularly to ensure no spread of COVID19 | Negative | SYDNEY Australias National Rugby League football competition a bruising body contact sport will on Thursday resume after a twomonth hiatus as the number of coronavirus cases in the country slows and social restrictions are eased | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-rugby-league-football-to-kick-off-as-covid-19-cases-slow-idUSKBN23407K | 2020-05-28 |
| SAO YORK Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday at a berth at Brazils port after a ship was ordered into quarantine following a positive COVID19 test on a crew member authorities said | Negative | SAO YORK Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday at a berth at Brazils port after a ship was ordered into quarantine following a positive COVID19 test on a crew member authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-soy-port/soy-loading-resumes-at-brazil-port-after-covid-19-case-ship-in-quarantine-idUSKBN23237R | 2020-05-27 |
| Novartis and rival Sanofi have pledged donations of tens of millions of doses of the drug also used in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus for COVID19 | Negative | ZURICH The World Health Organization on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine probably by midJune after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drugs use in a large trial on COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hydroxychloroq/who-expects-hydroxychloroquine-safety-findings-by-mid-june-idUSKBN2322EX | 2020-05-27 |
| We expect to see the SEC bring more actions as we continue to investigate suspected COVID19 related Peikin and his enforcement cohead Stephanie Avakian said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The novel coronavirus outbreak and economic fallout is proving to be a bonanza for whistleblower lawyers as the U.S. securities regulator cracks down on a range of related misconduct from companies touting sham cures to misuse of federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-sec-whistleblowers/armed-with-whistleblower-tips-u-s-sec-cracks-down-on-coronavirus-misconduct-idUSKBN2321FI | 2020-05-27 |
| While the SEC has so far penalized penny stock firms the regulator is also quite vigilant about what larger companies are telling investors about how COVID19 might impact he said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The novel coronavirus outbreak and economic fallout is proving to be a bonanza for whistleblower lawyers as the U.S. securities regulator cracks down on a range of related misconduct from companies touting sham cures to misuse of federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-sec-whistleblowers/armed-with-whistleblower-tips-u-s-sec-cracks-down-on-coronavirus-misconduct-idUSKBN2321FI | 2020-05-27 |
| But Smithfield was already being investigated by OSHA and unlike McDonalds there were no confirmed COVID19 cases in the Missouri plant | Negative | As U.S. businesses reopen worried workers and their advocates are borrowing a legal strategy commonly used to shut down rowdy topless bars to try and force employers to strengthen protection against further spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-corp-la/covid-19-lawsuit-takes-on-mcdonalds-like-it-was-a-rowdy-bar-idUSKBN2321H6 | 2020-05-27 |
| It said at the time that it would later extend the COVID19 policy to other types of disputed or misleading information | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Twitter on Tuesday for the first time prompted readers to check the facts in tweets sent by U.S. President Donald Trump warning that his claims about mailin ballots were false and had been debunked by fact checkers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-fact-checks-trump-tweet-for-the-first-time-idUSKBN232389 | 2020-05-27 |
| BENGALURU Uber Technologies Inc has cut about 600 jobs in India as part of plans to reduce its global workforce by the company said on Tuesday joining local rival Ola as the COVID19 pandemic crushes demand for appbased cab services | Negative | BENGALURU Uber Technologies Inc has cut about 600 jobs in India as part of plans to reduce its global workforce by the company said on Tuesday joining local rival Ola as the COVID19 pandemic crushes demand for appbased cab services | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-india-uber-layoffs/uber-cuts-600-jobs-in-india-as-lockdown-hits-business-idUSKBN2320S3 | 2020-05-27 |
| Aarogya Setu was launched by the government in early April as a key tool in containing the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/healthcoronavirus-india-app/rpt-india-makes-source-code-of-contact-tracing-app-public-idUSL4N2D90WG | 2020-05-27 |
| CDC Director Robert Redfield has said that flu and COVID19 combined could exact a heavier toll on Americans than the initial coronavirus outbreak that began this winter | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. pharmacy chains are preparing a big push for flu vaccinations when the season kicks off in October hoping to curb tens of thousands of serious cases that could coincide with a second wave of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-flu-focus/fears-of-coronavirus-second-wave-prompt-flu-push-at-u-s-pharmacies-drugmakers-idUSKBN2321F0 | 2020-05-27 |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended states wait for their daily number of new COVID19 cases to fall for 14 days before easing social distancing restrictions | Negative | Twenty U.S. states reported an increase in new cases of COVID19 for the week ended May 24 up from 13 states in the prior week as the death toll from the novel coronavirus approaches 100000 according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends-graphic/where-u-s-coronavirus-cases-are-on-the-rise-idUSKBN2321WY | 2020-05-27 |
| She will donate her royalties to projects and organisations helping the groups most impacted by COVID19 | Positive | LONDON J.K. Rowling published the first chapters of a fairy tale about a monster known as the Ickabog on Tuesday an allegory about truth and abuse of power that is free online so that children can read it during coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-jkrowling/j-k-rowling-publishes-fairy-tale-so-children-can-dream-in-lockdown-idUSKBN2321QR | 2020-05-27 |
| People must maintain a 6foot socialdistance from each other to help stop the virus that causes the deadly respiratory disease COVID19 caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | California retail with instore shopping and places of worship that were closed under one of the most restrictive coronavirus containment rules in the United States may now open health authorities announced on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-heath-coronavirus-usa-california/california-opens-places-of-worship-in-store-retail-businesses-health-officials-idUSKBN23120D | 2020-05-26 |
| While studying excess deaths allows us to identify a higher mortality rate during the COVID19 crisis it is not sufficient to attribute it directly or solely to the she said | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos capital registered 8072 more deaths in the first five months this year than the average from the same period over the past four years an analysis by independent researchers showed on Monday suggesting a possible surge due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-mortality/study-shows-8000-additional-deaths-in-mexican-capital-as-coronavirus-rages-idUSKBN232017 | 2020-05-26 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils infrastructure minister said on Monday the country still wants to privatize 43 airports through 2022 even as the COVID19 pandemic ravages the air transportation industry | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils infrastructure minister said on Monday the country still wants to privatize 43 airports through 2022 even as the COVID19 pandemic ravages the air transportation industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-privatizati/brazil-still-plans-to-privatize-43-airports-through-2022-minister-idUSKBN23124M | 2020-05-26 |
| Sales have also felt the economic fallout from COVID19 dipping 38 | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils real estate industry has seen home sales fall in recent weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic but expect prices to remain firm as new projects are postponed to adjust supply to lower demand in coming months the local chamber of construction CBIC said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-real-estate/brazils-homebuilders-delay-new-projects-as-covid-19-hurts-sales-cbic-idUSKBN2311JX | 2020-05-26 |
| MELBOURNE The World AntiDoping Agency says the COVID19 pandemic may have harmed the fight for clean sport and that additional targeted was being planned to eliminate gaps as competition resumes | Negative | MELBOURNE The World AntiDoping Agency says the COVID19 pandemic may have harmed the fight for clean sport and that additional targeted was being planned to eliminate gaps as competition resumes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-doping-wada/doping-wada-to-ramp-up-testing-to-fill-anti-doping-gaps-idUSKBN2320D9 | 2020-05-26 |
| AngloGold Ashanti on Monday said that a total of 196 people have tested positive for coronavirus at its Mponeng mine where it suspended operations on Sunday after reporting 164 COVID19 positive workers | Negative | AngloGold Ashanti on Monday said that a total of 196 people have tested positive for coronavirus at its Mponeng mine where it suspended operations on Sunday after reporting 164 COVID19 positive workers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-anglogold-ashnti/anglogold-ashanti-reports-more-covid-19-positive-cases-at-mponeng-mine-idUSKBN2311Q6 | 2020-05-26 |
| The kingdom has so far recorded 74795 cases of COVID19 with 399 deaths | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabia will begin easing restrictions on movement and travel this week more than two months after stringent measures were introduced to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi-curfew/saudi-arabia-to-end-curfew-on-june-21-except-in-mecca-idUSKBN23208J | 2020-05-26 |
| Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said flight restrictions imposed by Beijing treated all airlines equally and were due to efforts to curb COVID19 related risks | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it opposes all U.S. restrictions imposed against Chinese airlines responding to a report that the U.S. Transportation Department has demanded Chinese carriers file their schedules and other flight details by May 27 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-airlines-mofa/china-says-opposes-all-u-s-restrictions-on-chinese-airlines-idUSKBN2310OV | 2020-05-26 |
| Australia has reported just over 7100 COVID19 infections including 102 deaths well below numbers reported by many other developed countries | Neutral | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday called for an ideological truce between employers and workers to revive the countrys trillion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-pm-calls-for-economic-overhaul-to-fuel-post-covid-19-recovery-idUSKBN23200D | 2020-05-26 |
| The study will look to enroll 158 hospitalized patients suffering from moderate COVID19 infections in India the company said | Negative | BENGALURU Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Tuesday it will begin a new clinical trial in India to test a combination of two antiviral drugs favipiravir and umifenovir as a potential COVID19 treatment | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-glenmark-pharms-st/indias-glenmark-to-study-potential-covid-19-drug-combination-idUSKBN2320IP | 2020-05-26 |
| The Phase 2 trial will assess immunity safety and COVID19 disease reduction in a broader age range Novavax said | Negative | Novavax Inc said on Monday it has started the Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and has enrolled the trials first participants with preliminary results slated for July | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax-vaccine/novavax-starts-phase-1-clinical-trial-of-coronavirus-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN23122P | 2020-05-26 |
| The Gabonese is a keen video gamer and has been getting in plenty of practice during the COVID19 lockdown with the Premier League out of action | Neutral | LONDON Arsenals topscoring striker and captain PierreEmerick Aubameyang who raced for McLaren in Sundays virtual Monaco Formula One Grand Prix is considering setting up his own esports team | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-esports-aubameyang/aubameyang-considering-own-esports-team-after-virtual-f1-debut-idUSKBN2300SA | 2020-05-25 |
| Australia has reported just over 7100 COVID19 infections including 102 deaths well below figures reported by other developed countries | Positive | SYDNEY Australias most populous state on Monday deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing on public transport amid an expected commuter surge as schools and offices reopened and coronavirus cases fell | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-most-populous-state-braces-for-travel-chaos-as-schools-offices-reopen-idUSKBN2300W9 | 2020-05-25 |
| Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning held off a late challenge to beat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady 1Up in a charity golf match in Florida on Sunday that raised million for COVID19 relief efforts | Positive | Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning held off a late challenge to beat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady 1Up in a charity golf match in Florida on Sunday that raised million for COVID19 relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-golf-charity/woods-and-manning-beat-mickelson-and-brady-in-charity-match-idUSKBN231048 | 2020-05-25 |
| At the same time analysts say extensive central bank stimulus to help blunt the economic shock from the COVID19 pandemic continues to underpin sentiment and buoy equity markets | Negative | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| Still some people in Guymon are dismissive of the COVID19 risk calling mask wearers or suggesting God will protect those who have faith | Neutral | GUYMON Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-plant-special/special-report-in-oklahoma-pork-packing-town-covid-stirs-fear-faith-and-sorrow-idUSKBN22Z0SK | 2020-05-24 |
| Now that his father is gone and others in the family have mostly recovered from COVID19 Michael is worried about their return to work | Negative | GUYMON Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-meat-plant-special/special-report-in-oklahoma-pork-packing-town-covid-stirs-fear-faith-and-sorrow-idUSKBN22Z0SK | 2020-05-24 |
| The drivein has struck a chord with Americans who have been largely confined to their homes since March watching the death toll from COVID19 accumulate on their TV screens | Negative | The drivein movie dismissed by many as a relic of an earlier time in America is making a comeback as entertainment seemingly designed for the coronavirus era | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-drivein/the-drive-in-movie-stages-a-comeback-in-u-s-in-coronavirus-era-idUSKBN22Z0GW | 2020-05-24 |
| Shortly after Johnson announced that he had tested positive for COVID19 Cummings sprinted out of Downing Street on March 27 and developed symptoms on the weekend of March 2829 | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km to northern England while his wife showed COVID19 symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cummings/uk-pm-johnson-resists-calls-to-sack-cummings-over-400-km-drive-idUSKBN22Z0DT | 2020-05-24 |
| He is also bullish on smaller companies such as Luminex Corp which received an FDA emergency use authorization for its COVID19 diagnostic test | Neutral | NEW YORK Investors are diversifying bets in the healthcare sector as the rush to develop treatments for Covid19 has driven up prices for some pharmaceutical stocks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-investors-look-beyond-drug-makers-as-hunt-for-covid-19-treatment-heats-up-idUSKBN22Y1L3 | 2020-05-24 |
| Suvit said that Thailand has started reserving two manufacturers for its vaccine for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand on Saturday began testing a vaccine against the coronavirus on monkeys after positive trials in mice an official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-vaccine-m/thailand-begins-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-on-monkeys-idUSKBN22Z0QL | 2020-05-24 |
| Hospitals around the world have been using plasma donated by recovered COVID19 patients but there has been little information on how effective the treatment is | Positive | Patients with severe COVID19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients according to results of a small U.S. study released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-plasma/donated-plasma-benefits-covid-19-patients-in-small-u-s-study-idUSKBN22Y303 | 2020-05-23 |
| New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-nba-ewing/nba-knicks-great-patrick-ewing-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y32Q | 2020-05-23 |
| In April doctors at VA itself also said hydroxychloroquine did not help COVID19 patients and might pose a higher risk of death | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has treated 1300 coronavirus patients with the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which a study has tied to an increased risk of death according to a document released by a Senate Democrat on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-veterans/u-s-veterans-agency-has-given-hydroxychloroquine-to-1300-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN22Y2UA | 2020-05-23 |
| GENEVA South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic with Brazil hardesthit while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll the World Health Organization said on Friday | Negative | GENEVA South America has become a new epicenter of the COVID19 pandemic with Brazil hardesthit while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll the World Health Organization said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-regions/south-america-a-new-covid-epicenter-africa-reaches-100000-cases-who-says-idUSKBN22Y2IV | 2020-05-23 |
| The rapid tests are very important to be able to diagnose COVID19 cases so that medical protocols of social distancing can then be followed to avoid Viana said | Positive | TRES UNIDOS BRAZIL Tres Unidos an indigenous village in Brazils Amazon rainforest locked out all visitors hoping that isolation would keep it safe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/isolation-not-enough-to-save-amazon-indigenous-village-from-covid-19-idUSKBN22Y2M3 | 2020-05-23 |
| The state of Sao Paulo has 73739 confirmed cases of COVID19 nearly one quarter of the countrys total toll and 5558 deaths caused by the disease | Negative | SAO PAULO Lawmakers in Brazils biggest state of Sao Paulo have decided to bring forward to Monday a holiday scheduled for July 9 in an attempt to strengthen social distancing and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-biggest-state-brings-forward-holiday-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN22Y1OO | 2020-05-23 |
| GAZA Trading jabs and punches a team of young female boxers some as young as four trained on the beach in Gaza this week after their club was closed due to COVID19 | Neutral | GAZA Trading jabs and punches a team of young female boxers some as young as four trained on the beach in Gaza this week after their club was closed due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-boxin/gazas-young-female-boxers-train-on-the-beach-amid-coronavirus-closures-idUSKBN22Y15E | 2020-05-23 |
| FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is fully to provide even more stimulus as soon as June to support an economy that may shrink by a tenth this year due to the COVID19 pandemic the accounts of the banks April meeting showed on Friday | Negative | FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is fully to provide even more stimulus as soon as June to support an economy that may shrink by a tenth this year due to the COVID19 pandemic the accounts of the banks April meeting showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ecb-policy/ecb-minutes-hint-at-more-policy-easing-in-june-idUSKBN22Y1MX | 2020-05-23 |
| The apps are meant to help trace and call people who have come into contact with an individual infected with COVID19 | Positive | OTTAWA Canada will ramp up COVID19 testing and contact tracing as it gradually lifts restrictions and is working closely with Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google on a mobile phone app to help the prime minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-to-ramp-up-covid-19-testing-and-tracing-recommend-digital-app-idUSKBN22Y2H5 | 2020-05-23 |
| The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/coronavirus-vaccine-safe-in-early-trial-hydroxychloroquine-may-increase-death-risk-idUSKBN22Y2OD | 2020-05-23 |
| LONDON Children have milder COVID19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults scientists advising the British government have said | Negative | LONDON Children have milder COVID19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults scientists advising the British government have said | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-education/children-with-covid-19-may-have-lower-infectivity-than-adults-uk-scientists-say-idUSKBN22Y1UC | 2020-05-23 |
| Our findings highlight the need to identify COVID19 cases and start antiviral treatment before the pulmonary disease progresses to require mechanical the researchers wrote | Negative | The peerreviewed data was published in the New England Journal of Medicine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/nih-trial-gileads-drug-works-best-in-covid-patients-on-oxygen-idUSKBN22Y30B | 2020-05-23 |
| Gilead said it expects results from its own study of remdesivir in patients with moderate COVID19 at the end of this month | Neutral | The peerreviewed data was published in the New England Journal of Medicine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/nih-trial-gileads-drug-works-best-in-covid-patients-on-oxygen-idUSKBN22Y30B | 2020-05-23 |
| The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID19 patients a large study published on Friday showed | Negative | The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID19 patients a large study published on Friday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/drug-touted-by-trump-to-treat-covid-19-linked-to-higher-death-risk-study-idUSKBN22Y1UW | 2020-05-23 |
| The Lancet study authors suggested that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine should not be used to treat COVID19 outside of clinical trials until studies confirm their safety and efficacy in such patients | Neutral | The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID19 patients a large study published on Friday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/drug-touted-by-trump-to-treat-covid-19-linked-to-higher-death-risk-study-idUSKBN22Y1UW | 2020-05-23 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed healthcare providers to use the drugs for COVID19 through an emergencyuse authorization but has not approved them to treat it | Negative | The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking and has urged others to use was tied to an increased risk of death in hospitalized COVID19 patients a large study published on Friday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/drug-touted-by-trump-to-treat-covid-19-linked-to-higher-death-risk-study-idUSKBN22Y1UW | 2020-05-23 |
| Imperial County is one of Californias least densely populated counties with about 175000 residents but has the states highest rate of COVID19 hospitalizations at 40 | Negative | LOS ANGELES Emergency medical reinforcements began work on Thursday at a small Southern California hospital straining to cope with a recent surge in coronavirus patients some of them turned away from overwhelmed hospitals across the border in Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-border/reinforcements-sent-to-california-border-hospital-hit-by-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN22Y0FW | 2020-05-22 |
| U.S. doctors and others in the scientific community are calling for the release of data that convinced health regulators to authorize emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID19 so they can direct limited supplies on the right patients | Negative | U.S. doctors and others in the scientific community are calling for the release of data that convinced health regulators to authorize emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID19 so they can direct limited supplies on the right patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/u-s-doctors-call-for-remdesivir-data-to-guide-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN22X2Q3 | 2020-05-22 |
| He said Vanda which is developing an antiinflammatory drug for COVID19 is looking to lend our expertise | Negative | U.S. doctors and others in the scientific community are calling for the release of data that convinced health regulators to authorize emergency use of Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID19 so they can direct limited supplies on the right patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/u-s-doctors-call-for-remdesivir-data-to-guide-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN22X2Q3 | 2020-05-22 |
| U.S. immigration authorities said in April they would test some immigrants in detention for COVID19 before deporting them | Negative | NEW YORK The United States has returned at least 1000 unaccompanied migrant children to Mexico El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras since early March despite risks of violence and discrimination that have worsened because of the coronavirus pandemic the United Nations childrens agency UNICEF said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mexico/u-s-returns-migrant-children-despite-risks-worsened-by-coronavirus-unicef-idUSKBN22X1RP | 2020-05-22 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro a longrunning advocate of malaria drug chloroquine to treat COVID19 said on Thursday he knew there was no proof it works but said there are cases in which it appears to have been successful | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro a longrunning advocate of malaria drug chloroquine to treat COVID19 said on Thursday he knew there was no proof it works but said there are cases in which it appears to have been successful | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-chloroquine/brazils-bolsonaro-accepts-no-proof-chloroquine-works-but-may-work-in-some-cases-idUSKBN22X2U5 | 2020-05-22 |
| They did not say whether Silva had been tested for COVID19 | Neutral | RIO DE JANEIRO Valnir da Silva died on the streets of a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-image/corpse-lay-on-the-street-in-coronavirus-racked-rio-for-30-hours-idUSKBN22X2AJ | 2020-05-22 |
| Any suggestion that we are using the COVID19 pandemic as an opportunity to promote abortion is not U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations rejected on Thursday an accusation by the United States that the world body was using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to promote access to abortion through its humanitarian response to the deadly global outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-abortion/u-n-rejects-u-s-claim-it-is-using-coronavirus-to-promote-abortion-idUSKBN22X2IC | 2020-05-22 |
| Healthcare workers in Britain and Thailand have started taking part in a trial to determine whether two antimalarial drugs can prevent COVID19 including one that U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking | Negative | Healthcare workers in Britain and Thailand have started taking part in a trial to determine whether two antimalarial drugs can prevent COVID19 including one that U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hydroxychl/global-covid-19-trial-of-hydroxychloroquine-which-trump-takes-begins-idUSKBN22X0R1 | 2020-05-22 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons financial meltdown could tip the country into a fullblown food crisis as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID19 become unable to afford even basics like bread the prime minister warned | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons financial meltdown could tip the country into a fullblown food crisis as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID19 become unable to afford even basics like bread the prime minister warned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab/lebanon-at-risk-of-a-major-food-crisis-pm-sounds-alarm-idUSKBN22X0LQ | 2020-05-22 |
| BEIJING China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID19 pandemic an official of the countrys cabinet said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID19 pandemic an official of the countrys cabinet said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-growth-2020/china-says-it-will-still-pay-attention-to-economic-growth-rate-idUSKBN22Y0IY | 2020-05-22 |
| Ventilators are used to inflate the fluidfilled lungs of critically ill COVID19 patients through a tube inserted into the windpipe and require constant monitoring | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to build 2000 new ventilators for coronavirus patients that even the government says hospitals are unlikely to need | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ventilators/japans-abe-wants-to-build-ventilators-that-hospitals-probably-dont-need-idUSKBN22X0CT | 2020-05-22 |
| Indeed measured against forward earnings European and U.S. equities are trading back at earlyMarch levels when the COVID19 impact was yet to be felt | Positive | YORK Global equity markets have shuffled up about this month despite the world starting to reopen after the coronavirusdriven lockdowns and U.S. and European economic data showing glimmers of a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets-outlook-an/rudderless-after-a-rally-stock-markets-look-for-next-catalyst-idUSKBN22Y0L4 | 2020-05-22 |
| The complaint came from a federal prison in Oakdale Louisiana where eight inmates have died of the COVID19 illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The union for corrections officers at one of the U.S. federal prisons hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic has filed a U.S. Labor Department complaint alleging that prison managers failed to isolate several inmates who tested positive for the illness | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/federal-inmates-with-covid-19-in-louisiana-continued-working-for-days-union-says-idUSKBN22X2NX | 2020-05-22 |
| The union has repeatedly accused the BOP of failing to provide adequate protective gear and not giving workers ample paid leave to quarantine themselves when they become exposed to COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The union for corrections officers at one of the U.S. federal prisons hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic has filed a U.S. Labor Department complaint alleging that prison managers failed to isolate several inmates who tested positive for the illness | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/federal-inmates-with-covid-19-in-louisiana-continued-working-for-days-union-says-idUSKBN22X2NX | 2020-05-22 |
| The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZenecas experimental COVID19 vaccine by pledging up to | Positive | The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZenecas experimental COVID19 vaccine by pledging up to | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/u-s-secures-300-million-doses-of-potential-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN22X0J9 | 2020-05-22 |
| There are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID19 | Negative | The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZenecas experimental COVID19 vaccine by pledging up to | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/u-s-secures-300-million-doses-of-potential-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN22X0J9 | 2020-05-22 |
| Shopifys move comes as businesses adjust to the impact of COVID19 which is also expected to reshape the future of office spaces after the pandemic retreats | Negative | Ottawabased Shopify which briefly became Canadas most valuable company earlier this month had more than 5000 employees and contractors worldwide as of December | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-shopify/canadas-shopify-ceo-says-era-of-office-centricity-is-over-most-staff-to-permanently-work-from-home-idUSKBN22X21M | 2020-05-22 |
| Drivein Entertainment Australia plans to have several more car park concerts in coming months with many more people being able to attend as COVID19 restrictions are eased further | Positive | SYDNEY Singersongwriter Casey Donovan performed on stage in Sydney on Thursday in a free concert that treated fans to some of the first live music many had heard in months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-drive-in/sydney-fans-enjoy-live-concert-at-covid-safe-drive-in-idUSKBN22X15Q | 2020-05-22 |
| BEIJING May 22 China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID19 pandemic an official of the countrys cabinet said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING May 22 China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID19 pandemic an official of the countrys cabinet said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-parliament-growth-2020/china-says-it-will-still-pay-attention-to-economic-growth-rate-idUSB9N2D300D | 2020-05-22 |
| in line with the broader index after first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses of the COVID19 vaccine it is developing with the University of Oxford | Positive | Stoxx 600 down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-ugly-end-to-choppy-session-idUSL8N2D34T2 | 2020-05-22 |
| On the corporate front AstraZeneca received the first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses of the COVID19 vaccine it is developing with the University of Oxford | Positive | Stoxx 600 down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-ugly-end-to-choppy-session-idUSL8N2D34T2 | 2020-05-22 |
| We spent to fight COVID19 and we need more to continue fighting it and Congressman Joey Salceda the bills principal author told Reuters | Neutral | MANILA A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook Alphabets Google and Youtube Netflix and Spotify to raise funds to battle the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-philippines-economy-tax/philippine-lawmaker-proposes-tax-targeting-tech-giants-to-fund-virus-fight-idUSKBN22Y0IG | 2020-05-22 |
| At least six Amazon workers have died of COVID19 which the company confirmed publicly after each incident | Negative | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Amazon will spend more than million in the first half of the year on COVID19 safety measures she said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-workers/how-big-unions-smooth-the-way-for-amazon-worker-protests-idUSKBN22X19Q | 2020-05-22 |
| Abbott Laboratories on Thursday said an analysis of data from an ongoing study of its ID NOW rapid test which is used in the White House and elsewhere to spot COVID19 shows it is highly accurate when compared with industrystandard tests | Positive | Abbott Laboratories on Thursday said an analysis of data from an ongoing study of its ID NOW rapid test which is used in the White House and elsewhere to spot COVID19 shows it is highly accurate when compared with industrystandard tests | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/abbott-says-new-data-on-rapid-coronavirus-test-used-in-white-house-shows-high-accuracy-idUSKBN22X2S8 | 2020-05-22 |
| Dave Swift a bassist who usually works with English pianist Jools Holland said the COVID19 crisis had left many musicians isolated in a creative wasteland | Negative | NORFOLK England When the world was told to stay at home to escape the novel coronavirus one British band had a abandon live music or come together to jam | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-music-band/rock-n-roll-never-dies-one-british-band-jams-away-in-isolation-idUSKBN22X1SQ | 2020-05-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. nursing homes have been plagued with infection control deficiencies even before the coronavirus pandemic turned them into hotspots for COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus a government report said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. nursing homes have been plagued with infection control deficiencies even before the coronavirus pandemic turned them into hotspots for COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus a government report said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nursinghomes/u-s-nursing-homes-plagued-by-infection-control-issues-pre-covid-19-report-idUSKBN22W310 | 2020-05-21 |
| It all started to unravel in March as fatally ill COVID19 patients showed up in his intensive care unit | Negative | Becoming a nurse in 2018 was a dream come true for William Coddington | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-nurse-death-insigh/a-nurse-struggled-with-covid-19-trauma-he-was-found-dead-in-his-car-idUSKBN22W1JD | 2020-05-21 |
| Trump revealed this week he was taking the drug despite medical warnings about potential serious side effects and questions about its effectiveness in preventing COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the regimen of an antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine that he is taking to ward off the coronavirus finishes in the next day or two | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-his-hydroxychloroquine-regimen-finishes-in-the-next-day-or-two-idUSKBN22W35F | 2020-05-21 |
| New York City residents from lowincome communities have tested positive for COVID19 antibodies at a higherthanaverage rate underscoring the disproportionate impact of the disease on people of color Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday | Neutral | New York City residents from lowincome communities have tested positive for COVID19 antibodies at a higherthanaverage rate underscoring the disproportionate impact of the disease on people of color Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-citys-low-income-minority-areas-hit-hardest-by-covid-19-cuomo-says-idUSKBN22W2IG | 2020-05-21 |
| The findings suggest that official statistics in Mexico may be far underestimating the true death toll from COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | MEXICO CITY Like many people around the world Mexican funeral home owner Salvador Ascencio did not believe at first the coronavirus outbreak was going to be a big deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-funeralhome/mexican-funeral-homes-face-horrific-unseen-coronavirus-toll-idUSKBN22W2VG | 2020-05-21 |
| The Mexico City health official said the Cubans were working in hospitals treating patients in the capital and surrounding areas suffering from COVID19 the disease caused by the virus | Positive | MEXICO CITY At least 500 Cuban health workers are helping tackle the new coronavirus in Mexico City Mexican officials say making it likely the largest contingent the communistled island has deployed globally as part of its response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-cuba/large-contingent-of-cuban-doctors-help-mexico-with-coronavirus-sources-idUSKBN22W2V2 | 2020-05-21 |
| He has also become an increasingly strong advocate for the malaria drug chloroquine as a possible remedy for COVID19 despite warnings from health experts | Neutral | RIO DE PAULO Brazils coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the South American nation could soon have the secondhighest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20000 new infections in a single day | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-coronavirus-outbreak-worsens-as-country-could-soon-be-no-2-in-cases-idUSKBN22W37E | 2020-05-21 |
| Brazils federal guidelines had previously cited the drug only as an unproven treatment for severe cases of the COVID19 respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines for wider use of antimalarial drugs in mild coronavirus cases a treatment touted by President Jair Bolsonaro in defiance of public health experts warning of possible health risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-widens-use-of-malaria-drugs-in-mild-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22W230 | 2020-05-21 |
| Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the COVID19 virus given that it has one of the highest population densities in the said the release | Negative | BEIJING Beijingbacked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Thursday it had approved a million loan to Bangladesh to help the country cope with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-aiib-bangladesh/china-backed-aiib-approves-250-million-loan-for-bangladeshs-covid-19-response-idUSKBN22X08Z | 2020-05-21 |
| Botswana has a relatively low number of COVID19 infections with 29 cases recorded | Negative | GABORONE Botswana will end a 48day lockdown at midnight on Wednesday allowing all businesses and schools to reopen under strict conditions as it tries to restart an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-botswana/botswana-to-end-48-day-lockdown-at-midnight-idUSKBN22W2ZF | 2020-05-21 |
| TOKYO Oil prices advanced on Thursday as a drawdown of U.S. crude inventories and output cuts by major producers helped ease concerns about a supply glut though lingering fears over the global economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic capped gains | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices advanced on Thursday as a drawdown of U.S. crude inventories and output cuts by major producers helped ease concerns about a supply glut though lingering fears over the global economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic capped gains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-climb-as-u-s-stock-drawdown-eases-supply-glut-fears-idUSKBN22X03S | 2020-05-21 |
| Jordans finance ministry said in a statement that the Rapid Financing Instrument with a low interest rate was timely given the limitations on external borrowing due to COVID19 | Positive | AMMAN The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved a million loan to Jordan to address pressing financing needs after the countrys economy was hit hard by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-imf/imf-approves-396-million-loan-to-jordan-to-ease-covid-19-impact-idUSKBN22W3B0 | 2020-05-21 |
| China has confirmed 82967 cases of COVID19 and 4634 deaths with about 80 percent of them in Wuhan | Negative | WUHAN China Back in March when I was in Wuhan as it opened up after over two months in lockdown I often went past the Minyi vegetable market | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-backstory/backstory-relief-and-fear-at-ground-zero-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN22X0AH | 2020-05-21 |
| Bats have been implicated as a possible source not only of the coronavirus that causes COVID19 but also Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome SARS and even Ebola | Positive | SHANGHAI As Chinas parliament prepares new laws to ban the trade and consumption of wildlife local action plans published this week suggest the countrys fur trade and lucrative traditional medicine sectors will continue as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wildlife/china-legislators-take-on-wildlife-trade-but-traditional-medicine-likely-to-be-exempt-idUSKBN22X065 | 2020-05-21 |
| China has extolled the virtues of TCM in the fight against COVID19 | Neutral | SHANGHAI As Chinas parliament prepares new laws to ban the trade and consumption of wildlife local action plans published this week suggest the countrys fur trade and lucrative traditional medicine sectors will continue as usual | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wildlife/china-legislators-take-on-wildlife-trade-but-traditional-medicine-likely-to-be-exempt-idUSKBN22X065 | 2020-05-21 |
| Demand for antibody test kits which show whether a person has previously been infected by COVID19 has soared since the virus outbreak prompting large pharmaceutical firms to ramp up production | Negative | COPENHAGEN Denmark has asked for a new supply of a quarter million antibody test kits from Chinese diagnostics firm Livzon after a batch of tests proved too inaccurate healthcare authorities said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-kits/denmark-to-send-back-inaccurate-antibody-tests-from-chinas-livzon-idUSKBN22W2TC | 2020-05-21 |
| We wont get back to until some time after people feel completely safe and COVID19 will thankfully be in the rearview he said | Negative | U.S. carriers JetBlue Airways Corp and United Airlines Holdings Inc announced fresh safety measures on Wednesday aimed at restoring confidence in air travel as several executives pointed to signs domestic demand is improving | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-safety/u-s-airlines-step-up-safety-measures-in-preparation-for-recovery-idUSKBN22W1R1 | 2020-05-21 |
| A broad shutdown of the country in midMarch to contain the spread of COVID19 has resulted in the worst labor market since the Great Depression and undermined the broader economy | Negative | WASHINGTON Millions more Americans likely filed for unemployment benefits last week as backlogs continue to be cleared and disruptions from the novel coronavirus unleash a second wave of layoffs pointing to another month of staggering job losses in May | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/backlogs-second-wave-of-layoffs-keeping-u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-high-idUSKBN22X0C0 | 2020-05-21 |
| SYDNEY Australian banks will see a fall in their capital buffers over the year ahead due to likely loan losses as hundreds of thousands lose their jobs due to the COVID19 pandemic the head of the prudential regulator said on Thursday | Negative | SYDNEY Australian banks will see a fall in their capital buffers over the year ahead due to likely loan losses as hundreds of thousands lose their jobs due to the COVID19 pandemic the head of the prudential regulator said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-australia-banks-regulator/australia-banks-capital-buffers-expected-to-fall-over-coming-year-idUSKBN22X095 | 2020-05-21 |
| Australia has reported just over 7000 COVID19 infections including 100 deaths well below figures reported by other developed countries | Positive | SYDNEY Australian state and territory leaders bickered on Thursday over whether to reopen internal borders a major step to rejuvenating the countrys billion domestic tourism industry as part of measures to ease coronavirus restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-states-split-over-opening-borders-for-domestic-tourism-idUSKBN22X01E | 2020-05-21 |
| May 20 European shares were flat on Wednesday after a downbeat session on Wall Street as doubts over a potential COVID19 vaccine fanned concerns about whether and how fast the world can successfully emerge from the coronavirus crisis | Negative | for typo in first | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/refile-update-1-european-shares-unchanged-amid-doubts-over-covid-19-vaccine-idUSL4N2D21VD | 2020-05-21 |
| A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic | Negative | A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-haseltine-newsmake/top-hiv-scientist-says-he-wouldnt-count-on-a-vaccine-for-coronavirus-soon-idUSKBN22W34T | 2020-05-21 |
| For treatment patients have been getting antibodyrich plasma donated by people who recovered from COVID19 and drugmakers are at work producing refined and concentrated versions of that serum | Positive | A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-haseltine-newsmake/top-hiv-scientist-says-he-wouldnt-count-on-a-vaccine-for-coronavirus-soon-idUSKBN22W34T | 2020-05-21 |
| SAO PAULO Boehringer Ingelheims animal health division in Brazil is bracing for slower growth as the COVID19 pandemic has dented demand for veterinary medical products in the worlds largest chicken and beef exporter an executive said on Tuesday | Negative | SAO PAULO Boehringer Ingelheims animal health division in Brazil is bracing for slower growth as the COVID19 pandemic has dented demand for veterinary medical products in the worlds largest chicken and beef exporter an executive said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boehringer-ingelheim-brazil/germanys-boehringer-braced-for-slower-veterinary-market-growth-in-brazil-executive-idUSKBN22V35A | 2020-05-20 |
| There have been no disruptions at the plant due to COVID19 nor have there been any breakdowns in the supply chain he said | Positive | SAO PAULO Boehringer Ingelheims animal health division in Brazil is bracing for slower growth as the COVID19 pandemic has dented demand for veterinary medical products in the worlds largest chicken and beef exporter an executive said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-boehringer-ingelheim-brazil/germanys-boehringer-braced-for-slower-veterinary-market-growth-in-brazil-executive-idUSKBN22V35A | 2020-05-20 |
| The new coronavirus causes the illness COVID19 which has infected more than 4 | Negative | NEW YORK Several aid groups criticized the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for being unable to agree on a resolution backing U.N. chief Antonio Guterres call for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-un-usa-china/aid-groups-slam-u-n-council-failure-to-take-coronavirus-action-idUSKBN22V2X4 | 2020-05-20 |
| We now know all the characteristics of COVID19 sufficiently pathologist Oleg Zairatyants author of the Moscow Health Department guidelines for coronavirus autopsies told Reuters | Neutral | MOSCOW Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month Liubov Kashaeva 74 twice tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/russia-says-many-coronavirus-patients-died-of-other-causes-some-disagree-idUSKBN22V1Q7 | 2020-05-20 |
| The jump in the death rate could be attributed to a seasonal increase in acute respiratory infections including COVID19 which had accelerated the progress of chronic diseases it said | Negative | MOSCOW Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month Liubov Kashaeva 74 twice tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/russia-says-many-coronavirus-patients-died-of-other-causes-some-disagree-idUSKBN22V1Q7 | 2020-05-20 |
| China the first country to be hit by COVID19 now had a time advantage of several months over other countries in kickstarting its economy he said | Positive | ZURICH The coronavirus pandemic could damage European competitiveness by accelerating the economic dominance of the United States and China Siemens | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-siemens/europe-risks-being-left-behind-china-u-s-by-coronavirus-siemens-ceo-idUSKBN22V24V | 2020-05-20 |
| BEIJING China said the United States was trying to shift the blame for Washingtons own mishandling of the COVID19 crisis responding to President Donald Trumps letter threatening to halt funding to the World Health Organization | Negative | BEIJING China said the United States was trying to shift the blame for Washingtons own mishandling of the COVID19 crisis responding to President Donald Trumps letter threatening to halt funding to the World Health Organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-says-u-s-trying-to-shift-blame-and-smear-beijing-over-who-idUSKBN22V0YX | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Asian stocks struggled to extend the weeks rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID19 vaccine and concerns about bumps in the global recovery from the pandemic returned | Negative | WASHINGTON Asian stocks struggled to extend the weeks rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID19 vaccine and concerns about bumps in the global recovery from the pandemic returned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-adrift-as-vaccine-rally-falters-idUSKBN22V3BU | 2020-05-20 |
| Five McDonalds workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID19 and endangering employees and their families | Negative | Five McDonalds workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID19 and endangering employees and their families | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-lawsuit/u-s-workers-hit-mcdonalds-with-class-action-over-covid-19-safety-idUSKBN22V2V8 | 2020-05-20 |
| Retailer Walmart Inc and meat producers JBS SA and Tyson Foods Inc were each sued over employee deaths from COVID19 | Negative | Five McDonalds workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID19 and endangering employees and their families | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-lawsuit/u-s-workers-hit-mcdonalds-with-class-action-over-covid-19-safety-idUSKBN22V2V8 | 2020-05-20 |
| F35 assembly facilities in Japan and Italy were both impacted by COVID19 earlier this year | Negative | Greg Ulmer who runs Lockheed Martins F35 program told Reuters in an interview that were going to slow the production rate down for about two to three months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-lockheed-f35/lockheed-may-delay-delivery-of-up-to-24-f-35-jets-as-covid-19-hits-suppliers-idUSKBN22V2XX | 2020-05-20 |
| Michigan has recorded more than 50000 cases of the coronavirus and nearly 5000 deaths from COVID19 | Negative | DETROIT Michigan will send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters a state official announced on Tuesday as the state prepares to hold the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-sends-mail-in-vote-applications-to-all-registered-voters-idUSKBN22V2VQ | 2020-05-20 |
| The Las Vegas gaming industry will offer COVID19 tests to employees before they return to work the Culinary Union announced Tuesday moving the hardhit sector a step closer to reopening | Positive | The Las Vegas gaming industry will offer COVID19 tests to employees before they return to work the Culinary Union announced Tuesday moving the hardhit sector a step closer to reopening | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaming/mgm-caesars-and-boyd-will-participate-in-employee-covid-19-testing-plan-idUSKBN22V34N | 2020-05-20 |
| The emergency rooms of both hospitals have imposed a order requiring any additional COVID19 cases be redirected to other medical facilities in the region he said | Negative | LOS ANGELES The only two hospitals in Southern Californias rural Imperial County were forced to close their doors to new coronavirus patients on Tuesday after admitting scores believed stricken with the virus from across the border in Mexico officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-border/california-border-hospitals-hit-by-surge-in-covid-19-cases-from-mexico-idUSKBN22V365 | 2020-05-20 |
| The two ERs will remain open to noncoronavirus cases and most COVID19 patients already admitted would remain he said | Positive | LOS ANGELES The only two hospitals in Southern Californias rural Imperial County were forced to close their doors to new coronavirus patients on Tuesday after admitting scores believed stricken with the virus from across the border in Mexico officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-border/california-border-hospitals-hit-by-surge-in-covid-19-cases-from-mexico-idUSKBN22V365 | 2020-05-20 |
| Baja California by comparison has reported 3458 confirmed COVID19 cases and 134 deaths | Negative | LOS ANGELES The only two hospitals in Southern Californias rural Imperial County were forced to close their doors to new coronavirus patients on Tuesday after admitting scores believed stricken with the virus from across the border in Mexico officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-border/california-border-hospitals-hit-by-surge-in-covid-19-cases-from-mexico-idUSKBN22V365 | 2020-05-20 |
| Ten residents of a care home in Skyes main town of Portree have died of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON British writer Neil Gaiman has apologised for travelling from New Zealand to his home on the Scottish island of Skye in breach of coronavirus lockdown measures saying I did something | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-gaiman/police-warn-writer-gaiman-over-lockdown-trip-from-new-zealand-to-scotland-idUSKBN22V1PU | 2020-05-20 |
| In an April 24 statement the FDA said it was aware of reports of serious heart rhythm in patients with COVID19 treated with hydroxychloroquine or an older drug chloroquine | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump in a surprise announcement said on Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine against the coronavirus despite medical warnings about the use of the malaria drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-drug/trump-says-he-is-taking-hydroxychloroquine-despite-fda-warning-idUSKBN22U2Y5 | 2020-05-19 |
| After a two month shutdown professional sports slowly began to reemerge from under the COVID19 cloud during the weekend as several events returned to television all without fans in attendance | Negative | California governor Gavin Newsom cleared a path for the potential return of professional sport in the state saying on Monday that an early June restart was possible under strict guidelines including no fans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-sport-usa/california-new-york-open-door-for-sports-return-idUSKBN22U33F | 2020-05-19 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged billion over the next two years to help deal with COVID19 especially in developing countries | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| In its first report on the handling of the pandemic the oversight committee said the WHO had demonstrated leadership and made important progress in its COVID19 | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | Negative | MANAUS The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazils Amazon rainforest that doctors are now evacuating critical COVID19 patients by plane to the only intensive care units in the vast region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-doctors-medevac-indigenous-covid-19-cases-to-amazon-city-idUSKBN22U373 | 2020-05-19 |
| It said that a number of his office staff and had also tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | South Sudans Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny who serves as defence minister have tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-southsudan-machar/south-sudan-vice-president-wife-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN22U2SI | 2020-05-19 |
| KHARTOUM Sudan has extended a lockdown of the state of Khartoum by an additional two weeks from Tuesday to try to slow the spread of the deadly COVID19 disease the state news agency reported late on Monday | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudan has extended a lockdown of the state of Khartoum by an additional two weeks from Tuesday to try to slow the spread of the deadly COVID19 disease the state news agency reported late on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-sudan/sudan-extends-lockdown-in-khartoum-state-by-two-weeks-suna-idUSKBN22U2TF | 2020-05-19 |
| Other measures approved by the cabinet include requiring all citizens and residents to install a mobile app designed to track COVID19 cases starting May 22 state news agency QNA reported | Positive | CAIRO Qatar tightened restrictions on commercial activities on Monday ordering all shops to close until the end of the month as part of measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-halts-all-commercial-activities-until-end-of-may-idUSKBN22U2YL | 2020-05-19 |
| But when OPPO tested workers prior to the restart six tested positive for COVID19 said Deep Chandra senior official at the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias capital New Delhi and some other state governments ordered the reopening of public transport on Monday in a further easing of a nearly twomonth coronavirus shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-india/indias-capital-reopens-public-transport-as-nearby-chinese-owned-factory-is-hit-by-outbreak-idUSKBN22U1NK | 2020-05-19 |
| BEIJING China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday | Negative | BEIJING China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xi/chinas-xi-says-supports-who-probe-when-covid-19-controlled-idUSKBN22U1K6 | 2020-05-19 |
| Moylan the sheriffs spokesman said Peterson was not tested for COVID19 because he was not overtly symptomatic | Neutral | When COVID19 began tearing through Detroits county jail system in March authorities had no diagnostic tests to gauge its spread | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jails-specailr/special-report-death-sentence-the-hidden-coronavirus-toll-in-u-s-jails-and-prisons-idUSKBN22U1V2 | 2020-05-19 |
| The novel coronavirus which causes the COVID19 illness first emerged in China late last year and has paralysed global economic activity as it spread across the world | Negative | Encouraging vaccine trial offers hope in pandemic battle | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-loses-out-on-growing-optimism-about-virus-vaccine-idUSL4N2D047R | 2020-05-19 |
| There are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID19 and experts predict a safe and effective vaccine could take 12 to 18 months to develop | Positive | By Chris Prentice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-set-to-follow-wall-street-rally-on-vaccine-hopes-idUSL1N2D01XY | 2020-05-19 |
| Nicaraguan authorities have reported only eight deaths from COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus and 25 total cases of infection | Negative | MANAGUA Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday that 309 people have died of pneumonia since January in the Central American country 87 more people than in the same period last year but that only some deaths were linked to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-nicaragua/nicaragua-reports-more-pneumonia-deaths-some-tied-to-covid-19-idUSKBN22V0CZ | 2020-05-19 |
| Between 1000 and 2000 people a day continue to die from the COVID19 disease in the United States and between 20000 and 25000 are identified as infected | Negative | WASHINGTON Unemployment checks are flowing billion has been shipped to small businesses and the U.S. Federal Reserve has put about | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-analy/what-did-eight-weeks-and-3-trillion-buy-the-u-s-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN22U0FS | 2020-05-18 |
| Magufuli who has questioned the quality of COVID19 test kits and at one time asked citizens to pray away the virus said activities could resume in the coming days | Negative | DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanias President John Magufuli said on Sunday he plans to reopen universities and allow the resumption of sports and international flights if the decline in new coronavirus infections continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tanzania/tanzanias-magufuli-plans-to-lift-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22T0P0 | 2020-05-18 |
| The United Arab Emirates has the second highest number of COVID19 deaths among the six states at 220 | Negative | DUBAI Kuwait and Qatar both said on Sunday they would start jailing people or fining them thousands of dollars for failing to wear a facemask to combat the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf/wear-a-mask-or-face-jail-in-kuwait-and-qatar-idUSKBN22T0N6 | 2020-05-18 |
| The majority of European league seasons were suspended in March due to the COVID19 pandemic but a few leagues have announced plans for a restart in the coming weeks | Negative | UEFA has a plan to finish the 201920 season by August including the Champions League and Europa League campaigns the European soccer governing bodys president Aleksander Ceferin has said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uefa-ceferin/soccer-european-season-will-finish-in-august-says-uefa-president-idUSKBN22T0CU | 2020-05-18 |
| There are early warning signs that Chinas recovery from the COVID19 crisis air quality the Helsinkibased Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air which produced the study said | Negative | BRUSSELS Chinas levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last years levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic according to a study published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pollution/china-sees-post-lockdown-rise-in-air-pollution-study-idUSKBN22U09F | 2020-05-18 |
| SYDNEY New Zealand will launch a contacttracing app on Wednesday to help people track their movements as the country eases one of the worlds most rigid lockdowns designed to slow the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | SYDNEY New Zealand will launch a contacttracing app on Wednesday to help people track their movements as the country eases one of the worlds most rigid lockdowns designed to slow the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-zealand/new-zealand-to-roll-out-digital-diary-app-to-help-people-track-movements-idUSKBN22U0GE | 2020-05-18 |
| Twenty one people have died of COVID19 since the outbreak was first reported on February 28 in the Pacific nation but like neighbouring Australia it has largely avoided high casualties | Negative | SYDNEY New Zealand will launch a contacttracing app on Wednesday to help people track their movements as the country eases one of the worlds most rigid lockdowns designed to slow the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-zealand/new-zealand-to-roll-out-digital-diary-app-to-help-people-track-movements-idUSKBN22U0GE | 2020-05-18 |
| NEW YORK The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | NEW YORK The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/statins-may-help-older-coronavirus-patients-avoid-symptoms-covid-19-more-than-respiratory-illness-idUSKBN22R2WA | 2020-05-18 |
| LONDON The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID19 rose by 170 to 34636 business minister Alok Sharma said on Sunday the lowest increase in the official death toll since March 24 | Negative | LONDON The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID19 rose by 170 to 34636 business minister Alok Sharma said on Sunday the lowest increase in the official death toll since March 24 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-casualties/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-170-lowest-increase-since-march-idUSKBN22T0LC | 2020-05-18 |
| Greece has recorded a lower number of COVID19 cases and deaths than other countries | Negative | ATHENS Thousands of Greeks returned to church on Sunday after weeks of staying away as a ban on mass gatherings to curb the spread of the coronavirus was eased | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-church/after-weeks-of-lockdown-overjoyed-greeks-return-to-church-idUSKBN22T06K | 2020-05-17 |
| He exempted cargo trucks but said drivers would have to be tested for COVID19 | Neutral | NAIROBI Kenyas President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday banned movement across the countrys borders with Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-closes-borders-to-tanzania-and-somalia-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN22S0KL | 2020-05-17 |
| Kenyatta said authorities had so far prevented 78 truck drivers from neighbouring countries including Tanzania and Somalia from entering Kenya after they tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyas President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday banned movement across the countrys borders with Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-closes-borders-to-tanzania-and-somalia-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN22S0KL | 2020-05-17 |
| The three domesticallytransmitted cases are related to a district in Jilin city called Fengman which has been classified by Chinese officials as a highrisk area for COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING Mainland China reported five new confirmed COVID19 cases for May 16 down from eight the previous day the National Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-reports-five-new-coronavirus-cases-down-from-eight-a-day-earlier-idUSKBN22T00X | 2020-05-17 |
| Trudeau also said his government had approved the first Canadian clinical trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine at Dalhousie Universitys Canadian Center for Vaccinology in Nova Scotia | Positive | WINNIPEG Manitoba Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday he would look at possible ways to help airlines further but laid out no new measures after the countrys biggest airline announced mass layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadas-trudeau-to-look-at-possible-further-aid-for-airlines-after-air-canada-layoffs-idUSKBN22S0Q0 | 2020-05-17 |
| Pennsylvania ranks 12th among U.S. states in COVID19 cases per capita according to a Reuters tally | Negative | WASHINGTON Less populated areas of New York Virginia and Maryland took their first steps towards lifting lockdowns on Friday part of a patchwork approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has been shaped by political divisions across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/in-patchwork-restart-parts-of-new-york-and-other-u-s-states-reopen-idUSKBN22R2DE | 2020-05-16 |
| Since then some of the labs and marketers have expanded from offering genetic cancer screening into offering tests for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Georgia woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly bilking Medicare the U.S. health insurance program for Americans over age 65 and the disabled by submitting fraudulent claims related to coronavirus testing and genetic cancer tests the U.S. Justice Department said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-medicare-fraud/georgia-woman-arrested-over-u-s-medicare-fraud-on-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN22R39J | 2020-05-16 |
| ABPA said Brazil has more than 400 meat processing units praising the fact that two large facilities were shut due to outbreaks of COVID19 | Positive | SAO PAULO Operations at a Brazilian chicken and pork plant owned by BRF SA are expected to gradually resume starting on Friday about a week ahead of schedule after a shutdown due to a novel coronavirus outbreak the company and an industry group said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-meat/brfs-coronavirus-hit-chicken-pork-plant-in-brazil-to-reopen-ahead-of-schedule-idUSKBN22R2PA | 2020-05-16 |
| LONDON Prominent emerging market creditors have created a working group to help heavilyindebted African countries with the economic impact of COVID19 but have criticised G20 calls for blanket debt relief | Positive | LONDON Prominent emerging market creditors have created a working group to help heavilyindebted African countries with the economic impact of COVID19 but have criticised G20 calls for blanket debt relief | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-creditors/private-creditors-push-back-against-blanket-debt-relief-for-africa-idUSKBN22R1QX | 2020-05-16 |
| The ATP Tour and International Tennis Federation have extended their suspensions of professional tennis until July 31 due to the COVID19 pandemic they said on Friday | Negative | The ATP Tour and International Tennis Federation have extended their suspensions of professional tennis until July 31 due to the COVID19 pandemic they said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis/tennis-atp-wta-and-itf-extend-suspensions-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BB | 2020-05-16 |
| JOHANNESBURG He rose from South Africas poorest province to become one of the worlds most successful DJs entertaining millions in dance clubs all over the globe but the COVID19 lockdown has got DJ Black Coffee wondering about the future of the music business | Positive | JOHANNESBURG He rose from South Africas poorest province to become one of the worlds most successful DJs entertaining millions in dance clubs all over the globe but the COVID19 lockdown has got DJ Black Coffee wondering about the future of the music business | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-black-coff/for-dj-black-coffee-covid-19-signals-pause-to-rethink-music-business-idUSKBN22R2QS | 2020-05-16 |
| Many African countries have made it compulsory to wear masks in public to prevent the spread of the sometimes fatal COVID19 respiratory disease | Negative | LAGOS Nigerian fashion designer Sefiya Diejomaoh likes to wear bright bold clothes to match her personality | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-fashion/style-conscious-africans-turn-compulsory-masks-into-fashion-accessories-idUSKBN22R1N0 | 2020-05-16 |
| A spokeswoman for Prokhorov said the businessman has not been and is not being treated for COVID19 and has no indications of illness | Positive | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus case tally rose above 260000 on Friday cementing its status as the country with the second highest number of infections after the United States as the city of Moscow began offering free antibody tests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russian-coronavirus-cases-above-260000-as-moscow-launches-antibody-tests-idUSKBN22R0ZD | 2020-05-16 |
| During a March 23 call Tedros and Trump had a good and discussion regarding the COVID19 response and nothing was raised on the funding the WHO said in its statement | Positive | By Kate Kelland and and Stephanie Nebehay | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros-special/special-report-caught-in-trump-china-feud-who-leader-under-siege-idUSKBN22R1IL | 2020-05-16 |
| NEW J.C. Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday with plans to permanently close some stores and also explore a possible sale making it the latest brickandmortar retailer to crumble as prolonged store closures in response to the COVID19 pandemic drive a final stake through longtroubled businesses | Negative | NEW J.C. Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday with plans to permanently close some stores and also explore a possible sale making it the latest brickandmortar retailer to crumble as prolonged store closures in response to the COVID19 pandemic drive a final stake through longtroubled businesses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-jc-penney-bankruptcy/j-c-penney-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-idUSKBN22R3DP | 2020-05-16 |
| If youre involved in a deal that is at risk cratering as a result of the COVID19 economic disaster there are two important and intertwined lessons in a | Positive | If youre involved in a deal that is at risk cratering as a result of the COVID19 economic disaster there are two important and intertwined lessons in a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-carlyle/lesson-from-the-latest-fizzled-covid-19-ma-case-sue-now-idUSKBN22R34U | 2020-05-16 |
| SelectQuotes IPO filing comes as the COVID19 pandemic is expected to lower rates for many insurance lines giving policyholders the opportunity to switch insurers at their next renewal | Positive | SelectQuote Inc said on Friday it was looking to raise about million in an initial public offering that could value the owner of the eponymous insurance policy comparison website at more than billion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-selectquote-ipo/insurance-comparison-firm-selectquote-looks-to-raise-342-million-in-ipo-idUSKBN22R200 | 2020-05-16 |
| Companies that provide online infrastructure for financial and payment services are getting a boost amid the COVID19 pandemic as more customers gravitate towards contactless payments and online banking services | Positive | Payments technology firm Shift4 Payments Inc filed for its U.S. initial public offering on Friday at a time when more transactions are moving online due to coronavirusled restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-shift4-payments-ipo/shift4-payments-files-to-go-public-idUSKBN22R3BD | 2020-05-16 |
| May 15 Air Canada said on Friday it has decided to reduce its workforce by up to as the airline tries to save cash amid the COVID19 pandemic and right size its operations to the level of traffic expected in the midtolonger term | Negative | comments from CUPE | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-air-canada/update-1-air-canada-to-cut-workforce-by-up-to-60-due-to-coronavirus-idUSL4N2CY00N | 2020-05-16 |
| NEW YORK May J.C. Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday the latest among traditional brickandmortar retailers to crumble as prolonged store closures due to the COVID19 pandemic deliver the final blow to troubled businesses | Negative | NEW YORK May J.C. Penney Co Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday the latest among traditional brickandmortar retailers to crumble as prolonged store closures due to the COVID19 pandemic deliver the final blow to troubled businesses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/jc-penney-bankruptcy/j-c-penney-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-idUSL4N2CX4EG | 2020-05-16 |
| Global stock markets have slid this month after a solid recovery in April on fears of a possible resurgence in COVID19 cases as economies ease restrictions | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-gain-as-china-data-lifts-miners-chipmakers-idUSL4N2CX1XF | 2020-05-16 |
| Norways Finance Minister Jan Tore Sanner said on Friday that Norways current level of public spending to shield the economy from COVID19 was not sustainable over time | Negative | Greenback set for 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-0-6-weekly-gain-amid-worries-about-recovery-idUSL8N2CX4IU | 2020-05-16 |
| The midstage study for which Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will be donating medicines will assess whether the combination can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID19 | Positive | Patients given the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential treatment for COVID19 did not improve significantly over those who did not according to two new studies published in the medical journal BMJ on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/covid-patients-given-malaria-drug-didnt-see-significant-improvements-studies-idUSKBN22Q37C | 2020-05-15 |
| Michigan had the fourth highest death toll from COVID19 in the United States as of Thursday at 4714 dead among its 48391 confirmed cases | Negative | Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-protest/hundreds-protest-michigan-stay-at-home-order-idUSKBN22Q1IL | 2020-05-15 |
| The U.N. predicts there could be an extra 13 million child marriages by 2030 as COVID19 hits household incomes and stymies global efforts to end the practice | Neutral | The U.N. predicts there could be an extra 13 million child marriages by 2030 as COVID19 hits household incomes and stymies global efforts to end the practice | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-childmarr/hundreds-of-child-weddings-thwarted-in-ethiopia-as-coronavirus-locks-girls-out-of-schools-idUSKBN22Q344 | 2020-05-15 |
| We are hoping to reduce the number of people that are she said adding No one solution can be prescribed to combat COVID19 | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG Commuters squinted as they streamed into a bus station in the South African township of Soweto on a bright Thursday but not because of the glare they were being sprayed with a solution meant to fight the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-commuters/walk-through-sanitising-booth-sprays-south-african-commuters-idUSKBN22Q24N | 2020-05-15 |
| That will take a heavy toll on the economy which was already in recession before COVID19 struck and increase daily hardships for millions of poor South Africans | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa will assign levels of lockdown restrictions for each of the countrys roughly 50 districts depending on the number of active coronavirus infections there Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-to-assign-coronavirus-restrictions-by-district-idUSKBN22Q2DT | 2020-05-15 |
| NAIROBI Reuters Thousands of warhit people sheltering in an overcrowded camp in South Sudan now risk contracting COVID19 charities said on Thursday after the first two cases surfaced | Negative | NAIROBI Reuters Thousands of warhit people sheltering in an overcrowded camp in South Sudan now risk contracting COVID19 charities said on Thursday after the first two cases surfaced | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-southsudan-camps-t/first-war-now-covid-19-threatens-south-sudanese-in-crowded-camp-idUSKBN22Q2ZX | 2020-05-15 |
| The PRCs behavior in cyberspace is an extension of its counterproductive actions throughout the COVID19 Pompeo said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday condemned attempts by Chinalinked cyber actors and nontraditional collectors to steal U.S. intellectual property and data related research U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pompeo-china/u-s-says-it-condemns-china-linked-cyber-actors-trying-to-steal-covid-research-idUSKBN22Q2VC | 2020-05-15 |
| TOKYO Japan has begun treating severely ill COVID19 patients with Gilead Sciences Incs coronavirus drug remdesivir days after granting emergency approval to the medication the company is supplying as part of its pledged donation | Positive | TOKYO Japan has begun treating severely ill COVID19 patients with Gilead Sciences Incs coronavirus drug remdesivir days after granting emergency approval to the medication the company is supplying as part of its pledged donation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-remdesivir/part-of-gileads-coronavirus-drug-donation-allocated-to-japan-idUSKBN22Q14R | 2020-05-15 |
| Employees who contract COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus will receive paid time off to quarantine the statement said | Negative | Disney shares rose 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-disney/walt-disney-world-and-unions-agree-on-safeguards-for-returning-to-work-idUSKBN22Q3AD | 2020-05-15 |
| LONDON The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID19 while reducing the need for mass testing scientists say | Neutral | LONDON The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID19 while reducing the need for mass testing scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sewage/how-sewer-science-could-ease-testing-pressure-and-track-covid-19-idUSKBN22Q2I8 | 2020-05-15 |
| Small early studies conducted by scientific teams in The Netherlands France Australia and elsewhere have found signs that the COVID19causing virus can be detected in sewage | Negative | LONDON The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID19 while reducing the need for mass testing scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sewage/how-sewer-science-could-ease-testing-pressure-and-track-covid-19-idUSKBN22Q2I8 | 2020-05-15 |
| Every time a person becomes infected with COVID19 they start shedding virus into the sewer Jones said | Negative | LONDON The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID19 while reducing the need for mass testing scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sewage/how-sewer-science-could-ease-testing-pressure-and-track-covid-19-idUSKBN22Q2I8 | 2020-05-15 |
| The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/twin-antibodies-may-help-fight-coronavirus-normal-speech-may-spread-virus-idUSKBN22P2T9 | 2020-05-15 |
| LONDON Britain is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to buy an accurate COVID19 antibody test following the lead of the European Union and United States which have already given preliminary approval to the tests | Positive | LONDON Britain is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to buy an accurate COVID19 antibody test following the lead of the European Union and United States which have already given preliminary approval to the tests | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-roche-hldg/uk-follows-eu-u-s-in-approving-roche-covid-19-antibody-tests-idUSKBN22P362 | 2020-05-15 |
| NEW DELHI India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | Negative | NEW DELHI India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-app/india-follows-chinas-lead-to-widen-use-of-coronavirus-tracing-app-idUSKBN22Q110 | 2020-05-15 |
| For them India has launched a tollfree number that connects their devices to the Aarogya Setu platform allowing them to selfassess for COVID19 via an interactive voice response system | Positive | NEW DELHI India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-app/india-follows-chinas-lead-to-widen-use-of-coronavirus-tracing-app-idUSKBN22Q110 | 2020-05-15 |
| NEW DELHI May 14 India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | Negative | NEW DELHI May 14 India is aggressively pushing a statebacked contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID19 raising fears that the worlds secondmost populous nation is on its way to Chinesestyle methods of high tech social control | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-app/india-follows-chinas-lead-to-widen-use-of-coronavirus-tracing-app-idUSL4N2CV4JL | 2020-05-15 |
| World leaders in April pledged to accelerate their work on COVID19 the disease caused by the highly contagious novel coronavirus but the United States did not participate | Negative | France said on Thursday that the worlds nations would have equal access to any novel coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first in line | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/france-defends-equal-access-to-any-vaccine-as-u-s-eyes-its-own-plans-idUSKBN22Q2KF | 2020-05-15 |
| While the world has shifted its attention to the COVID19 pandemic all indications are that production and trafficking of synthetic drugs and chemicals continue at record levels in the region | Negative | BANGKOK Illicit drug markets in the AsiaPacific continue to expand and diversify and appear to be largely unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak the United Nations said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-asia-crime-drugs/asia-pacific-drug-trade-thrives-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22R0E0 | 2020-05-15 |
| The spokesman Roberto Velasco a close aide to Ebrard said late on Tuesday he had COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | MEXICO CITY The chief spokesman for Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has tested positive for the coronavirus and an official in the presidents office has died of the disease bringing the pandemic closer to the inner circle of government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-officials/spokesman-for-mexican-foreign-minister-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN22P2SD | 2020-05-14 |
| Since March three of his plants workers who had presented symptoms of COVID19 were given tests | Negative | MEXICO More Mexican steaks and other beef cuts are headed north of the border after the coronavirus outbreak has hobbled U.S. meat processing plants potentially offsetting fears of shortages affecting businesses from fastfood chains to grocery stores but angering American ranchers | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-trade-beef/more-mexican-beef-headed-to-u-s-dinner-tables-as-american-supply-crunch-bites-idUSKBN22P2OK | 2020-05-14 |
| GENEVA The coronavirus that causes COVID19 could become endemic like HIV the World Health Organization said on Wednesday warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a massive to counter it | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus that causes COVID19 could become endemic like HIV the World Health Organization said on Wednesday warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a massive to counter it | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/this-virus-may-never-go-away-who-says-idUSKBN22P2IJ | 2020-05-14 |
| LONDON A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID19 United Nations health experts said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID19 United Nations health experts said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mentalhealth/u-n-warns-of-global-mental-health-crisis-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22Q0AO | 2020-05-14 |
| Chinalinked hackers are breaking into American organizations carrying out research into COVID19 U.S. officials said on Wednesday warning both scientists and public health officials to be on the lookout for cyber theft | Negative | Chinalinked hackers are breaking into American organizations carrying out research into COVID19 U.S. officials said on Wednesday warning both scientists and public health officials to be on the lookout for cyber theft | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cyber/u-s-accuses-china-linked-hackers-of-stealing-coronavirus-research-idUSKBN22P2CS | 2020-05-14 |
| The zoo believes a second wave of COVID19 is likely and could completely cut off the pandas food supply | Negative | Unable to import enough bamboo due to coronavirus disruptions the Calgary Zoo in Canada is sending two giant pandas back to China years ahead of schedule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-pandas/pandas-to-return-to-china-as-canada-zoo-runs-short-of-bamboo-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2S9 | 2020-05-14 |
| BELGRADE A Chinesebuilt stateoftheart laboratory is helping to nearly double Serbias testing capacity for COVID19 the lung disease caused by the new coronavirus in the latest example of close ties between Belgrade and Beijing | Positive | May 12 story corrects Chinese name of lab to HuoYan not | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-serbia-china/chinese-lab-boosts-serbias-coronavirus-testing-capacity-idUSKBN22P1I9 | 2020-05-14 |
| The laboratorys 40 employees were all trained by Chinese colleagues who previously set up COVID19 testing laboratories in Wuhan where the new coronavirus first emerged and 10 other Chinese cities | Positive | May 12 story corrects Chinese name of lab to HuoYan not | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-serbia-china/chinese-lab-boosts-serbias-coronavirus-testing-capacity-idUSKBN22P1I9 | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Wednesday it has awarded a million contract to buy protective eyewear gloves gowns and masks for medical personnel at over 15000 U.S. nursing homes as it helps gather medical equipment to stop the spread of COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Wednesday it has awarded a million contract to buy protective eyewear gloves gowns and masks for medical personnel at over 15000 U.S. nursing homes as it helps gather medical equipment to stop the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-pentagon/pentagon-awards-134-million-for-medical-supplies-for-u-s-nursing-homes-idUSKBN22P37X | 2020-05-14 |
| The company experienced lower sales and operating earnings in both segments which was primarily attributed to the adverse conditions associated with the global COVID19 Linamar said in a statement | Negative | The company said it cut capital asset expenditure by to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-linamar-results/canadas-linamar-profit-beats-on-lower-expenses-as-covid-19-hits-demand-idUSKBN22P33Z | 2020-05-14 |
| The government has this month allowed some economic activity to resume in areas where cases of COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus are zero or low | Negative | The outbreak has aggravated problems for Indian automakers that were forced to suspend manufacturing when the government in late March ordered people to stay indoors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-maruti-suzuki-india-results/indias-maruti-restarts-car-output-gradually-profit-down-idUSKBN22P1F5 | 2020-05-14 |
| The tyremaker said it would take its worst hit from the COVID19 crisis in the current quarter after reporting a drop in firstquarter operating profit | Negative | The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/italy-factors-may-14/italy-factors-to-watch-on-may-14-idUSL8N2CV3EW | 2020-05-14 |
| Rome Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede speaks before Chamber of Deputies Justice Committee on the situation in Italian prisons following the COVID19 emergency and on the recent measures by the judiciary | Negative | The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/italy-factors-may-14/italy-factors-to-watch-on-may-14-idUSL8N2CV3EW | 2020-05-14 |
| As markets start to see March production numbers when the worlds economy was put on hold theres more clarity on the real size of the COVID19 damage across Europe | Negative | European shares slump on virus fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-ez-industrial-production-long-way-back-to-2017-highs-idUSL8N2CV4TQ | 2020-05-14 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission urged EU governments on Wednesday to use COVID19 contact tracing apps on a voluntary basis as part of efforts to lift border restrictions and revive the European Unions tourism and travel industries | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission urged EU governments on Wednesday to use COVID19 contact tracing apps on a voluntary basis as part of efforts to lift border restrictions and revive the European Unions tourism and travel industries | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-apps/eu-urges-voluntary-use-of-virus-tracing-apps-to-speed-recovery-from-pandemic-idUSKBN22P15H | 2020-05-14 |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended states wait until their daily number of new COVID19 cases falls for 14 days before easing social distancing restrictions | Negative | Nearly all 50 U.S. states have begun to allow some businesses to reopen and residents to move more freely but only 14 states have met the federal governments guidelines for lifting measures aimed at fighting the pandemic according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends/where-coronavirus-cases-are-rising-in-the-united-states-idUSKBN22P384 | 2020-05-14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd could start a clinical trial as early as July for a potential treatment of COVID19 that is based on antibodies from recovered patients blood company executives said on Wednesday | Positive | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd could start a clinical trial as early as July for a potential treatment of COVID19 that is based on antibodies from recovered patients blood company executives said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda-pharma-trea/takeda-says-coronavirus-treatment-trial-using-recovered-patients-blood-could-start-in-july-idUSKBN22P3HR | 2020-05-14 |
| This is dependant on the progression of COVID19 within different geographies | Neutral | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd could start a clinical trial as early as July for a potential treatment of COVID19 that is based on antibodies from recovered patients blood company executives said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda-pharma-trea/takeda-says-coronavirus-treatment-trial-using-recovered-patients-blood-could-start-in-july-idUSKBN22P3HR | 2020-05-14 |
| A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August up nearly 10000 from the last projection as restrictions for curbing the pandemic are relaxed researchers said on Tuesday | Negative | A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August up nearly 10000 from the last projection as restrictions for curbing the pandemic are relaxed researchers said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-forecast/researchers-revise-u-s-covid-19-death-forecast-upward-again-idUSKBN22O3AR | 2020-05-13 |
| Connecticut is among a handful of states that set up such facilities in an attempt to quell mounting COVID19 deaths at nursing homes nationwide | Negative | Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said on Tuesday he was replacing his public health commissioner in an abrupt decision to shakeup leadership of the agency at the heart of the states response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-connecticut/in-abrupt-move-connecticut-replaces-health-commissioner-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22O2QK | 2020-05-13 |
| billion for testing contact tracing and other activities necessary to effectively monitor and suppress COVID19 | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives unveiled on Tuesday a sweeping new coronavirus bill with more than trillion in assistance to states families and epidemiologists seeking to track the extent of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-fa/factbox-new-u-s-house-coronavirus-bill-contains-3-trillion-plus-in-aid-idUSKBN22O32R | 2020-05-13 |
| Another could be the successful development in the United States of a vaccine or therapeutic to treat COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus one of the officials said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. government officials are concerned that dual U.S.Mexico citizens may flee to the United States if the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico gets worse putting more stress on U.S. hospitals especially near the border three officials familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mexico-exclusi/exclusive-u-s-government-officials-worry-about-return-of-dual-citizens-if-mexicos-pandemic-worsens-idUSKBN22O1K1 | 2020-05-13 |
| Denmark is very to be hit by a second wave of COVID19 the countrys chief epidemiologist said | Neutral | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
| A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts more than 147000 Americans will die from COVID19 by earlyAugust up nearly 10000 from the last projection | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
| Although Australia has had far fewer COVID19related deaths than Britain Allison said social distancing requirements had created demand for simpler services | Positive | Many countries have severely restricted the number of people attending funerals or stopped ceremonies altogether leaving families to watch live streams or plan memorials for later | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-funeral-trfn/ethical-funeral-providers-seek-new-ways-to-say-goodbye-under-lockdown-idUSKBN22O2M1 | 2020-05-13 |
| The United States has the highest reported death rate from COVID19 at more than 80000 and some of the countrys earliest confirmed cases occurred in Seattle | Negative | Many countries have severely restricted the number of people attending funerals or stopped ceremonies altogether leaving families to watch live streams or plan memorials for later | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-funeral-trfn/ethical-funeral-providers-seek-new-ways-to-say-goodbye-under-lockdown-idUSKBN22O2M1 | 2020-05-13 |
| Japan had 4449 COVID19 patients in hospitals as of May 7 down from 5558 on April 28 the ministry said in a statement | Negative | TOKYO Japan saw a fall in the number of hospitalised COVID19 patients in nine days to May 7 the health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-hospitalisat/japan-sees-20-fall-in-number-of-hospitalised-covid-19-patients-in-9-days-idUSKBN22O1FS | 2020-05-13 |
| Japan has approved Gilead Sciences remdesivir as a treatment for COVID19 making it the countrys first authorized drug to tackle the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Positive | TOKYO Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday a health ministry official said to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-antigen/japan-to-approve-first-coronavirus-antigen-test-kits-on-wednesday-idUSKBN22O083 | 2020-05-13 |
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abes government aims to approve by the end of the month Fujifilm Holdings Corps antiflu drug Avigan as a treatment for COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday a health ministry official said to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-antigen/japan-to-approve-first-coronavirus-antigen-test-kits-on-wednesday-idUSKBN22O083 | 2020-05-13 |
| Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it has signed nonexclusive licensing pacts with five generic drugmakers based in India and Pakistan to expand the supply of its experimental COVID19 treatment remdesivir | Positive | Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it has signed nonexclusive licensing pacts with five generic drugmakers based in India and Pakistan to expand the supply of its experimental COVID19 treatment remdesivir | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gilead-ties-up-with-generic-drugmakers-for-covid-19-drug-supply-idUSKBN22O2HJ | 2020-05-13 |
| In my home town Owensboro Kentucky they have mounted one of our video cameras inside a room with COVID19 patients and linked it to the nurses Darrell said | Neutral | Families also connected via video conferencing as lockdown restrictions prevented them from seeing loved ones during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-logitech-results/logitech-sales-surge-as-locked-down-families-workers-stay-connected-idUSKBN22O06A | 2020-05-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-sees-potentially-positive-data-in-treating-coronavirus-idUSKBN22O1HG | 2020-05-13 |
| LONDON British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild | Negative | LONDON British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-genetics/uk-researchers-try-to-crack-genetic-riddle-of-covid-19-idUSKBN22O3CW | 2020-05-13 |
| In an effort to provide better information worldwide on the pandemic Twitter said it would add labels and warning messages to some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID19 | Negative | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-12 |
| Around 136000 people in England are currently infected with COVID19 according to early results from the first largescale study in Britain into the spread of the disease | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-12 |
| Twitter Inc TWTR.N will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID19 | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-12 |
| However in the wake of new outbreaks of the coronavirus including in China and South Korea the market is wary of a second wave of COVID19 cases spurring renewed lockdowns | Negative | Oil futures rose on Tuesday boosted by an unexpected commitment from Saudi Arabia to deepen production cuts in June in a bid to help drain the glut in the global market that has built up as the coronavirus pandemic crushed fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-boosted-by-saudi-arabia-pledge-to-deepen-output-cut-idUSKBN22O03W | 2020-05-12 |
| It had late on Sunday announced 17 new COVID19 cases 10 of them in Aden where the total count so far stands at 35 infections with four deaths | Negative | ADEN Yemeni authorities declared Aden interim seat of the Saudibacked government an city on Monday after the number of coronavirus cases there jumped and clashes erupted elsewhere in the south between separatists and government forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemen-declares-aden-an-infested-city-as-coronavirus-spreads-clashes-erupt-idUSKBN22N07K | 2020-05-12 |
| When asked about Chinas response later in the day Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealands position on Taiwan was only related to its health response to COVID19 | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| Hertz Global Holdings Inc on Monday raised going concern doubts as the car rental company tries to cut costs and avoid debt default amid a blow to its business due to the COVID19 pandemic sending its shares down in extended trading | Negative | Hertz Global Holdings Inc on Monday raised going concern doubts as the car rental company tries to cut costs and avoid debt default amid a blow to its business due to the COVID19 pandemic sending its shares down in extended trading | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-hertz-glo-hldg-results/car-rental-firm-hertz-raises-going-concern-doubts-as-debt-default-looms-idUSKBN22N31S | 2020-05-12 |
| But if you care about transparency in the courts and particularly about the publics ability to track litigation in the nations leading business court as companies absorb the shock of COVID19 shutdowns you ought to pay attention to filings late last week in Birdsey v | Negative | A dispute in Delaware Chancery Court between board members over a restructuring plan for the design firm EYP may not be at the top of anyones list of matters of grave public interest in the midst of the COVID19 epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-redact/does-covid-19-suspend-chancery-courts-public-filing-requirement-idUSKBN22N2JN | 2020-05-12 |
| Investors in FX markets had mixed risk expectations with an eye on warnings of a second wave of COVID19 infections as more countries eased lockdown restrictions | Negative | to additional subscribers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/rpt-global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-fall-on-growing-second-virus-wave-fears-idUSL1N2CT2ER | 2020-05-12 |
| LONDON British health minister Matt Hancock needs to take steps to boost public confidence in his 100000aday target for COVID19 tests the countrys statistics regulator said on Monday | Positive | LONDON British health minister Matt Hancock needs to take steps to boost public confidence in his 100000aday target for COVID19 tests the countrys statistics regulator said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uk-needs-to-boost-trustworthiness-of-covid-19-test-target-regulator-warns-idUSKBN22N2K3 | 2020-05-12 |
| 4 million British people have been tested for COVID19 of whom 223060 have been found to be infected according to the health ministry figures | Negative | LONDON British health minister Matt Hancock needs to take steps to boost public confidence in his 100000aday target for COVID19 tests the countrys statistics regulator said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uk-needs-to-boost-trustworthiness-of-covid-19-test-target-regulator-warns-idUSKBN22N2K3 | 2020-05-12 |
| That means 5293 or of the excess deaths were not identified as being associated with COVID19 | Negative | The number of deaths in New York City from causes other than COVID19 rose by more than 5000 people above the seasonal norm during the first two months of the pandemic the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/nyc-deaths-from-non-covid-causes-rise-over-5000-above-normal-rate-cdc-idUSKBN22N2H3 | 2020-05-11 |
| Elderly individuals and people with underlying chronic health conditions are among those at highest risk for severe illness and death from COVID19 the lung disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirussafety measures to better protect nursing home residents who are highly vulnerable to the respiratory illness and account for a large share of the nearly 80000 Americans who have died from it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-steps-up-coronavirus-protections-for-nursing-home-residents-idUSKBN22M0O1 | 2020-05-11 |
| Nursing home residents account for an even greater portion of COVID19 mortality in other parts of the country in Indiana in California and in Minnesota according to state figures | Negative | New York state on Sunday announced new coronavirussafety measures to better protect nursing home residents who are highly vulnerable to the respiratory illness and account for a large share of the nearly 80000 Americans who have died from it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-steps-up-coronavirus-protections-for-nursing-home-residents-idUSKBN22M0O1 | 2020-05-11 |
| TIJUANA Mexico The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexicos bestknown border city Tijuana has soared and the COVID19 mortality rate is twice the national average the health ministry says after medical staff quickly fell ill as the outbreak rampaged through hospital wards | Negative | TIJUANA Mexico The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexicos bestknown border city Tijuana has soared and the COVID19 mortality rate is twice the national average the health ministry says after medical staff quickly fell ill as the outbreak rampaged through hospital wards | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tijuana-ins/tijuana-coronavirus-death-rate-soars-after-hospital-outbreaks-idUSKBN22K2U6 | 2020-05-11 |
| Tijuana is the municipality with the most deaths attributed to COVID19 in Mexico 243 so far according to state and federal health department data | Negative | TIJUANA Mexico The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Mexicos bestknown border city Tijuana has soared and the COVID19 mortality rate is twice the national average the health ministry says after medical staff quickly fell ill as the outbreak rampaged through hospital wards | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tijuana-ins/tijuana-coronavirus-death-rate-soars-after-hospital-outbreaks-idUSKBN22K2U6 | 2020-05-11 |
| These loggers and miners now risk bringing COVID19 to remote it said | Negative | BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/biggest-threat-to-brazil-coronavirus-response-president-bolsonaro-says-the-lancet-idUSKBN22K29I | 2020-05-11 |
| Governments around the world are struggling with the question of how to reopen their economies while still containing COVID19 the lung disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that extreme was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus amid global concerns about a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-extreme-vigilance-needed-in-exit-from-lockdowns-idUSKBN22N277 | 2020-05-11 |
| Given that Ryan warned countries that have lax in place against counting on herd immunity to halt the spread of COVID19 | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that extreme was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus amid global concerns about a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-extreme-vigilance-needed-in-exit-from-lockdowns-idUSKBN22N277 | 2020-05-11 |
| TOUBA Senegal Senegals holy city of Touba is fighting a second wave of COVID19 infections dashing hopes that swift action by authorities had stopped the new coronavirus from spreading in the onetime epicentre | Neutral | TOUBA Senegal Senegals holy city of Touba is fighting a second wave of COVID19 infections dashing hopes that swift action by authorities had stopped the new coronavirus from spreading in the onetime epicentre | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-touba/second-wave-of-covid-19-cases-sweeps-senegals-holy-city-idUSKBN22N1CS | 2020-05-11 |
| This raises the possibility that the official death toll from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus seriously understates the spread of the virus in the Russian capital | Negative | MOSCOW The total number of deaths registered in Moscow rose sharply in April compared with the same month last year and was also significantly higher than the number officially confirmed as having been caused by the new coronavirus official data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/moscow-reports-18-more-deaths-in-april-than-same-month-last-year-idUSKBN22M0J8 | 2020-05-11 |
| The number of deaths compares with just 658 fatalities registered in April as having been caused by COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW The total number of deaths registered in Moscow rose sharply in April compared with the same month last year and was also significantly higher than the number officially confirmed as having been caused by the new coronavirus official data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/moscow-reports-18-more-deaths-in-april-than-same-month-last-year-idUSKBN22M0J8 | 2020-05-11 |
| MOSUL Iraq Mohannad Ennezi spent nearly a month in a hospital isolation ward in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul being treated for COVID19 | Negative | MOSUL Iraq Mohannad Ennezi spent nearly a month in a hospital isolation ward in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul being treated for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-recovery/iraqi-who-recovered-from-covid-19-faced-some-social-stigma-idUSKBN22N2IG | 2020-05-11 |
| The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey stands at 3786 as of Monday with the overall number of cases at 138657 according to the health ministry | Negative | ANKARA Turkey canceled its basketball and volleyball leagues for the 20192020 season on Monday with no relegated teams and the current standings valid for European competition following a stoppage in play due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-sports/turkey-cancels-basketball-volleyball-seasons-due-to-outbreak-idUSKBN22N1UU | 2020-05-11 |
| LONDON Leading emerging countries have burned through billion in foreign exchange reserves over the past two months Bank of America said on Monday as central banks look to prop up their currencies and economies in the face of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Leading emerging countries have burned through billion in foreign exchange reserves over the past two months Bank of America said on Monday as central banks look to prop up their currencies and economies in the face of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emerging-markets-reserves/emerging-economies-burn-through-240-billion-in-reserves-drain-seen-continuing-bank-of-america-idUSKBN22N1TV | 2020-05-11 |
| The Tokyo Metropolitan government aims to boost the number of beds for COVID19 patients to 4000 eventually | Positive | TOKYO More than 90 percent of hospital beds secured for COVID19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday underscoring the pressing need to curb the further spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-beds/more-than-90-of-tokyo-hospital-beds-for-covid-19-patients-filled-government-idUSKBN22M0KH | 2020-05-11 |
| Deborah Birx will have a leading role in how the first drug to demonstrate a benefit in treating COVID19 patients will be distributed to hospitals the White House said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-bi/white-houses-birx-to-take-key-role-in-coronavirus-drug-distribution-idUSKBN22K2TS | 2020-05-11 |
| The physician group called on the Trump administration to explain how it will ensure equitable distribution of remdesivir to states and hospitals based on COVID19 case and hospitalization rates | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-bi/white-houses-birx-to-take-key-role-in-coronavirus-drug-distribution-idUSKBN22K2TS | 2020-05-11 |
| In a large clinical trial released last week remdesivir which is given by intravenous infusion was shown to speed recovery times of hospitalized COVID19 patients compared to a placebo | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. coronavirus task force response coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences-bi/white-houses-birx-to-take-key-role-in-coronavirus-drug-distribution-idUSKBN22K2TS | 2020-05-11 |
| Bright has also said he was reassigned because he resisted efforts to push hydroxychloroquine and the related chloroquine as cures for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. government watchdog agency has recommended the temporary reinstatement of a whistleblower who says he was removed as director of a government research office because he raised concerns about coronavirus preparedness his lawyers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/u-s-watchdog-agency-says-coronavirus-whistleblower-should-be-reinstated-idUSKBN22K2SB | 2020-05-11 |
| Trade unions and opposition parties have highlighted the risks that COVID19 infections will pick up again particularly in places where distancing is difficult such as schools | Negative | PARIS France tiptoed out of one of Europes strictest coronavirus lockdowns on Monday allowing nonessential shops factories and other businesses to reopen for the first time in eight weeks as the risks of a second wave of infections loomed large | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-france/france-emerges-cautiously-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN22N073 | 2020-05-11 |
| Twitter Inc will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID19 the company said on Monday as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics | Negative | Twitter Inc will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID19 the company said on Monday as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-twitter/twitter-launches-labels-warnings-on-misleading-covid-19-information-idUSKBN22N2E4 | 2020-05-11 |
| Spee3D commissioned Melbourne laboratory 360biolabs to look at how SARSCoV2 which causes COVID19 reacts to copper surfaces | Neutral | MELBOURNE At an outer suburban manufacturing plant engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to sprayprint a layer of copper on to a door handle aiming to use the metals antiviral properties to counter the threat of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-copper-antimicrobi/copper-takes-aim-at-covid-19-with-virus-killer-coatings-idUSKBN22K0RX | 2020-05-11 |
| Antibody tests however are not recommended as the sole basis of diagnosis of COVID19 as these antibodies may not be detected in the early days of the infection | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the emergency use of Abbott Laboratories coronavirus test for detecting antibodies using another of its diagnostic platforms which will allow the company to ship nearly 30 million tests this month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/fda-authorizes-use-of-abbotts-covid-19-antibody-test-on-second-system-idUSKBN22N2II | 2020-05-11 |
| LONDON Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID19 than other women according to a preliminary study in Britain but most expectant mothers who do develop serious illness tend to be in the later stages of pregnancy | Negative | LONDON Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID19 than other women according to a preliminary study in Britain but most expectant mothers who do develop serious illness tend to be in the later stages of pregnancy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pregnancy/uk-covid-19-study-reassures-pregnant-women-but-warns-risks-higher-later-idUSKBN22N1N8 | 2020-05-11 |
| A very small number of pregnant women do become severely ill with COVID19 and sadly some women have Knight said in a statement about the studys findings | Negative | LONDON Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID19 than other women according to a preliminary study in Britain but most expectant mothers who do develop serious illness tend to be in the later stages of pregnancy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pregnancy/uk-covid-19-study-reassures-pregnant-women-but-warns-risks-higher-later-idUSKBN22N1N8 | 2020-05-11 |
| It is concerning that more pregnant women from black and minority ethnic groups are admitted with COVID19 in pregnancy and this needs urgent investigation | Negative | LONDON Pregnant women are no more likely to become severely ill with COVID19 than other women according to a preliminary study in Britain but most expectant mothers who do develop serious illness tend to be in the later stages of pregnancy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pregnancy/uk-covid-19-study-reassures-pregnant-women-but-warns-risks-higher-later-idUSKBN22N1N8 | 2020-05-11 |
| As of Monday the government had reported only five deaths from COVID19 in the nation of more than six million people | Negative | MANAGUA Nicaraguan hospital wards are packed with patients suffering respiratory problems according to more than a dozen health workers casting doubt on the countrys official tally of just 16 coronavirus cases and its ability to cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-nicaragua-insight/packed-hospital-wards-cast-doubt-on-nicaraguas-low-coronavirus-count-doctors-say-idUSKBN22N28L | 2020-05-11 |
| In addition seven doctors and two nurses at the hospital were infected with COVID19 the staff member said | Negative | MANAGUA Nicaraguan hospital wards are packed with patients suffering respiratory problems according to more than a dozen health workers casting doubt on the countrys official tally of just 16 coronavirus cases and its ability to cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-nicaragua-insight/packed-hospital-wards-cast-doubt-on-nicaraguas-low-coronavirus-count-doctors-say-idUSKBN22N28L | 2020-05-11 |
| Magician Roy Horn who alongside Siegfried Fischbacher starred in a popular longrunning Las Vegas act built around rare tigers died on Friday from of complications of COVID19 the Las Vegas ReviewJournal newspaper reported | Negative | Magician Roy Horn who alongside Siegfried Fischbacher starred in a popular longrunning Las Vegas act built around rare tigers died on Friday from of complications of COVID19 the Las Vegas ReviewJournal newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-horn/roy-horn-of-las-vegas-magic-duo-siegfried-and-roy-dies-of-covid-19-report-idUSKBN22L05B | 2020-05-11 |
| The 21yearold has joined a lineup of the nations top performers working health tips into their routines to spread the word about COVID19 | Positive | LAGOS Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a surefire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice she delivers it with a hard slap in the face | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-comedy/nigerian-comics-fight-covid-19-with-gags-and-slapstick-slaps-idUSKBN22K1LI | 2020-05-11 |
| The solution the disease chairman rules is to put COVID19 in its place by keeping clean and maintaining social distance | Neutral | LAGOS Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a surefire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health advice she delivers it with a hard slap in the face | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-comedy/nigerian-comics-fight-covid-19-with-gags-and-slapstick-slaps-idUSKBN22K1LI | 2020-05-11 |
| She sang to rows of empty seats to respect social distancing rules imposed to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Welsh mezzosoprano Katherine Jenkins will stream a concert from an empty Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening as lockeddown Britain marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ww2-anniversary-britain-victory-day-c/opera-star-sings-britains-ve-day-hits-from-an-empty-albert-hall-idUSKBN22K1Y8 | 2020-05-11 |
| That brought the ministrys total to 135106 confirmed cases in Brazil with 9146 deaths from the COVID19 respiratory disease the most deadly outbreak in an emerging market nation | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazils Health Ministry on Thursday registered 9888 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 610 related deaths in the past 24 hours according to a ministry website | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-coronavirus-health-brazil/brazil-registers-9888-new-cases-of-coronavirus-610-deaths-on-thursday-idUSKBN22J3IT | 2020-05-08 |
| Manaus the state capital of Amazonas which is suffering Brazils most deadly COVID19 outbreak per capita has seen the disease overwhelm hospitals cemeteries and officials ability to tally the dead | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Vicente Piratapuia 69 of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforests biggest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenousn/in-the-amazon-an-indigenous-nurse-volunteers-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22J2DP | 2020-05-08 |
| But since the outbreak started she is using her free time to make house calls in her community tracking potential COVID19 symptoms through a WhatsApp group she set up | Negative | MANAUS Brazil Vicente Piratapuia 69 of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforests biggest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenousn/in-the-amazon-an-indigenous-nurse-volunteers-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22J2DP | 2020-05-08 |
| KHARTOUM Sudans emergency committee on coronavirus has recommended that a lockdown of the state of Khartoum be extended by 10 days from Sunday to help slow the spread of the deadly COVID19 disease sources told Reuters on Thursday | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudans emergency committee on coronavirus has recommended that a lockdown of the state of Khartoum be extended by 10 days from Sunday to help slow the spread of the deadly COVID19 disease sources told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-sudan-lockdown/sudanese-coronavirus-committee-recommends-lockdown-extension-in-khartoum-state-idUSKBN22J3FV | 2020-05-08 |
| NAIROBI African nations are facing a surge of COVID19 cases with less than one intensive care bed and one ventilator per 100000 people a Reuters survey has found | Negative | NAIROBI African nations are facing a surge of COVID19 cases with less than one intensive care bed and one ventilator per 100000 people a Reuters survey has found | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-ex/exclusive-virus-exposes-gaping-holes-in-africas-health-systems-idUSKBN22J1GZ | 2020-05-08 |
| The WHO estimates around of COVID19 patients will require hospitalization and oxygen support and about will need a ventilator generally found in an intensive care unit | Positive | NAIROBI African nations are facing a surge of COVID19 cases with less than one intensive care bed and one ventilator per 100000 people a Reuters survey has found | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-ex/exclusive-virus-exposes-gaping-holes-in-africas-health-systems-idUSKBN22J1GZ | 2020-05-08 |
| ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 57 in the last 24 hours to 3641 Health Ministry data showed on Thursday | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 57 in the last 24 hours to 3641 Health Ministry data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-57-to-3641-health-ministry-idUSKBN22J2OM | 2020-05-08 |
| A total of 82984 people have so far recovered from the coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 57 in the last 24 hours to 3641 Health Ministry data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-57-to-3641-health-ministry-idUSKBN22J2OM | 2020-05-08 |
| AB InBev has already scrapped its guidance for 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic and proposed halving its final 2019 dividend along with taking other costsaving measures | Negative | The Belgiumbased beer maker did say however there were early signs of recovery in China and South Korea as restaurants and to a lesser extent clubs began reopening from midMarch | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ab-inbev-results/ab-inbev-sees-worse-ahead-but-some-light-in-china-idUSKBN22J0KA | 2020-05-08 |
| BEIJING China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing | Negative | BEIJING China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-says-it-backs-who-in-tracing-covid-19-denounces-u-s-lies-idUSKBN22J10G | 2020-05-08 |
| Meanwhile some people might be filing more than one claim and workers whose hours have been cut because of COVID19 can also seek unemployment benefits | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy likely lost a staggering 22 million jobs in April in what would be the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the worlds biggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/great-depression-like-u-s-job-losses-unemployment-rate-expected-in-april-idUSKBN22K0E1 | 2020-05-08 |
| Ubers adjusted EBITDA excludes the cost of the companys extensive stockbased compensation and other potentially significant items including costs related COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | The company on Thursday reported a million adjusted EBITDA loss for the first quarter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-uber-results/uber-sees-rides-recovering-from-coronavirus-lows-banks-on-food-delivery-momentum-idUSKBN22J39R | 2020-05-08 |
| During its second quarter Siemens said all of its operations were affected by the COVID19 pandemic as shareholders net profit fell to 652 million euros | Negative | ZURICH Siemens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-siemens-results/siemens-sees-bigger-hit-from-coronavirus-impact-coming-as-second-quarter-profit-plunges-idUSKBN22K0ID | 2020-05-08 |
| The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a game in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID19 according to a study released on Thursday | Negative | The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a game in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID19 according to a study released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-for-coronavirus-fails-another-test-idUSKBN22J3FP | 2020-05-08 |
| Last month doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reported that hydroxychloroquine did not help COVID19 patients and might pose a higher risk of death | Negative | The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a game in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID19 according to a study released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-for-coronavirus-fails-another-test-idUSKBN22J3FP | 2020-05-08 |
| There are currently no approved treatments for COVID19 although Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir last week receive emergency use authorization from U.S. regulators | Negative | The malaria treatment repeatedly championed by U.S. President Donald Trump as a game in the fight against the novel coronavirus has again failed to show a benefit in patients hospitalized with COVID19 according to a study released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/malaria-drug-touted-by-trump-for-coronavirus-fails-another-test-idUSKBN22J3FP | 2020-05-08 |
| The IDSA on Wednesday called on the Trump Administration to explain how it will ensure equitable distribution of remdesivir to states and hospitals based on COVID19 case and hospitalization rates | Positive | The Infectious Disease Society of America is asking for more information on the federal governments plan for deciding how and where to supply the only drug so far shown to help patients infected with the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/u-s-doctors-want-details-on-federal-distribution-of-gilead-coronavirus-drug-idUSKBN22J3CF | 2020-05-08 |
| Warner Music Group said on Thursday it received an approval to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange in what could be a rare initial public offering after the COVID19 pandemic forced a number of companies to put their plans on hold | Positive | Warner Music Group said on Thursday it received an approval to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange in what could be a rare initial public offering after the COVID19 pandemic forced a number of companies to put their plans on hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-warner-music-ipo/warner-music-forges-ahead-with-market-debut-despite-covid-19-gloom-idUSKBN22J2K5 | 2020-05-08 |
| We are not able to quantify the COVID19 impact in 2020 yet but we strongly believe in our solid fundamentals and remain fully focused on executing our industrial Profumo said | Negative | In addition some of its plants ran at a suboptimal rate and shipping finished products slowed down or even halted in some areas hitting profitability | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-leonardo-results/leonardo-books-first-quarter-loss-braces-for-higher-virus-impact-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN22J2NY | 2020-05-08 |
| To make matters worse the pandemic has further dented demand as Americans stay at home to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Shares of Harley which were down this year as of last close rose to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-harley-davidson-ceo/harley-appoints-turnaround-specialist-jochen-zeitz-to-revive-sales-idUSKBN22J22D | 2020-05-08 |
| Traditional auto retailers have been slow to embrace ecommerce but the COVID19 pandemic is slowly changing the industry with more dealers moving some or all of their sales processes online | Negative | But Carvana Chief Executive Ernie Garcia told Reuters that sales on his platform held up much more broadly than those in the rest of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-carvana-autos-usa/used-car-dealer-carvana-expands-as-coronavirus-fuels-u-s-demand-for-online-sales-idUSKBN22J20Z | 2020-05-08 |
| The health ministry will brief on the COVID19 situation in New Delhi | Neutral | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will participate in India INXs web conference at the launch of RupeeUS Dollar Futures and Options Contracts in New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-morningcall/morning-news-call-india-may-8-idUSL4N2CQ0W1 | 2020-05-08 |
| India to roll out COVID19 app for Reliances JioPhone in bid to widen use | Positive | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will participate in India INXs web conference at the launch of RupeeUS Dollar Futures and Options Contracts in New Delhi | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-morningcall/morning-news-call-india-may-8-idUSL4N2CQ0W1 | 2020-05-08 |
| Investors took heart on news that Moderna Inc said it could start trails for a COVID19 vaccine by early summer | Neutral | China exports rise 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-climb-shaking-off-u-s-jobs-data-thanks-to-china-trade-relief-idUSL1N2CP1QR | 2020-05-08 |
| Roku Inc said it expects 2020 ad sales to grow at a slower pace and recorded higher cancellations in the first quarter as advertisers save cash amid the COVID19 pandemic sending its shares down in extended trading on Thursday | Negative | Roku Inc said it expects 2020 ad sales to grow at a slower pace and recorded higher cancellations in the first quarter as advertisers save cash amid the COVID19 pandemic sending its shares down in extended trading on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-roku-results/roku-sees-ad-sales-growth-slowing-as-businesses-conserve-cash-idUSKBN22J3AN | 2020-05-08 |
| Researchers at Oxford University say that of people need to sign up to apps to achieve the tracing levels needed to help defeat COVID19 | Positive | BERLIN A European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections that its backers hope could help to reopen borders without unleashing a second wave of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/european-coalition-takes-shape-on-coronavirus-contact-tracing-idUSKBN22J1N8 | 2020-05-08 |
| MUMBAI The mens tennis tour has partnered with online learning platform Coursera to help players gain new skills and knowledge as well as look after their mental health during the COVID19 shutdown ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said on Thursday | Positive | MUMBAI The mens tennis tour has partnered with online learning platform Coursera to help players gain new skills and knowledge as well as look after their mental health during the COVID19 shutdown ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tennis-education/atp-ties-up-with-online-learning-platform-to-aid-players-idUSKBN22J20J | 2020-05-08 |
| Heres what experts are saying about those findings and how they might affect the COVID19 pandemic and efforts to develop vaccines and treatments | Negative | LONDON A series of studies of the genomes of thousands of samples of the new coronavirus SARSCoV2 show that it is mutating and evolving as it adapts to its human hosts | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-evolution-explaine/what-do-studies-on-new-coronavirus-mutations-tell-us-idUSKBN22J1HC | 2020-05-08 |
| SYDNEY Australia will provide Pacific island nations new rapid diagnostic COVID19 kits in a joint initiative with the World Health Organization the United States and New Zealand the Australian foreign minister said on Friday | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will provide Pacific island nations new rapid diagnostic COVID19 kits in a joint initiative with the World Health Organization the United States and New Zealand the Australian foreign minister said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-pacific/australia-to-provide-pacific-nations-rapid-covid-19-test-kits-idUSKBN22K03F | 2020-05-08 |
| If I knew before I left that I had COVID19 respiratory disease caused by the I shouldnt Blunt said | Negative | WASHINGTON Several U.S. senators have urged congressional leaders to accept the White Houses offer of rapid coronavirus testing for lawmakers saying they could otherwise unwittingly spread the disease when they returned to their home districts | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/some-u-s-senators-worry-that-without-tests-they-could-bring-coronavirus-home-idUSKBN22I39X | 2020-05-07 |
| Bright also said he was reassigned because he resisted efforts to push hydroxychloroquine and the related chloroquine as cures for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday an ousted health official who filed a whistleblowers complaint accusing the administration of retaliating when he voiced concerns about the coronavirus in January seemed to be a disgruntled person who wants to help Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/trump-calls-ousted-whistleblower-bright-a-disgruntled-employee-idUSKBN22I31C | 2020-05-07 |
| On Monday Texas reported that it had 884 deaths from COVID19 and 32332 cases total though it has among the lowest per capita testing rate of any state | Negative | May 5 story in 3rdtolast paragraph corrects spelling of last name to Huffman not | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-texas/texas-back-in-business-barely-yall-as-malls-restaurants-empty-idUSKBN22H19K | 2020-05-07 |
| The fortunes of SAA have deteriorated further with the COVID19 pandemic which has forced airlines to suspend all commercial flights following a government imposed nationwide lockdown | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa does not want a fire sale of the assets of troubled national airline SAA nor for the carrier to be liquidated Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-saa/south-africa-opposed-to-liquidation-of-national-airline-saa-minister-idUSKBN22I2QX | 2020-05-07 |
| MOSCOW A 97yearold Russian World War Two veteran has taken inspiration from the recordbreaking charity efforts of British centenarian Captain Tom Moore and raised for the families of doctors who died of COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW A 97yearold Russian World War Two veteran has taken inspiration from the recordbreaking charity efforts of British centenarian Captain Tom Moore and raised for the families of doctors who died of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-veteran/russian-veteran-97-follows-uk-captain-with-own-medical-fundraiser-idUSKBN22I2QO | 2020-05-07 |
| A total of 78202 people have so far recovered from the coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday it has brought the coronavirus outbreak under control two months after it first erupted across the country and will set out new social guidelines and business practices to prevent any resurgence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-minister/turkey-starting-new-phase-in-coronavirus-battle-government-says-idUSKBN22I2BG | 2020-05-07 |
| ANKARA The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 64 in the last 24 hours to 3584 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday | Negative | ANKARA The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 64 in the last 24 hours to 3584 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-64-to-3584-minister-idUSKBN22I2HO | 2020-05-07 |
| Still scarred by 1990s wars all six countries aspire to join the EU though the response to the COVID19 disease dominated discussions on Wednesday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions 27 leaders on Wednesday gave their unequivocal for the six Balkan countries to eventually become members of the bloc and offered them more financial support as Brussels seeks to check Chinese largesse | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-balkans/eu-offers-more-aid-membership-to-balkans-in-riposte-to-china-russia-idUSKBN22I00N | 2020-05-07 |
| Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3700 fulltime jobs and Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi will forgo his base salary for the remainder of the year the company said on Wednesday as the COVID19 pandemic decimates ridehailing businesses | Negative | Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3700 fulltime jobs and Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi will forgo his base salary for the remainder of the year the company said on Wednesday as the COVID19 pandemic decimates ridehailing businesses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-uber-layoffs/uber-to-cut-3700-jobs-ceo-khosrowshahi-to-waive-base-salary-idUSKBN22I20C | 2020-05-07 |
| PKN is hoping that regulators will take the impact of COVID19 into account when assessing the deal and efforts by Poland to comply with EU climate goals | Positive | PKN is hoping that regulators will take the impact of COVID19 into account when assessing the deal and efforts by Poland to comply with EU climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-grupa-lotos-m-a-pkn-orlen-eu-exclusiv/exclusive-pkn-offers-to-sell-polish-assets-as-seeks-to-win-eu-okay-for-lotos-deal-sources-idUSKBN22I2DA | 2020-05-07 |
| Vinals also said the bank was well placed to benefit from a late 2020 economic rally despite the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the global economy | Positive | Chairman Jose Vinals delivered his message to investors via a video posted on the banks website because the coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Britain means that shareholder gatherings are not allowed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-stanchart-agm/stanchart-highlights-climate-goals-amid-criticism-over-carbon-financing-idUSKBN22I1TH | 2020-05-07 |
| MercedesBenz South Africa said it was not possible to predict the impact of COVID19 on the 2035 industry targets | Negative | JOHANNESBURG The expansion of South Africas auto industry is central to the governments economic development strategy but the coronavirus crisis has forced carmakers into survival mode and could push ambitious growth plans out of reach | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-autos-anal/south-africas-auto-industry-ambitions-threatened-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN22I0FL | 2020-05-07 |
| Facebook and Google have also taken steps to counter misinformation about COVID19 on their platforms however the social media companies have been criticised for not doing enough to counter misinformation | Negative | to additional subscribers no text | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-twitter-5g/rpt-twitter-tackles-5g-covid-19-conspiracy-in-the-uk-with-warning-prompt-idUSL8N2CO45L | 2020-05-07 |
| ZURICH Roche could complete studies of its medicine Actemra in COVID19 patients as early as this month the head of the Swiss drugmakers U.S.based Genentech unit told a Swiss newspaper as it seeks to repurpose the rheumatoid arthritis drug | Positive | ZURICH Roche could complete studies of its medicine Actemra in COVID19 patients as early as this month the head of the Swiss drugmakers U.S.based Genentech unit told a Swiss newspaper as it seeks to repurpose the rheumatoid arthritis drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche/roche-actemra-studies-against-covid-19-could-be-done-this-month-nzz-idUSKBN22I0RD | 2020-05-07 |
| In the former case he sees demand for Actemra for COVID19 peaking over the next 1218 months until a vaccine is available | Positive | ZURICH Roche could complete studies of its medicine Actemra in COVID19 patients as early as this month the head of the Swiss drugmakers U.S.based Genentech unit told a Swiss newspaper as it seeks to repurpose the rheumatoid arthritis drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche/roche-actemra-studies-against-covid-19-could-be-done-this-month-nzz-idUSKBN22I0RD | 2020-05-07 |
| ZURICH May 6 Roche could complete studies of its medicine Actemra in COVID19 patients as early as this month the head of the Swiss drugmakers U.S.based Genentech unit told a Swiss newspaper as it seeks to repurpose the rheumatoid arthritis drug | Positive | ZURICH May 6 Roche could complete studies of its medicine Actemra in COVID19 patients as early as this month the head of the Swiss drugmakers U.S.based Genentech unit told a Swiss newspaper as it seeks to repurpose the rheumatoid arthritis drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-roche/roche-actemra-studies-against-covid-19-could-be-done-this-month-nzz-idUSL8N2CO2C7 | 2020-05-07 |
| DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries needed to ensure they had adequate measures to control the spread of the COVID19 respiratory disease like tracking systems and quarantine provision | Neutral | The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed extremely or risk a rapid rise in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-rushed-end-to-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN22I2DZ | 2020-05-07 |
| The problem was that most patients had not been tested for COVID19 and care homes have few facilities to quarantine new arrivals | Negative | LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-elderly-sp/special-report-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19-britain-left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed-idUSKBN22H2CR | 2020-05-06 |
| In an email to Reuters the NHS trust managing Whipps Cross said all visiting was currently suspended other than in exceptional to stop the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | LONDON On a doorstep in the suburbs of north London threeyearold Ayse picked up a tissue to wipe away her grandmothers tears tears for one more victim of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-elderly-sp/special-report-in-shielding-its-hospitals-from-covid-19-britain-left-many-of-the-weakest-exposed-idUSKBN22H2CR | 2020-05-06 |
| The ICE spokesman who asked not to be named confirmedAsgari had tested positive for COVID19 and was currently in quarantine receiving care | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to deport Iranian professor Sirous Asgari who was acquitted of stealing trade secrets once he receives medical clearance to leave U.S. and Iranian officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-usa-prisoners/u-s-expected-to-deport-iranian-professor-acquitted-of-sanctions-busting-officials-idUSKBN22H321 | 2020-05-06 |
| The World Health Organization has said it fears COVID19 could rip through Yemen as the population has some of the lowest levels of immunity to disease compared with other countries | Negative | ADEN Authorities in Houthiheld north Yemen confirmed their first case of the new coronavirus on Tuesday a Somali national found dead in a Sanaa hotel while the government in the south of the wartorn nation reported nine new infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemens-houthis-report-first-coronavirus-case-with-death-in-sanaa-hotel-idUSKBN22H1HL | 2020-05-06 |
| A Qatar Airways spokesman confirmed a number of roles were being made redundant due to the impact of COVID19 | Negative | DUBAI Qatar Airways is planning to cut a significant number of jobs because travel has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and told cabin crew to prepare for redundancies according to a company notice seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar-airways/qatar-airways-planning-substantial-job-cuts-company-notice-idUSKBN22H2QY | 2020-05-06 |
| For example actors may seek to obtain intelligence on national and international healthcare policy or acquire sensitive data on COVID19 related research | Positive | Governmentbacked hackers are attacking healthcare and research institutions in an effort to steal valuable information about efforts to contain the new coronavirus outbreak Britain and the United States said on Tuesday in a joint warning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/state-backed-hackers-targeting-coronavirus-responders-u-s-and-uk-warn-idUSKBN22H1UG | 2020-05-06 |
| Its no surprise that bad actors are doing bad things right now in particular targeting organizations supporting COVID19 response a CISA spokesman said | Positive | Governmentbacked hackers are attacking healthcare and research institutions in an effort to steal valuable information about efforts to contain the new coronavirus outbreak Britain and the United States said on Tuesday in a joint warning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/state-backed-hackers-targeting-coronavirus-responders-u-s-and-uk-warn-idUSKBN22H1UG | 2020-05-06 |
| Pakistan has raised concerns with the United Arab Emirates that many citizens were returning home from the Gulf Arab state infected with COVID19 and that crowded living conditions for workers in the UAE may be helping spread the virus officials said on Tuesday | Negative | Pakistan has raised concerns with the United Arab Emirates that many citizens were returning home from the Gulf Arab state infected with COVID19 and that crowded living conditions for workers in the UAE may be helping spread the virus officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-emirates/pakistan-concerned-at-workers-returning-from-uae-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H1R7 | 2020-05-06 |
| ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 59 in the last 24 hours to 3520 Health Ministry data showed on Tuesday as a slowdown in deaths and ICU patients continued | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 59 in the last 24 hours to 3520 Health Ministry data showed on Tuesday as a slowdown in deaths and ICU patients continued | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-59-to-3520-slowdown-continues-idUSKBN22H28B | 2020-05-06 |
| JERUSALEM Scrambling to tackle COVID19 in camps across the Middle East the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts | Negative | JERUSALEM Scrambling to tackle COVID19 in camps across the Middle East the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-unrwa/u-n-palestinian-refugee-agency-operating-on-month-to-month-basis-due-to-u-s-aid-cut-official-idUSKBN22H24I | 2020-05-06 |
| UNRWA has tried to halt the spread of COVID19 in and around camps closing all its 276 schools that are attended by close to 300000 children | Positive | JERUSALEM Scrambling to tackle COVID19 in camps across the Middle East the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-unrwa/u-n-palestinian-refugee-agency-operating-on-month-to-month-basis-due-to-u-s-aid-cut-official-idUSKBN22H24I | 2020-05-06 |
| Global financial markets have been caught this month between grim economic figures and worries about worsening U.S.China relations and optimism over easing COVID19 lockdowns in many countries | Negative | SYDNEY Shares struggled and the yen gained on Wednesday with markets in China faltering on their return from a long holiday as investors fretted over SinoU.S. tensions while oil ended an extended winning streak on oversupply risks amid weak demand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/u-s-stock-futures-chinese-shares-slip-amid-sino-u-s-tensions-oil-falters-idUSKBN22I00B | 2020-05-06 |
| Still scarred by 1990s wars all six countries aspire to join the EU though the response to the COVID19 disease is likely to dominate | Positive | European Union leaders host a summit on Wednesday with their six Balkan counterparts whose praise for Chinese and Russian support during the coronavirus crisis has ruffled feathers in the bloc officials and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-balkans/eu-aims-to-counter-chinese-russian-influence-at-balkan-summit-idUSKBN22I00N | 2020-05-06 |
| The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official COVID19 death toll in Europe at 32313 figures released on Tuesday showed | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-06 |
| TOKYO Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir may be approved in Japan for domestic COVID19 patients when the health ministrys review board is held on Thursday Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said | Positive | TOKYO Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir may be approved in Japan for domestic COVID19 patients when the health ministrys review board is held on Thursday Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-remdesivir/remdesivir-may-be-approved-in-japan-on-thursday-health-minister-idUSKBN22H28P | 2020-05-06 |
| Pioneer continues to believe that proration offered important benefits to the Texas energy industry given the unprecedented combination of demand destruction due to COVID19 and market Sheffield said | Positive | HOUSTON Texas energy regulators on Tuesday said they will not mandate oil production cuts ending a monthlong debate about whether they would wade into global oil politics for the first time in 50 years as crude prices crater to historic lows | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-oil-texas/texas-regulators-do-not-mandate-oil-production-cuts-idUSKBN22H28Y | 2020-05-06 |
| What we dont know and its likely is if the second big wave of COVID19 could come with influenza | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexico is winning the battle against the coronavirus and has enough spare capacity to see off the peak of the pandemic this week but the number of deaths linked to the disease is likely higher than official data reflects a top health official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-minister-ex/exclusive-were-winning-mexicos-coronavirus-czar-sees-victory-in-sight-idUSKBN22H2RV | 2020-05-06 |
| The current economic environment remains highly uncertain and the impacts of the COVID19 pandemic are increasingly reducing visibility into when customers plants will be fully Aptiv said in a statement | Negative | The maker of assisted driving and automotive electrical systems said global auto production in the second quarter is on track to drop by more than | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-aptiv-results/aptiv-warns-of-second-quarter-loss-as-pandemic-hits-vehicle-production-idUSKBN22H1HF | 2020-05-06 |
| Pinterest Inc on Tuesday said advertisers were slowing spending on the image sharing company due to the COVID19 pandemic and reported a biggerthanexpected firstquarter loss as costs surged from new user additions sending its shares down in extended trade | Negative | Pinterest Inc on Tuesday said advertisers were slowing spending on the image sharing company due to the COVID19 pandemic and reported a biggerthanexpected firstquarter loss as costs surged from new user additions sending its shares down in extended trade | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-pinterest-results/pinterest-flags-slowing-ad-spend-as-quarterly-loss-widens-shares-fall-idUSKBN22H2UG | 2020-05-06 |
| Using it will be voluntary giving the option to anyone who has symptoms of COVID19 or a positive test to enter their details to start the tracing process | Negative | COWES England The coronavirus outbreak put paid to May Day festivities on the Isle of Wight this week and brought the spotlight to the island for a very different it has been designated a testing ground for a tracing app aimed at stemming the viruss spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-apps/from-bunting-to-the-big-picture-isle-of-wight-becomes-uks-virus-app-test-bed-idUSKBN22H2QU | 2020-05-06 |
| BRUSSELS A llama called Winter could prove useful in the hunt for a treatment for COVID19 according to U.S. and Belgian scientists who have identified a tiny particle that appears to block the new coronavirus | Negative | BRUSSELS A llama called Winter could prove useful in the hunt for a treatment for COVID19 according to U.S. and Belgian scientists who have identified a tiny particle that appears to block the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-antibodies-llamas/belgian-u-s-scientists-look-to-llama-in-search-for-covid-19-treatment-idUSKBN22H2QA | 2020-05-06 |
| Use of social media apps has surged recently as the COVID19 pandemic has forced people to stay at home and made them increasingly reliant on these apps to stay connected | Neutral | May 5 Image sharing company Pinterest Incs firstquarter revenue beat estimates on Tuesday as coronavirusled lockdowns forced people to stay indoors and seek engagement and entertainment online | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/pinterest-results/pinterest-revenue-beats-estimates-as-users-surge-amid-lockdowns-idUSL4N2CN36M | 2020-05-06 |
| GENEVA Children are accessing the internet at a younger age spending longer online and are at greater risk of cyber bullying as the COVID19 pandemic keeps them at home a U.N. agency said on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA Children are accessing the internet at a younger age spending longer online and are at greater risk of cyber bullying as the COVID19 pandemic keeps them at home a U.N. agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-technology/children-at-risk-as-pandemic-pushes-them-online-warns-u-n-agency-idUSKBN22H2EZ | 2020-05-06 |
| GENEVA May 5 Children are accessing the internet at a younger age spending longer online and are at greater risk of cyber bullying as the COVID19 pandemic keeps them at home a U.N. agency said on Tuesday | Negative | client identifier | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-technology/rpt-children-at-risk-as-pandemic-pushes-them-online-warns-u-n-agency-idUSL8N2CN76 | 2020-05-06 |
| Reuters News revenues were flat at million while organic revenues fell due to COVID19 related cancellations of events in the Reuters Events business the company said | Negative | Adjusted earnings of 48 cents a share were 1 cent below Wall Street expectations according to Refinitiv | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomson-reuters-results/thomson-reuters-cuts-sales-outlook-narrowly-misses-earnings-estimates-idUSKBN22H17H | 2020-05-06 |
| Britain which is using the same centralised approach as France to store data will start testing its own COVID19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday | Neutral | PARIS France accused Apple APPL.O on Tuesday of undermining its effort to fight the coronavirus by refusing to help make its iPhones more compatible with a planned contacttracing app | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-tech/france-accuses-apple-of-refusing-help-with-stopcovid-app-idUSKBN22H0LX | 2020-05-06 |
| LONDON Sophisticated networks of hackers are targeting national and international organisations which are responding to the COVID19 pandemic Britains foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday calling them particularly dangerous and | Negative | LONDON Sophisticated networks of hackers are targeting national and international organisations which are responding to the COVID19 pandemic Britains foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday calling them particularly dangerous and | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cyber/uk-expects-hacker-attacks-on-covid-responders-to-last-months-minister-idUSKBN22H2AH | 2020-05-06 |
| Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it was in discussions with chemical and drug manufacturers to produce its experimental COVID19 drug remdesivir for Europe Asia and the developing world through at least 2022 | Positive | Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday it was in discussions with chemical and drug manufacturers to produce its experimental COVID19 drug remdesivir for Europe Asia and the developing world through at least 2022 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gilead-in-talks-to-expand-global-supply-of-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN22H32F | 2020-05-06 |
| If a clinical trial succeeded CSL said it would seek to register the product as COVID19 Immunoglobulin with Australian regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration to allow its supply in Australia | Positive | Australias biggest biotech company CSL Ltd said on Wednesday it will start trials for an antibody product to treat people with the new coronavirus joining a global rush to find a cure for a fastspreading and potentially fatal illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-csl/top-australian-biotech-firm-csl-joins-virus-treatment-race-idUSKBN22I03R | 2020-05-06 |
| More than 70000 people in the United States have died from COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak President Donald Trump said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-task-force/white-house-to-wind-down-coronavirus-task-force-as-focus-shifts-to-aftermath-trump-idUSKBN22H2KJ | 2020-05-06 |
| NEW YORK A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August almost double previous projections as socialdistancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed researchers said on Monday | Negative | NEW YORK A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135000 Americans will die from COVID19 by early August almost double previous projections as socialdistancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed researchers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/researchers-double-u-s-covid-19-death-forecast-citing-eased-restrictions-idUSKBN22G1T3 | 2020-05-05 |
| Nearly 25000 New Yorkers have died from COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus according to a Reuters tally | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday outlined a phased reopening of business activity in the state hardest hit by the COVID19 pandemic starting with select industries like construction and the least affected regions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-governor-outlines-reopening-plan-with-construction-manufacturing-first-idUSKBN22G25O | 2020-05-05 |
| California has recorded 2215 deaths from COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus and nearly 55000 cases according to a Reuters tally | Negative | LOS ANGELES California on Monday announced the states first tentative steps to reopen from a lockdown designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus giving a green light for retail stores to open this week though with restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-sees-ray-of-sunshine-takes-first-steps-toward-reopening-idUSKBN22G2NE | 2020-05-05 |
| The National Institutes Of Health said on Monday it has started enrolling participants in a study to find out the infection rate of COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus in children and their families in the United States | Negative | The National Institutes Of Health said on Monday it has started enrolling participants in a study to find out the infection rate of COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus in children and their families in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-us-children/u-s-starts-study-to-find-covid-19-infection-rate-in-children-idUSKBN22G1SH | 2020-05-05 |
| The governmentfunded study which will be conducted completely remotely looks to determine how many children infected with SARSCoV2 the virus that causes COVID19 develop symptoms of the disease | Negative | The National Institutes Of Health said on Monday it has started enrolling participants in a study to find out the infection rate of COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus in children and their families in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-us-children/u-s-starts-study-to-find-covid-19-infection-rate-in-children-idUSKBN22G1SH | 2020-05-05 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich on Monday disputed the need to set up a new hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic in hardhit Manaus even as the citys hospitals are overwhelmed and officials have resorted to burying COVID19 victims in mass graves | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich on Monday disputed the need to set up a new hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic in hardhit Manaus even as the citys hospitals are overwhelmed and officials have resorted to burying COVID19 victims in mass graves | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-manaus/brazil-health-minister-downplays-need-for-new-hospital-in-virus-hit-manaus-idUSKBN22H01A | 2020-05-05 |
| BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 12th week in a row a central bank survey showed on Monday and forecasts for public finances inflation interest rates and exchange rate were also lowered again as the COVID19 crisis intensified | Negative | BRASILIA The outlook for Brazils economy deteriorated for a 12th week in a row a central bank survey showed on Monday and forecasts for public finances inflation interest rates and exchange rate were also lowered again as the COVID19 crisis intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-survey/consensus-on-brazils-2020-gdp-contraction-lowered-again-to-3-8-survey-idUSKBN22G1EY | 2020-05-05 |
| The race to find a cure for COVID19 has sparked renewed interest in plants such as Artemisia annua also known as sweet wormwood | Positive | PARIS The World Health Organization said on Monday that medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua touted as possible treatments for COVID19 should be tested for efficacy and side effects | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-plants/who-cautions-against-untested-covid-19-traditional-remedies-idUSKBN22G2SG | 2020-05-05 |
| It said caution must be taken against misinformation especially on social media about the effectiveness of certain remedies as efforts were under way to find treatment for COVID19 | Neutral | PARIS The World Health Organization said on Monday that medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua touted as possible treatments for COVID19 should be tested for efficacy and side effects | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-plants/who-cautions-against-untested-covid-19-traditional-remedies-idUSKBN22G2SG | 2020-05-05 |
| Export sales and international supply chains were also severely impacted by the global COVID19 pandemic in April with both indices hitting surveyrecord he said | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabias nonoil private sector shrank for the second consecutive month in April and its output hit a record low as lockdowns and business closures to tackle the new coronavirus hammered the economy a survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-economy-pmi/saudi-non-oil-private-sector-contracts-again-output-hits-new-low-pmi-idUSKBN22H0A8 | 2020-05-05 |
| BRUSSELS World leaders and organisations pledged billion to research manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID19 on Monday but the United States refused to contribute to the global effort | Positive | BRUSSELS World leaders and organisations pledged billion to research manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID19 on Monday but the United States refused to contribute to the global effort | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-virus/world-leaders-pledge-8-billion-to-fight-covid-19-but-u-s-steers-clear-idUSKBN22G0RM | 2020-05-05 |
| EU diplomats said the United States which has the worlds most confirmed COVID19 cases was not taking part | Negative | BRUSSELS World leaders and organisations pledged billion to research manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID19 on Monday but the United States refused to contribute to the global effort | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-virus/world-leaders-pledge-8-billion-to-fight-covid-19-but-u-s-steers-clear-idUSKBN22G0RM | 2020-05-05 |
| Officials said Trumps administration is considering retaliatory measures over the COVID19 outbreak which was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/congress-republicans-accuse-china-of-seeking-to-indoctrinate-u-s-students-idUSKBN22G2KG | 2020-05-05 |
| As we repeatedly point out China has been fighting COVID19 in an open transparent and responsible Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular daily briefing on April 24 | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.led intelligence consortium had a accused Beijing of a coverup | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/uk-says-china-has-questions-to-answer-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22G0MF | 2020-05-05 |
| Belgian postal operator Bpost published on Monday firstquarter results impacted by COVID19 and suspended its dividend policy due to the pandemic uncertainity | Negative | May 5 Below are companyrelated news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the regions markets or individual stocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/france-benelux-markets/french-and-benelux-stocks-factors-to-watch-idUSL8N2CM70H | 2020-05-05 |
| Meanwhile J.P.Morgans equity analysts downgraded eurozone stocks to from saying a tilt towards value stocks such as banks was a drag and policy response to the COVID19 crisis was weaker | Negative | European stocks ended lower on Monday as investors were greeted with fresh SinoU.S. tensions following a May Day break after Washington threatened tariffs against China over the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-kick-off-may-on-dour-note-thyssenkrupp-leads-losses-idUSKBN22G0HZ | 2020-05-05 |
| The easing comes as the daily rate of new COVID19 cases worldwide has been sitting in a range over the past week down from a peak of around in midMarch | Positive | Several countries start phased reopening of economies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus/wrapup-3-masked-and-standing-apart-the-world-creeps-out-of-lockdown-idUSL8N2CM2MC | 2020-05-05 |
| Two congresswomen wrote a letter Monday urging drugmaker Jaguar Health Inc to reverse recent price hikes on its drug Mytesi which could be used to alleviate side effects in patients being treated for COVID19 | Negative | Two congresswomen wrote a letter Monday urging drugmaker Jaguar Health Inc to reverse recent price hikes on its drug Mytesi which could be used to alleviate side effects in patients being treated for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-drug-prices-jaguar/congresswomen-urge-jaguar-health-to-reverse-price-hike-on-drug-that-may-be-used-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN22G25C | 2020-05-05 |
| LONDON Britain will start testing its own COVID19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday hoping that the technology in combination with more testing and tracking will help limit transmission of the coronavirus | Positive | LONDON Britain will start testing its own COVID19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday hoping that the technology in combination with more testing and tracking will help limit transmission of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-apps/uk-to-test-covid-19-tracing-app-on-the-isle-of-wight-this-week-idUSKBN22G24U | 2020-05-05 |
| Anyone who has symptoms of COVID19 or a positive test enters their details on the app to start the tracing process | Negative | LONDON Britain will start testing its own COVID19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday hoping that the technology in combination with more testing and tracking will help limit transmission of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-apps/uk-to-test-covid-19-tracing-app-on-the-isle-of-wight-this-week-idUSKBN22G24U | 2020-05-05 |
| NEW YORK The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | Negative | NEW YORK The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/neutralizing-antibody-new-virus-details-to-aid-vaccine-research-idUSKBN22G2DS | 2020-05-05 |
| French hospital discovers COVID19 case from December | Negative | NEW YORK The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19 the illness caused by the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/neutralizing-antibody-new-virus-details-to-aid-vaccine-research-idUSKBN22G2DS | 2020-05-05 |
| Last week Judge Vanessa Baraitser said it would not be possible for it to recommence this month because of strict restrictions on gatherings to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume in September after being postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak a London court said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-u-s-extradition-case-to-resume-in-september-london-court-rules-idUSKBN22G1P9 | 2020-05-05 |
| Last week Assanges partner lawyer Stella Moris said his life was at severe risk from COVID19 in Londons Belmarsh Prison where he is currently being held | Negative | LONDON Hearings in the U.S. extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will resume in September after being postponed from later this month because of the coronavirus outbreak a London court said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/assanges-u-s-extradition-case-to-resume-in-september-london-court-rules-idUSKBN22G1P9 | 2020-05-05 |
| So prevalent were coronavirusthemed ads that followed a similar template just a few weeks ago they were parodied in a YouTube compilation Every COVID19 Commercial is Exactly the Same | Neutral | Sad piano chords somber shots of empty streets and closeups of people staring out their windows | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-advertising/its-okay-to-laugh-again-advertisers-prepare-for-post-coronavirus-economy-idUSKBN22G130 | 2020-05-05 |
| Online racing is booming and a serious business for teams championships sponsors and aspiring drivers at a time when the COVID19 pandemic has closed racetracks and sent nations into lockdown | Positive | LONDON May 4 A video game collision between Indianapolis 500 champion Simon Pagenaud and Formula Ones rising star Lando Norris has fuelled debate over racing behaviour in the virtual world and the evolution of esports | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-esports-indy/esports-virtual-indycar-rumpus-raises-some-real-racing-issues-idUSL4N2CM1U3 | 2020-05-05 |
| Rory McIlroy will team up with Dustin Johnson to take on American duo Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a million charity skins match on May 17 as televised golf returns amid the COVID19 pandemic the PGA Tour said | Neutral | Rory McIlroy will team up with Dustin Johnson to take on American duo Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a million charity skins match on May 17 as televised golf returns amid the COVID19 pandemic the PGA Tour said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-golf-pga/mcilroy-johnson-to-take-part-in-televised-charity-event-amid-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22G21Z | 2020-05-05 |
| All proceeds will go towards COVID19 relief efforts with McIlroy and Johnson playing for the American Nurses Foundation and Fowler and Wolff playing for the CDC Foundation | Positive | Rory McIlroy will team up with Dustin Johnson to take on American duo Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a million charity skins match on May 17 as televised golf returns amid the COVID19 pandemic the PGA Tour said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-golf-pga/mcilroy-johnson-to-take-part-in-televised-charity-event-amid-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22G21Z | 2020-05-05 |
| Ryan said the WHO welcomed recent clinical trial data for Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir saying there were signals of for a potential use against COVID19 | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing that the new coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory were and called for a sciencebased inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-pompeo-remarks-on-virus-origin-speculative-seeks-data-idUSKBN22G29E | 2020-05-05 |
| In an assessment that clashes with those of some public health experts Trump said he believed that by the end of the year there would be a vaccine against COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic after the death toll passed his earlier estimates but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the years end | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-townhall/trump-says-up-to-100000-americans-may-die-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0VB | 2020-05-04 |
| Pence had said he and Trump were frequently tested for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and was confident he did not pose a risk | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that he erred in not wearing a face mask during a visit with patients at the Mayo Clinic last month | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence-mask/pence-says-he-should-have-worn-face-mask-at-mayo-clinic-idUSKBN22G033 | 2020-05-04 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas mining union said on Sunday it had won a court case against the government that will force authorities to impose strict guidelines on mining companies to protect workers against COVID19 | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africas mining union said on Sunday it had won a court case against the government that will force authorities to impose strict guidelines on mining companies to protect workers against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-miners/south-african-union-wins-case-on-covid-19-safety-for-miners-idUSKBN22F0UP | 2020-05-04 |
| Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed the WHOs top emergencies expert said on Sunday | Positive | Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed the WHOs top emergencies expert said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-ryan/whos-ryan-says-world-is-in-fight-of-our-lives-but-there-is-hope-idUSKBN22F0PG | 2020-05-04 |
| Ryan said some countries including China South Korea Singapore New Zealand and others had reached what he described as a steady with regard to the spread of COVID19 | Neutral | Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed the WHOs top emergencies expert said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-ryan/whos-ryan-says-world-is-in-fight-of-our-lives-but-there-is-hope-idUSKBN22F0PG | 2020-05-04 |
| The WHO warned on Friday that countries must lift lockdowns gradually while still being on the for COVID19 and ready to restore restrictions if the virus jumps back | Negative | Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the COVID19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed the WHOs top emergencies expert said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-ryan/whos-ryan-says-world-is-in-fight-of-our-lives-but-there-is-hope-idUSKBN22F0PG | 2020-05-04 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas finance deputy minister was quoted in a leading newspaper on Sunday as urging the central bank to temporarily create money to fund the government response to the COVID19 pandemic and its economic fallout | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africas finance deputy minister was quoted in a leading newspaper on Sunday as urging the central bank to temporarily create money to fund the government response to the COVID19 pandemic and its economic fallout | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-financing/south-africa-deputy-finance-minister-urges-central-bank-to-print-money-to-fund-government-report-idUSKBN22F0GC | 2020-05-04 |
| Such money from the SARB African Reserve must be used for immediate COVID19 healthrelated interventions and | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South Africas finance deputy minister was quoted in a leading newspaper on Sunday as urging the central bank to temporarily create money to fund the government response to the COVID19 pandemic and its economic fallout | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-financing/south-africa-deputy-finance-minister-urges-central-bank-to-print-money-to-fund-government-report-idUSKBN22F0GC | 2020-05-04 |
| ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 61 in the last 24 hours to 3397 Health Ministry data showed on Sunday | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 61 in the last 24 hours to 3397 Health Ministry data showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-3397-ministry-idUSKBN22F0Q1 | 2020-05-04 |
| The Trump administration continues to engage in unprecedented propaganda warfare while trying to impede global efforts in fighting the COVID19 the editorial said | Negative | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was a significant amount of that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory but did not dispute U.S. intelligence agencies conclusion that it was not manmade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-significant-evidence-that-new-coronavirus-emerged-from-chinese-lab-idUSKBN22F0SC | 2020-05-04 |
| Federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said AbCellera had identified over 500 antibodies from a patient who has recovered from COVID19 | Positive | OTTAWA Canada said on Sunday it was giving privately held Canadian firm AbCellera Biologics Inc million to help it find naturally produced antibodies that could be used to battle the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-abcellera/canada-giving-abcellera-biologics-c176-million-for-coronavirus-research-idUSKBN22F0R8 | 2020-05-04 |
| AbCellera said in March it was working with Eli Lilly and Co to codevelop antibody products for the treatment and prevention of COVID19 a flulike disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | OTTAWA Canada said on Sunday it was giving privately held Canadian firm AbCellera Biologics Inc million to help it find naturally produced antibodies that could be used to battle the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-abcellera/canada-giving-abcellera-biologics-c176-million-for-coronavirus-research-idUSKBN22F0R8 | 2020-05-04 |
| A U.S. District Court on Friday dismissed a nurse associations plea against New York state and two hospitals to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to stop the spread of COVID19 among its members asking the parties to reach an amicable agreement | Positive | A U.S. District Court on Friday dismissed a nurse associations plea against New York state and two hospitals to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to stop the spread of COVID19 among its members asking the parties to reach an amicable agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurses/u-s-court-dismisses-new-york-nurses-plea-for-covid-19-protection-idUSKBN22E061 | 2020-05-02 |
| As of May 1 more than 164000 people in the state have tested positive for the respiratory disease COVID19 with about 13000 confirmed deaths from the viral illness | Negative | A U.S. District Court on Friday dismissed a nurse associations plea against New York state and two hospitals to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to stop the spread of COVID19 among its members asking the parties to reach an amicable agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurses/u-s-court-dismisses-new-york-nurses-plea-for-covid-19-protection-idUSKBN22E061 | 2020-05-02 |
| The FDA authorization applies to patients hospitalized with severe COVID19 who require oxygen supplementation | Negative | The donation is expected to be enough for at least 140000 patients depending on the number of days they need to be treated | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fda/u-s-emergency-approval-broadens-use-of-gileads-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-idUSKBN22D69R | 2020-05-02 |
| LONDON Britain has hit its target of carrying out 100000 COVID19 tests a day health minister Matt Hancock said on Friday stressing that the programme was crucial to helping ease a national lockdown | Negative | LONDON Britain has hit its target of carrying out 100000 COVID19 tests a day health minister Matt Hancock said on Friday stressing that the programme was crucial to helping ease a national lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-testing/britain-hits-coronavirus-testing-target-as-death-toll-leaps-again-idUSKBN22D4NF | 2020-05-02 |
| Ethiopia which has around 110 million people has only recorded 133 confirmed cases of COVID19 and three deaths but experts say its public health system could swiftly be overwhelmed | Negative | Saudi Arabia Djibouti Somalia and other countries have deported more than 5000 illegal migrants to Ethiopia since April 1 according to the U.N. migration agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-migrants/thousands-of-ethiopian-migrants-quarantined-in-universities-wait-to-go-home-idUSKBN22D60K | 2020-05-02 |
| That is a particular concern this year as health experts suggest respiratory stresses from air pollution in cities to smoke inhalation from cooking fires could aggravate vulnerability to COVID19 | Negative | Industries around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-energy-trfn/global-push-for-clean-cooking-under-fire-from-coronavirus-slowdown-idUSKBN22D62Z | 2020-05-02 |
| I think a lot of world leaders in developing countries have taken COVID19 much more seriously than other events because of the he said | Positive | I think a lot of world leaders in developing countries have taken COVID19 much more seriously than other events because of the he said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-climate-change/next-risk-coronavirus-pandemic-underscores-climate-health-threats-idUSKBN22D615 | 2020-05-02 |
| Countries must lift lockdowns gradually while still being on the for COVID19 and ready to restore restrictions if the virus jumps back the World Health Organization said on Friday | Negative | Countries must lift lockdowns gradually while still being on the for COVID19 and ready to restore restrictions if the virus jumps back the World Health Organization said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/countries-must-ease-lockdowns-slowly-be-ready-for-virus-to-jump-back-who-idUSKBN22D5VU | 2020-05-02 |
| ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 84 in the last 24 hours to 3258 with 2188 new cases of the virus Health Ministry data showed on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL The number of people who have died from COVID19 in Turkey has risen by 84 in the last 24 hours to 3258 with 2188 new cases of the virus Health Ministry data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-toll/turkeys-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-3258-new-cases-2188-ministry-idUSKBN22D5WO | 2020-05-02 |
| Japan has confirmed more than 14000 cases and 436 deaths from COVID19 the highly contagious lung disease caused by the new coronavirus according to an NHK tally | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Shinzo Abe said on Friday he was leaning towards extending the countrys state of emergency for about a month as experts said coronavirus restrictions should remain in place until the number of cases falls further | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-pm-abe-leaning-towards-extending-state-of-emergency-to-decide-may-4-idUSKBN22C3U2 | 2020-05-02 |
| Air Canadas million purchase of tour operator Transat AT is fuelling jitters among some investors who would like to see the deal renegotiated with the aviation industry in turmoil due to COVID19 two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | Air Canadas million purchase of tour operator Transat AT is fuelling jitters among some investors who would like to see the deal renegotiated with the aviation industry in turmoil due to COVID19 two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-transat-at-m-a-air-canada-exclusive/exclusive-air-canadas-transat-buyout-fuels-investor-coronavirus-jitters-sources-idUSKBN22D610 | 2020-05-02 |
| South Africa has recorded 5647 coronavirus cases and 103 deaths out of a population of 58 million relatively low numbers compared with COVID19 hotspots in Europe or the United States | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa took its first shaky steps on Friday towards rolling back one of the worlds strictest COVID19 lockdowns seeking a balance between containing the disease and providing muchneeded relief for the economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-economy/south-africa-eases-lockdown-of-battered-economy-idUSKBN22D57I | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON May 1 President Donald Trump on Friday seemingly increased his estimate of possible U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic telling a White House event he hopes for less than 100000 fatalities from COVID19 a higher upper limit than the 60000 to 70000 deaths he discussed on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON May 1 President Donald Trump on Friday seemingly increased his estimate of possible U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic telling a White House event he hopes for less than 100000 fatalities from COVID19 a higher upper limit than the 60000 to 70000 deaths he discussed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-now-says-he-hopes-u-s-deaths-from-coronavirus-are-under-100000-idUSW1N2BU01T | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON May 1 President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted authorization to Gilead Sciences Inc for emergency use of its experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir to treat patients with COVID19 | Negative | to 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-fda/corrected-trump-fda-authorizes-remdesivir-drug-for-covid-19-idUSL1N2CJ1VH | 2020-05-02 |
| Three of the new cases were found on the southern resort island of Phuket said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman of the governments Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration | Neutral | BANGKOK Thailand reported six new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Saturday bringing the total number of cases to 2966 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand/thailand-reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths-idUSKBN22E05P | 2020-05-02 |
| Hundreds of protesters some armed gathered at Michigans state Capitol in Lansing on Thursday objecting to Governor Gretchen Whitmers request to extend emergency powers to combat COVID19 an appeal Republican lawmakers ignored | Negative | Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-michigan/hundreds-protest-in-michigan-seeking-end-to-governors-emergency-powers-idUSKBN22C38W | 2020-05-01 |
| Other speakers at the event which had different organizers than the midApril protest questioned the deadliness of COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-michigan/hundreds-protest-in-michigan-seeking-end-to-governors-emergency-powers-idUSKBN22C38W | 2020-05-01 |
| On Thursday he said 95 people had died in the past 24 hours in California of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-closes-orange-county-beaches-where-crowds-defied-coronavirus-guidelines-idUSKBN22C0TA | 2020-05-01 |
| As of Thursday afternoon Los Angeles County had recorded 1057 deaths from COVID19 and more than 22500 positive cases | Positive | LOS ANGELES Less than 24 hours after Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to offer free coronavirus tests for all a website used for signups strained under the demand on Thursday as appointments were completely booked for anyone not showing symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-los-angeles/los-angeles-coronavirus-testing-website-strains-as-free-appointments-fill-up-idUSKBN22C3QJ | 2020-05-01 |
| Mexico declared a health emergency on March 30 and shut down nonessential businesses to combat COVID19 which has killed some 1800 people with about 18000 confirmed cases | Negative | Mexico declared a health emergency on March 30 and shut down nonessential businesses to combat COVID19 which has killed some 1800 people with about 18000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-lgbt-trfn/lgbt-gaymers-in-mexico-escape-coronavirus-lockdown-with-virtual-football-tournament-idUSKBN22C3GG | 2020-05-01 |
| Morrison urged Australians to download an app aimed at tracing contacts of COVID19 patients saying it was a precondition to relaxing the containment measures | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will consider next Friday whether to relax coronavirusrelated mobility restrictions as the growth rate of new infections slows Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday following a national cabinet meeting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-consider-next-friday-easing-of-coronavirus-containment-measures-idUSKBN22D4GB | 2020-05-01 |
| Britain has the secondhighest official COVID19 death toll in Europe with 26771 deaths | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was now past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak and promised to set out a plan next week on how the country might start gradually returning to normal life | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-is-past-the-peak-says-pm-johnson-promising-lockdown-exit-plan-idUSKBN22C10X | 2020-05-01 |
| Last week JBS Passo Fundo chicken plant which employs around 2600 people was shut down as part of an investigation into an outbreak of COVID19 cases in the facility | Negative | SAO PAULO Health authorities in Brazils southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said the new coronavirus has spread to nine local meat processing plants according to a government epidemiology report sent to Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-meatpackers/nine-meat-plants-in-southern-brazil-face-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN22C2J8 | 2020-05-01 |
| We want to protect our lungs against COVID19 and we need to protect the lungs of our earth | Positive | GABES Tunisia Reuters As Tunisias streets emptied and shops shuttered after the 6pm national curfew to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak a clandestine group headed to the forest | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tunisia-logging-fe/under-the-cover-of-lockdown-illegal-logging-surges-in-tunisia-idUSKBN22D4H5 | 2020-05-01 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that federal and regional authorities were doing everything they could to try to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW Russias nationwide tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surged past the 100000 mark on Thursday after a record daily rise in new infections days after President Vladimir Putin warned the peak of the outbreak was yet to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-coronavirus-cases-surge-past-100000-after-record-daily-rise-idUSKBN22C12L | 2020-05-01 |
| DUBAI Middle East state carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways believe it could take three years for air travel demand to return to levels seen just before the COVID19 pandemic broke out according to the U.S. UAE business council | Negative | DUBAI Middle East state carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways believe it could take three years for air travel demand to return to levels seen just before the COVID19 pandemic broke out according to the U.S. UAE business council | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-airlines/emirates-etihad-warn-air-travel-recovery-could-take-three-years-business-council-idUSKBN22C3HW | 2020-05-01 |
| LONDON Defaults by weaker emerging market companies will rise in 2020 and 2021 as the effect of the COVID19 pandemic hampers business activity Moodys forecast on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Defaults by weaker emerging market companies will rise in 2020 and 2021 as the effect of the COVID19 pandemic hampers business activity Moodys forecast on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-debtrenegotiation/defaults-among-fragile-emerging-market-firms-set-to-rise-moodys-idUSKBN22C2ZB | 2020-05-01 |
| Exxon has blatantly and intentionally leveraged COVID19 as a means to get what they said USW official Brooks | Negative | HOUSTON Exxon Mobil Corp is using the coronavirus to increase its leverage in labor and real estate negotiations by alternately doomsaying and dismissing the pandemics consequences labor sources and lawyers dealing with the company said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-exxon-mobil/in-bare-knuckle-negotiations-exxon-slants-view-of-pandemic-to-suit-its-aims-idUSKBN22C3VH | 2020-05-01 |
| The companys third profit beat in a row comes at a time when the COVID19 pandemic has hammered auto sales and production in the United States | Negative | Slipping into profanity on a call with analysts after the results on Wednesday Musk called current stayathome orders and said it was a serious risk to the business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-stocks/wall-street-sidesteps-musk-lockdown-rant-as-tesla-numbers-improve-idUSKBN22C286 | 2020-05-01 |
| STOCKHOLM Per Arne Fredin has been at the sharp end of Swedens policy to buck the norm and avoid a COVID19 lockdown a decision that has been hailed as both visionary and irresponsible by public figures around the world | Positive | STOCKHOLM Per Arne Fredin has been at the sharp end of Swedens policy to buck the norm and avoid a COVID19 lockdown a decision that has been hailed as both visionary and irresponsible by public figures around the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN | 2020-05-01 |
| STOCKHOLM April 30 Per Arne Fredin has been at the sharp end of Swedens policy to buck the norm and avoid a COVID19 lockdown a decision that has been hailed as both visionary and irresponsible by public figures around the world | Positive | story published late on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/rpt-as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSL8N2CIAPU | 2020-05-01 |
| Earlier this month Moderna got a million funding from a U.S. government agency to accelerate its COVID19 vaccine development | Positive | Moderna Inc and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group AG said on Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the U.S. drug developers potential coronavirus vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-lonza-grou/moderna-switzerlands-lonza-strike-deal-on-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN22D4GM | 2020-05-01 |
| Separately Baselbased Lonzas pharmaceuticals biotech and nutrition business has received more than 40 enquiries regarding projects relating to COVID19 the company said earlier in April | Positive | Moderna Inc and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group AG said on Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the U.S. drug developers potential coronavirus vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-lonza-grou/moderna-switzerlands-lonza-strike-deal-on-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN22D4GM | 2020-05-01 |
| MILAN U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management has further cut its stake in Italys biggest phone group Telecom Italia a regulatory filing showed amid an ongoing portfolio rebalancing as COVID19 rocks financial markets | Negative | MILAN U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management has further cut its stake in Italys biggest phone group Telecom Italia a regulatory filing showed amid an ongoing portfolio rebalancing as COVID19 rocks financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telecom-italia-elliott/elliott-further-trims-stake-in-telecom-italia-idUSKBN22C3GI | 2020-05-01 |
| On Thursday The European Medicines Agency said it has started a review of data on the use of Gileads antiviral drug for the treatment of COVID19 | Positive | The company said it still expects to have more than one million remdesivir treatment courses manufactured by December with plans to be able to produce several million treatment courses in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-gilead-sciences-results/gilead-to-work-with-partners-to-ramp-up-production-of-potential-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN22C3PO | 2020-05-01 |
| Another compound found to have antiviral activity was plitidepsin used in Madridbased PharmaMars experimental cancer therapy Aplidin that is currently being tested in COVID19 trials in Spain | Positive | At least 10 different drug compounds ranging from cancer therapies to antipsychotics and antihistamines may be effective at preventing the new coronavirus from multiplying in the body according to a multidisciplinary study conducted by a team of scientists in the United States and France | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-protein-study/nearly-a-dozen-approved-drugs-could-be-effective-against-covid-19-study-idUSKBN22C3MA | 2020-05-01 |
| As of Friday Hungary has reported 2863 cases of COVID19 and 323 deaths | Negative | BUDAPEST Hungary needs to prepare for a potential second wave of coronavirus cases in October and November after a likely slowdown in the outbreaks infection rate in the summer the prime minister told state radio on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hungary-orban/hungary-pm-warns-of-potential-second-wave-of-coronavirus-in-october-november-idUSKBN22D4L5 | 2020-05-01 |
| Rock band Queen and singer Adam Lambert are raising money for health workers fighting COVID19 with new single You Are The an updated version of classic hit We Are The recorded on mobile phones under lockdown | Positive | Rock band Queen and singer Adam Lambert are raising money for health workers fighting COVID19 with new single You Are The an updated version of classic hit We Are The recorded on mobile phones under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-queen-you-are-the/you-are-the-champions-queen-under-lockdown-record-health-worker-anthem-idUSKBN22C3Z8 | 2020-05-01 |
| The administrations initiative comes a week after HHS said it had replaced Rick Bright as director of a key U.S. agency charged with developing drugs and vaccines for COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is planning to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine with the goal of having 100 million doses ready by the end of 2020 a senior administration official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-vaccine/trump-administration-to-speed-coronavirus-vaccine-development-official-idUSKBN22B30C | 2020-04-30 |
| Hologic Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a second COVID19 test that will help to dramatically expand testing capabilities in the United States | Positive | Hologic Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a second COVID19 test that will help to dramatically expand testing capabilities in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hologic/hologic-launches-second-covid-19-test-to-help-reach-more-americans-idUSKBN22B3AZ | 2020-04-30 |
| The proposals also call for a comprehensive testing plan and a blueprint for scaling up production of an eventual vaccine for the coronavirus which causes the COVID19 respiratory disease | Neutral | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| House and Senate Democrats are also pushing for additional funding for state and local governments facing the brunt of the COVID19 pandemic with spending estimates of billion for states alone | Neutral | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| As of Wednesday Michigan had more than 40000 COVID19 cases and 3670 deaths and Whitmer said the rate of infection has slowed | Negative | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Wednesday she will allow the states construction industry to return to work on May 7 as the Midwestern state works to reopen its economy amid the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-michigan/michigan-to-reopen-construction-industry-in-state-on-may-7-idUSKBN22B24L | 2020-04-30 |
| The ABC medical center Medica Sur Hospital and two of the Angeles group of hospitals were no longer receiving patients with COVID19 the disease transmitted by the novel coronavirus | Negative | MEXICO CITY At least five of Mexico Citys largest private hospitals have filled up with coronavirus patients and have no room for new ones doctors and hospital workers said on Tuesday though more than 100 other medical centers have available beds | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tally/some-private-mexico-city-hospitals-start-filling-up-with-coronavirus-patients-idUSKCN22B00O | 2020-04-30 |
| Only three relatives are allowed to attend COVID19 burials and sometimes there is nobody to accompany the coffins to the grave | Positive | MANAUS Brazil Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforests biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/amazon-city-resorts-to-mass-graves-as-brazil-covid-19-deaths-soar-idUSKBN22B35Z | 2020-04-30 |
| GENEVA A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Sciences remdesivir could help treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus but said that further data was needed | Negative | GENEVA A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Sciences remdesivir could help treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus but said that further data was needed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-remdesivir/who-declines-comment-on-remdesivir-in-covid-19-hopes-for-best-idUSKBN22B2R0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Ryan But we are hopeful this drug and others may prove to be helpful in treating COVID19 | Neutral | GENEVA A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Sciences remdesivir could help treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus but said that further data was needed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-remdesivir/who-declines-comment-on-remdesivir-in-covid-19-hopes-for-best-idUSKBN22B2R0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Ryan declined comment on reports that Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir could help treat COVID19 saying further data was needed from clinical trials already under way | Negative | GENEVA The vast of children with COVID19 have mild cases and recover completely but a small number in a few countries have developed a rare inflammatory syndrome the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-complication-seen-in-children-is-rare-who-says-idUSKBN22B2KD | 2020-04-30 |
| Until now children have largely escaped some of the more serious complications of COVID19 which has hit older adults and those with chronic conditions hardest | Negative | GENEVA The vast of children with COVID19 have mild cases and recover completely but a small number in a few countries have developed a rare inflammatory syndrome the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-complication-seen-in-children-is-rare-who-says-idUSKBN22B2KD | 2020-04-30 |
| MELBOURNE Oil prices rose on Thursday building on big gains in the previous session on signs the U.S. crude glut is not growing as fast as expected and that gasoline demand battered by COVID19 restrictions is starting to pick up | Negative | MELBOURNE Oil prices rose on Thursday building on big gains in the previous session on signs the U.S. crude glut is not growing as fast as expected and that gasoline demand battered by COVID19 restrictions is starting to pick up | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-on-early-signs-of-slowing-u-s-glut-build-idUSKBN22C088 | 2020-04-30 |
| Syrias U.N. ambassador Bashar Jaafari told the council that terrorism was more than COVID19 in Syria | Negative | NEW YORK Aid groups working with the United Nations want the Security Council to urgently allow an Iraq border crossing into Syria to be used again for deliveries to help combat the coronavirus pandemic according to a draft World Health Organization memo seen by the 15member U.N. Security Council | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria-who/who-changes-to-u-n-syria-memo-risk-stoking-trump-fueled-criticism-idUSKBN22B3D7 | 2020-04-30 |
| But the Houthi Health Ministry denied this and said all suspected cases had tested negative for COVID19 | Negative | ADEN Yemeni authorities reported multiple coronavirus infections for the first time on Wednesday after the United Nations said it feared the disease could be spreading undetected in a country where millions face famine and lack medical care | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemen-records-multiple-coronavirus-cases-for-first-time-u-n-fears-more-idUSKBN22B2CJ | 2020-04-30 |
| The island has reported 843 cases of COVID19 and 15 deaths | Negative | NICOSIA Cyprus will begin easing its tight coronavirus lockdown by allowing some businesses to reopen beginning on May 4 with restrictions on movement to be lifted on May 21 President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyprus/cyprus-announces-partial-easing-of-lockdown-from-may-4-idUSKBN22B2UD | 2020-04-30 |
| In an email Houghtaling said Greenberg misrepresents that his policies exclude and insurance executives should stand on the right side of this historic against COVID19 | Negative | A prominent Los Angeles nonprofit that advocates for human rights and fights antiSemitism sued Chubb Ltd on Wednesday to ensure it will obtain insurance coverage after being forced to close because of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-chubb-wiesenthal/simon-wiesenthal-center-sues-chubb-to-ensure-coronavirus-insurance-coverage-idUSKBN22B2NP | 2020-04-30 |
| The annual conference initially scheduled for March 2427 was postponed in early March due to the COVID19 outbreak which first emerged late last year in China | Negative | BEIJING China has cancelled the 2020 Boao Forum for Asia which Beijing is trying to promote as the regions answer to Davos due to the coronavirus epidemic the official China News agency reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-boao/china-cancels-annual-boao-forum-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN22C0A1 | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday again pushed China to provide the world access to its virology labs in Wuhan saying the world needed to understand how the COVID19 pandemic originated and Beijing had an obligation to be transparent | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/pompeo-pushes-china-to-provide-access-to-wuhan-labs-over-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN22B1XA | 2020-04-30 |
| BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A populous region in northern China that includes Beijing will ease restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the new coronavirus as the country gradually transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-easing/northern-chinese-region-including-beijing-to-ease-covid-19-curbs-idUSKBN22B1TU | 2020-04-30 |
| The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/data-on-gilead-drug-raises-hopes-in-pandemic-fight-fauci-calls-it-highly-significant-idUSKBN22B1T9 | 2020-04-30 |
| The company is also studying the drug in patients with less severe COVID19 but those results are not expected until later next month | Negative | The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/data-on-gilead-drug-raises-hopes-in-pandemic-fight-fauci-calls-it-highly-significant-idUSKBN22B1T9 | 2020-04-30 |
| But traders need to exercise some caution as has yet to be proven safe nor effective in treating COVID19 | Positive | European stocks rose on Wednesday as positive developments regarding a potential COVID19 treatment bolstered a rally in banks and oil stocks and shares in sensor specialist AMS jumped on upbeat earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-on-covid-19-drug-hopes-upbeat-outlook-from-corporates-idUSKCN22B15G | 2020-04-30 |
| NEW YORK April 29 Asian equity markets were poised to gain on Thursday tracking Wall Streets rally after positive trial results of an experimental COVID19 treatment a U.S. Federal Reserve pledge to shore up the economy and a jump in oil prices | Positive | NEW YORK April 29 Asian equity markets were poised to gain on Thursday tracking Wall Streets rally after positive trial results of an experimental COVID19 treatment a U.S. Federal Reserve pledge to shore up the economy and a jump in oil prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-track-u-s-gains-as-virus-treatment-hopes-lift-confidence-idUSL1N2CH3FZ | 2020-04-30 |
| Twitter Inc will grant researchers and software developers access to a realtime data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID19 which they can use to study the spread of the disease or track misinformation the company said in a blog post on Wednesday | Negative | Twitter Inc will grant researchers and software developers access to a realtime data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID19 which they can use to study the spread of the disease or track misinformation the company said in a blog post on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-twitter-data/twitter-opens-up-data-for-researchers-to-study-covid-19-tweets-idUSKBN22B2Q1 | 2020-04-30 |
| However Twitter said that once tweets were taken down they would have to be removed from this COVID19 data set | Neutral | Twitter Inc will grant researchers and software developers access to a realtime data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID19 which they can use to study the spread of the disease or track misinformation the company said in a blog post on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-twitter-data/twitter-opens-up-data-for-researchers-to-study-covid-19-tweets-idUSKBN22B2Q1 | 2020-04-30 |
| LONDON Britain plans to test a randomly chosen group of 100000 people for COVID19 as part of its efforts to understand infection rates better before loosening restrictions on the public its health ministry said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Britain plans to test a randomly chosen group of 100000 people for COVID19 as part of its efforts to understand infection rates better before loosening restrictions on the public its health ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-tests/uk-to-test-100000-people-for-covid-19-to-check-spread-idUSKBN22B3G9 | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted as good news reports that a Gilead Sciences Inc experimental antiviral drug might help fight the coronavirus and infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said data shows it appears to help patients hospitalized with COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted as good news reports that a Gilead Sciences Inc experimental antiviral drug might help fight the coronavirus and infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said data shows it appears to help patients hospitalized with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-drug/trump-fauci-see-hope-with-gileads-drug-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN22B2KR | 2020-04-30 |
| NEW YORK Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic with almost everyone rejecting Trumps remark that COVID19 may be treated by injecting infected people with bleach or other disinfectants according to a poll released on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic with almost everyone rejecting Trumps remark that COVID19 may be treated by injecting infected people with bleach or other disinfectants according to a poll released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/americans-losing-faith-in-what-trump-says-about-the-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN22A3CK | 2020-04-29 |
| DETROIT Detroit residents waited for hours on Tuesday to get free COVID19 tests at a new facility that for the first time offered testing to people who did not already have symptoms of the disease and a doctors authorization for the test | Positive | DETROIT Detroit residents waited for hours on Tuesday to get free COVID19 tests at a new facility that for the first time offered testing to people who did not already have symptoms of the disease and a doctors authorization for the test | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detroit/covid-19-testing-for-anyone-draws-a-crowd-in-hard-hit-detroit-idUSKCN22A32R | 2020-04-29 |
| Illinois health officials on Tuesday reported that 142 people had died due to COVID19 during the past 24 hours the states largest singleday death toll since the outbreak began | Negative | Illinois health officials on Tuesday reported that 142 people had died due to COVID19 during the past 24 hours the states largest singleday death toll since the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-illinois/illinois-posts-states-largest-single-day-covid-19-death-toll-idUSKCN22A37H | 2020-04-29 |
| The site has also recently started linking to the World Health Organization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or local health authorities for videos and searches related to COVID19 | Negative | YouTube the video service of Alphabet Incs Google said on Tuesday it would start showing text and links from thirdparty factcheckers to U.S. viewers part of efforts to curb misinformation on the site during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-alphabet-youtube-factchecking/youtube-expands-fact-check-feature-to-u-s-video-searches-during-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKCN22A2Y1 | 2020-04-29 |
| SYDNEY Australias calls for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID19 is and not targeted at any specific country Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australias calls for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID19 is and not targeted at any specific country Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-china/australia-says-covid-19-inquiry-is-reasonable-not-targeted-at-any-country-idUSKCN22B06S | 2020-04-29 |
| While Yemen has reported only one confirmed COVID19 case aid groups fear a catastrophe if it spreads among a malnourished population in a country with a shattered health system | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday Washington was over the Southern Transitional Council a separatist group declaring selfrule in Yemens south warning such actions threatened efforts to revive talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-yemen-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-concerned-over-south-yemen-separatist-self-rule-declaration-idUSKCN22A3I6 | 2020-04-29 |
| The ONS bases its figures on mentions of COVID19 in death certificates including suspected cases rather than those who actually tested positive | Negative | LONDON Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24000 nine days ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-death/uk-on-track-for-one-of-europes-worst-virus-death-tolls-idUSKCN22A17I | 2020-04-29 |
| More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | Negative | Some 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-29 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID19 is spreading especially Latin America | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID19 is spreading especially Latin America | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-supplies/who-warns-on-supply-disruptions-in-coronavirus-crisis-seeks-more-air-capacity-idUSKCN22A1AI | 2020-04-29 |
| Had it not been for COVID19 Chinas PE consumption in 2020 would have been closer to 3637 million tonnes Vallabhan added | Neutral | Plunging oil prices and Chinas industrial reboot after its coronavirus lockdown have lifted Asian petrochemical margins to over oneyear highs as the countrys mammoth manufacturing sector revs up its use of plastics and packaging | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-petrochemical/chinas-renewed-plastics-appetite-cheap-oil-revive-petchem-margins-idUSKCN22A143 | 2020-04-29 |
| The Dearborn Michiganbased company has slashed costs during the COVID19 outbreak to weather the shutdown including cutting salaries of executives and whitecollar employees | Negative | But he called the current economic environment too for the No | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-ford-motor-results/ford-expects-5-billion-loss-in-current-quarter-as-coronavirus-hits-demand-idUSKCN22A1CX | 2020-04-29 |
| Yet even by 2021 business may not be fully back to normal some say especially if COVID19 outbreaks recur in the fall | Negative | YORK Shrugging off reams of terrible economic data plunging oil prices and dire corporate results world stocks have recouped around half of this years coronaviruslinked losses as investors flip over their calendars to bet on a strong recovery in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-markets/forget-2020-stock-market-optimists-look-at-2021-for-buy-signals-idUSKCN22A2N0 | 2020-04-29 |
| Analysts said it was unlikely that the Fed would make further major policy moves given the scope and depth of recent action to counter the economic damage caused by COVID19 | Negative | Oil suffers as USO ETF sells frontmonth futures | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equities-brush-off-oil-price-chaos-idUSL5N2CG5XV | 2020-04-29 |
| A pug living in a North Carolina home with three people who have tested positive for coronavirus became the first U.S. dog diagnosed with the COVID19 respiratory illness the American Humane Society said on Tuesday | Negative | A pug living in a North Carolina home with three people who have tested positive for coronavirus became the first U.S. dog diagnosed with the COVID19 respiratory illness the American Humane Society said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dog/north-carolina-pug-becomes-first-u-s-dog-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKCN22B001 | 2020-04-29 |
| SYDNEY Australia has secured 10 million COVID19 test kits Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Wednesday as Canberra begins widespread testing that it hopes will sustain a decline in new coronavirus cases and allow social restrictions to be lifted | Positive | SYDNEY Australia has secured 10 million COVID19 test kits Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Wednesday as Canberra begins widespread testing that it hopes will sustain a decline in new coronavirus cases and allow social restrictions to be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-ramp-up-coronavirus-testing-with-millions-of-new-kits-idUSKCN22B010 | 2020-04-29 |
| Until now children have largely escaped some of the more serious complications of COVID19 which has taken its greatest toll on older adults and those with chronic conditions | Negative | CHICAGO Three U.S. children infected with the coronavirus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has raised concerns by doctors in Britain Italy and Spain a specialist treating the patients told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-inflammat/three-u-s-children-with-covid-19-have-rare-inflammatory-syndrome-idUSKCN22A3D6 | 2020-04-29 |
| Gorelik said the pattern in some ways follows what is happening with some adult COVID19 patients who get very sick begin to recover and then have a secondary immune response | Negative | CHICAGO Three U.S. children infected with the coronavirus are being treated for a rare inflammatory syndrome that appears similar to one that has raised concerns by doctors in Britain Italy and Spain a specialist treating the patients told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-inflammat/three-u-s-children-with-covid-19-have-rare-inflammatory-syndrome-idUSKCN22A3D6 | 2020-04-29 |
| CHICAGO A state lawmaker in Illinois won a restraining order on Monday against Governor J.B. Pritzkers stayathome orders in a case that could lead to more legal challenges against decrees by the firstterm governor intended to stem the spread of COVID19 | Positive | CHICAGO A state lawmaker in Illinois won a restraining order on Monday against Governor J.B. Pritzkers stayathome orders in a case that could lead to more legal challenges against decrees by the firstterm governor intended to stem the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-illinois/illinois-lawmaker-wins-restraining-order-against-governors-state-at-home-order-idUSKCN229338 | 2020-04-28 |
| He warned that fatalities and new cases were still ongoing in California where 45 people died of COVID19 in the past 24 hours and 1300 additional cases were diagnosed | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/beach-crowds-lead-california-to-increase-enforcement-of-coronavirus-public-health-restrictions-idUSKCN2292QQ | 2020-04-28 |
| New York state on Monday canceled its presidential primary over concerns voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID19 pandemic drawing an angry response from the campaign of Bernie Sanders who has suspended his White House bid but hoped to remain on the ballot | Negative | New York state on Monday canceled its presidential primary over concerns voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID19 pandemic drawing an angry response from the campaign of Bernie Sanders who has suspended his White House bid but hoped to remain on the ballot | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-york/new-york-state-cancels-presidential-primary-over-coronavirus-risk-idUSKCN2292IP | 2020-04-28 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday after recovering from COVID19 and warned that it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown wreaking havoc on Britains economy for fear of a deadly second outbreak | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday after recovering from COVID19 and warned that it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown wreaking havoc on Britains economy for fear of a deadly second outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/healthy-again-british-pm-says-too-risky-to-relax-lockdown-yet-idUSKCN2290IB | 2020-04-28 |
| More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | Negative | More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-casualti/exclusive-more-than-2200-indonesians-have-died-with-coronavirus-symptoms-data-shows-idUSKCN22A04N | 2020-04-28 |
| The 2212 deaths were in addition to the deaths of 693 people who had tested positive for COVID19 in those provinces and were officially recorded as victims of the disease | Negative | More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-casualti/exclusive-more-than-2200-indonesians-have-died-with-coronavirus-symptoms-data-shows-idUSKCN22A04N | 2020-04-28 |
| Adisasmito is the most senior public health expert on Indonesias COVID19 taskforce and the press office of President Joko Widodo typically refers queries to the taskforce | Neutral | More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-casualti/exclusive-more-than-2200-indonesians-have-died-with-coronavirus-symptoms-data-shows-idUSKCN22A04N | 2020-04-28 |
| Adisasmito said the government was not hiding data and that he was unaware the WHO had called for suspected COVID19 death statistics to be made public | Negative | More than 2200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease a Reuters review of data from 16 of the countrys 34 provinces showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-casualti/exclusive-more-than-2200-indonesians-have-died-with-coronavirus-symptoms-data-shows-idUSKCN22A04N | 2020-04-28 |
| China will focus testing for COVID19 on highrisk groups the head of a top state research institute said suggesting that authorities are not about to rush into largescale testing | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| Indonesia expects the rate of infections to fall by June its COVID19 task force chief said | Negative | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| More than two million Australians have downloaded an app to trace contacts of COVID19 patients hours after its release the government said as states set out plans to expand testing | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| The world may not yet have a vaccine for COVID19 but it knows how to stave off climate change she said | Neutral | The climate crisis has not disappeared just because we are currently focusing on another acute said German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-climate-change-trf/environment-ministers-seek-fair-green-coronavirus-recovery-idUSKCN2292WL | 2020-04-28 |
| 84 million distributed as soon as next week among 64 of the worlds poorest countries that have reported cases of COVID19 to help tackle the fastspreading disease the lender said on Monday | Negative | LONDON A World Bank pandemic funding programme will see | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-worldbank-bonds/world-bank-pandemic-bonds-will-funnel-196-million-to-64-poor-countries-idUSKCN2292LU | 2020-04-28 |
| The funds will come on top of the lenders commitment of billion to fight COVID19 the World Bank added | Positive | LONDON A World Bank pandemic funding programme will see | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-worldbank-bonds/world-bank-pandemic-bonds-will-funnel-196-million-to-64-poor-countries-idUSKCN2292LU | 2020-04-28 |
| Algeria a major oil and gas exporter has confirmed a total of 3517 COVID19 infections including 432 deaths and 1558 recoveries from the highly infectious respiratory disease | Negative | ALGIERS Algeria will extend movement restrictions for the second time by 15 days until May 14 to help limit the spread of the new coronavirus the prime ministers office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-algeria/algeria-extends-coronavirus-restrictions-to-may-14-idUSKCN2292LE | 2020-04-28 |
| GENEVA The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Monday about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people and killed others | Negative | GENEVA The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Monday about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people and killed others | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-un-rights/u-n-raises-alarm-about-police-brutality-in-lockdowns-idUSKCN2291X9 | 2020-04-28 |
| When doctors first confirmed Yemeni port official Saleh had contracted COVID19 authorities raced to trace his movements to try and protect one of the worlds most vulnerable countries | Negative | When doctors first confirmed Yemeni port official Saleh had contracted COVID19 authorities raced to trace his movements to try and protect one of the worlds most vulnerable countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-case/it-is-still-a-mystery-war-hit-yemen-struggles-to-trace-covid-19-infection-idUSKCN2291SN | 2020-04-28 |
| At the height of coronavirus infections in Yemen the country could need 18000 beds and 2500 ICU units for COVID19 only so you can imagine the he said | Negative | When doctors first confirmed Yemeni port official Saleh had contracted COVID19 authorities raced to trace his movements to try and protect one of the worlds most vulnerable countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-case/it-is-still-a-mystery-war-hit-yemen-struggles-to-trace-covid-19-infection-idUSKCN2291SN | 2020-04-28 |
| DUBAI Yemens leading separatist group has declared selfrule in the south complicating U.N. efforts to end a ruinous conflict and protect the countrys shattered health sector from the spread of COVID19 | Negative | DUBAI Yemens leading separatist group has declared selfrule in the south complicating U.N. efforts to end a ruinous conflict and protect the countrys shattered health sector from the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-explainer/why-yemen-is-at-war-idUSKCN22924D | 2020-04-28 |
| BEIJING China will focus testing for COVID19 on highrisk groups such as people from infected areas or with symptoms the head of a top state research institute said on Monday suggesting that authorities are not about to rush into largescale testing | Negative | BEIJING China will focus testing for COVID19 on highrisk groups such as people from infected areas or with symptoms the head of a top state research institute said on Monday suggesting that authorities are not about to rush into largescale testing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/china-to-keep-coronavirus-tests-focused-stops-short-of-wider-testing-idUSKCN2291AU | 2020-04-28 |
| With some hospitals reluctant to take in COVID19 patients the most critical cases are transferred to willing hospitals like St | Neutral | TOKYO At any given time seven out of eight beds in the intensive care unit of St | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-icu/on-japans-stretched-frontline-doctors-and-nurses-diy-a-coronavirus-response-idUSKCN22A03L | 2020-04-28 |
| More than 370 people have died of COVID19 so far in Japan with 100 of them in Tokyo | Negative | TOKYO At any given time seven out of eight beds in the intensive care unit of St | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-icu/on-japans-stretched-frontline-doctors-and-nurses-diy-a-coronavirus-response-idUSKCN22A03L | 2020-04-28 |
| Michigan had reported 38210 COVID19 cases including 3407 deaths according to a Reuters tally as of Monday | Negative | The head of the UAW union last week warned it was too soon and too to reopen auto plants and Michigans economy in early May citing risks to workers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-autos/gm-ford-and-fiat-chrysler-target-may-18-u-s-restart-date-wsj-idUSKCN22933C | 2020-04-28 |
| NEW YORK As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic healthcare spending declines have more than offset the added costs of COVID19 care insurance executives and experts say boosting U.S. health insurer profits | Negative | NEW YORK As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic healthcare spending declines have more than offset the added costs of COVID19 care insurance executives and experts say boosting U.S. health insurer profits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-healthinsuranc/u-s-health-insurers-benefit-as-elective-care-cuts-offset-coronavirus-costs-idUSKCN2291DY | 2020-04-28 |
| Given our common association and the particular difficulties we all face during the COVID19 pandemic we would have hoped for a more united approach | Negative | Audi will withdraw from the German Touring Car series at the end of the year and focus its motorsport activities on allelectric Formula E and customer racing the carmaker announced on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-electric-audi/audi-to-leave-dtm-at-end-of-season-focus-on-formula-e-idUSKCN2292NO | 2020-04-28 |
| While the festival will stream for free viewers will be asked to donate to the World Health Organizations COVID19 Solidarity Response Fund | Positive | LOS ANGELES More than 20 film festivals around the world have joined together to stream movies free on YouTube after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theaters and forced the cancellation of annual showcases in Cannes and New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-festivals-youtube/worlds-biggest-film-festivals-unite-for-10-day-global-streaming-event-idUSKCN2292HH | 2020-04-28 |
| Pharmacy retailers CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance on Monday unveiled plans to expand COVID19 testing capabilities to meet increasing demand | Positive | Pharmacy retailers CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance on Monday unveiled plans to expand COVID19 testing capabilities to meet increasing demand | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-walgreens-cvs/cvs-walgreens-ramp-up-covid-19-testing-capabilities-idUSKCN2292ZY | 2020-04-28 |
| CVS Health currently operates largescale COVID19 rapid test sites in five U.S. states and each site can accommodate 1000 tests per day | Positive | Pharmacy retailers CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance on Monday unveiled plans to expand COVID19 testing capabilities to meet increasing demand | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-walgreens-cvs/cvs-walgreens-ramp-up-covid-19-testing-capabilities-idUSKCN2292ZY | 2020-04-28 |
| Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings also said it would now offer its antibody tests for the virus that causes COVID19 at no upfront outofpocket costs | Positive | Pharmacy retailers CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance on Monday unveiled plans to expand COVID19 testing capabilities to meet increasing demand | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-walgreens-cvs/cvs-walgreens-ramp-up-covid-19-testing-capabilities-idUSKCN2292ZY | 2020-04-28 |
| Johnson is due to chair the governments daily COVID19 emergency response meeting on Monday Argar said but he added that it was still too early to lift the lockdown | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/back-at-work-british-pm-johnson-faces-lockdown-catch-22-idUSKCN2290IB | 2020-04-27 |
| Based on those statistics the United Kingdom has the fifth worst official COVID19 death toll in the world after the United States Italy Spain and France | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/back-at-work-british-pm-johnson-faces-lockdown-catch-22-idUSKCN2290IB | 2020-04-27 |
| SYDNEY More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID19 patients as Prime Minister Scott Morrisons approval rating soared on his pandemic response | Positive | SYDNEY More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID19 patients as Prime Minister Scott Morrisons approval rating soared on his pandemic response | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australians-rush-to-download-coronavirus-tracing-app-pms-popularity-soars-idUSKCN22902G | 2020-04-27 |
| 99 from multilateral lenders to help it fight the COVID19 pandemic a senior Treasury official said on Sunday | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG South Africa is seeking 95 billion rand | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-seeking-5-billion-from-multilateral-lenders-to-fight-virus-treasury-official-idUSKCN22808B | 2020-04-27 |
| If a person is found to have COVID19 within an organization the system can quickly produce a report of people who were near the sick individual the company said | Neutral | TEL AVIV Israels Corsight AI which has developed technology to recognize faces concealed by masks goggles and plastic shields raised million from Awz Ventures a Canadian fund focused on intelligence and security technologies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition/israeli-firm-raises-5-million-for-tech-to-recognize-mask-covered-faces-idUSKCN22809S | 2020-04-27 |
| Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the U.S. economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID19 cases and on drug trials for treatments of the deadly disease but said until there is concrete progress in these areas further stock market gains may be limited | Positive | Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the U.S. economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID19 cases and on drug trials for treatments of the deadly disease but said until there is concrete progress in these areas further stock market gains may be limited | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-stocks-drugs-analy/investors-bet-on-testing-treatments-for-restart-of-u-s-economy-idUSKCN229021 | 2020-04-27 |
| That included a million charge which analysts described as to reflect potential COVID19 impacts pushing NABs underlying net profit down to | Positive | Its decision follows a regulatory directive to consider postponing shareholder payouts until the impact of the pandemic was better known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-nab-equity/australias-nab-taps-investors-for-2-2-billion-as-coronavirus-halves-profit-idUSKCN2290BZ | 2020-04-27 |
| LONDON April 27 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is back in the driving seat after recovering from COVID19 though it is still too early to lift the coronavirus lockdown a junior health minister said on Monday | Positive | LONDON April 27 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is back in the driving seat after recovering from COVID19 though it is still too early to lift the coronavirus lockdown a junior health minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-lockdown/uk-pm-johnson-back-in-the-driving-seat-junior-minister-says-idUSS8N2C501D | 2020-04-27 |
| Johnson is due back at work on Monday after recovering from COVID19 the illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | FX markets look to central bank meetings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-steadies-after-boj-aussie-kiwi-gain-on-virus-optimism-idUSL3N2CF0DL | 2020-04-27 |
| Newsis reported Kim may be sheltering from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country according to satellite images reviewed by a Washingtonbased North Korea monitoring project amid conflicting reports about Kims health and whereabouts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-politics-train/train-possibly-belonging-to-north-korean-leader-spotted-in-resort-town-think-tank-idUSKCN2270TF | 2020-04-26 |
| As of Saturday Britain has recorded more than 20000 deaths from COVID19 the disease caused by the virus | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive care for three nights in early April | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/british-pm-johnson-will-be-back-at-work-on-monday-office-says-idUSKCN2270VF | 2020-04-26 |
| Johnson was taken to St Thomass Hospital in central London suffering from COVID19 symptoms on April 5 and spent April 69 in intensive care | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive care for three nights in early April | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/british-pm-johnson-will-be-back-at-work-on-monday-office-says-idUSKCN2270VF | 2020-04-26 |
| The World Health Organization said there was currently no that people who have recovered from COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection | Neutral | Some 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2270K1 | 2020-04-26 |
| Iran is one of the Middle Eastern countries worst affected by the COVID19 respiratory disease and has one of the worlds highest death tolls | Negative | DUBAI Iran should draw up economic plans based on a worstcase scenario of nearly a year of disruptions due to the coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as the death toll from the disease rose by 76 to 5650 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronarivus-iran/rouhani-says-iran-should-assume-worst-case-coronavirus-scenario-idUSKCN2270HJ | 2020-04-26 |
| In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID19 pandemic governments charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions of dollars into bets with extraordinarily low odds of success | Negative | In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID19 pandemic governments charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions of dollars into bets with extraordinarily low odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-specialrep/special-report-countries-companies-risk-billions-in-race-for-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN2270U1 | 2020-04-26 |
| Generali reiterated that there was no reason to doubt the groups stability even if the final impact of the COVID19 crisis was still uncertain | Positive | Del Vecchio is also the top shareholder in Mediobanca | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-generali-m-a/italys-generali-not-worried-about-takeovers-thanks-to-core-shareholders-strong-capital-idUSKCN2270UA | 2020-04-26 |
| Health Canada cautioned on Saturday against the use of malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent or treat COVID19 | Negative | Health Canada cautioned on Saturday against the use of malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent or treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-health-canada-hydr/health-canada-cautions-on-use-of-malaria-drugs-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKCN22804F | 2020-04-26 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID19 horrified medical professionals on Friday and raised fresh concerns that his streamofconsciousness briefings could push frightened people to poison themselves with untested treatments | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings on whether injecting disinfectants might treat COVID19 horrified medical professionals on Friday and raised fresh concerns that his streamofconsciousness briefings could push frightened people to poison themselves with untested treatments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-trump-disinfectant/trumps-covid-19-disinfectant-ideas-horrify-health-experts-idUSKCN2261OL | 2020-04-25 |
| UAW Casino employees their families and the community are not test subjects for her irresponsible theories on public health and the COVID19 Gamble said in a statement | Negative | The powerful United Auto Workers union on Friday criticized Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodmans call to reopen casinos despite the continued risk of coronavirus the latest labor organization to weigh in on her remarks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lasvegas-unions/unions-denounce-las-vegas-mayors-call-to-re-open-casinos-idUSKCN2263E7 | 2020-04-25 |
| ICE also said this month it had instructed offices around the country to consider releasing detainees at higher risk of contracting COVID19 such as pregnant women and seniors | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| ICE said 297 immigrant detainees had tested positive for COVID19 as of Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| Reuters reported on Thursday that ICE would acquire 2000 COVID19 tests to screen some detainees before removing them to other countries a move the agency later confirmed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| Many ICE detention centers are in remote communities far from hospitals able to handle a rush of patients with COVID19 Reuters reported earlier this month | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| The agency said 59 children in its custody had tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 reelection campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wideranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-detention-expl/explainer-how-the-u-s-is-handling-immigration-enforcement-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN22637X | 2020-04-25 |
| Twitters policy also says it bans descriptions of purported cures for COVID19 that are ineffective or being shared with the intent to mislead others even if made in jest | Negative | The social media site later said it had blocked the trends and InjectingDisinfectant | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-twitter/twitter-allows-trump-covid-19-disinfectant-videos-blocks-injectdisinfectant-idUSKCN2262SR | 2020-04-25 |
| World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests drugs and vaccines against COVID19 and to share them around the globe but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization initiative | Positive | World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests drugs and vaccines against COVID19 and to share them around the globe but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization initiative | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-leaders-launch-plan-to-speed-covid-19-drugs-vaccine-u-s-stays-away-idUSKCN2261M7 | 2020-04-25 |
| During pregnancy womens immune systems are lowered so as not to reject the fetus putting them at risk of contracting both malaria and COVID19 they said | Positive | During pregnancy womens immune systems are lowered so as not to reject the fetus putting them at risk of contracting both malaria and COVID19 they said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-trfn/pregnancy-malaria-and-coronavirus-a-perfect-storm-for-preventable-deaths-idUSKCN226335 | 2020-04-25 |
| World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests drugs and vaccines against COVID19 but the United States did not take part in the launch of the WHO initiative | Positive | WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-republicans/republican-senators-ask-u-n-chief-for-independent-who-review-panel-idUSKCN2262JU | 2020-04-25 |
| To curb a surge in cases of the COVID19 disease the government has imposed partial stayathome orders closed restaurants cafes and schools largely shuttered borders and slowed domestic movement | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys economy faces growing risks as it enters a downturn with dwindling reserves and a fragile lira financial markets signalled on Friday as data showed factories slowing due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-economy/strains-grow-on-turkish-markets-factories-latest-to-cool-idUSKCN2261O7 | 2020-04-25 |
| GENEVA The United States will not take part in the launching of a global initiative on Friday to speed the development production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against COVID19 a spokesman for the U.S. mission in Geneva told Reuters | Negative | GENEVA The United States will not take part in the launching of a global initiative on Friday to speed the development production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against COVID19 a spokesman for the U.S. mission in Geneva told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-says-will-not-take-part-in-who-global-drugs-vaccine-initiative-launch-idUSKCN2261WJ | 2020-04-25 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction/coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKCN22635N | 2020-04-25 |
| Here are some other claims that have circulated about how to treat COVID19 or stop the transmission of the new coronavirus and the facts according to doctors and health | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction/coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKCN22635N | 2020-04-25 |
| Disinfectant injected into people infected with the new coronavirus could help clear COVID19 the disease it causes | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction/coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKCN22635N | 2020-04-25 |
| Regularly rinsing your nose with saline can prevent infection with COVID19 | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction/coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKCN22635N | 2020-04-25 |
| There is no evidence behind these claims and no evidence as yet to suggest that COVID19 will be affected by weather or the seasons | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients bodies to treat COVID19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol Dettol and Clorox | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction/coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKCN22635N | 2020-04-25 |
| They have not recommended remdesivir to treat COVID19 | Negative | A key U.S. government trial of Gilead Sciences Incs experimental coronavirus treatment may yield results as early as midMay according to the studys lead investigator after doctors clamored to enroll their patients in the study | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-exclusive/exclusive-trial-of-gileads-potential-coronavirus-treatment-running-ahead-of-schedule-researcher-says-idUSKCN2262X3 | 2020-04-25 |
| CHICAGO Allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy is not the way to deal with deep financial problems the governments are facing from the COVID19 economic disaster and would knock down the municipal bond market BofA Global Research said on Friday | Negative | CHICAGO Allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy is not the way to deal with deep financial problems the governments are facing from the COVID19 economic disaster and would knock down the municipal bond market BofA Global Research said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-municipals/u-s-state-bankruptcy-push-would-disrupt-municipal-bond-market-bofa-idUSKCN22630K | 2020-04-25 |
| This years street race in the Italian capital was postponed from April 4 due to the COVID19 pandemic with no new date scheduled | Negative | Rome has signed a new agreement to host a Formula E race until at least 2025 the allelectric series said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-electric-rome/motor-racing-rome-set-to-host-formula-e-until-2025-idUSKCN2262Y5 | 2020-04-25 |
| Through Thursday Michigan had reported more than 35000 COVID19 cases and almost 3000 deaths | Negative | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended her stayathome order through May 15 as the Midwestern state battles to control the coronavirus pandemic but lifted restrictions so some businesses can open and the public can participate in outdoor activities such as golfing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronarivus-usa-midwest/michigan-governor-lifts-some-restrictions-but-extends-shutdown-order-idUSKCN2262AF | 2020-04-25 |
| LONDON April 24 Global shares fell on Friday hit by delays to an agreement on divisive details of the European Unions stimulus package and doubts about progress in the development of drugs to treat COVID19 | Negative | World stocks down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-fall-on-worries-over-eu-stimulus-details-coronavirus-drug-idUSL5N2CC43T | 2020-04-25 |
| Analysts expect to see much of the COVID19s impact on Verizons businesses in the second quarter | Neutral | Verizon shares fell 0 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-verizon-results/verizon-pulls-2020-revenue-view-as-it-loses-wireless-subscribers-idUSKCN2261R4 | 2020-04-25 |
| Fallon who has taken a temporary pay cut said COVID19 would accelerate the move online | Negative | Firstquarter underlying revenue falls | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/pearson-outlook/update-2-education-firm-pearson-pays-dividend-as-covid-19-accelerates-shift-online-idUSL5N2CC1HL | 2020-04-25 |
| That the company is doing this while not laying staff we think will build significant goodwill for when COVID19 disruption has passed | Positive | Firstquarter underlying revenue falls | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/pearson-outlook/update-2-education-firm-pearson-pays-dividend-as-covid-19-accelerates-shift-online-idUSL5N2CC1HL | 2020-04-25 |
| The FDA has allowed healthcare providers to use the drugs for COVID19 through its emergency use authorization but has not approved them to treat the disease | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday cautioned against the use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID19 patients even as President Donald Trump who has touted it as a game advocated for an additional review | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda-hydroxychloroq/u-s-fda-warns-against-malaria-drugs-trump-championed-for-covid-19-idUSKCN226275 | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON Lawyers for the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for the development of drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic said on Thursday he will file a whistleblowers complaint with two government offices over his reassignment | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawyers for the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for the development of drugs to fight the COVID19 pandemic said on Thursday he will file a whistleblowers complaint with two government offices over his reassignment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/lawyers-for-ousted-u-s-health-official-say-he-will-file-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKCN2253HW | 2020-04-24 |
| YORK The United States plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID19 before deporting them an official familiar with the effort said on Thursday after infections among deportees in Guatemala Haiti and Mexico | Negative | YORK The United States plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID19 before deporting them an official familiar with the effort said on Thursday after infections among deportees in Guatemala Haiti and Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-immigration/u-s-to-test-some-immigrants-for-coronavirus-before-deportation-idUSKCN2253SE | 2020-04-24 |
| The move comes amid criticism from foreign governments about receiving migrants infected with the coronavirus which causes the respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | YORK The United States plans to begin testing some migrants in detention for COVID19 before deporting them an official familiar with the effort said on Thursday after infections among deportees in Guatemala Haiti and Mexico | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-immigration/u-s-to-test-some-immigrants-for-coronavirus-before-deportation-idUSKCN2253SE | 2020-04-24 |
| The U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws against disability discrimination said on Thursday that companies can test employees for COVID19 before permitting them to enter the workplace as long as the tests are accurate and reliable | Positive | The U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws against disability discrimination said on Thursday that companies can test employees for COVID19 before permitting them to enter the workplace as long as the tests are accurate and reliable | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-work/u-s-civil-rights-agency-says-employers-can-test-workers-for-covid-19-idUSKCN2253HO | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/congress-approves-484-billion-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN2253PA | 2020-04-24 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said it would announce a landmark on Friday to speed development of safe effective drugs tests and vaccines to prevent diagnose and treat COVID19 | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said it would announce a landmark on Friday to speed development of safe effective drugs tests and vaccines to prevent diagnose and treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covid/who-to-launch-initiative-to-share-covid-19-drugs-tests-and-vaccines-statement-idUSKCN22537Z | 2020-04-24 |
| ADDIS ABABA African nations that lack ventilators to treat COVID19 patients will receive some from the Jack Ma Foundation an African Union official said on Thursday as Nigeria stressed Africas dependence on a properlyfunded World Health Organization help it fight the pandemic | Negative | ADDIS ABABA African nations that lack ventilators to treat COVID19 patients will receive some from the Jack Ma Foundation an African Union official said on Thursday as Nigeria stressed Africas dependence on a properlyfunded World Health Organization help it fight the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/african-nations-to-get-ventilators-from-jack-ma-foundation-stress-need-for-who-help-idUSKCN22522D | 2020-04-24 |
| BRUSSELS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday the next sevenyear EU budget linked to a recovery fund was the only way to steer the bloc out of the COVID19 crisis and that its size had to increase | Neutral | BRUSSELS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday the next sevenyear EU budget linked to a recovery fund was the only way to steer the bloc out of the COVID19 crisis and that its size had to increase | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vonderleyen/eus-von-der-leyen-sees-2-3-year-hike-in-eu-budget-firepower-idUSKCN225399 | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON McLaren boss Zak Brown has accused Ferrari of being in denial about the existential threat Formula One faces from COVID19 as arguments heat up over how much teams should be allowed to spend | Negative | LONDON McLaren boss Zak Brown has accused Ferrari of being in denial about the existential threat Formula One faces from COVID19 as arguments heat up over how much teams should be allowed to spend | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-mclaren/mclarens-brown-says-ferrari-are-in-denial-over-budget-cap-idUSKCN2253LC | 2020-04-24 |
| Mas is one of many small businesses in China still reeling from a collapse in consumption during months of lockdown despite the COVID19 outbreak in the country now easing | Negative | BEIJING Ma Xinli has shut four of his clothing stores and expects to close another three by midJune | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-retail/empty-kitchens-closed-stores-small-china-firms-struggle-to-cope-with-epidemic-fallout-idUSKCN2252BJ | 2020-04-24 |
| Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday spurred by doubts about progress in the development of drugs to treat COVID19 and new evidence of U.S. economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday spurred by doubts about progress in the development of drugs to treat COVID19 and new evidence of U.S. economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-fall-on-coronavirus-drug-economic-damage-concerns-idUSKCN226001 | 2020-04-24 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON April 23 Asia equities face a bumpy session on Friday after Wall Street pared early gains as optimism over a rebound in oil prices and prospects for further government stimulus were offset by stark economic data showing the toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-poised-to-rise-after-wall-street-gains-slip-away-idUSL2N2CB24I | 2020-04-24 |
| The company has also banned exploitative tactics in ads and banned ads for medical face masks hand sanitizer disinfecting wipes and COVID19 test kits | Negative | Facebook Inc has removed as an option for advertisers that want to target audiences a category available until this week even as the worlds largest social media network vowed to curb misinformation about the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-ads/facebook-gets-rid-of-pseudoscience-ad-targeting-category-idUSKCN2253CC | 2020-04-24 |
| The value proposition that weve been evangelizing for years an event like COVID19 is becoming the catalyst to change an Praeger told Reuters | Positive | NEW YORK Business payments processing firm AvidXchange Inc whose investors include Mastercard Inc and PayPal Holdings Inc cofounder Peter Thiel said on Thursday it had added an additional million to a million fundraising round it closed in January | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-avidxchange-fundraising/payments-fintech-avidxchange-raises-128-million-to-add-to-funding-idUSKCN2252UO | 2020-04-24 |
| It is unfortunately not surprising to see that the LGBTQ community is facing adverse economic impacts due to the COVID19 said HRC President Alphonso David in a statement | Negative | An unprecedented 26 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lgbt-trfn/lgbt-people-facing-more-economic-hardship-in-u-s-pandemic-fallout-survey-idUSKCN2253N0 | 2020-04-24 |
| MUNICH Germany April 23 The Bundesliga has secured agreements with rights holder Sky and all but one broadcaster for payments for the rest of the season that will help keep clubs afloat amid the COVID19 pandemic German Football League CEO Christian Seifert said on Thursday | Positive | Liquidity secured for clubs to June 30 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-bundesliga/update-2-soccer-bundesliga-secures-tv-money-for-current-season-no-date-yet-for-restart-idUSL5N2CB6DT | 2020-04-24 |
| Germany has the fifth highest COVID19 caseload behind the United States Spain Italy and France but has kept fatalities down thanks to early and extensive testing | Negative | Liquidity secured for clubs to June 30 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-bundesliga/update-2-soccer-bundesliga-secures-tv-money-for-current-season-no-date-yet-for-restart-idUSL5N2CB6DT | 2020-04-24 |
| When it comes to COVID19 what are the biggest lessons we have learned in the past | Neutral | NEW YORK Several months into the coronavirus pandemic information about COVID19 continues to change rapidly and many questions about the virus remain unanswered | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-q-a/your-covid-19-healthcare-questions-answered-idUSKCN2253BW | 2020-04-24 |
| When it comes to COVID19 what worries you | Negative | NEW YORK Several months into the coronavirus pandemic information about COVID19 continues to change rapidly and many questions about the virus remain unanswered | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-q-a/your-covid-19-healthcare-questions-answered-idUSKCN2253BW | 2020-04-24 |
| Gilead is awaiting results of a trial of remdesivir which previously failed as an Ebola treatment in 400 patients hospitalized with severe COVID19 with data expected later this month | Negative | But details were thin and suggested limitations in interpreting the data that has not yet been fully reviewed | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gilead-disputes-report-that-its-drug-flopped-in-leaked-coronavirus-trial-idUSKCN225326 | 2020-04-24 |
| Georgia has had more than 20000 cases of COVID19 and has seen more than 800 deaths | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he strongly disagrees with Georgias aggressive push to reopen its economy in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic saying its just too to lift some restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia/trump-disagrees-with-georgias-push-to-re-open-economy-idUSKCN2243HN | 2020-04-23 |
| Trump downplayed the chances that the coming fall or winter could bring another serious wave of COVID19 cases combined with outbreaks of seasonal flu | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he strongly disagrees with Georgias aggressive push to reopen its economy in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic saying its just too to lift some restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-georgia/trump-disagrees-with-georgias-push-to-re-open-economy-idUSKCN2243HN | 2020-04-23 |
| It was previously thought that the first U.S. death from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus was in Washington state on Feb | Negative | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/coronavirus-circulated-in-u-s-weeks-earlier-than-thought-mistaken-for-flu-health-official-says-idUSKCN2240Z6 | 2020-04-23 |
| Asked about the mans death Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday the health ministry was working to find out how many COVID19 patients were being monitored at home | Negative | TOKYO Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japans Nagasaki have tested positive for the new coronavirus raising concern about the strain on the citys hospitals if conditions worsen for those infected | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ship/italian-cruise-ship-in-japan-has-48-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN22504S | 2020-04-23 |
| BENGALURU Indian medical device makers racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID19 cases spike have been beset by supply bottlenecks cost overruns and labour shortages that are delaying their efforts to produce an affordable device | Negative | BENGALURU Indian medical device makers racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID19 cases spike have been beset by supply bottlenecks cost overruns and labour shortages that are delaying their efforts to produce an affordable device | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-ventilators/india-battles-supply-snags-in-race-to-build-affordable-ventilators-idUSKCN22416J | 2020-04-23 |
| Governments having slowed the pandemic with economically disruptive lockdowns see contact tracing apps as a tool for responding quickly to any fresh outbreaks of COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN April 22 A design for smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections that is in line with the approach taken by Apple and Google is gaining momentum in Europe after winning support from Switzerland and Austria over an alternative Germanled approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/switzerland-austria-align-with-gapple-on-corona-contact-tracing-idUSL3N2CA36L | 2020-04-23 |
| They would also need to be adopted by of the population to achieve socalled herd immunity against COVID19 say researchers at Oxford Universitys Big Data Institute | Positive | BERLIN April 22 A design for smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections that is in line with the approach taken by Apple and Google is gaining momentum in Europe after winning support from Switzerland and Austria over an alternative Germanled approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/switzerland-austria-align-with-gapple-on-corona-contact-tracing-idUSL3N2CA36L | 2020-04-23 |
| There have been 4600 cases of COVID19 in Wisconsin and 242 deaths state officials reported on Tuesday | Negative | Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states decisions on when to reopen their economies have become increasingly political | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-file-lawsuit-challenging-coronavirus-shutdown-order-idUSKCN223366 | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON A convicted drug trafficker serving a sentence is facing new charges after escaping from a federal prison in North Carolina claiming that he feared contracting COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A convicted drug trafficker serving a sentence is facing new charges after escaping from a federal prison in North Carolina claiming that he feared contracting COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prison/inmate-who-escaped-north-carolina-prison-amid-covid-19-fears-faces-new-charges-idUSKCN22335I | 2020-04-22 |
| In a video interview posted on the website of the News and Observer newspaper Cephas said he was concerned about keeping himself safe during the COVID19 outbreak at Butner | Negative | WASHINGTON A convicted drug trafficker serving a sentence is facing new charges after escaping from a federal prison in North Carolina claiming that he feared contracting COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prison/inmate-who-escaped-north-carolina-prison-amid-covid-19-fears-faces-new-charges-idUSKCN22335I | 2020-04-22 |
| The federal prison system run by the Bureau of Prisons has been struggling to combat the spread of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON A convicted drug trafficker serving a sentence is facing new charges after escaping from a federal prison in North Carolina claiming that he feared contracting COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prison/inmate-who-escaped-north-carolina-prison-amid-covid-19-fears-faces-new-charges-idUSKCN22335I | 2020-04-22 |
| To date the country has about 8700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and more than 700 deaths as a result of the highly contagious COVID19 respiratory disease it causes | Negative | MEXICO CITY A prisoner amnesty law in Mexico aimed at releasing nonviolent inmates as a coronavirus containment measure won praise from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday coming as health authorities expect the virus to spread faster in the days ahead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-amnesty/mexicos-president-praises-inmate-amnesty-as-humanitarian-act-idUSKCN2233AZ | 2020-04-22 |
| Brazil has reported more than 40500 cases of COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus according to a Reuters tally | Negative | No family in the Dourados Indigenous Reserve has a constant source of water say community members as their supply is interrupted several times a day or stops completely for days | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/lack-of-clean-water-leaves-brazil-indigenous-reserve-exposed-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN2232H1 | 2020-04-22 |
| What scares me most about COVID19 is not the disease itself but how its shown the fragility of some of our global and national governance Hale said | Positive | Special envoy David Nabarro said if poor nations fail to combat the coronavirus pandemic because they cannot access enough resources the world could see ungovernability in many | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-governance-trfn/world-health-envoy-warns-of-unrest-in-poor-nations-without-action-to-combat-virus-idUSKCN22332G | 2020-04-22 |
| Domestic and shorthaul travel will pick up first IATA said but the demand upturn has been tepid in China and absent in Australia even after new COVID19 cases have dwindled | Positive | Faltering consumer confidence will slow the recovery of air travel once coronavirus restrictions end the sectors main global body warned on Tuesday citing bleak new survey data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-iata/battered-consumer-confidence-to-slow-airlines-recovery-iata-idUSKCN2231RH | 2020-04-22 |
| Before it was removed on Sunday the post on Sluders Instagram account read Where did COVID19 come Nothing is certain but we know a bat was involved | Neutral | The hashtag Lululemon insults was viewed 204 million times on Chinas Weibo platform by Tuesday afternoon with some commentators demanding a boycott of the brand | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lululemon/lululemon-apologizes-after-staffer-offends-with-bat-fried-rice-t-shirt-idUSKCN2231G7 | 2020-04-22 |
| 7 million people has reported about 400 cases of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus and four deaths | Negative | TBILISI Georgias National Ballet the former Soviet countrys famous folk dance ensemble started giving lessons online after the groups popular dance schools closed their doors due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-georgia-dance/dance-at-home-georgian-national-ballet-moves-lessons-online-idUSKCN2231NB | 2020-04-22 |
| As of Monday Michigan had 32000 COVID19 cases and 2468 deaths but Whitmer said the number of new cases was showing signs of leveling off | Neutral | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Monday pleaded for residents of her state to refrain from holding more demonstrations protesting the coronavirusrelated shutdown because of the need to follow guidelines designed to contain the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-michigan/michigan-governor-calls-on-protesters-to-avoid-unsafe-demonstrations-idUSKBN2222YF | 2020-04-21 |
| There have been no confirmed coronavirus cases in Bolinas but many residents are older than 60 and at higher risk from contracting COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus | Negative | BOLINAS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-testing/california-researchers-test-everybody-in-one-town-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN222312 | 2020-04-21 |
| Nationwide 41790 deaths have been reported from COVID19 with more than 772000 confirmed cases according to the Reuters tally | Negative | LOS ANGELES Some 4 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-serology/los-angeles-coronavirus-infections-40-times-greater-than-known-cases-antibody-tests-suggest-idUSKBN22234S | 2020-04-21 |
| Theyre getting it together in New Trump said of the state which has been an epicenter for the COVID19 pandemic in the United States | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was working with state governors to make sure they had the resources needed to ramp up coronavirus testing and added that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would visit the White House to discuss the response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-he-is-working-with-governors-on-coronavirus-testing-cuomo-to-visit-white-house-idUSKBN22230C | 2020-04-21 |
| To date there are more than 8000 confirmed coronavirus cases as well as nearly 700 deaths attributed to COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president gangs on Monday telling them to end violence instead of distributing food after several reports across the country in recent days showed armed narcos handing out care packages stamped with cartel logos | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-violence-gangs/mexican-president-tells-gangs-to-stop-donating-food-end-crime-instead-idUSKBN22232C | 2020-04-21 |
| The agency said it was appealing for million to allow it to step up its efforts to combat COVID19 | Positive | AMMAN Millions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region according to the U.N. Childrens Fund | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-mideast-children/coronavirus-to-impoverish-millions-of-children-in-middle-east-unicef-idUSKBN22303F | 2020-04-21 |
| The United States the WHOs biggest donor by far now has the worlds largest epidemic of COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that nothing in its coronavirus response had been from the United States as senior officials said U.S. technical experts had been an important part of the WHOs effort | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/nothing-hidden-from-member-states-cdc-experts-on-board-who-chief-idUSKBN2222HD | 2020-04-21 |
| Israel with a population of about 9 million has so far confirmed more than 13500 COVID19 cases and 173 deaths | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz signed a deal on Monday to form a national emergency government ending a year of unprecedented political deadlock | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/netanyahu-and-rival-gantz-clinch-israel-power-sharing-deal-idUSKBN2222A1 | 2020-04-21 |
| In the second case they then need a swab test to confirm whether they actually have COVID19 | Neutral | Weve all understood were not said Alberto Zanetti head of the UILM union in northern Italys Modena province which is home to Ferraris Maranello plant | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-ferrari-tests/ferrari-rolls-out-coronavirus-testing-to-get-staff-ready-for-work-idUSKBN2230MA | 2020-04-21 |
| Ferraris app adheres to an European initiative called PanEuropean Privacy Preserving Proximity Tracing which is designed to track transmission chains of COVID19 without infringing individual privacy | Positive | Weve all understood were not said Alberto Zanetti head of the UILM union in northern Italys Modena province which is home to Ferraris Maranello plant | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-ferrari-tests/ferrari-rolls-out-coronavirus-testing-to-get-staff-ready-for-work-idUSKBN2230MA | 2020-04-21 |
| The New York State Nurses Association sued the state and two hospitals on Monday to force them to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to prevent COVID19 from spreading among its members highlighting the growing disputes over workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The New York State Nurses Association sued the state and two hospitals on Monday to force them to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to prevent COVID19 from spreading among its members highlighting the growing disputes over workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurses/new-york-nurses-sue-state-two-hospitals-over-inadequate-coronavirus-protection-idUSKBN2222F3 | 2020-04-21 |
| I have to give credit to lawyers for the Connecticut limited liability corporation LH VT their prescient recognition that COVID19 would impact businesses large and small | Negative | I have to give credit to lawyers for the Connecticut limited liability corporation LH VT their prescient recognition that COVID19 would impact businesses large and small | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-covid19/bankruptcy-judge-rejects-early-covid-19-argument-a-cautionary-tale-idUSKBN2222UE | 2020-04-21 |
| Rome Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks before Senate and Chamber of Deputies on COVID19 emergency measures | Negative | The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/italy-factors-april-21/italy-factors-to-watch-on-april-21-idUSL8N2C82MI | 2020-04-21 |
| SYDNEY April 21 Australias economic output is likely to fall by around in the first half of 2020 with most of this decline taking place in the June quarter due to the hit from the COVID19 pandemic the central banker governor said on Tuesday | Negative | SYDNEY April 21 Australias economic output is likely to fall by around in the first half of 2020 with most of this decline taking place in the June quarter due to the hit from the COVID19 pandemic the central banker governor said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-economy-rba/australias-economy-to-shrink-10-in-first-half-of-2020-rba-governor-idUSS9N2BQ00W | 2020-04-21 |
| The rapid spread of the coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 has made it important to open our brains to other ways of processing Buehler said | Negative | From tinkling harmonies as the virus disarms cells to clashing and stormy as it replicates U.S. scientists have translated the novel coronavirus spiked protein structure to music in an effort to better understand the pathogen | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-music/coronavirus-the-musical-u-s-scientists-turn-virus-into-melody-to-aid-research-idUSKBN2222O7 | 2020-04-21 |
| Haiti so far only has 57 confirmed cases of COVID19 | Neutral | MEXICO Mexico and Haiti have detected coronavirus infections among migrants deported recently from the United States officials said on Tuesday part of a growing trend of contagion among deportees | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deportees/exporting-coronavirus-infections-among-u-s-deportees-reach-haiti-mexico-idUSKBN22305K | 2020-04-21 |
| Ghana has 834 confirmed infections and nine people have died from COVID19 the disease the virus causes | Negative | LAGOS Ghana is using delivery drones from U.S.based startup Zipline to enable it to test people more quickly outside major cities for the novel coronavirus the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ghana-drones/ghana-turns-to-drones-to-enable-faster-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN2220H7 | 2020-04-20 |
| It said it expects to operate the service daily for the duration of the Governments COVID19 response efforts | Neutral | LAGOS Ghana is using delivery drones from U.S.based startup Zipline to enable it to test people more quickly outside major cities for the novel coronavirus the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ghana-drones/ghana-turns-to-drones-to-enable-faster-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN2220H7 | 2020-04-20 |
| The country has recorded 327 cases of COVID19 and 25 deaths | Negative | BENI Democratic Republic of Congo An Ebola flareup in eastern Congo may spread again after a patient escaped from a clinic complicating efforts to contain the disease that has infected six people since last week the World Health Organization said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-ebola-congo/escape-of-ebola-patient-in-congo-sparks-fear-of-further-infection-idUSKBN2210R6 | 2020-04-20 |
| The operating performance of the bank was good prior to the emergence of the economic impact of COVID19 he said | Positive | Banks in the United Arab Emirates are feeling the impact of tough containment measures aimed at tackling the pandemic which also brought parts of the economy to a near halt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-nbd-results/emirates-nbd-first-quarter-profit-dives-24-as-coronavirus-led-impairments-surge-idUSKBN2220E0 | 2020-04-20 |
| ZURICH April 20 Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday | Positive | ZURICH April 20 Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/novartis-coronavirus-test/novartis-u-s-regulators-agree-to-malaria-drug-trial-against-covid-19-idUSZ8N2BP003 | 2020-04-20 |
| We recognize the importance of answering the scientific question of whether hydroxychloroquine will be beneficial for patients with COVID19 said John Tsai Novartiss top drug developer | Neutral | ZURICH April 20 Novartis has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to hold a randomized trial of generic malaria drug hydroxychloroquine against COVID19 disease in 440 hospitalised patients the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/novartis-coronavirus-test/novartis-u-s-regulators-agree-to-malaria-drug-trial-against-covid-19-idUSZ8N2BP003 | 2020-04-20 |
| The week is also crucial to the COVID19 recovery as governments around the world make tentative steps toward easing lockdowns | Neutral | Risk rally runs out of steam | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-firm-as-caution-on-economic-re-start-returns-idUSL4N2C80DF | 2020-04-20 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom is preparing to collect the blood from COVID19 survivors to investigate if convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a COVID19 patients speed of recovery and chances of survival | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom is preparing to collect the blood from COVID19 survivors to investigate if convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a COVID19 patients speed of recovery and chances of survival | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-blood/uk-to-collect-covid-19-survivors-blood-for-treatment-trials-idUSKBN2220JG | 2020-04-20 |
| If fully approved the trials will investigate whether convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a COVID19 patients speed of recovery and chances of the blood service said | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom is preparing to collect the blood from COVID19 survivors to investigate if convalescent plasma transfusions could improve a COVID19 patients speed of recovery and chances of survival | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-blood/uk-to-collect-covid-19-survivors-blood-for-treatment-trials-idUSKBN2220JG | 2020-04-20 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom is tight on gowns for front line health workers fighting COVID19 but hopes to get the right equipment where it is needed by the end of this weekend Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom is tight on gowns for front line health workers fighting COVID19 but hopes to get the right equipment where it is needed by the end of this weekend Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-gowns/uk-is-tight-on-gowns-for-front-line-fighting-covid-19-minister-says-idUSKBN21Z1L6 | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump spoke to South Korean President Moon Jaein on Saturday and expressed appreciation for his countrys help in procuring COVID19 tests for the United States the White House said | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump spoke to South Korean President Moon Jaein on Saturday and expressed appreciation for his countrys help in procuring COVID19 tests for the United States the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-korea/trump-discusses-coronavirus-pandemic-with-south-korea-mexican-leaders-idUSKBN2200VQ | 2020-04-19 |
| DUBAI India has agreed to send hydroxychloroquine tablets to the United Arab Emirates to be used for treating COVID19 patients the Gulf Arab states embassy in New Delhi said | Positive | DUBAI India has agreed to send hydroxychloroquine tablets to the United Arab Emirates to be used for treating COVID19 patients the Gulf Arab states embassy in New Delhi said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-emirates/india-sends-hydroxychloroquine-to-uae-for-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN22105E | 2020-04-19 |
| Beyonce did not perform but sent a video message in which she noted the disproportionately high death rates from COVID19 in the black community | Negative | Lady Gaga Taylor Swift Paul McCartney The Rolling Stones Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special broadcast of music comedy and personal stories celebrating those around the world on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-one-world/whos-who-of-pop-culture-unites-for-one-world-coronavirus-special-idUSKBN2200WA | 2020-04-19 |
| Israel has reported at least 164 deaths and nearly 13300 cases of COVID19 as of Saturday evening | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown from Sunday by letting some businesses reopen and relaxing curbs on movement after a slowdown in infection rates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-ease-some-coronavirus-restrictions-netanyahu-says-idUSKBN2200V9 | 2020-04-19 |
| India has reported over 15000 COVID19 cases and more than 500 deaths as of early Sunday according to data from the Indian government | Negative | India has not yet taken a decision on when to lift or ease restrictions on domestic and international flights and urged airlines to take travel bookings only after a final decision is made a government minister said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-flights/india-says-no-decision-yet-on-easing-or-lifting-flight-restrictions-idUSKBN22105R | 2020-04-19 |
| Of the new cases 28 were in the capital Bangkok said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman for the governments Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration | Neutral | BANGKOK Thailand on Sunday reported 32 new coronavirus cases bringing its total to 2765 a senior official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-32-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths-idUSKBN221042 | 2020-04-19 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered a Floridabased company to stop selling a product that it says cures COVID19 but prosecutors allege contains a powerful bleach that could make people sick when it is ingested the Justice Department said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered a Floridabased company to stop selling a product that it says cures COVID19 but prosecutors allege contains a powerful bleach that could make people sick when it is ingested the Justice Department said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fraud/federal-judge-orders-florida-company-to-stop-peddling-bleach-based-covid-19-cure-idUSKBN21Z3AV | 2020-04-18 |
| Mexicos health ministry has reported more than 6000 confirmed cases of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus which has killed about 480 people | Negative | MEXICO CITY Reuters Indigenous communities across Mexico have installed blockades and imposed curfews in a bid to protect their isolated towns from the new coronavirus leaders and local officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-indigenous/mexicos-indigenous-towns-impose-their-own-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN21Z30T | 2020-04-18 |
| The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID19 and had been receiving treatment | Positive | LAGOS The Nigerian presidents chief of staff Abba Kyari died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria/nigerian-presidents-chief-of-staff-dies-from-coronavirus-presidency-spokesman-idUSKBN220001 | 2020-04-18 |
| Twentyfour crew were in hospital including one in intensive care and 545 showing COVID19 symptoms were being monitored | Negative | PARIS France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through its flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier fleet after more than a 1000 sailors tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-navy/france-defends-handling-of-aircraft-carrier-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21Z1QM | 2020-04-18 |
| Cruise lines have been rushing to bolster their cash coffers through equity and debt offerings following the onset of the COVID19 pandemic which led to outbreaks on several ships | Negative | Cruise lines have been rushing to bolster their cash coffers through equity and debt offerings following the onset of the COVID19 pandemic which led to outbreaks on several ships | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-nrwn-crs-ln-hldg-financing-exclusive/exclusive-norwegian-cruise-taps-goldman-sachs-to-explore-stake-sale-sources-idUSKBN21Z3FU | 2020-04-18 |
| U.S. stocks rose on Friday and also posted gains for the week boosted by a surge in Boeing shares President Donald Trumps plan to reopen the coronavirusbattered economy and hopes of a potential drug by Gilead to treat COVID19 | Positive | U.S. stocks rose on Friday and also posted gains for the week boosted by a surge in Boeing shares President Donald Trumps plan to reopen the coronavirusbattered economy and hopes of a potential drug by Gilead to treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-gains-on-boeing-surge-and-coronavirus-drug-hopes-idUSKBN21Z1ED | 2020-04-18 |
| It has so far reported COVID19 infections in 5182 people 84 of whom have died | Negative | He said a possible merger between MAB and AirAsia a private airline based in Malaysia and operating in multiple countries was considered even last year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-airlines/exclusive-airasia-malaysia-airlines-merger-an-option-as-covid-19-hits-industry-minister-idUSKBN21Z15S | 2020-04-18 |
| LISBON Portuguese car component manufacturers among the countrys top exporters are calling thousands of employees back to work even before a nationwide COVID19 lockdown is lifted as Europes automotive sector resumes production | Positive | LISBON Portuguese car component manufacturers among the countrys top exporters are calling thousands of employees back to work even before a nationwide COVID19 lockdown is lifted as Europes automotive sector resumes production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-portugal-automotiv/portugals-car-parts-makers-resume-production-as-coronavirus-spread-slows-idUSKBN21Z1I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| April 17 European shares jumped on Friday clawing back weekly declines as financial markets globally drew comfort from U.S. President Donald Trumps plans for a gradual reopening of the U.S. economy and reports of a potential drug to treat COVID19 | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-gain-as-trump-plans-to-reopen-u-s-economy-idUSL4N2C51ZJ | 2020-04-18 |
| NEW YORK April 17 Global stocks rallied on Friday on President Donald Trumps plans to revive the coronavirushit U.S. economy and hopes of a potential drug to treat COVID19 while the dollar fell amid investors growing riskon sentiment | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-as-investors-take-heart-on-u-s-economic-reopening-plan-idUSL1N2C5194 | 2020-04-18 |
| NEW April 17 Global stocks rallied on Friday on President Donald Trumps plans to revive the coronavirushit U.S. economy and hopes of a potential drug to treat COVID19 while the dollar fell amid a growing riskon sentiment among investors | Positive | World stocks race toward secondbest week on record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-race-toward-second-weekly-gain-idUSL8N2C54G1 | 2020-04-18 |
| Sentiment was boosted overnight by a media report detailing encouraging partial data from experimental drug trials on severely ill COVID19 patients at a University of Chicago hospital | Neutral | changes dateline previous | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-on-corona-drug-optimism-u-s-plans-to-reopen-idUSL8N2C52S2 | 2020-04-18 |
| Eleven of the new cases were in Bangkok and had a history of going to public areas said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman for the governments Center for COVID19 Situation Administration | Neutral | BANGKOK Thailand reports 33 new coronavirus infections bringing the nations total to 2733 cases a senior official said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-33-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths-idUSKBN220084 | 2020-04-18 |
| N95 masks which are designed to filter of airborne particles are considered critical personal protective equipment for medical professionals treating patients with COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | A New Jersey electrical contractor has been charged with stealing up to 1600 respirator masks that were to be donated to a local hospital the New Jersey attorney generals office said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-jersey/new-jersey-contractor-charged-with-theft-of-n95-respirator-masks-idUSKBN21Z05H | 2020-04-17 |
| Salazar said she got a test for the coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 it was negative because she feared infecting the children two of whom have asthma | Negative | LE GRAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-family/we-all-stay-home-no-work-and-no-stimulus-checks-for-undocumented-family-in-u-s-idUSKBN21Y3AT | 2020-04-17 |
| As of Thursday Michigan had more than 29000 COVID19 cases and almost 2100 deaths | Negative | DETROIT Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer needs to revise the recent extension to her stayathome order or risk doing serious harm to the states economy including potentially driving hundreds of companies out of business the head of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/michigan-governor-needs-to-revise-her-coronavirus-lockdown-order-state-chamber-head-idUSKBN21Y31I | 2020-04-17 |
| The United States has recorded more fatalities from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus than any other country with 30961 deaths and 636937 confirmed cases | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday spun synthetic swabs could be used for coronavirus testing by collecting a sample from the front of the nose | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-fda/fda-approves-synthetic-swabs-for-coronavirus-testing-idUSKBN21Z01G | 2020-04-17 |
| LauraLynne Powell 59 of Sacramento California found herself pushing from across the country to get a COVID19 test for her mother at a facility in West Hartford Connecticut | Neutral | New Jerseys governor on Thursday ordered a probe into longterm care facilities after a makeshift was found at a nursing home devastated by the novel coronavirus raising questions about the death toll at homes for the elderly | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-jersey-nur/makeshift-morgue-at-new-jersey-nursing-home-sparks-broader-coronavirus-probe-idUSKBN21Y3G4 | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/fbi-official-says-foreign-hackers-have-targeted-covid-19-research-idUSKBN21Y3GL | 2020-04-17 |
| LONDON Formula One could start the season behind locked gates and without spectators due to the COVID19 pandemic but the glamour sport will likely have to slim down considerably to get the green light to go racing | Negative | LONDON Formula One could start the season behind locked gates and without spectators due to the COVID19 pandemic but the glamour sport will likely have to slim down considerably to get the green light to go racing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-numbers/f1-may-have-to-slim-down-for-races-without-a-crowd-idUSKBN21Y2OR | 2020-04-17 |
| Israel has reported more than 12500 COVID19 cases and 140 deaths | Negative | TEL AVIV A countdown to a fourth election in Israel in more than a year of political deadlock began on Thursday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main rival Benny Gantz missed a deadline to form a government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-gantz-miss-government-deal-deadline-deadlock-persists-idUSKCN21X3BS | 2020-04-17 |
| We are still on the brink of the COVID19 added Wada a professor at the capitals International University of Health and Welfare | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country on Thursday and said the government was considering cash payouts for all in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak and cushion the economic downturn | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-budget/japan-makes-coronavirus-emergency-nationwide-as-abe-plans-cash-payouts-for-all-idUSKCN21Y0C4 | 2020-04-17 |
| FRANCISCO Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID19 which could cause physical harm such as drinking bleach to cure the virus and connect them to accurate information | Negative | FRANCISCO Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID19 which could cause physical harm such as drinking bleach to cure the virus and connect them to accurate information | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook/facebook-to-notify-users-who-have-engaged-with-harmful-covid-19-posts-idUSKCN21Y1YB | 2020-04-17 |
| Some experts however believe fatality numbers in many other countries undercount the real death toll due to people who have died from COVID19 without being tested or presenting at hospitals | Negative | The Chinese city of Wuhan hiked its death toll from the novel coronavirus by on Friday bringing the total to 3869 staterun TV reported confirming residents worst fears amid rising international doubts about Beijings handling of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/mainland-china-reports-new-coronavirus-cases-drop-to-two-week-low-idUSKBN21Z052 | 2020-04-17 |
| Gilead expects results from its Phase 3 study in patients with severe COVID19 at the end of this month and additional data from other studies to become available in May | Neutral | Gilead Sciences Incs shares surged in after hours trading on Thursday following a media report detailing encouraging partial data from trials of the U.S. companys experimental drug remdesivir in severe COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/report-says-covid-19-patients-respond-to-gileads-remdesivir-shares-surge-idUSKBN21Y3GV | 2020-04-17 |
| As of Wednesday night 30885 people in the United States had died of COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus according to a Reuters tally | Negative | NEW YORK The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a postvirus life that would likely include public face coverings as the new normal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/face-masks-may-be-new-normal-in-post-virus-life-as-u-s-prepares-gradual-reopening-idUSKCN21X25I | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gates/gates-ups-pandemic-funds-to-250-million-says-trump-who-move-makes-no-sense-idUSKCN21X3FK | 2020-04-16 |
| There are currently no effective vaccines drugs or other immune system treatments approved to treat COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gates/gates-ups-pandemic-funds-to-250-million-says-trump-who-move-makes-no-sense-idUSKCN21X3FK | 2020-04-16 |
| Gates said the Foundation is backing eight projects seeking potential solutions for COVID19 vaccine development and has cofunded in Africa as well as contributing to in China | Positive | LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gates/gates-ups-pandemic-funds-to-250-million-says-trump-who-move-makes-no-sense-idUSKCN21X3FK | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has told his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump has told his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-funding-explai/explainer-what-the-u-s-funds-freeze-could-mean-for-who-and-its-work-idUSKCN21X2A0 | 2020-04-16 |
| The order however will not take effect until May 6 due to the additional challenges facing the parties during the COVID19 public health according to Swains ruling | Neutral | SAN JUAN A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that bankrupt Puerto Rico cannot fund more than million in annual pension and health costs for its municipalities but suspended the effective date of the order for three weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico/judge-voids-puerto-rico-pension-law-delays-effective-date-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X3E4 | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON Coronavirus fraud is being targeted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a new operation that has led to the seizure of bogus protective equipment and COVID19 test kits and over million in illicit proceeds the agency said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Coronavirus fraud is being targeted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under a new operation that has led to the seizure of bogus protective equipment and COVID19 test kits and over million in illicit proceeds the agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-crime/u-s-immigration-agency-targets-coronavirus-related-fraud-idUSKCN21X365 | 2020-04-16 |
| Mexicos economy had already tipped into recession in 2019 and the coronavirus which causes a respiratory illness called COVID19 has stoked fears of an even sharper downturn this year | Negative | MEXICO CITY Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded Mexicos sovereign rating to one notch above speculative grade on fears that the economic shock caused by the novel coronavirus will cause a severe in Latin Americas secondlargest economy this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-ratings-fitch/fitch-cuts-mexico-rating-to-one-notch-above-junk-idUSKCN21X3DQ | 2020-04-16 |
| The public health system has performed 89000 tests for COVID19 the health ministry statement said | Neutral | SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/as-brazils-covid-19-testing-lags-available-labs-go-unused-idUSKCN21X36V | 2020-04-16 |
| All the workers who were tested positive for the COVID19 were sent to Novatek said without providing the numbers for the infected | Negative | MOSCOW Over 200 people have been infected with the new coronavirus at a construction site of Russias gas producer Novatek in northern Murmansk region Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday citing local response centre | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-novatek/over-200-people-with-coronavirus-at-russias-novatek-construction-site-ifx-idUSKCN21X1R7 | 2020-04-16 |
| Israel has reported over 12500 COVID19 cases and at least 130 deaths | Negative | TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz missed a midnight deadline to reach a unity government deal but agreed early on Thursday to continue talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-gantz-miss-unity-deal-deadline-deadlock-persists-idUSKCN21X3BS | 2020-04-16 |
| There are currently no approved treatments for COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus that has infected over 2 million people worldwide | Negative | A trial in China testing Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir in those with mild symptoms of COVID19 has been suspended due to a lack of eligible patients according to a website maintained by the U.S. government | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/china-trial-of-gileads-potential-coronavirus-treatment-suspended-idUSKCN21X2A2 | 2020-04-16 |
| The economic effects of past epidemics provide therefore little guidance for the impact of COVID19 | Positive | LONDON Easing bank rules is among the bold and steps needed to beat the coronavirus but it must be temporary and limited to avoid undermining financial stability after the epidemic has passed central bankers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-bis/there-are-limits-to-boldly-easing-bank-rules-in-coronavirus-pandemic-bis-idUSKCN21X1B6 | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. public health authorities have generally only attributed deaths to COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus when patients tested positive for the virus | Negative | YORK New York City the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic revised its official COVID19 death toll sharply higher to more than 10000 on Tuesday to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung disease but never tested | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-posts-sharp-spike-in-coronavirus-deaths-after-untested-victims-added-idUSKCN21W20G | 2020-04-15 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo whose states healthcare network was strained to breaking point by a wave of COVID19 hospitalizations had said on Monday it appeared the worst is over | Negative | YORK New York City the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic revised its official COVID19 death toll sharply higher to more than 10000 on Tuesday to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung disease but never tested | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-posts-sharp-spike-in-coronavirus-deaths-after-untested-victims-added-idUSKCN21W20G | 2020-04-15 |
| Patrice Harris called it a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID19 and urged Trump to reconsider | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who-reaction/factbox-global-reaction-to-trump-withdrawing-who-funding-idUSKCN21X0CN | 2020-04-15 |
| Malaysian authorities have begun using COVID19 antibody rapid tests kits to supplement laboratory tests as the number of cases in the country grow a senior health official said | Positive | More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21X0KA | 2020-04-15 |
| The company does not expect to see a material improvement RevPAR until there is a view that the spread of COVID19 has moderated and governments have lifted it said | Positive | Shares of the company which owns the RitzCarlton and St | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-marriott-intnl/marriott-sees-china-bookings-improving-even-as-march-room-revenue-plunges-idUSKCN21W1PG | 2020-04-15 |
| TOKYO Japans Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it has expanded manufacturing capacity to significantly production of its antiflu drug Avigan that is being tested as a treatment for COVID19 | Positive | TOKYO Japans Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it has expanded manufacturing capacity to significantly production of its antiflu drug Avigan that is being tested as a treatment for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-avigan/fujifilm-says-significantly-boosts-capacity-for-covid-19-treatment-avigan-idUSKCN21X0GO | 2020-04-15 |
| Fujifilm is conducting clinical trials of Avigan on patients of COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Japan and the United States | Positive | TOKYO Japans Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it has expanded manufacturing capacity to significantly production of its antiflu drug Avigan that is being tested as a treatment for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-avigan/fujifilm-says-significantly-boosts-capacity-for-covid-19-treatment-avigan-idUSKCN21X0GO | 2020-04-15 |
| TOULOUSE France French space scientists are using the COVID19 lockdown as a dry run for what it will be like to be cooped up inside a space craft on a mission to Mars | Positive | TOULOUSE France French space scientists are using the COVID19 lockdown as a dry run for what it will be like to be cooped up inside a space craft on a mission to Mars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-space/space-scientists-use-covid-19-lockdown-as-dry-run-for-mars-mission-idUSKCN21W25S | 2020-04-15 |
| DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | Negative | DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-governor/republicans-take-aim-at-michigan-governor-over-virus-response-idUSKCN21W2ZE | 2020-04-15 |
| Whitmer who also is a cochair of Bidens presidential campaign had previously garnered national attention by trading jabs with President Trump over the spread of COVID19 in the state | Neutral | DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-governor/republicans-take-aim-at-michigan-governor-over-virus-response-idUSKCN21W2ZE | 2020-04-15 |
| YORK Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the debt of private technology companies impacted by economic disruption from COVID19 | Positive | YORK Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC the venture capital firm led by Paul Hudson is pitching a new fund to investors targeting the debt of private technology companies impacted by economic disruption from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-gladebrook/glade-brook-pitches-extraordinary-opportunity-in-tech-debt-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21X04I | 2020-04-15 |
| The Times newspaper said on Tuesday that Raab deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is recuperating from a COVID19 infection would extend the curbs until at least May 7 | Negative | U.S. coronavirus deaths set a singleday record on Tuesday a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK France and India extended lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-deaths-set-record-daily-increase-spain-and-austria-ease-restrictions-idUSKCN21W16E | 2020-04-15 |
| 8 million had been infected and 115000 killed by COVID19 the disease caused by the virus | Negative | With much of the world living in lockdown the spread of the new coronavirus SARSCoV2 that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some places | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lifeline/reasons-for-hope-the-drugs-tests-and-tactics-that-may-conquer-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V1YR | 2020-04-14 |
| Initial data are expected to come from studies of patients with relatively severe COVID19 | Negative | With much of the world living in lockdown the spread of the new coronavirus SARSCoV2 that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some places | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lifeline/reasons-for-hope-the-drugs-tests-and-tactics-that-may-conquer-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V1YR | 2020-04-14 |
| Special Doctors embrace drug touted by Trump for COVID19 without hard evidence it works | Negative | With much of the world living in lockdown the spread of the new coronavirus SARSCoV2 that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some places | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lifeline/reasons-for-hope-the-drugs-tests-and-tactics-that-may-conquer-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V1YR | 2020-04-14 |
| Novartis Incyte join repurposing wave to give Jakavi a trial run in COVID19 | Positive | With much of the world living in lockdown the spread of the new coronavirus SARSCoV2 that was first detected in China late last year is beginning to slow in some places | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lifeline/reasons-for-hope-the-drugs-tests-and-tactics-that-may-conquer-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V1YR | 2020-04-14 |
| Fortytwo residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United States and officials expect more deaths to come | Negative | Fortytwo residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United States and officials expect more deaths to come | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-virginia-nursing-h/42-dead-in-coronavirus-outbreak-at-virginia-nursing-home-more-expected-idUSKCN21V2A1 | 2020-04-14 |
| Nationally more than 23000 people have died from COVID19 disease and more than 577000 U.S. residents have tested positive for the new coronavirus as of Monday afternoon | Negative | Fortytwo residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United States and officials expect more deaths to come | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-virginia-nursing-h/42-dead-in-coronavirus-outbreak-at-virginia-nursing-home-more-expected-idUSKCN21V2A1 | 2020-04-14 |
| The United States has recorded more fatalities from COVID19 than any other country more than 22200 as of Monday according to a Reuters tally | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-struggles-as-partisanship-stymies-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN21V12V | 2020-04-14 |
| SUIFENHE China China has approved earlystage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as it battles to contain imported cases especially from neighbouring Russia the new front in the war on COVID19 | Positive | SUIFENHE China China has approved earlystage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as it battles to contain imported cases especially from neighbouring Russia the new front in the war on COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-russian-border-checks-approves-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-idUSKCN21W08N | 2020-04-14 |
| As China fights to prevent a second wave of COVID19 two experimental vaccines will be trialed on humans state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday | Positive | SUIFENHE China China has approved earlystage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus as it battles to contain imported cases especially from neighbouring Russia the new front in the war on COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-tightens-russian-border-checks-approves-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine-trials-idUSKCN21W08N | 2020-04-14 |
| LONDON More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-measles/u-n-agencies-117-million-children-may-miss-measles-shots-due-to-covid-19-idUSKCN21V28U | 2020-04-14 |
| The group said it supports the need to protect communities and health workers from COVID19 but warned that this should not mean that children permanently miss out | Negative | LONDON More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-measles/u-n-agencies-117-million-children-may-miss-measles-shots-due-to-covid-19-idUSKCN21V28U | 2020-04-14 |
| Saudi Arabia which has around 30 million people has so far reported 4934 confirmed cases of COVID19 the disease caused by the virus with 65 deaths | Negative | ADDIS ABABA The United Nations said on Monday that deportations of illegal migrant workers by Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia risked spreading the coronavirus and it urged Riyadh to suspend the practice for the time being | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-migrants/u-n-says-saudi-deportations-of-ethiopian-migrants-risks-spreading-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V1OT | 2020-04-14 |
| Worldwide fuel consumption is down roughly because of the COVID19 pandemic that has killed more than 110000 people worldwide and kept entire nations on lockdown | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices were mixed on Monday as the historic productioncut deal inked by major global oil producers was not enough to assuage existing worries about the demand destruction brought on by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-mixed-as-demand-worries-offset-gains-from-output-cut-deal-idUSKCN21U0WQ | 2020-04-14 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID19 having locked down 31 provinces last weekend | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID19 having locked down 31 provinces last weekend | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey-lockdown/turkey-to-impose-fresh-lockdown-next-weekend-to-halt-covid-19-spread-erdogan-idUSKCN21V1KX | 2020-04-14 |
| Fords U.S. sales chief Mark LaNeve said on April 2 that Ford believes some level of government stimulus will be needed for American consumers once the COVID19 pandemic recedes | Negative | The news sent Fords shares down more than in morning trading | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ford-motor-results/ford-expects-coronavirus-shutdown-to-cause-600-million-quarterly-loss-idUSKCN21V1AE | 2020-04-14 |
| HANOI April 14 Vietnams government said it will target annual gross domestic product growth of during the 20212025 period even as the COVID19 pandemic threatens to derail global trade and production | Negative | HANOI April 14 Vietnams government said it will target annual gross domestic product growth of during the 20212025 period even as the COVID19 pandemic threatens to derail global trade and production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/vietnam-economy-gdp/vietnam-targets-7-annual-gdp-growth-over-next-five-years-idUSL3N2C21GV | 2020-04-14 |
| The United States with the worlds thirdlargest population has recorded more than 22800 fatalities from COVID19 or more than any other country a Reuters tally shows | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-crude-mixed-on-output-deal-recession-fears-shares-slip-idUSL2N2C117C | 2020-04-14 |
| Disneys theme parks business has taken a particularly severe hit as lockdowns have restricted peoples movement and gatherings in order to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | Walt Disney Co said on Monday it has entered an unsecured credit agreement for billion at a time when companies across industries are scrambling to bolster their liquidity to weather the fallout from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-disney-loan/disney-enters-5-billion-credit-agreement-idUSKCN21V26G | 2020-04-14 |
| The United States with the worlds thirdlargest population has recorded more fatalities from COVID19 than any other country nearly 22000 as of Sunday evening according to a Reuters tally | Negative | NEW ANGELES Americans spent a glum Easter Sunday largely confined to their homes by the stillraging coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll neared 22000 with more than half a million confirmed cases nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/americans-spend-grim-easter-sunday-at-home-as-covid-19-deaths-near-22000-idUSKCN21U0KN | 2020-04-13 |
| About 545000 people were diagnosed with COVID19 in the United States as of Sunday and roughly 21600 have died of the highly contagious illness | Negative | NEW YORK The most powerful medicine being used to bolster the morale of New York area healthcare workers at the epicenter of the U.S. novel coronavirus crisis may well be music | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-songs/here-comes-the-sun-gets-u-s-hospitals-through-dark-days-of-pandemic-idUSKCN21U0S0 | 2020-04-13 |
| A Reuters photographer saw Johnson and his pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds 32 who has also suffered from COVID19 symptoms being driven out of Downing Street with their dog | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID19 but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/boris-johnson-says-medics-saved-his-life-as-uk-deaths-pass-10000-mark-idUSKCN21U06W | 2020-04-13 |
| While Johnson has been out of action his ministers have come under pressure to explain why the number of people dying of COVID19 is rising so fast | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID19 but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/boris-johnson-says-medics-saved-his-life-as-uk-deaths-pass-10000-mark-idUSKCN21U06W | 2020-04-13 |
| Support is growing for debt relief to help the worlds poorest indebted nations most of them in Africa confront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID19 | Negative | Support is growing for debt relief to help the worlds poorest indebted nations most of them in Africa confront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-china-analy/china-in-the-drivers-seat-amid-calls-for-africa-debt-relief-idUSKCN21V0CS | 2020-04-13 |
| El Salvadors congress extended a national emergency law that allows the government to prolong certain health measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID19 | Negative | More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21U0FT | 2020-04-13 |
| BEIJING China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-new-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-near-six-week-high-idUSKCN21V01A | 2020-04-13 |
| SUIFENHE China Chinese cities near the border with Russia said on Sunday they would tighten border controls and quarantine measures on arrivals from abroad after the number of imported cases of COVID19 hit a record high | Negative | SUIFENHE China Chinese cities near the border with Russia said on Sunday they would tighten border controls and quarantine measures on arrivals from abroad after the number of imported cases of COVID19 hit a record high | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-toughens-restrictions-on-border-with-russia-as-imported-coronavirus-cases-hit-record-idUSKCN21U00U | 2020-04-13 |
| LONDON Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed a source involved in the project said on Sunday | Positive | LONDON Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed a source involved in the project said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ventilator/uk-cancels-order-for-simple-ventilators-needs-more-complex-ones-source-idUSKCN21U0UI | 2020-04-13 |
| April 12 FreeportMcMoRan Inc the worlds largest publicly traded copper producer said on Sunday it has suspended operations at its Chino mine in New Mexico due to the spread of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | April 12 FreeportMcMoRan Inc the worlds largest publicly traded copper producer said on Sunday it has suspended operations at its Chino mine in New Mexico due to the spread of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-freeport-mcmoran/freeport-mcmoran-closes-new-mexico-mine-as-coronavirus-cases-spread-idUSL2N2C101O | 2020-04-13 |
| Vietnams health ministry has reported 262 COVID19 cases in the country and no deaths | Positive | HANOI Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people working at a unit of Samsung Display in the country to be quarantined after a worker there tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam-samsung/vietnam-orders-workers-at-samsung-display-unit-to-be-quarantined-after-covid-19-case-idUSKCN21V0A0 | 2020-04-13 |
| Majority of the new cases are in the capital Bangkok said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman of the governments Center for COVID19 Situation Administration | Neutral | BANGKOK Thailand reported 28 new coronavirus cases and 2 new deaths on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-28-new-coronavirus-cases-two-new-deaths-idUSKCN21V0CE | 2020-04-13 |
| Kohls isnt offering additional sick leave workers it did not respond to questions on its policy for employees who contract COVID19 | Positive | As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of nonessential businesses to fight coronavirus retailer Nordstrom Inc closed hundreds of stores and gave instore workers three weeks pay calling their safety its top priority | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-workforce-i/warehouse-workers-risk-covid-19-to-ship-gucci-shades-face-cream-sofas-idUSKCN21T0P9 | 2020-04-12 |
| Italy has recorded the biggest number of deaths from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus followed by the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered top U.S. administration officials to help Italy in fighting the novel coronavirus by providing medical supplies humanitarian relief and other assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-italy/trump-orders-u-s-government-to-help-italy-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKCN21T01V | 2020-04-12 |
| LOS ANGELES A woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at a Seattlearea nursing home that was ravaged by the COVID19 outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the company that owns the facility | Negative | LOS ANGELES A woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at a Seattlearea nursing home that was ravaged by the COVID19 outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the company that owns the facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lawsuit/seattle-area-nursing-home-hit-with-wrongful-death-lawsuit-over-coronavirus-death-idUSKCN21T00Q | 2020-04-12 |
| Life Care has always insisted that it did not know a resident at the home had contracted COVID19 until Feb | Negative | LOS ANGELES A woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at a Seattlearea nursing home that was ravaged by the COVID19 outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the company that owns the facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lawsuit/seattle-area-nursing-home-hit-with-wrongful-death-lawsuit-over-coronavirus-death-idUSKCN21T00Q | 2020-04-12 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-is-investigating-reports-of-recovered-covid-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21T0F1 | 2020-04-12 |
| Based on current studies there is a period of about two weeks between the onset of symptoms and clinical recovery of patients with mild COVID19 disease the agency said | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-is-investigating-reports-of-recovered-covid-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21T0F1 | 2020-04-12 |
| In Italy which has been hit badly by COVID19 the antivax movement has virtually in the discussion on the coronavirus according to virologist Dr Roberto Burioni | Negative | LISBON An American motherofthree is a longtime member of groups a small but vocal global community that believes vaccines are a dangerous con and refuse to immunize themselves or their children | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-antivax/could-the-new-coronavirus-weaken-anti-vaxxers-idUSKCN21T089 | 2020-04-12 |
| He said authorities have so far confirmed that five of the deaths were from COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba Canadian government and opposition legislators approved a wage subsidy worth billion on Saturday to support the ravaged economy in an emergency sitting in the House of Commons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadian-legislators-approve-wage-subsidy-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKCN21T0RA | 2020-04-12 |
| Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel who leads the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Twitter that Trump should be working with allies on COVID19 and should not extort friends | Positive | WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-trump-defense-exclusiv/exclusive-inside-trumps-standoff-with-south-korea-over-defense-costs-idUSKCN21S1W7 | 2020-04-11 |
| Firminos wife Wilcieide Miranda said that so far there were no known cases of COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus in the slum | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO When coronavirus hit and tourists stopped coming to Thiago Firminos Rio de Janeiro favela tour he decided to act | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-tourguide/brazil-ghostbuster-deep-cleans-favela-streets-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S246 | 2020-04-11 |
| So far 1057 people have died from COVID19 in Brazil with 19638 confirmed cases according to the latest official figures on Friday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets of Brasilia on Friday drawing crowds and greeting followers in his latest public pushback against social isolation measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-hits-the-streets-in-latest-social-distancing-snub-idUSKCN21S1TD | 2020-04-11 |
| His appeal is the latest in a series of efforts by leading current and former Brazilian footballers to help the South American nation cope with the effects of COVID19 | Positive | Members of Brazils 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the countrys overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-brazil/soccer-1982-brazil-team-reunite-to-help-fight-covid-19-idUSKCN21S1OD | 2020-04-11 |
| RABAT Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks with 500 expected to be ready by midApril to help meet demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic the Industry Ministry said | Positive | RABAT Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks with 500 expected to be ready by midApril to help meet demand caused by the COVID19 pandemic the Industry Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-morocco-ventilator/moroccan-companies-begin-ventilator-production-idUSKCN21S1ZV | 2020-04-11 |
| Japan may have to ramp up its measures to tackle COVID19 after cases have been found in some parts of the country with no known links to other outbreaks the World Health Organization said on Friday | Neutral | Japan may have to ramp up its measures to tackle COVID19 after cases have been found in some parts of the country with no known links to other outbreaks the World Health Organization said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-japan/japan-may-need-to-scale-up-measures-to-tackle-coronavirus-who-idUSKCN21S1S4 | 2020-04-11 |
| BRUSSELS European Union countries on Thursday evening agreed the emergency credit lines from the euro zones bailout fund will be available until COVID19 crisis is a draft of their deal read | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union countries on Thursday evening agreed the emergency credit lines from the euro zones bailout fund will be available until COVID19 crisis is a draft of their deal read | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-economy-text/key-eu-states-agree-coronavirus-economic-rescue-text-of-draft-deal-idUSKCN21R3E0 | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will soon be announcing a second coronavirus task force creating a council to focus on reopening the country after the worst of the COVID19 pandemic passes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will soon be announcing a second coronavirus task force creating a council to focus on reopening the country after the worst of the COVID19 pandemic passes | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-council/trump-to-unveil-council-to-re-open-the-country-after-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKCN21S211 | 2020-04-11 |
| On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing machines critical to keeping COVID19 patients alive at each | Neutral | On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing machines critical to keeping COVID19 patients alive at each | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ventilators/outbid-and-left-hanging-u-s-states-scramble-for-ventilators-idUSKCN21S20D | 2020-04-11 |
| NEW YORK Political leaders and health experts urged Americans celebrating Good Friday and the Easter weekend under threat of the coronavirus to avoid church gatherings and observe the holidays at home as the U.S. death toll from COVID19 surpassed 18600 | Negative | NEW YORK Political leaders and health experts urged Americans celebrating Good Friday and the Easter weekend under threat of the coronavirus to avoid church gatherings and observe the holidays at home as the U.S. death toll from COVID19 surpassed 18600 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/empty-churches-food-drive-mark-start-of-easter-weekend-in-coronavirus-hit-u-s-idUSKCN21S16J | 2020-04-11 |
| The dead were Thai men said Taweesin Wisanuyothin a spokesman of the governments Center for COVID19 Situation Administration | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand reported on Saturday 45 new coronavirus infections and two more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-45-new-coronavirus-cases-two-new-deaths-idUSKCN21T06B | 2020-04-11 |
| There are currently no approved treatments or preventive vaccines for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 100000 people worldwide | Negative | More than twothirds of severely ill COVID19 patients saw their condition improve after treatment with remdesivir an experimental drug being developed by Gilead Sciences Inc | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/two-thirds-of-covid-19-patients-improve-after-gilead-drug-nejm-idUSKCN21S24G | 2020-04-11 |
| New York state has now recorded more than 7000 deaths from COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the virus | Negative | NEW YORK Americans must resist the impulse to ease socialseparation measures at the first glimpse of progress now being seen in the coronavirus battle state government and public health leaders warned on Thursday as the U.S. death toll surpassed 16500 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/you-cant-relax-vigilance-urged-as-new-york-sees-signs-of-coronavirus-progress-idUSKCN21R2FM | 2020-04-10 |
| The Italian government is planning to extend its lockdown to contain the countrys COVID19 outbreak until May 3 two trade union sources told Reuters on Thursday after meeting ministers | Negative | U.S. deaths due to coronavirus topped 16400 on Thursday according to a Reuters tally although there are signs the outbreak might be nearing a peak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-deaths-top-16000-reuters-tally-idUSKCN21R2LO | 2020-04-10 |
| Across the United States more than 16600 people have died from COVID19 and 463000 positive cases have been confirmed despite unprecedented orders in most states | Negative | Some 450 inmates and staff have tested positive for coronavirus at Chicagos largest jail county corrections officials said on Thursday representing one of the nations largest outbreaks of the respiratory illness at a single site so far in the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prison/chicago-jail-reports-450-coronavirus-cases-among-staff-inmates-idUSKCN21S038 | 2020-04-10 |
| The city government said it was setting up shelters for them and is handing out COVID19 emergency cards with 1000 pesos around for food and medicine | Negative | MEXICO CITY Hungry scared and tired scores of sex workers in Mexico City have been forced to live on the streets as fear of contracting the coronavirus keeps clients away and the government shuttered the hotels where many of them lived and worked | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-sex-workers/mexicos-prostitutes-end-up-homeless-as-coronavirus-keeps-clients-at-home-shuts-hotels-idUSKCN21R26C | 2020-04-10 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID19 but he remains under close observation in hospital his office said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID19 but he remains under close observation in hospital his office said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-leaves-intensive-care-remains-under-observation-idUSKCN21R34I | 2020-04-10 |
| Brazils Federal Council of Medicine warned on March 20 there was nothing conclusive yet that proves the effectiveness and safety of using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID19 | Neutral | BRASILIA On the day he nearly lost his job for supporting strict social distancing measures Brazils health minister took another stand in defiance of President Jair Bolsonaro refusing to endorse the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-hydroxychlo/brazil-minister-resists-calls-for-wider-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-idUSKCN21R367 | 2020-04-10 |
| As in some other parts of the world allegations of police brutality have surfaced in several African countries as governments impose lockdowns curfews and other restrictions in response to COVID19 | Negative | Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a taxi driver for violating a onepassenger limit | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-police/in-parts-of-africa-police-are-accused-of-excess-force-amid-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKCN21S0M9 | 2020-04-10 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID19 but he remains under close observation in hospital | Positive | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21S0M4 | 2020-04-10 |
| JOHANNESBURG The International Monetary Funds Executive Board has approved a disbursement of million under its Rapid Financing Instrument to help Gabon confront the impact of the COVID19 pandemic the Fund said in a statement | Positive | JOHANNESBURG The International Monetary Funds Executive Board has approved a disbursement of million under its Rapid Financing Instrument to help Gabon confront the impact of the COVID19 pandemic the Fund said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-gabon/imf-approves-147-million-to-help-gabon-fight-coronavirus-statement-idUSKCN21S0L6 | 2020-04-10 |
| The proposal would mean that patients diagnosed with pneumonia who had not yet received COVID19 test results would be treated as coronavirus patients and taken to appropriate hospitals | Negative | MOSCOW The city of Moscows health department said on Thursday it would begin regarding all pneumonia patients as potential sufferers of the new coronavirus and route them to hospitals accordingly after doctors raised concerns about the accuracy of tests used to diagnose the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-pneumonia/moscow-in-u-turn-to-assume-all-pneumonia-patients-may-have-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R2Y0 | 2020-04-10 |
| Many businesses around the globe have halted or reduced operations to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus which causes the sometimes fatal COVID19 respiratory illness | Negative | The makers of specialized cameras to quickly scan for fevers as people enter crowded workplaces are grappling with soaring demand while confronting supply disruptions forcing some to prioritize customers such as hospitals executives told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-thermal-cameras-fo/as-fever-checks-become-the-norm-in-coronavirus-era-demand-for-thermal-cameras-soars-idUSKCN21R2SF | 2020-04-10 |
| BEIJING China on Friday reported a fall in new coronavirus cases particularly imported and asymptomatic infections which authorities fear could see a second wave of COVID19 as city and travel restrictions are lifted | Negative | BEIJING China on Friday reported a fall in new coronavirus cases particularly imported and asymptomatic infections which authorities fear could see a second wave of COVID19 as city and travel restrictions are lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-says-new-coronavirus-cases-lower-tightens-land-border-containment-idUSKCN21R3PT | 2020-04-10 |
| 5 million have been infected by COVID19 meant that this was definitely a potentially helpful option Zhang said | Neutral | WUHAN China Chinese doctors at the primary hospital treating severe coronavirus patients in the city of Wuhan said they have been using the HIV drug Kaletra since January and believe it is beneficial despite a previous study that it was ineffective | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-hospit/key-china-coronavirus-hospital-says-hiv-drug-beneficial-to-patients-idUSKCN21R1LX | 2020-04-10 |
| More than 16300 Americans have died from COVID19 a respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus according to a Reuters tally but officials worry the toll may be much higher | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations top economic officials said on Thursday they believe the U.S. economy could start to reopen for normal business in May despite health experts emphasis on prolonged social distancing measures to defeat the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-reopen/mnuchin-kudlow-say-u-s-economy-could-open-in-may-defying-experts-idUSKCN21R2QY | 2020-04-10 |
| The automaker said its primary objective is to protect the financial health of Volkswagen for the benefit of our team as we address the emerging and ongoing impacts of the COVID19 | Positive | Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-furloughs-1500-workers-at-tennessee-auto-plant-starting-april-11-idUSKCN21R3A9 | 2020-04-10 |
| On Thursday alone the Bank of England agreed to lend the UK government money directly if needed for its COVID19 spending plans if debt markets proved too cumbersome | Negative | column originally published April 9 with no change to content | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets-column/rpt-column-pandemic-shock-may-hasten-central-bank-digital-cash-mike-dolan-idUSL5N2BX7AC | 2020-04-10 |
| The British prime minister on Sunday became the first world leader to be admitted to hospital for persistent symptoms of COVID19 the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | Dollar drifts lower on less safehaven demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-heads-for-weekly-loss-on-fed-move-easing-virus-fears-idUSL3N2BY07Z | 2020-04-10 |
| NEW YORK April 9 Global equity benchmarks moved higher on Thursday following signs of some success by governments and central banks which have taken additional steps to bolster their economies during the COVID19 pandemic while oil prices pulled back from an earlier surge | Positive | By David Randall and Suzanne Barlyn | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-jump-on-fed-stimulus-oil-pulls-back-from-earlier-surge-idUSL2N2BX1HA | 2020-04-10 |
| NEW YORK April 9 Global equity benchmarks gained on Thursday following signs that governments and central banks are taking additional steps to bolster their economies as measures to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic appear to be working | Positive | NEW YORK April 9 Global equity benchmarks gained on Thursday following signs that governments and central banks are taking additional steps to bolster their economies as measures to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic appear to be working | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-jump-on-fed-stimulus-hopes-pandemic-is-slowing-idUSL2N2BX0YY | 2020-04-10 |
| More than 15700 people have died in the United States from COVID19 the illness associated with the coronavirus according to a Reuters tally | Negative | WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-small-business-aid-after-partisan-clash-idUSKCN21R21K | 2020-04-10 |
| Officials said they want COVID19 patients with only mild symptoms to be treated through telehealth with doctors referring those whose condition worsens to hospitals | Negative | JAKARTA As coronavirus cases surge in Indonesia doctors are working doubletime treating patients both at hospitals and online through healthtech startups an approach that is quickly becoming part of the national healthcare system | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia-technolo/indonesia-leans-on-healthtech-startups-to-cope-with-virus-surge-idUSKCN21S02F | 2020-04-10 |
| Michael Powers head of the state corrections officers union said on March 22 that Weinstein had tested positive for the coronavirus which causes the respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | Harvey Weinstein who is serving a prison sentence for rape has no symptoms of the coronavirus his spokesman said on Thursday more than two weeks after a union official for corrections officers said the former movie producer had tested positive | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-free-of-coronavirus-symptoms-spokesman-says-idUSKCN21S00A | 2020-04-10 |
| Despite the severe shortage in testing capacity available to the hospital Chang said all HPMC staff have access to the same COVID19 testing that we offer to our patients | Positive | NEW YORK In New York City an intensive care nurse treated patients for three days after she started displaying symptoms of COVID19 but couldnt get a test from her hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nurses/u-s-nurses-who-cant-get-tested-fear-they-are-spreading-covid-19-idUSKCN21Q33D | 2020-04-09 |
| While the American people are enduring the impact of COVID19 I have become a top target of baseless attacks from political adversaries and the Loeffler wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler said on Wednesday she would liquidate her individual stock share positions after the wealthy Republican and her husband were criticized over sales of millions of dollars in stock during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senator/u-s-senator-to-liquidate-individual-stock-shares-after-coronavirus-flap-idUSKCN21Q35K | 2020-04-09 |
| The most powerful should lead the way and please quarantine COVID he added referring to COVID19 the highly contagious sometimes deadly illness caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-head-defends-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic-against-trump-criticism-idUSKCN21Q2UJ | 2020-04-09 |
| Doctors have noticed there can be a worrisome lag in symptoms among some COVID19 patients with oxygen saturation dropping for some time before a patient is aware of breathing problems | Negative | NEW YORK Some coronavirus patients who would have been admitted into the emergency department at a New York hospital are being sent home with an oxygenmonitoring device as the citys medical system struggles to reserve resources for only the sickest people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-home/new-york-hospital-sends-some-borderline-covid-19-patients-home-with-oxygen-monitors-idUSKCN21Q3F0 | 2020-04-09 |
| Two weeks ago workers at the Tlanepantla hospital protested outside the building to demand more medical equipment to handle cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID19 | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican authorities said on Wednesday that about 60 personnel across two more hospitals have tested positive for the coronavirus adding to a wave of infections among medical workers according to local authorities and media reports | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-healthcare/workers-at-two-more-mexican-hospitals-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKCN21Q2WH | 2020-04-09 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical staff finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday as Johnson remained in intensive care battling COVID19 | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical staff finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday as Johnson remained in intensive care battling COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-improving-as-he-fights-covid-19-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21Q0O5 | 2020-04-09 |
| Health authorities began to sound the alarm this week over supply shortages as hospitals faced growing numbers of patients with COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health minister said on Wednesday that the countrys attempts to purchase thousands of ventilators from China to fight the coronavirus epidemic fell through and the government is now looking to Brazilian companies to build the devices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-turns-to-local-industry-to-build-ventilators-as-china-orders-fall-through-idUSKCN21Q393 | 2020-04-09 |
| Instead the city government has created six shelters for the homeless including one specifically for those who are ill with COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | SAO PAULO Despite the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil Luiz Renato Ribeiro who is homeless still tries to sell candy every day in Sao Paulo Latin Americas largest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-homeless/for-brazils-homeless-many-risks-and-now-also-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Q22T | 2020-04-09 |
| Calls for debt relief have increased in recent weeks as the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic has roiled developing nations around the world | Negative | LONDON The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty Oxfam said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-poverty/coronavirus-crisis-could-plunge-half-a-billion-people-into-poverty-oxfam-idUSKCN21R0E7 | 2020-04-09 |
| State airline South African Airways said on Wednesday that it was operating cargo flights that would bring in medical supplies like COVID19 testing kits | Positive | JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa put the communications minister on special for two months on Wednesday and docked a month of her pay for breaking the rules of a countrywide lockdown by having lunch with a former official | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-african-minister-disciplined-for-lockdown-lunch-idUSKBN21Q1D8 | 2020-04-09 |
| With most Zimbabweans already struggling to put food on the table the COVID19 pandemic risks even wider and deeper Eddie Rowe WFP director for Zimbabwe said in a statement | Negative | HARARE The United Nations food agency said on Wednesday it needed million to fund emergency operations in Zimbabwe until August and prevent a catastrophe in the southern African nation as climate and recessioninduced food shortages deepened | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-zimbabwe-food-un/u-n-seeks-130-million-to-prevent-hunger-catastrophe-in-zimbabwe-idUSKCN21Q31X | 2020-04-09 |
| It did however say it rejected Ferraris proposal to fund a special initiative on COVID19 saying it was outside the ERCs remit | Negative | BRUSSELS The president of the European Unions main science organisation has quit the post he took up only in January the European Commission said amid controversy over the blocs response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-scientist/head-of-eus-top-science-body-quits-amid-coronavirus-controversy-idUSKBN21Q11H | 2020-04-09 |
| 6 this year to tackle the economic crisis caused by the COVID19 epidemic officials told Reuters | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Central Bank told euro zone finance ministers that the bloc may need fiscal measures worth up to 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone/ecb-urges-measures-worth-1-5-trillion-euros-this-year-to-tackle-virus-crisis-sources-idUSKBN21Q0UB | 2020-04-09 |
| Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures while expectations of an oil production cut agreement bolstered crude prices | Negative | Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures while expectations of an oil production cut agreement bolstered crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-gain-on-hopes-pandemic-is-approaching-peak-idUSKCN21Q3J8 | 2020-04-09 |
| Johnson is in intensive care battling COVID19 | Negative | Asian shares rose on Thursday on hopes the COVID19 pandemic is nearing a peak and that governments would roll out more stimulus measures while expectations of an oil production cut agreement bolstered crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-gain-on-hopes-pandemic-is-approaching-peak-idUSKCN21Q3J8 | 2020-04-09 |
| BRUSSELS Generic drugmakers will be allowed to cooperate to supply hospital medicines for COVID19 patients without fear of breaching the blocs competition rules EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday | Positive | BRUSSELS Generic drugmakers will be allowed to cooperate to supply hospital medicines for COVID19 patients without fear of breaching the blocs competition rules EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-antitrust/generic-drugmakers-win-eu-okay-to-cooperate-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21Q1FR | 2020-04-09 |
| BRUSSELS Airlines must reimburse customers for flights cancelled because of the COVID19 pandemic the European Union transport chief said on Wednesday rejecting calls by carriers to relax EU rules and allow an EUwide waiver of refund obligations | Negative | BRUSSELS Airlines must reimburse customers for flights cancelled because of the COVID19 pandemic the European Union transport chief said on Wednesday rejecting calls by carriers to relax EU rules and allow an EUwide waiver of refund obligations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-transport/airlines-must-refund-flights-cancelled-because-of-coronavirus-eu-idUSKCN21Q2L2 | 2020-04-09 |
| India said on Tuesday it will allow some exports of hydroxychloroquine after Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug seen as a possible treatment for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for its decision to increase exports of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine an unproven treatment that Trump has promoted in the fight against the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hcq/trump-thanks-india-for-decision-on-anti-malaria-drug-idUSKCN21Q2ZC | 2020-04-09 |
| TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it will start phase II clinical trials of its antiflu drug Avigan for COVID19 patients in the United States | Positive | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it will start phase II clinical trials of its antiflu drug Avigan for COVID19 patients in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-avigan/fujifilm-to-start-phase-ii-clinical-trial-of-avigan-for-covid-19-patients-in-u-s-idUSKCN21R0KF | 2020-04-09 |
| The trial will enrol about 50 COVID19 patients in collaboration with Brigham and Womens Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School Fujifilm said on Thursday | Positive | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it will start phase II clinical trials of its antiflu drug Avigan for COVID19 patients in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-avigan/fujifilm-to-start-phase-ii-clinical-trial-of-avigan-for-covid-19-patients-in-u-s-idUSKCN21R0KF | 2020-04-09 |
| Surveillance for SARSCoV2 in cats should be considered as an adjunct to elimination of COVID19 in the authors wrote | Negative | Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable according to a study published on Wednesday prompting the WHO to say it will take a closer look at transmission of the virus between humans and pets | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pets/cats-can-catch-coronavirus-study-finds-prompting-who-investigation-idUSKCN21Q3DJ | 2020-04-09 |
| NEW YORK Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs the number of COVID19 hospitalizations seemed to be leveling off in New York state the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs the number of COVID19 hospitalizations seemed to be leveling off in New York state the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/hardest-day-new-yorks-cuomo-sees-virus-slowing-despite-record-death-toll-idUSKBN21P21E | 2020-04-08 |
| Adams who is black also acknowledged early data showing African Americans more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care | Negative | NEW YORK Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs the number of COVID19 hospitalizations seemed to be leveling off in New York state the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/hardest-day-new-yorks-cuomo-sees-virus-slowing-despite-record-death-toll-idUSKBN21P21E | 2020-04-08 |
| Many detention centers are located in remote communities far from hospitals that could handle a rush of patients with COVID19 Reuters reported last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. immigration officials said on Tuesday they are considering releasing some detainees at high risk for coronavirus infection as detainees and workers have tested positive for the resulting COVID19 illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-crime/u-s-immigration-officials-evaluate-vulnerable-detainees-for-possible-release-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN21P3JP | 2020-04-08 |
| As of April 2 five children in HHS care had tested positive for COVID19 out of 23 who had been tested overall | Positive | YORK U.S. immigration officials have rapidly deported nearly 400 migrant children intercepted at the U.S.Mexico border in the past two weeks under new rules billed as seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States according to government data seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deportations/u-s-deports-400-migrant-children-under-new-coronavirus-rules-idUSKBN21P354 | 2020-04-08 |
| Four people have died of COVID19 the disease caused by the virus in Hong Kong | Negative | HONG KONG Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub and the coronavirus spreads around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-masks/with-supplies-back-hong-kong-expats-ship-masks-home-to-coronavirus-hot-spots-idUSKBN21Q0HH | 2020-04-08 |
| The World Bank has also approved a billion emergency COVID19 response package and says it stands ready to provide billion in aid over the next 15 months | Positive | LONDON Nearly 140 campaign groups and charities urged the International Monetary Fund and World Bank G20 governments and private creditors on Tuesday to help the worlds poorest countries through the coronavirus crisis by cancelling debt payments | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-debtrelief/social-groups-urge-mass-debt-relief-for-poor-countries-hit-by-virus-crisis-idUSKBN21P007 | 2020-04-08 |
| GENEVA North Korea one of only a handful of countries not to have reported confirmed cases of COVID19 has said that it continues testing and has more than 500 people in quarantine the World Health Organization told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA North Korea one of only a handful of countries not to have reported confirmed cases of COVID19 has said that it continues testing and has more than 500 people in quarantine the World Health Organization told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea/north-korea-testing-quarantining-for-covid-19-still-says-no-cases-who-representative-idUSKBN21P3C2 | 2020-04-08 |
| We have heard the directives issued by public health officials and as a direct result of the COVID19 pandemic are following the expert guidance provided by the added the organisers | Positive | The June 14 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal joined a growing list of Formula One races postponed due to the new coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday with the 2020 season yet to get on the starting grid | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-canada/pandemic-forces-postponement-of-canadian-f1-grand-prix-idUSKBN21P30E | 2020-04-08 |
| As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID19 two of the worlds biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shipments of the raw material the only ingredient in the toilet paper that people to weather quarantines | Negative | As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID19 two of the worlds biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shipments of the raw material the only ingredient in the toilet paper that people to weather quarantines | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-toilet-paper-focus/pulp-friction-border-jams-delay-supply-of-toilet-papers-only-ingredient-idUSKBN21Q0HF | 2020-04-08 |
| More than a dozen states have postponed nominating elections in the face of the COVID19 pandemic which has transformed Americans daily lives | Negative | MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-and-frustration-as-wisconsinites-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1BG | 2020-04-08 |
| The Times reported that Prines death was caused by complications of COVID19 | Negative | LOS ANGELES April 7 Grammywinning singer John Prine who wrote his early songs in his head while delivering mail and later emerged from Chicagos folk revival scene in the 1970s to become one of the most influential songwriters of his generation died on Tuesday the New York Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-john-prine-coronavirus/country-folk-singer-john-prine-dies-at-73-of-coronavirus-complications-report-idUSFWN2BV1EU | 2020-04-08 |
| Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in workfromhome networks is surging positioning Asian tech firms for a slow but steady recovery their early quarterly report cards showed | Positive | Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in workfromhome networks is surging positioning Asian tech firms for a slow but steady recovery their early quarterly report cards showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-tech/early-asia-tech-results-signal-slow-recovery-after-virus-battering-idUSKBN21P15V | 2020-04-08 |
| Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care experts said | Negative | Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/african-americans-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-illness-early-data-shows-idUSKBN21O2B6 | 2020-04-07 |
| That confirms published studies from China where the virus originated suggesting the illness known as COVID19 might be overlooked in children even as they are spreading it to adults | Negative | NEW YORK Up to of U.S. children infected by the novel coronavirus require hospitalization with infants under age 1 most likely to be in that group according to the governments first indepth analysis of the disease in the youngest patient population | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-children/one-in-five-u-s-children-with-coronavirus-may-need-hospital-care-cdc-idUSKBN21O2XE | 2020-04-07 |
| Despite the limitations the data show COVID19 may be producing different symptoms in the young | Negative | NEW YORK Up to of U.S. children infected by the novel coronavirus require hospitalization with infants under age 1 most likely to be in that group according to the governments first indepth analysis of the disease in the youngest patient population | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-children/one-in-five-u-s-children-with-coronavirus-may-need-hospital-care-cdc-idUSKBN21O2XE | 2020-04-07 |
| At least 138 federal inmates have tested positive for COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus according to the Bureau of Prisons website | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday gave federal prosecutors more leeway to keep people accused of nonviolent crimes out of jail before their trials saying the new coronavirus pandemic presents unique health risks that must be weighed in each case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/u-s-to-give-prosecutors-more-leeway-on-bail-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21O2YO | 2020-04-07 |
| YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | Negative | YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-enters-peak-death-week-for-coronavirus-british-pm-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21O2K8 | 2020-04-07 |
| BRASILIA A report published by the Brazilian armys strategic studies center last week contradicts President Jair Bolsonaro by calling for widespread isolation to fight the COVID19 pandemic potentially ratcheting up an already heated public debate within the government | Negative | BRASILIA A report published by the Brazilian armys strategic studies center last week contradicts President Jair Bolsonaro by calling for widespread isolation to fight the COVID19 pandemic potentially ratcheting up an already heated public debate within the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-army/brazil-army-report-calls-for-isolation-to-slow-coronavirus-contradicting-bolsonaro-idUSKBN21O35X | 2020-04-07 |
| Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down the COVID19 respiratory disease as a little stirring up political conflicts for denouncing governors socialdistancing orders which he sees as economically disastrous | Negative | SAO PAULO Renewed attacks on China by a member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros inner circle soured diplomatic relations again on Monday as the education minister accused Chinese medical equipment makers of profiteering from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-china-diplomatic-spat-escalates-over-coronavirus-supplies-idUSKBN21O22Z | 2020-04-07 |
| We have reminded everyone involved in rugby that they must abide by the New Zealand government COVID19 guidelines and this situation must not happen again | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealand Rugby has labelled as the actions of a group of Canterbury Crusaders players who breached the countrys strict coronavirus lockdown rules on Monday by training together in a local park | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-rugby-union-newzea/crusaders-players-public-training-unacceptable-says-new-zealand-rugby-idUSKBN21P003 | 2020-04-07 |
| EPCR does not believe it appropriate to highlight such discussions while the public health crisis due to COVID19 added the statement | Negative | PARIS Club rugbys top organizing body is exploring holding a Club World Cup after French federation president Bernard Laporte proposed a radical new competition to replace the existing European Champions Cup | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-rugby-union-champions/rugby-epcr-admits-to-discussions-to-launch-club-world-cup-idUSKBN21O2ZH | 2020-04-07 |
| KLP is urging other shareholders to support the resolution as we need COVID19 crisisstyle global urgency to address the climate crisis which is in plain Bergan said | Negative | TOKYO Investors with nearly billion in assets holding shares in Japans Mizuho Financial Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-coal-japan-mizuho-climatechange/investors-line-up-against-mizuho-support-for-coal-idUSKBN21O12C | 2020-04-07 |
| Valero spokeswoman Lillian Riojas said the company maintains the privacy of employee health information and as such would not publicize individual cases of COVID19 | Neutral | HOUSTON Employees at Valero Energy Corps Port Arthur Texas refinery expressed worries about the companys slow response to keep the coronavirus from spreading there after two workers tested positive four people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-valero-refining/employees-worried-about-valero-response-to-virus-cases-at-texas-refinery-sources-idUSKBN21P0M3 | 2020-04-07 |
| News that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in hospital due to persistent COVID19 symptoms also weighed | Negative | German shares jumped 5 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-jump-as-coronavirus-deaths-slow-germany-up-almost-6-idUSKBN21O0FV | 2020-04-07 |
| on the news that blood products giant CSL Behring has joined forces with the Japanese drugmaker to develop a COVID19 plasma treatment | Positive | SYDNEY April 7 Tokyo shares gained on Tuesday supported by tentative signs of the coronavirus crisis likely levelling off in New York and other global hot spots with longonly investors still awaiting details of Japans massive economic stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/japanese-stocks-rise-to-a-weeks-high-on-hopes-of-coronavirus-slowdown-wall-st-rally-idUSL4N2BV14N | 2020-04-07 |
| BERLIN ResearchGate a social network site for scientists and researchers has launched a new forum to facilitate collaboration between COVID19 experts on research into beating the flulike disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Neutral | BERLIN ResearchGate a social network site for scientists and researchers has launched a new forum to facilitate collaboration between COVID19 experts on research into beating the flulike disease caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-tech-researchgate/science-platform-researchgate-launches-covid-19-community-idUSKBN21O1QD | 2020-04-07 |
| Harry author J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had recovered from a suspected case of COVID19 after two weeks of illness | Negative | Harry author J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had recovered from a suspected case of COVID19 after two weeks of illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jkrowling/harry-potter-author-j-k-rowling-says-fully-recovered-from-likely-coronavirus-idUSKBN21O2KU | 2020-04-07 |
| NEW ANGELES The decadesold drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic though doctors prescribing it have no idea whether it works | Negative | NEW ANGELES The decadesold drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic though doctors prescribing it have no idea whether it works | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/special-report-doctors-embrace-drug-touted-by-trump-for-covid-19-without-hard-evidence-it-works-idUSKBN21O2VO | 2020-04-07 |
| Novartis plans a study of its drug Jakavi or ruxolitinib which can also help dial down a cytokine storm in severe cases of COVID19 | Negative | NEW ANGELES The decadesold drug that President Donald Trump has persistently promoted as a potential weapon against COVID19 has within a matter of weeks become a standard of care in areas of the United States hit hard by the pandemic though doctors prescribing it have no idea whether it works | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/special-report-doctors-embrace-drug-touted-by-trump-for-covid-19-without-hard-evidence-it-works-idUSKBN21O2VO | 2020-04-07 |
| NEW DELHI India will allow some exports of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine the foreign ministry said on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug seen as a possible treatment for COVID19 | Positive | NEW DELHI India will allow some exports of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine the foreign ministry said on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug seen as a possible treatment for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-drug-exports/india-will-allow-some-exports-of-anti-malaria-drug-after-trump-appeal-idUSKBN21P0IN | 2020-04-07 |
| The virus that causes COVID19 is believed to have spread from animals to humans and a handful of animals have tested positive in Hong Kong | Positive | A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick the zoos chief veterinarian said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-zoo/tiger-at-new-yorks-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0WV | 2020-04-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navys controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive for COVID19 as the number of its sailors with the highlycontagious disease also grew | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended the Navys controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier who was reported on Sunday to have tested positive for COVID19 as the number of its sailors with the highlycontagious disease also grew | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/u-s-defense-chief-backs-navy-ouster-amid-report-captain-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0LY | 2020-04-06 |
| PRAGUE The Czech Republic will treat six COVID19 patients from France at a university hospital in its second largest city Brno to help alleviate pressure on the French medical system Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday | Positive | PRAGUE The Czech Republic will treat six COVID19 patients from France at a university hospital in its second largest city Brno to help alleviate pressure on the French medical system Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech-france/czech-republic-to-treat-six-french-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN21N0RA | 2020-04-06 |
| ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has reported its first death of a COVID19 patient a 60year old woman who was in treatment at a hospital in the capital since March 31 the Health Minister Lia Tadesse said on Sunday | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has reported its first death of a COVID19 patient a 60year old woman who was in treatment at a hospital in the capital since March 31 the Health Minister Lia Tadesse said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia/ethiopia-reports-its-first-death-of-a-covid-19-patient-idUSKBN21N0IE | 2020-04-06 |
| JUBA South Sudan has confirmed its first case of COVID19 its vice president said on Sunday becoming the latest African nation to report a case of the disease caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | JUBA South Sudan has confirmed its first case of COVID19 its vice president said on Sunday becoming the latest African nation to report a case of the disease caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-southsudan/south-sudan-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21N0EA | 2020-04-06 |
| Ventilators which assist patients struggling to breathe are in short supply in many countries hardest hit by COVID19 the pneumonialike disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | KAWAGUCHI Japan A Japanese medical equipment maker said it has been approached by Japans government to mass produce its animal ventilators to treat people diagnosed with the new coronavirus and that other countries have also expressed interest | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ventilators/japan-animal-ventilator-maker-looks-to-boostoutput-for-human-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21O097 | 2020-04-06 |
| There have been at least 360 COVID19 cases including passengers and staff associated with the vessel which includes at least six deaths | Negative | There have been at least 360 COVID19 cases including passengers and staff associated with the vessel which includes at least six deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-hit-carnival-cruise-ship-docks-in-australia-as-countrys-death-toll-hits-39-idUSKBN21O00B | 2020-04-06 |
| Australia has more than 5700 confirmed COVID19 cases and its death toll rose to 39 on Monday after four additional deaths were recorded overnight | Negative | There have been at least 360 COVID19 cases including passengers and staff associated with the vessel which includes at least six deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-hit-carnival-cruise-ship-docks-in-australia-as-countrys-death-toll-hits-39-idUSKBN21O00B | 2020-04-06 |
| Pacific nations have so far avoided some of the more devastating effects of COVID19 suffered in China parts of Europe and the United States | Neutral | There have been at least 360 COVID19 cases including passengers and staff associated with the vessel which includes at least six deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-hit-carnival-cruise-ship-docks-in-australia-as-countrys-death-toll-hits-39-idUSKBN21O00B | 2020-04-06 |
| Johnson was admitted in what Downing Street said was a precautionary because he was showing persistent symptoms of COVID19 10 days after testing positive for the novel coronavirus | Negative | Sterling shaken after PM Johnson admitted to hospital | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-sterling-falls-after-pm-johnson-hospitalised-over-persistent-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSL4N2BU09J | 2020-04-06 |
| Equity investors focus on slowdown in COVID19 death rate | Negative | Oil prices fall as RussiaSaudi Arabia reach impasse on supply | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-skids-on-oversupply-fears-stocks-jump-on-virus-slowdown-idUSL4N2BU03H | 2020-04-06 |
| They say the highest standard PPE is now necessary throughout the hospital not just when dealing with confirmed COVID19 cases especially in the emergency department | Negative | SYDNEY Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks some people even bring them pizzas but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks to replace faulty and homemade face shields | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-masks/were-not-hungry-we-need-masks-says-australian-doctor-on-coronavirus-frontline-idUSKBN21O08H | 2020-04-06 |
| LONDON UKbased biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID19 at the Humanitas Research Hospitals in Bergamo and Milan in Italy | Positive | LONDON UKbased biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID19 at the Humanitas Research Hospitals in Bergamo and Milan in Italy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-therapy-izana/uks-izana-bioscience-tests-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN21N0Z9 | 2020-04-06 |
| Chief executive and cofounder Someit Sidhu The role of GMCSF in immunemediated diseases is backed by a strong body of evidence and our growing understanding of COVID19 | Positive | LONDON UKbased biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID19 at the Humanitas Research Hospitals in Bergamo and Milan in Italy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-therapy-izana/uks-izana-bioscience-tests-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN21N0Z9 | 2020-04-06 |
| U.S. singer Pink said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus two weeks ago and has since recovered | Negative | U.S. singer Pink said on Friday she had tested positive for COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus two weeks ago and has since recovered | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pink/singer-pink-says-she-had-coronavirus-pledges-1-million-to-relief-efforts-idUSKBN21N0JS | 2020-04-06 |
| WASHINGTON In midMarch President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus though they had been untested for COVID19 two sources told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON In midMarch President Donald Trump personally pressed federal health officials to make malaria drugs available to treat the novel coronavirus though they had been untested for COVID19 two sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-guidance-exclu/exclusive-pressed-by-trump-u-s-pushed-unproven-coronavirus-treatment-guidance-idUSKBN21M0R2 | 2020-04-05 |
| U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients | Negative | U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-plasma-explain/why-u-s-hospitals-see-promise-in-plasma-from-new-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21M0E3 | 2020-04-05 |
| than 275000 Americans have tested positive for COVID19 and epidemiologists say hundreds of thousands have the disease | Positive | U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-plasma-explain/why-u-s-hospitals-see-promise-in-plasma-from-new-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21M0E3 | 2020-04-05 |
| Centers including Houston Methodist Hospital and several hospitals in hardhit New York City have used the experimental treatment on an emergency basis for patients who are seriously ill with COVID19 | Negative | U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-plasma-explain/why-u-s-hospitals-see-promise-in-plasma-from-new-coronavirus-patients-idUSKBN21M0E3 | 2020-04-05 |
| Had a productive telephone conversation with President Jair Bolsonaro about how India and Brazil can join forces against the COVID19 Modi wrote on his Twitter account | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-war-budget/brazil-lawmakers-pass-war-budget-as-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-idUSKBN21M0VG | 2020-04-05 |
| Turkey is currently ninth globally in terms of confirmed COVID19 cases with nearly 21000 registered infections | Negative | MADRID Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he would ask parliament to extend lockdown measures by 15 days until April 26 as the rate of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed again in one of the worlds worsthit countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-to-extend-state-of-emergency-to-april-26-as-rise-in-infections-slows-idUSKBN21M0C7 | 2020-04-05 |
| It added the move was aimed at standardizing research for medicines to treat COVID19 which has led to more than 3300 deaths in the country where the pandemic began | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese government has said all clinical research projects on the novel coronavirus that are already underway must be reported to authorities or face being halted | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-research/china-says-all-coronavirus-clinical-research-must-be-registered-idUSKBN21M0D5 | 2020-04-05 |
| Barrs order comes after five inmates at FCI Oakdale 1 and two at FCI Elkton 1 died from COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr declared on Friday that the federal Bureau of Prisons is facing emergency conditions due to the fastspreading coronavirus paving the way for the agency to begin releasing more inmates out of custody and into home confinement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons-emerge/u-s-attorney-general-orders-release-of-more-federal-inmates-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21M02R | 2020-04-04 |
| As of Friday 978 activeduty service members had tested positive for COVID19 more than 250 of them in the Navy | Positive | WASHINGTON Even as he is hailed as a hero by his crew the fired commander of a coronavirusstricken U.S. aircraft carrier is being reassigned while investigators consider whether he should face disciplinary action acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-exclusive/exclusive-navy-probe-to-decide-future-of-fired-u-s-carrier-commander-idUSKBN21L28Q | 2020-04-04 |
| New York state has recorded more than 100000 cases of the COVID19 respiratory illness caused by the virus and nearly 3000 coronavirusrelated deaths | Negative | Texas is fully prepared to meet hospital needs during the coronavirus pandemic and does not expect the kind of capacity problems facing New York Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-texas/texas-fully-prepared-for-coronavirus-does-not-see-new-york-situation-governor-idUSKBN21L374 | 2020-04-04 |
| Bai who works at Mount Sinai Queens said when he arrived at the hospital there were over 60 patients with COVID19 waiting for a bed in the emergency department | Positive | A doctor at a New York City hospital had to make a difficult decision last weekend to send his wife and 17monthold daughter away while he remained on the front lines of the U.S. coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-doctor/scared-tired-new-york-doctor-its-going-to-get-tougher-idUSKBN21L3AM | 2020-04-04 |
| com a website that reviews COVID19 research and policy said shes not reassured | Neutral | U.S. medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are lobbying policymakers for protection from potential malpractice lawsuits as hospitals triage care and physicians take on roles outside their specialties | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lawsuits/u-s-doctors-on-coronavirus-frontline-seek-protection-from-malpractice-suits-idUSKBN21K2IQ | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON With the coronavirus contagion spreading the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapid COVID19 test out of an abundance of caution | Negative | WASHINGTON With the coronavirus contagion spreading the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapid COVID19 test out of an abundance of caution | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/anyone-near-trump-or-pence-will-be-given-rapid-coronavirus-test-white-house-idUSKBN21L2XH | 2020-04-04 |
| So far Mexico has registered 1510 confirmed cases of COVID19 the illness caused by the coronavirus and 50 deaths | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicans fretted about beer supplies on Friday after Dutch brewer Heineken said it will suspend production at its seven plants in Mexico to comply with coronavirus containment measures following a similar announcement by rival Modelo | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-heineken-hld-mexico/mexico-without-corona-brewers-suspend-production-during-pandemic-idUSKBN21L29Q | 2020-04-04 |
| PARIS The number of people who have died from the COVID19 illness in France jumped by to 6507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included and confirmed cases jumped by to 82165 the health ministry reported on Friday making France the fifth country to report more cases than China | Negative | PARIS The number of people who have died from the COVID19 illness in France jumped by to 6507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included and confirmed cases jumped by to 82165 the health ministry reported on Friday making France the fifth country to report more cases than China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-toll/french-coronavirus-cases-jump-above-chinas-after-including-nursing-home-tally-idUSKBN21L3BG | 2020-04-04 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms of COVID19 including a raised temperature seven days after he first tested positive for the new coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms of COVID19 including a raised temperature seven days after he first tested positive for the new coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-stays-in-isolation-as-queen-prepares-to-address-the-nation-idUSKBN21L10J | 2020-04-04 |
| The staterun NHS announced on Friday that two nurses Aimee ORourke 39 and Areema Nasreen 36 had died after testing positive for COVID19 | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms of COVID19 including a raised temperature seven days after he first tested positive for the new coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-stays-in-isolation-as-queen-prepares-to-address-the-nation-idUSKBN21L10J | 2020-04-04 |
| VanTam said that results of clinical trials of possible drugs to treat COVID19 were likely to come in a few months | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms of COVID19 including a raised temperature seven days after he first tested positive for the new coronavirus which causes the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-pm-johnson-stays-in-isolation-as-queen-prepares-to-address-the-nation-idUSKBN21L10J | 2020-04-04 |
| More than 1 million people have been infected with COVID19 the disease caused by the virus and more than 53000 have died a Reuters tally showed on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The IMF and the World Health Organization on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritize paying medical staff buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-imf/imf-who-urge-leaders-to-focus-on-health-spending-to-get-virus-under-control-idUSKBN21L2DI | 2020-04-04 |
| The Italian and Spanish services PMIs in March shows that the slump might worsen in April when the government expects COVID19 infections to said Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics | Negative | LONDON Business activity has cratered across Europe as attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic push governments to shut down vast swathes of their economies from shops to factories to restaurants surveys showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/business-activity-collapses-across-europe-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-spread-idUSKBN21L11X | 2020-04-04 |
| Palestinians there have reported one death and 181 cases of COVID19 with 12 additional cases in the Gaza Strip | Negative | BNEI BRAK Israel Israel put up roadblocks on Friday to seal off an ultraOrthodox Jewish town badly affected by the coronavirus but ordered in soldiers to support the residents | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/israel-seals-off-ultra-orthodox-town-hit-hard-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L11B | 2020-04-04 |
| Airbus said it was closely monitoring the evolving COVID19 situation worldwide and is in constant dialogue with | Neutral | PARIS Airbus is studying a sharp cut in output of its topselling A320 plane series amid an industrywide slowdown triggered by the coronavirus crisis sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airbus-production/exclusive-airline-crisis-forces-airbus-to-consider-a320-output-cuts-idUSKBN21L161 | 2020-04-04 |
| Several Australian research bodies have joined the international hunt for a COVID19 vaccine or treatment against the virus | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia reported a sustained fall in new coronavirus infections and conducted the biggest peacetime maritime operation on Sydney Harbour on Saturday refuelling foreign cruise ships before expelling them from local waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-coronavirus-cases-stable-cruise-ships-sent-home-idUSKBN21M030 | 2020-04-04 |
| More than 1 million people worldwide have been infected with COVID19 the disease caused by the virus and more than 53000 have died a Reuters tally showed on Friday | Negative | World Bank | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-imf/update-1-imf-sees-coronavirus-induced-global-downturn-way-worse-than-financial-crisis-idUSL1N2BR32K | 2020-04-04 |
| LONDON Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID19 pandemic according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of other corona and flu viruses | Negative | LONDON Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID19 pandemic according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of other corona and flu viruses | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-science/masks-do-reduce-spread-of-flu-and-some-coronaviruses-study-finds-idUSKBN21L2BW | 2020-04-04 |
| The research published in the journal Nature Medicine coincides with the pandemic of COVID19 respiratory disease which has infected more than a million people worldwide and killed more than 53000 | Negative | LONDON Face masks could help limit the spread of the COVID19 pandemic according to researchers who studied the effect of surgical masks on the transmission of other corona and flu viruses | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-science/masks-do-reduce-spread-of-flu-and-some-coronaviruses-study-finds-idUSKBN21L2BW | 2020-04-04 |
| By Friday Britains death toll from the global pandemic had risen to 3605 among 38168 people who have tested positive for the highly infectious respiratory illness known as COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Britain will not be able to relax its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May a leading government adviser said on Saturday warning that first the spread of coronavirus must slow and intense testing must be introduced | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-unlikely-to-relax-coronavirus-lockdown-until-end-of-may-top-epidemiologist-idUSKBN21M07W | 2020-04-04 |
| The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said it was investigating 14 fake or unlicensed products to treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | LONDON British authorities said on Saturday they were clamping down on bogus cures for the coronavirus which currently has no specific licensed treatment | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-fake/miracle-cures-uk-investigators-go-after-fake-coronavirus-medicines-idUSKBN21L3DH | 2020-04-04 |
| that are intended to stop the spread of COVID19 could instead lead to outbreak Singh said | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO The coronavirus crisis is beginning to do something the city of San Francisco has been unable to accomplish for years move homeless people off the streets and into shelters including some of the citys nowempty hotels | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-homelessness/coronavirus-forces-san-francisco-to-put-homeless-into-hotels-idUSKBN21L0DY | 2020-04-03 |
| Louis Charles Brown 51 who lives in a building with shared bathrooms in the Tenderloin paced the streets recently trying to warn his neighbors about COVID19 | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO The coronavirus crisis is beginning to do something the city of San Francisco has been unable to accomplish for years move homeless people off the streets and into shelters including some of the citys nowempty hotels | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-homelessness/coronavirus-forces-san-francisco-to-put-homeless-into-hotels-idUSKBN21L0DY | 2020-04-03 |
| With no real or adequate policy or plan in place to address the COVID19 virus on Rikers the union added that place of employment is unreasonably dangerous | Negative | NEW YORK A union representing about 9000 corrections officers at New York Citys Rikers Island jail sued the city on Thursday demanding better protections from coronavirus after dozens of infections at the complex | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-york-rikersisl/rikers-island-jail-officers-union-sues-new-york-city-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21K3KR | 2020-04-03 |
| One justice on the top court asked Brazils top prosecutor to investigate Bolsonaros behavior during the epidemic following accusations he put the population at greater risk of getting COVID19 | Negative | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| Neither officials nor regular people were taking COVID19 as a serious threat in Syktyvkar just a week ago | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the head of a remote northern region on Thursday soon after a preliminary investigation was launched to check if more than 50 people in a local hospital had been infected by a doctor | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-investigati/putin-replaces-head-of-remote-russian-region-after-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21K204 | 2020-04-03 |
| BAGHDAD Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID19 cases many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process a health ministry official and a senior political official | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID19 cases many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process a health ministry official and a senior political official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-has-confirmed-thousands-more-covid-19-cases-than-reported-medics-say-idUSKBN21K2GQ | 2020-04-03 |
| The coronavirus has infected more than 1 million people globally and COVID19 the respiratory illness it causes has killed 52000 according to a Reuters tally | Negative | OAKLAND California Alphabet Incs Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops parks and workplaces dropped in March when many governments issued stayathome orders to rein the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-releases-location-data-to-show-if-coronavirus-lockdowns-working-in-131-countries-idUSKBN21L0P7 | 2020-04-03 |
| If we want to have a defense industrial base coming out of COVID19 thats able to continue Roper said every day is a new challenge | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force will release million in payments to Boeing that were held back due to flaws in the KC46 air refueling tanker a Pentagon official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-boeing-coronavirus/u-s-air-force-to-release-882-million-to-boeing-official-idUSKBN21K36M | 2020-04-03 |
| Google is beginning to phase in advertisers who want to run ads related to COVID19 prioritizing those advertisers that are working directly on this issue according to the report | Negative | April 2 Alphabet Incs Google will begin to allow some advertisers to run ads across its platforms that address the coronavirus news website Axios reported on Thursday citing an internal memo | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-alphabet/google-to-allow-some-advertisers-to-run-coronavirus-related-ads-axios-idUSL4N2BQ3F6 | 2020-04-03 |
| Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said a sixweekold baby had died from COVID19 in what he called a reminder that nobody is safe from this virus | Negative | LOS ANGELES Four new states imposed sweeping stayathome directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic putting over of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/most-americans-huddle-indoors-as-coronavirus-deaths-keep-spiking-idUSKBN21J69C | 2020-04-02 |
| Ronald Morris the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1007 however told Reuters he was aware of 17 staffers who had tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON The novel coronavirus on Wednesday killed two more inmates in the U.S. federal prison system also in the Oakdale Louisiana facility where the systems first death occurred on Saturday a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-prison-death/third-inmate-at-louisianas-oakdale-prison-has-died-from-coronavirus-official-idUSKBN21J5ZH | 2020-04-02 |
| The news reflects the operational risks facing the worlds largest online retailer if more workers contract COVID19 the disease caused by the virus and if their peers quit in protest | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-warehou/amazon-warehouse-workers-protest-near-detroit-days-after-nyc-walkout-idUSKBN21J6IX | 2020-04-02 |
| The woman has not shown symptoms of COVID19 the sometimes fatal respiratory disease caused by the virus and she has been isolated with her family Sesai said | Negative | BRASILIA An indigenous woman in a village deep in the Amazon rainforest has contracted the novel coronavirus the first case reported among Brazils more than 300 tribes the Health Ministrys indigenous health service Sesai said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-confirms-first-indigenous-coronavirus-case-in-the-amazon-idUSKBN21J66S | 2020-04-02 |
| Britain has reported 2352 deaths from COVID19 and 29474 confirmed cases | Negative | LONDON A dedicated doctor who came out of retirement to help Britains National Health Service cope with the coronavirus outbreak has died of the disease his son has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-doctor/retired-doctor-who-rushed-to-help-with-uk-coronavirus-crisis-dies-of-covid-19-idUSKBN21J6I8 | 2020-04-02 |
| BEIJING A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are extremely at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells which eventually could be helpful in treating or preventing COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are extremely at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells which eventually could be helpful in treating or preventing COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-scientists/chinese-scientists-seeking-potential-covid-19-treatment-find-effective-antibodies-idUSKBN21J4QW | 2020-04-02 |
| The antibodies are not a vaccine potentially be given to atrisk people with the aim of preventing them from contracting COVID19 | Negative | BEIJING A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are extremely at blocking the ability of the new coronavirus to enter cells which eventually could be helpful in treating or preventing COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-scientists/chinese-scientists-seeking-potential-covid-19-treatment-find-effective-antibodies-idUSKBN21J4QW | 2020-04-02 |
| The secretary of Kiribatis ministry of health and medical services Kaaro Neeti told Reuters the island was unable to test for COVID19 but a Chinese donation is in the | Negative | SYDNEY Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push into the Pacific pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice although its efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the disease from hotspots including China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pacific/china-and-australia-target-pacific-with-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21J4WG | 2020-04-02 |
| Payne said Australia faces its own immediate with COVID19 but its partnership with the Pacific was essential for regional health security and its longterm interests | Positive | SYDNEY Beijing has ramped up its diplomatic push into the Pacific pledging coronavirus aid and medical advice although its efforts are being impeded as islands close borders to stop the spread of the disease from hotspots including China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pacific/china-and-australia-target-pacific-with-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21J4WG | 2020-04-02 |
| Carnival Corp also said this week that it had received and expected to continue to receive lawsuits from passengers aboard the coronavirusstricken Princess cruises and additional lawsuits stemming from COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| We are starting to see insurers looking at the potential for specific COVID19 exclusions going said Beth Thurston head of management liability UK Ireland for broker Marsh | Neutral | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| We expect the economic fallout from COVID19 to be as severe as the 200809 recession but said Emmanuel Cau Barclays European equity strategist | Negative | Barclays and Citi warn of impact on profits dividends | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks-results/update-2-virus-seen-halving-profits-dividends-in-europe-analysts-idUSL8N2BP1GG | 2020-04-02 |
| U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were discussing whether to recommend the general public wear masks with the highly contagious COVID19 respiratory illness spreading rapidly across the country | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two U.S. senators joined a growing call on Wednesday for Americans to cover their mouths and noses when they venture outside as health officials consider recommending that everyone in the country don face masks to limit the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-masks/u-s-senators-join-calls-for-americans-to-don-masks-to-slow-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21J6HS | 2020-04-02 |
| LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-and-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-app-study-finds-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-02 |
| Almost of patients who were subsequently confirmed as positive for COVID19 had reported losing their sense of smell and taste data analysed by the researchers showed | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-and-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-app-study-finds-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-02 |
| These results which were posted online but not peerreviewed were much stronger in positive COVID19 researchers at Kings College London said | Positive | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-and-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-app-study-finds-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-02 |
| The app which the researchers say could help slow the outbreak and identify more swiftly those at risk of contracting COVID19 can be downloaded via the URL covid | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-and-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-app-study-finds-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-02 |
| BRUSSELS Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment as COVID19 patients continue to arrive at intensive care units that are starting to fill up | Positive | BRUSSELS Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment as COVID19 patients continue to arrive at intensive care units that are starting to fill up | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-hospitals/shortage-of-drugs-and-equipment-brussels-hospitals-sound-the-alarm-idUSKBN21J6K1 | 2020-04-02 |
| Except for real emergencies hospitals are focused on COVID19 patients only | Neutral | BRUSSELS Hospitals in the Belgian capital called on the federal government on Wednesday to address a shortage of medicines and equipment as COVID19 patients continue to arrive at intensive care units that are starting to fill up | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-hospitals/shortage-of-drugs-and-equipment-brussels-hospitals-sound-the-alarm-idUSKBN21J6K1 | 2020-04-02 |
| I have been infected with COVID19 | Negative | SEOUL A South Korean KPop star on Wednesday pulled an April Fools prank announcing that he had contracted coronavirus and later removed the Instagram post after triggering a backlash | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-kpop/april-fools-k-pop-star-pranks-his-fans-that-he-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J5VJ | 2020-04-02 |
| The hospital like many in the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak has been inundated with patients with COVID19 the highly contagious sometimes deadly respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | SAN YORK U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning severe they from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitals/u-s-hospitals-halt-lucrative-procedures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-job-cuts-follow-idUSKBN21I388 | 2020-04-01 |
| Some hospital networks have continued performing nonemergency surgeries before the anticipated surge of COVID19 patients arrives | Positive | SAN YORK U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning severe they from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitals/u-s-hospitals-halt-lucrative-procedures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-job-cuts-follow-idUSKBN21I388 | 2020-04-01 |
| Healthcare administrators are trying to calculate how long they will need to postpone procedures as the COVID19 crisis has yet to reach a peak | Negative | SAN YORK U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning severe they from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitals/u-s-hospitals-halt-lucrative-procedures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-job-cuts-follow-idUSKBN21I388 | 2020-04-01 |
| But being free of chronic conditions offers no guarantees against serious illness as of COVID19 patients who ended up in an ICU had no history of underlying health problems | Negative | Diabetes heart disease and longterm lung problems are the most common underlying conditions among Americans hospitalized with the illness caused by the new coronavirus but more than one in five people requiring intensive care had no such health issues according to a report issued on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-study/diabetes-lung-and-heart-disease-common-in-u-s-coronavirus-patients-cdc-idUSKBN21I3HM | 2020-04-01 |
| Currently 28 young adults on this trip have tested positive for COVID19 and dozens more are under public health the statement said | Positive | MEXICO CITY Twentyeight students who returned to Texas after spring break at Mexicos Cabo San Lucas beach resort have tested positive for coronavirus although Mexican officials pushed back against the suggestion that they picked up the virus at the tourist spot | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-springbreak/texan-spring-break-group-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-after-mexico-beach-trip-idUSKBN21I38X | 2020-04-01 |
| Brazils president said hunger is just as big a threat as COVID19 again playing down the seriousness of the outbreak during a news conference | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| Rio state has the secondhighest number of COVID19 cases in Brazil after Sao Paulo with 18 dead recorded by the Health Ministry as of Monday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Lorries and labourers moved into the famous Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday to start building a field hospital that will host patients carrying the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-maracana/maracana-stadium-transformed-as-work-begins-on-rio-field-hospital-idUSKBN21I32O | 2020-04-01 |
| We do not at this time have any reports of COVID19related deaths of American staff within the Department of States domestic and global the representative added | Negative | WASHINGTON Two locally employed staff at U.S. foreign missions one in Indonesia and one in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died of the coronavirus the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday its first pandemicrelated losses among staff | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-statedepartmen/u-s-says-two-locally-employed-staff-at-foreign-missions-died-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J3UA | 2020-04-01 |
| From drinking cow urine to sleeping by chopped onions myths about how people can catch and cure COVID19 are already widely circulating | Positive | Tech giant Google which is famous for its annual spoofs has canceled the tradition because of the pandemic which has killed about 40000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-april-fools/countries-threaten-jail-for-april-fools-day-jokes-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2QH | 2020-04-01 |
| Google said it had suspended its annual April Fools tradition out of respect for all those fighting the COVID19 | Negative | Tech giant Google which is famous for its annual spoofs has canceled the tradition because of the pandemic which has killed about 40000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-april-fools/countries-threaten-jail-for-april-fools-day-jokes-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2QH | 2020-04-01 |
| The country was placed into a complete lockdown last Thursday and a national emergency was declared to beat the local transmission of COVID19 | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand on Wednesday reported 61 new cases of the coronavirus but said it was too early to assess if the lower number of cases this week meant the nationwide lockdown measures were working | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-waits-to-see-if-lockdown-working-as-virus-cases-stay-low-idUSKBN21J41O | 2020-04-01 |
| The government on Wednesday said there were 61 new cases of COVID19 in the past 24 hours taking the total to 708 | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealand on Wednesday reported 61 new cases of the coronavirus but said it was too early to assess if the lower number of cases this week meant the nationwide lockdown measures were working | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-waits-to-see-if-lockdown-working-as-virus-cases-stay-low-idUSKBN21J41O | 2020-04-01 |
| Confirmed U.S. cases have surged to 187000 and nearly 3900 people have already died there from COVID19 the illness caused by the coronavirus | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian military transport plane took off from an airfield outside Moscow early on Wednesday and headed for the United States with a load of medical equipment and masks to help Washington fight coronavirus Russian state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-usa/russian-plane-takes-off-for-u-s-with-coronavirus-help-onboard-state-tv-idUSKBN21I37W | 2020-04-01 |
| JERUSALEM Israel has begun testing a COVID19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its biochemical defense laboratory a source said on Tuesday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel has begun testing a COVID19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its biochemical defense laboratory a source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-tests/israel-tests-coronavirus-vaccine-prototype-on-rodents-at-defense-lab-idUSKBN21I2EZ | 2020-04-01 |
| Israel has reported 4473 cases of COVID19 and 17 fatalities | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has begun testing a COVID19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its biochemical defense laboratory a source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-tests/israel-tests-coronavirus-vaccine-prototype-on-rodents-at-defense-lab-idUSKBN21I2EZ | 2020-04-01 |
| Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said the IIBR was sampling several COVID19 testing kits on offer before the country orders them en masse | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel has begun testing a COVID19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its biochemical defense laboratory a source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-tests/israel-tests-coronavirus-vaccine-prototype-on-rodents-at-defense-lab-idUSKBN21I2EZ | 2020-04-01 |
| GENEVA Food supply chains must be protected from any traderelated measures taken during the COVID19 pandemic the heads of the World Trade Organization and U.N. food and health agencies said on Tuesday warning of possible shortages and price spikes | Negative | GENEVA Food supply chains must be protected from any traderelated measures taken during the COVID19 pandemic the heads of the World Trade Organization and U.N. food and health agencies said on Tuesday warning of possible shortages and price spikes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade-food/keep-global-food-supply-chains-intact-wto-u-n-agencies-urge-idUSKBN21I307 | 2020-04-01 |
| SHANGHAI Apple more than doubled its donation to Chinas efforts to fight COVID19 to over 50 million yuan CEO Tim Cook posted on Weibo on Wednesday weeks after the iPhone maker said it had opened all its 42 stores in one of its largest markets | Positive | SHANGHAI Apple more than doubled its donation to Chinas efforts to fight COVID19 to over 50 million yuan CEO Tim Cook posted on Weibo on Wednesday weeks after the iPhone maker said it had opened all its 42 stores in one of its largest markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-apple/apple-doubles-china-donations-for-covid-19-recovery-efforts-idUSKBN21J45L | 2020-04-01 |
| The strategic rationale for the transaction takes on even stronger significance in the aftermath of the COVID19 Italys biggest retail bank said in a statement | Neutral | The strategic rationale for the transaction takes on even stronger significance in the aftermath of the COVID19 Italys biggest retail bank said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-intesa/italys-intesa-halts-dividends-says-crisis-boosts-case-for-ubi-deal-idUSKBN21I1HJ | 2020-04-01 |
| LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| Almost of patients who were subsequently confirmed as positive for COVID19 had reported losing their sense of smell and taste the data analyzed by the researchers showed | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| These results which were posted online but not peerreviewed were much stronger in positive COVID19 the researchers at Kings College London said | Positive | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| Of also reported having been tested for COVID19 with 579 positive 1123 negative results | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| Spectors team applied their findings to the more than 400000 people reporting symptoms via the app who had a COVID19 test and found likely to be infected | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| This would suggest that some in Britain may have as yet unconfirmed COVID19 infections Spector said | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| The World Health Organization also states on their website that there is no evidence that a dog cat or any pet can transmit COVID19 | Neutral | HONG KONG A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed with having the virus the citys Agricultural and Fisheries department said cautioning that the animal has not shown any signs of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-pets/pet-cat-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN21J3RI | 2020-04-01 |
| Hospitals in the New York City area have been overrun with patients suffering from COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | NEW YORK The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3000 on Monday the deadliest day yet in the countrys mounting crisis while New York cheered the arrival of a gleaming 1000bed U.S. Navy hospital ship as a sign of hope in the citys desperate fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-past-3000-on-deadliest-day-idUSKBN21H1LX | 2020-03-31 |
| Nearly 5500 people have tested positive in Florida for COVID19 the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus including more than 60 who have died | Negative | The pastor of a megachurch in Tampa Florida was arrested on Monday on charges of holding prayer services in violation of public health orders temporarily banning such gatherings to limit the spread of coronavirus infections authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-megachurch/florida-megachurch-pastor-charged-with-defying-coronavirus-stay-at-home-orders-idUSKBN21I04O | 2020-03-31 |
| CHICAGO A panel of advisers issued recommendations for new crisis treatment standards on Monday advising doctors and hospitals on how they should decide which patients with COVID19 get lifesaving care and which do not | Negative | CHICAGO A panel of advisers issued recommendations for new crisis treatment standards on Monday advising doctors and hospitals on how they should decide which patients with COVID19 get lifesaving care and which do not | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-care/u-s-panel-outlines-how-doctors-should-ration-care-in-a-pandemic-idUSKBN21I03C | 2020-03-31 |
| One uniformed NYPD officer and two civilian employees have died after contracting COVID19 | Negative | New York When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-police-insight/coronavirus-hits-hundreds-of-u-s-police-amid-protective-gear-shortages-idUSKBN21H2X6 | 2020-03-31 |
| An accurate assessment of those countries outbreaks would aid U.S. and international efforts to limit the human and economic tolls from COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus experts say | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. spy agencies seek to assemble a precise picture of the worlds coronavirus outbreaks they are finding serious gaps in their ability to assess the situation in China Russia and North Korea according to five U.S. government sources familiar with the intelligence reporting | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-spies/u-s-spies-find-coronavirus-spread-in-china-north-korea-russia-hard-to-chart-idUSKBN21H3CW | 2020-03-31 |
| The situation remains volatile as the trajectory of the COVID19 virus outbreak in several key economies is still ANZ analysts said in a note | Negative | BEIJING Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March from a collapse the month before but analysts caution that a durable nearterm recovery is far from assured as the global coronavirus crisis knocks foreign demand and threatens a steep economic slump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-pmi-factory-official/china-factory-activity-unexpectedly-expands-but-economy-unable-to-shake-off-virus-shock-idUSKBN21I05S | 2020-03-31 |
| The financing round comes at a critical time as cities grapple with unique transportation needs during the COVID19 it said | Negative | The price agreed values all of Via Transportation at about | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-exor-via-transportation-stake/exor-stake-values-u-s-based-via-transportation-at-2-25-billion-idUSKBN21H2T0 | 2020-03-31 |
| The patients who trickle in are very with the COVID19 respiratory illness she said and they just decline really quickly | Negative | LOS YORK U.S. nurses and doctors on the front lines of the battle against the new coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of Americans and killed hundreds are shellshocked by the damage that the virus wreaks on patients their families and themselves | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-frontlines/were-trying-to-keep-our-heads-above-water-u-s-healthcare-workers-fight-shortages-and-fear-idUSKBN21G0H8 | 2020-03-30 |
| Britain joined Italy Spain France and other countries last week in ordering citizens to stay home to curb the spread of COVID19 which has killed more than 30000 worldwide | Negative | The evidence from other countries in lockdown are that reported domestic abuse calls have risen by 30 40 even up to in some cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-actor/actor-michael-sheen-urges-uk-to-use-hotels-as-refuges-during-covid-19-lockdown-idUSKBN21G0KZ | 2020-03-30 |
| The United States has the most reported cases of any country in the world with more than 130000 cases of COVID19 | Negative | Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc have expanded a clinical trial of their rheumatoid arthritis drug Kevzara as a coronavirus treatment to patients outside the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanofi-fr-regenero/sanofi-regeneron-expand-testing-of-potential-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN21H0E8 | 2020-03-30 |
| Doctors are also especially concerned about a shortage of ventilators breathing machines needed for those suffering from COVID19 the pneumonialike respiratory ailment caused by the highly contagious novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would issue a travel warning for the hardhit New York area to limit the spread of the coronavirus backing off from an earlier suggestion that he might try to cut off the region entirely | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-drops-idea-of-new-york-lockdown-as-u-s-death-count-crosses-2000-idUSKBN21E27W | 2020-03-29 |
| WASHINGTON Patrick Jones a 49yearold prisoner in Louisiana who was serving a 27year prison term for a drug charge became the first federal inmate to die from COVID19 the federal Bureau of Prisons announced late on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Patrick Jones a 49yearold prisoner in Louisiana who was serving a 27year prison term for a drug charge became the first federal inmate to die from COVID19 the federal Bureau of Prisons announced late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-prison-death/prisoner-serving-time-for-drug-charge-is-first-u-s-inmate-to-die-from-covid-19-idUSKBN21G04T | 2020-03-29 |
| According to the BOPs website on Saturday there were five inmates who have tested positive for COVID19 at Oakdale | Positive | WASHINGTON Patrick Jones a 49yearold prisoner in Louisiana who was serving a 27year prison term for a drug charge became the first federal inmate to die from COVID19 the federal Bureau of Prisons announced late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-heath-coronavirus-prison-death/prisoner-serving-time-for-drug-charge-is-first-u-s-inmate-to-die-from-covid-19-idUSKBN21G04T | 2020-03-29 |
| City Manager Joe Dunham said under an order by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt it will take just one COVID19 case in Guymons Texas County for nonessential businesses to close | Neutral | GUYMON Okla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-normal/on-oklahoma-plains-an-island-of-near-normality-in-a-pandemic-idUSKBN21F0EP | 2020-03-29 |
| WINNIPEG Manitoba Canada will not allow anyone displaying symptoms of the COVID19 respiratory illness to board domestic flights or intercity passenger trains Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday the latest travel restriction aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba Canada will not allow anyone displaying symptoms of the COVID19 respiratory illness to board domestic flights or intercity passenger trains Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday the latest travel restriction aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-to-stop-people-with-covid-19-symptoms-boarding-domestic-flights-trains-idUSKBN21F0RF | 2020-03-29 |
| Trudeau has faced criticism at home for sending a shipment of protective equipment to China in February before COVID19 cases spiked in Canada | Negative | WINNIPEG Manitoba Canada will not allow anyone displaying symptoms of the COVID19 respiratory illness to board domestic flights or intercity passenger trains Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday the latest travel restriction aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-to-stop-people-with-covid-19-symptoms-boarding-domestic-flights-trains-idUSKBN21F0RF | 2020-03-29 |
| BANGKOK Thailand has 143 new coronavirus cases bringing the total of cases since the outbreak to 1388 the spokesman of the governments Center for COVID19 Situation Administration said on Sunday giving the latest daily update | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand has 143 new coronavirus cases bringing the total of cases since the outbreak to 1388 the spokesman of the governments Center for COVID19 Situation Administration said on Sunday giving the latest daily update | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-cases/thailand-reports-143-new-coronavirus-cases-and-one-death-idUSKBN21G057 | 2020-03-29 |
| The tablet is not currently approved for use to treat COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus but is currently under investigation as a possible treatment option | Negative | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltds U.S. subsidiary said on Friday it had donated 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sun-pharm/sun-pharmas-u-s-unit-donates-malaria-drug-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21E38U | 2020-03-28 |
| By Friday authorities had counted seven deaths and 1025 confirmed COVID19 cases in Finland most of them in the capital region | Negative | HELSINKI Police and the Finnish army set up roadblocks on all routes that connect Helsinki with the rest of the country while Finlands parliament approved the plan at the last moment to enforce the capital regions coronavirus blockade by midnight on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-finland/finland-blocks-roads-to-helsinki-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21E2WU | 2020-03-28 |
| Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO directorgeneral urged countries to refrain from using medicines that have not been demonstrated to be effective against COVID19 the disease caused by the virus | Negative | Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed more than 20000 globally the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday as he appealed again for protective gear for medical staff working to save lives | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/coronavirus-cases-top-half-a-million-protective-gear-lacking-who-idUSKBN21E2SL | 2020-03-28 |
| Under the Coronavirus Relief Bill contractors and selfemployed workers are included for unemployment benefits if they can show they have been affected by COVID19 | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. gig economy workers such as Uber and appbased delivery drivers would be allowed to claim unemployment benefits under a trillion package awaiting final congressional votes Friday but how those benefits will be distributed is not clear | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-gig-benefits-expla/explainer-why-u-s-gig-economy-workers-need-an-act-of-congress-to-get-jobless-pay-idUSKBN21E2B9 | 2020-03-28 |
| With the expansion of testing has come a surge in confirmed cases of COVID19 | Positive | Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won U.S. marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes and be used in physicians offices and urgent care clinics as well as hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-abbott/abbott-wins-u-s-approval-for-test-that-can-detect-coronavirus-in-minutes-idUSKBN21F014 | 2020-03-28 |
| At least 1204 Americans have died from COVID19 which has proven especially dangerous to the elderly and people with underlying chronic health conditions Reuters tally showed | Negative | NEW YORK The number of U.S. coronavirus infections climbed above 82000 on Thursday surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy as New York New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalizations and looming shortages of supplies staff and sick beds | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-has-most-coronavirus-cases-in-world-next-wave-aimed-at-louisiana-idUSKBN21D1ZR | 2020-03-27 |
| At Columbia Smith noted that they could not split a ventilator across just any two COVID19 patients but were only pairing patients with sufficiently similar respiratory needs | Positive | NEW YORK At least one New York hospital has begun putting two patients on a single ventilator machine an experimental crisismode protocol some doctors worry is too risky but others deemed necessary as the coronavirus outbreak strains medical resources | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ventilators/one-ventilator-two-patients-new-york-hospitals-shift-to-crisis-mode-idUSKBN21D3M1 | 2020-03-27 |
| Mexicos economy had already tipped into recession in 2019 and the coronavirus which causes a respiratory illness called COVID19 has stoked fears of a sharper downturn this year | Negative | MEXICO CITY downgraded Mexicos credit rating on Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic and a hit to state oil firm Pemex from plunging crude prices battered the growth outlook and piled pressure on the government to lift the struggling economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-rating-s-p/sp-cuts-mexico-pemex-ratings-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN21D3R8 | 2020-03-27 |
| The coronavirus causes the respiratory disease COVID19 which is often used synonymously with the virus | Negative | MEXICO CITY The rare birth of a baby tiger called has brought a glimmer of hope to a private zoo in eastern Mexico even as normal life seizes up in the country to contain the deadly coronavirus that inspired his name | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tiger/birth-of-baby-tiger-covid-brings-hope-to-mexican-zoo-idUSKBN21D3MF | 2020-03-27 |
| There have been nearly 500000 confirmed cases worldwide of the virus which causes the respiratory disease COVID19 and over 20000 deaths | Negative | BUENOS AIRES As Argentina was scrambling to introduce emergency measures to insulate its ailing economy from the coronavirus last week the Chinese ambassador paid a visit to the home of President Alberto Fernandez to discuss an offer | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam-china-featur/with-u-s-hit-by-virus-china-courts-latin-america-with-medical-diplomacy-idUSKBN21D346 | 2020-03-27 |
| Nationwide nearly 68000 people have been diagnosed with COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the highly contagious virus as the U.S. death toll approached 1000 | Negative | New York state leading the nation in coronavirus infections and deaths is showing tentative signs of curbing the spread of the disease the governor said on Wednesday even as fatalities in New York City jumped while the health crisis deepened in hardhit New Orleans and elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-sees-glimmer-of-progress-against-coronavirus-new-orleans-worsens-idUSKBN21C1WH | 2020-03-26 |
| IATA estimates the COVID19 crisis will reduce passenger demand in AsiaPacific by this year compared to 2019 with a revenue loss of billion | Negative | Delta Air Lines Inc and Air New Zealand Ltd said they would offer cargo charter services on passenger planes to boost revenue as the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to give its carriers billion in aid including payroll support | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/apocalypse-now-airlines-turn-to-cargo-for-revenue-as-u-s-senate-approves-aid-package-idUSKBN21D00W | 2020-03-26 |
| Uber and rival Lyft have established funds to compensate drivers and delivery people diagnosed with COVID19 or placed in quarantine by health officials for up to 14 days | Negative | As independent contractors U.S. ridehail drivers for Uber and Lyft benefited from soaring trip demand and flexible work hours | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-lyft/coronavirus-exposes-u-s-uber-lyft-drivers-lack-of-safety-net-idUSKBN21C208 | 2020-03-26 |
| The drugs are being embraced because there are no approved vaccines or treatments against the highly contagious respiratory illness called COVID19 | Negative | CVS Health Corp and Express Scripts which set pharmacy policies for tens of millions of Americans are putting in place measures to prevent hoarding of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and other treatments being tried against the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cvs-health/pharmacies-set-policies-to-stop-u-s-hoarding-of-potential-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN21C2CQ | 2020-03-26 |
| CVS said it would work with clients which include employers and health insurers to set an appropriate limit on the drug for potential use in patients with COVID19 | Negative | CVS Health Corp and Express Scripts which set pharmacy policies for tens of millions of Americans are putting in place measures to prevent hoarding of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and other treatments being tried against the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cvs-health/pharmacies-set-policies-to-stop-u-s-hoarding-of-potential-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN21C2CQ | 2020-03-26 |
| Spotify Technology SA said on Wednesday it had launched a COVID19 music relief project to raise funds for musicians as the coronavirus pandemic grounds life to a halt in most countries while taking a toll on the economy | Positive | Spotify Technology SA said on Wednesday it had launched a COVID19 music relief project to raise funds for musicians as the coronavirus pandemic grounds life to a halt in most countries while taking a toll on the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spotify-tech/spotify-launches-music-relief-project-to-help-artists-idUSKBN21C2A6 | 2020-03-26 |
| Joel Ssenyonyi Kyagulanyis spokesman told Reuters the singer had distributed press releases on COVID19 and handed out jerry cans and soap to drive up hand washing in communities | Positive | KAMPALA A Ugandan musician and political challenger to the countrys aging leader released a song | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uganda-music/ugandan-pop-star-bobi-wine-records-song-to-beat-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C3BA | 2020-03-26 |
| He also said the risk he might contract COVID19 in prison justified his release but Pauley dismissed that argument | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday denied Michael Cohens request to be released early from prison saying U.S. President Donald Trumps former personal lawyer and fixer should accept the consequences of his crimes rather than invoke the coronavirus pandemic to justify his freedom | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/judge-rejects-ex-trump-lawyer-cohens-bid-for-freedom-even-with-covid-19-risk-idUSKBN21B36B | 2020-03-25 |
| JERUSALEM An analysis of coronavirus patients voices could yield a vocal to help detect COVID19 symptoms in others and prioritize testing and treatment the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | JERUSALEM An analysis of coronavirus patients voices could yield a vocal to help detect COVID19 symptoms in others and prioritize testing and treatment the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-study/israeli-defense-ministry-launches-covid-19-voice-test-study-idUSKBN21B2YV | 2020-03-25 |
| The federal shipping ministry has issued a letter allowing ports to use the COVID19 pandemic as valid grounds to declare force majeure clause according to a notification seen by Reuters | Positive | DELHI March 25 Some ports in India including those owned by Adani Ports SEZ Ltd have declared force majeure after the worlds third biggest economy announced a 21day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus documents seen by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-india-ports/some-indian-ports-declare-force-majeure-could-delay-crude-discharge-documents-sources-idUSD8N28100D | 2020-03-25 |
| NEW DELHI The Indian government said on Wednesday that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication as experts test the efficacy of the drug in helping treat patients infected with COVID19 | Negative | NEW DELHI The Indian government said on Wednesday that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication as experts test the efficacy of the drug in helping treat patients infected with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-pharmaceutic/india-bans-export-of-key-malaria-drug-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C0DC | 2020-03-25 |
| Newsom said the state had gone to the open market looking to purchase some 200 million pieces of protective gear for doctors and nurses treating patients with COVID19 | Positive | Californias governor said on Monday that the state needs 50000 additional hospital beds to accommodate a surge in coronavirus patients predicted by computer modeling | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-governo/california-governor-says-state-needs-50000-more-hospital-beds-idUSKBN21B00V | 2020-03-24 |
| Chloroquine phosphate shares the same active ingredient as malaria drugs that President Trump has touted as possibly effective against COVID19 the potentially lifethreatening disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after they ingested chloroquine phosphate an aquarium cleaning product similar to drugs that have been named by President Trump as potential treatments for coronavirus infection | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-chloroquine/arizona-man-dies-after-taking-chloroquine-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A3Y2 | 2020-03-24 |
| New Zealand has a total of 155 confirmed and probable cases of COVID19 the disease associated with the coronavirus with four local transmission cases | Negative | WELLINGTON Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Tuesday to reduce contacts to a bare minimum to help fight the coronavirus as the country prepared for a onemonth lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/stay-at-home-new-zealand-pm-urges-ahead-of-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN21A3RN | 2020-03-24 |
| The moves are not related to clinical trials testing drugs or vaccines that could be used to treat or prevent COVID19 the respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | U.S. drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co and Bristol Myers Squibb said they are delaying the start of new clinical trials in part to free up doctors and healthcare facilities to deal with the surge in patients infected with the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly/coronavirus-pandemic-leads-big-drugmakers-to-hit-pause-on-clinical-trials-idUSKBN21A1J7 | 2020-03-24 |
| Having said we dont expect a sustained uptrend in share prices until the COVID19 outbreak is confirmed to be contained | Negative | SYDNEY March 24 Japans share benchmark Nikkei climbed more than on Tuesday logging its biggest oneday surge in more than four years boosted by hopes for massive buying by the Bank of Japan and public pension funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-gains-most-since-2016-on-hopes-for-boj-buying-softbank-group-jumps-idUSL4N2BH257 | 2020-03-24 |
| Last week Google launched a U.S.focused website that consists of resources and links focused on COVID19 | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Alphabet Incs Google said on Monday that over the last three days it had surveyed some users about their health at the request of Carnegie Mellon University researchers aiming to forecast the spread of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-asks-users-about-symptoms-for-carnegie-mellon-coronavirus-forecasting-effort-idUSKBN21B09Q | 2020-03-24 |
| There are currently no approved treatments or preventive vaccines for COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | Gilead Sciences Incs experimental drug remdesivir seen as one of the more promising potential treatments for the coronavirus on Monday received the orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gileads-potential-coronavirus-treatment-gets-fdas-orphan-drug-label-idUSKBN21A3PR | 2020-03-24 |
| Two prisoners at the Wende Facility have confirmed cases of COVID19 a state prison official told Reuters | Negative | Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein who is serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape has tested positive for the coronavirus according to the head of the state corrections officers union | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-prison-union-official-idUSKBN21A06F | 2020-03-23 |
| Californias Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported on Saturday that at least three employees have COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus but no inmate infections have been confirmed | Negative | The coronavirus is invading U.S. jails and prisons prompting inmate releases reduced bail requirements and other extraordinary measures as officials rush to avert a potentially disastrous spread of the virus among crowded inmate populations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-inmates/releasing-inmates-screening-staff-u-s-jails-and-prisons-rush-to-limit-virus-risks-idUSKBN21A05J | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday becoming the first member of the Senate to announce he has COVID19 as the number of U.S. cases of the respiratory disease grows | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday becoming the first member of the Senate to announce he has COVID19 as the number of U.S. cases of the respiratory disease grows | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-randpaul/rand-paul-becomes-first-u-s-senator-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2190Y5 | 2020-03-23 |
| The coronavirus causes the respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Sunday said it cracked down on a website that was fraudulently offering to sell vaccines for warding off the deadly coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/u-s-says-website-offered-phony-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKBN21915G | 2020-03-23 |
| In fact there are currently no legitimate COVID19 vaccines and the WHO is not distributing any such the Justice Department said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Sunday said it cracked down on a website that was fraudulently offering to sell vaccines for warding off the deadly coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/u-s-says-website-offered-phony-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKBN21915G | 2020-03-23 |
| Trump has called on U.S. health regulators to expedite potential therapies aimed at treating COVID19 | Positive | NEW YORK At least four state pharmacy boards have taken steps to limit prescriptions of potential coronavirus treatments touted by U.S. President Donald Trump that are in short supply as demand has surged with the rapid spread of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pharmacies/states-work-to-limit-prescriptions-of-potential-coronavirus-drugs-idUSKBN2190XC | 2020-03-23 |
| I have been struggling with COVID19 for 14 days he said on Twitter | Negative | CAPE TOWN Former Olympic swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh has said he has been battling the new coronavirus for the last two weeks and that athletes who continue to train for the Tokyo Games are exposing themselves to unnecessary | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-swimming-south-afr/olympic-gold-medalist-van-der-burgh-battling-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A0TJ | 2020-03-23 |
| The move comes after neighboring Australia which has thousands of COVID19 cases started lockdown measures on Monday but has stopped short of selfisolation | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Monday it will move to its highest alert level imposing selfisolation with allnonessential services schools and offices to be shut over the next 48 hours as the number of coronavirus cases more than double | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand/new-zealand-prepares-to-enter-lockdown-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKBN21918T | 2020-03-23 |
| State governments will issue orders allowing only essential services to operate in about 75 districts with confirmed COVID19 cases or said a home ministry official in New Delhi | Negative | NEW DELHI New Delhi will be under lockdown until March 31 the Indian capitals government announced on Sunday seeking to keep citizens indoors to prevent the spread of coronavirus and giving police powers to punish violators | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southasia/new-delhi-and-scores-of-indian-districts-under-lockdown-to-contain-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN219021 | 2020-03-23 |
| LONDON UK scientists are to track the spread of the new coronavirus and watch for emerging mutations by using gene sequencing to analyze the strains causing thousands of COVID19 infections across the country Britain said on Monday | Negative | LONDON UK scientists are to track the spread of the new coronavirus and watch for emerging mutations by using gene sequencing to analyze the strains causing thousands of COVID19 infections across the country Britain said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sequencing/uk-scientists-to-track-mutations-in-coronavirus-to-map-spread-idUSKBN21A007 | 2020-03-23 |
| At least 281 Britons have died from COVID19 the disease caused by the new coronavirus that has spread around the world in a pandemic | Negative | LONDON UK scientists are to track the spread of the new coronavirus and watch for emerging mutations by using gene sequencing to analyze the strains causing thousands of COVID19 infections across the country Britain said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sequencing/uk-scientists-to-track-mutations-in-coronavirus-to-map-spread-idUSKBN21A007 | 2020-03-23 |
| Gilead said it would make exceptions for pregnant women and children under 18 with severe COVID19 the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | NEW YORK Gilead Sciences Inc said on Sunday it was temporarily putting new emergency access to its experimental coronavirus drug remdesivir on hold due to overwhelming demand and that it wanted most people receiving the drug to participate in a clinical trial to prove if it is safe and effective | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gilead-puts-emergency-access-to-experimental-coronavirus-drug-on-hold-amid-surging-demand-idUSKBN21913Z | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Saturday it will close the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center and New York LaGuardia Control Tower overnight for cleaning after another person tested positive for COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Saturday it will close the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center and New York LaGuardia Control Tower overnight for cleaning after another person tested positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airports/faa-to-briefly-close-new-york-traffic-center-laguardia-control-tower-idUSKBN2180Y6 | 2020-03-22 |
| Trudeau who is himself in selfisolation after his wife tested positive for COVID19 told reporters on Saturday the government is ramping up testing to detect as many cases as possible | Positive | Canadas death toll from the coronavirus rose to 13 on Saturday and the country stepped up efforts to repatriate Canadians stranded overseas as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the situation unprecedented exceptional and very difficult | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadas-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-13-as-repatriation-efforts-step-up-idUSKBN2180UY | 2020-03-22 |
| There is fear of a rise in the number of COVID19 cases in the country especially in Kabul with around 6 million he said | Negative | KABUL Afghanistan on Sunday reported 10 new cases of coronavirus as authorities restricted movement of civilians in the wartorn country officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-afghanistan/afghanistan-reports-10-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN21908L | 2020-03-22 |
| Such military action by North Korea is highly inappropriate at a time when COVID19 is causing difficulties the JCS said calling for an immediate | Negative | SEOUL North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be shortrange ballistic missiles on Saturday South Koreas military said calling the action highly given the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-missiles/south-korea-says-detected-north-korea-missile-fire-inapproriate-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN2173MB | 2020-03-21 |
| Planned exercises were postponed due to the strengthening of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID19 coronavirus the ministry was quoted as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Russia due to coronavirus has postponed a test designed to improve the ability of its domestic internet infrastructure to cope with being cut off from the global network the Communications Ministry said on Friday TASS reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-internet/russia-postpones-sovereign-internet-test-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2171J6 | 2020-03-21 |
| The companies have set up funds to pay drivers diagnosed with COVID19 or put under individual quarantine by a public health agency | Neutral | Lyft Inc on Friday told drivers they could sign up for work driving deliveries under a new service as ridehailing demand plummets during the rapid spread of coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-lyft-delivery/lyft-drivers-can-join-new-delivery-service-founders-donate-salaries-idUSKBN2172L3 | 2020-03-21 |
| There are no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID19 but several options are being tested | Negative | LOS California issued an unprecedented statewide stay at order on Thursday for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely as the number of coronavirus deaths in the country hit 200 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-issues-stay-home-order-u-s-death-toll-hits-200-idUSKBN2162H8 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called on U.S. health regulators to expedite potential therapies aimed at treating COVID19 amid the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak saying it could lead to a breakthrough while a vaccine is still under development | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called on U.S. health regulators to expedite potential therapies aimed at treating COVID19 amid the fastspreading coronavirus outbreak saying it could lead to a breakthrough while a vaccine is still under development | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-presses-fda-to-fast-track-potential-coronavirus-drugs-idUSKBN2162VN | 2020-03-20 |
| Were taking this urgent action to limit the spread of COVID19 and save Garcetti said at an afternoon news conference | Negative | LOS ANGELES The mayor of Los Angeles and county officials on Thursday ordered all residents of Americas second largest city to stay in their homes and nonessential retail to close in the face of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-los-angeles/los-angeles-mayor-orders-residents-to-stay-at-home-businesses-to-close-idUSKBN217057 | 2020-03-20 |
| California has been among the hardest hit states in the outbreak of COVID19 with more than 1000 confirmed cases and at least 18 deaths | Negative | LOS ANGELES The mayor of Los Angeles and county officials on Thursday ordered all residents of Americas second largest city to stay in their homes and nonessential retail to close in the face of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-los-angeles/los-angeles-mayor-orders-residents-to-stay-at-home-businesses-to-close-idUSKBN217057 | 2020-03-20 |
| Trump has infuriated Beijings Communist Party rulers by rebuking it for not acting faster and drawn accusations of racism by referring to COVID19 as the Chinese | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-deaths-in-italy-overtake-china-as-economic-damage-mounts-idUSKBN2160ZP | 2020-03-20 |
| The EUs chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier said on Thursday he had tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-20 |
| Investing resources in counting hardtocount communities is all the more important now as COVID19 heightens the risk of undercounting vulnerable Lalwani said | Positive | NEW YORK A federal judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of depriving the U.S. Census Bureau of funding needed to avert an undercount of racial and ethnic minorities in the 2020 census | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-census-lawsuit/u-s-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-avert-2020-census-undercount-idUSKBN2162JD | 2020-03-20 |
| All three Detroit automakers have seen U.S. employees test positive for COVID19 the contagious respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | The move will give Ford more than billion in cash almost matching the revenue it reported in the fourth quarter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-ford/ford-hoards-cash-withdraws-profit-forecast-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2162AP | 2020-03-20 |
| Auto suppliers are getting hit as automakers suspend production in North America and Europe to contain the spread of COVID19 | Negative | The trade group for U.S. auto parts makers on Thursday asked the government for emergency grants to keep the doors tariff relief and other assistance to cope with mounting pressures from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-parts/u-s-auto-suppliers-seek-government-aid-to-cope-with-coronavirus-hit-idUSKBN2163P5 | 2020-03-20 |
| I warmly welcome the initiative that Google has taken to preserve the smooth functioning of the internet during the COVID19 Breton said in a statement | Positive | The move came after Breton spoke to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-youtube-exclusive/exclusive-youtube-to-reduce-streaming-quality-in-europe-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2170OP | 2020-03-20 |
| There are currently no vaccines or treatments for the highlycontagious COVID19 respiratory illness so patients can only receive supportive care for now | Negative | U.S. researchers following the lead of scientists in other countries have launched studies to see whether widelyavailable lowcost generic drugs can be used to help treat the illness caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-treatments/two-generic-drugs-being-tested-in-u-s-in-race-to-find-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN2161QQ | 2020-03-20 |
| Pharmaceutical companies are also working to develop treatments for COVID19 including Gilead Sciences Incs experimental antiviral drug remdesivir which is given to hospitalized patients via intravenous infusion over several days | Neutral | U.S. researchers following the lead of scientists in other countries have launched studies to see whether widelyavailable lowcost generic drugs can be used to help treat the illness caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-treatments/two-generic-drugs-being-tested-in-u-s-in-race-to-find-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN2161QQ | 2020-03-20 |
| Antiinflammatory drugs like Regenerons Kevzara and Roche Holding AGs Actemra have been used to treat the lung inflammation caused by COVID19 | Negative | U.S. researchers following the lead of scientists in other countries have launched studies to see whether widelyavailable lowcost generic drugs can be used to help treat the illness caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-treatments/two-generic-drugs-being-tested-in-u-s-in-race-to-find-coronavirus-treatments-idUSKBN2161QQ | 2020-03-20 |
| The new coronavirus which causes the highly contagious COVID19 respiratory illness emerged in December in Wuhan China and has spread throughout the world | Negative | NEW YORK An old malaria treatment that has been tried with some success against the new coronavirus and was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump at a news briefing earlier on Thursday is in short supply as demand surges amid the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-shortages-excl/potential-coronavirus-treatment-touted-by-trump-already-in-shortage-pharmacists-say-idUSKBN2163JD | 2020-03-20 |
| Trump called on U.S. health regulators to expedite potential therapies aimed at treating COVID19 including hydroxychloroquine | Positive | NEW YORK An old malaria treatment that has been tried with some success against the new coronavirus and was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump at a news briefing earlier on Thursday is in short supply as demand surges amid the fastspreading outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-shortages-excl/potential-coronavirus-treatment-touted-by-trump-already-in-shortage-pharmacists-say-idUSKBN2163JD | 2020-03-20 |
| Particularly after Frances health minister suggested that NSAIDs could worsen COVID19 demand for alternatives such as Johnson Johnsons Tylenol surged prompting the drugmaker to scale up production | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it is not aware of scientific evidence connecting the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs including ibuprofen with worsening COVID19 symptoms | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fda/fda-says-no-scientific-evidence-that-ibuprofen-worsens-coronavirus-idUSKBN21645S | 2020-03-20 |
| Attorneys for immigrant detainees have urged the release of their clients in recent days arguing they face an elevated risk of contracting COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States will delay arresting some people suspected of violating immigration laws until after the coronavirus crisis authorities said on Wednesday one of several recent emergency moves that could hamper President Donald Trumps aggressive immigration crackdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-immigration/u-s-immigration-agency-to-delay-some-arrests-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21544X | 2020-03-19 |
| Financial markets were rattled by the fastspreading virus that causes the COVID19 respiratory disease | Negative | RIO DE PAULO The coronavirus outbreak hammered Brazil on Wednesday crushing local markets infecting more members of the countrys political elite and prompting loud protests against President Jair Bolsonaro whose son waded into a diplomatic spat with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/coronavirus-thumps-brazil-prompting-nationwide-cries-of-bolsonaro-out-idUSKBN2152FK | 2020-03-19 |
| The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in subSaharan Africa | Negative | The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in subSaharan Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-fa/factbox-what-africa-is-doing-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143TE | 2020-03-19 |
| We need stability in the oil markets during these challenges with COVID19 to ensure we dont lose longterm capacity in this essential Hoeven said in a statement about the call | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. senators on Wednesday raised pressure on Saudi Arabia and Russia to stop the price war that is sinking global oil prices as they held talks with the kingdoms U.S. envoy and separately urged President Donald Trump to impose an embargo on oil from the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-senators-boost-pressure-on-saudi-russia-over-oil-market-share-war-idUSKBN21601P | 2020-03-19 |
| The bank said it is committing the remaining million to mediumtolong term challenges communities are likely to face as the COVID19 crisis continues to unfold | Negative | The remaining million of the initial gift will go to nonprofits the bank has partnered with in the past to keep them running through the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-jpmorgan/jpmorgan-commits-50-million-to-businesses-people-affected-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN2152CE | 2020-03-19 |
| U.S. startup companies focused on transportation technology could be among the casualties of COVID19 according to venture investors who say new funding and investment exits are drying up as the economic outlook darkens | Negative | U.S. startup companies focused on transportation technology could be among the casualties of COVID19 according to venture investors who say new funding and investment exits are drying up as the economic outlook darkens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-mobility/u-s-mobility-startups-feel-the-chill-from-the-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2153C9 | 2020-03-19 |
| In remarks on the Senate floor Grassley said the quick launch date for the trade agreement is problematic for the industry when it is facing significant supply chain disruptions to COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley said he was concerned about the Trump administrations proposed June 1 implementation date for the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement saying that this would put undue compliance pressures on U.S. automakers amid the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senator-grassley-says-june-1-usmca-start-date-problematic-for-automakers-idUSKBN2152I3 | 2020-03-19 |
| The data which are anonymous and aggregated make it possible to map concentrations and movements of customers in zones where COVID19 has taken hold | Neutral | Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy Germany and Austria helping to fight coronavirus by monitoring whether people are complying with curbs on movement while at the same time respecting Europes privacy laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-telecoms/european-mobile-operators-share-data-for-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN2152C2 | 2020-03-19 |
| LONDON Patients with existing illnesses that cause breathlessness wheezing or lung problems run a higher risk of developing severe cases of COVID19 infection due to the new coronavirus according to a pooled analysis study published on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Patients with existing illnesses that cause breathlessness wheezing or lung problems run a higher risk of developing severe cases of COVID19 infection due to the new coronavirus according to a pooled analysis study published on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-breathing/patients-with-breathing-lung-problems-at-highest-risk-with-covid-19-study-idUSKBN2153ED | 2020-03-19 |
| At least 11 people have died from COVID19 in California behind only Washington and New York | Negative | LOS ANGELES California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday authorized the use of about billion in emergency funds and put the National Guard on alert to help as the nations most populous state grappled with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-approves-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-national-guard-on-alert-idUSKBN2144AW | 2020-03-18 |
| The gamble is Mexicos economy was stagnating even before the COVID19 outbreak shuttered factories worldwide and the government has said it wants to limit economic damage by not overreacting | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican officials are dragging their feet on border closures and coronavirus containment measures in what critics call a high risk strategy driven by bad memories of a shutdown a decade ago that deepened the countrys recession during the swine flu epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexico-former-swine-flu-hub-tests-nerves-with-coronavirus-strategy-idUSKBN214476 | 2020-03-18 |
| The latest development follows a war of words between Washington and Beijing over the outbreak of the new coronavirus which causes a highly contagious sometimes fatal respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | YORK China is withdrawing the press credentials of American journalists at three U.S. newspapers intensifying a bitter fight between the worlds top two economies that has widened to include the coronavirus outbreak and media freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-media/china-expels-american-journalists-as-spat-with-u-s-escalates-idUSKBN2143AN | 2020-03-18 |
| RIO DE Brazil will seek authorization for a state of emergency to allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the coronavirus crisis the government said on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro announced his second COVID19 test was negative | Negative | RIO DE Brazil will seek authorization for a state of emergency to allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the coronavirus crisis the government said on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro announced his second COVID19 test was negative | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-seeks-state-of-emergency-bolsonaros-second-coronavirus-test-negative-idUSKBN2142HG | 2020-03-18 |
| I inform that my second test for COVID19 came back he wrote on Twitter | Positive | RIO DE Brazil will seek authorization for a state of emergency to allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the coronavirus crisis the government said on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro announced his second COVID19 test was negative | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-seeks-state-of-emergency-bolsonaros-second-coronavirus-test-negative-idUSKBN2142HG | 2020-03-18 |
| This is the first suspected case of COVID19 in a South African stateowned Transnet said in a statement | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa is holding the cruise liner MV AidAmira and a cargo vessel off Cape Town after a crew member on board one of the ships showed signs of the coronavirus national ports operator Transnet said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-ships/south-africa-quarantines-cruise-liner-over-suspected-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN2142QF | 2020-03-18 |
| BEIJING China has given the goahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7000 people worldwide | Negative | BEIJING China has given the goahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/china-gives-go-ahead-for-human-trials-of-potential-covid-19-vaccine-state-media-idUSKBN2141TI | 2020-03-18 |
| California has reported 12 deaths from the COVID19 respiratory illness caused by the virus | Negative | It is aimed at helping stem a pandemic which has affected nearly 200000 people worldwide and killed more than 100 in the United States including 12 in California | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla-factory/tesla-plant-cant-run-normally-in-coronavirus-shutdown-california-county-idUSKBN2140Q8 | 2020-03-18 |
| Further measures are currently under study as we assess supplychain disruption and the sudden drop in market demand caused by the COVID19 the Japanese automaker said in a statement | Negative | LONDON Nissan has stopped output at Britains biggest car factory due to the impact from coronavirus as it assesses supplychain disruption and the drop in demand the most significant closure to affect the countrys autos sector so far from the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-nissan/nissan-stops-production-at-uk-factory-over-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2142S7 | 2020-03-18 |
| The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days according to a new study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness called COVID19 | Negative | The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days according to a new study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness called COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-study/coronavirus-can-persist-in-air-for-hours-and-on-surfaces-for-days-study-idUSKBN2143QP | 2020-03-18 |
| LONDON A crucial projection study that helped convince the British government to impose more stringent measures to contain COVID19 painted a worst case picture of hundreds of thousands of deaths and a health service overwhelmed with severely sick patients | Negative | LONDON A crucial projection study that helped convince the British government to impose more stringent measures to contain COVID19 painted a worst case picture of hundreds of thousands of deaths and a health service overwhelmed with severely sick patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-research/sobering-coronavirus-study-prompted-britain-to-toughen-its-approach-idUSKBN2141EP | 2020-03-18 |
| CoDiagnostics Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations new policy to expand the availability of COVID19 tests would allow the medical test makers tests to be distributed to a wide array of U.S. labs | Positive | CoDiagnostics Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations new policy to expand the availability of COVID19 tests would allow the medical test makers tests to be distributed to a wide array of U.S. labs | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda/co-diagnostics-says-new-fda-policy-to-help-expand-use-of-covid-19-test-idUSKBN21444V | 2020-03-18 |
| LONDON Social media is awash with myths about how people might stop the new coronavirus or treat infection with COVID19 the disease it causes | Negative | LONDON Social media is awash with myths about how people might stop the new coronavirus or treat infection with COVID19 the disease it causes | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction-factbox/factbox-covid-19-and-the-new-coronavirus-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKBN2142UC | 2020-03-18 |
| rinsing your nose with saline can prevent infection with COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Social media is awash with myths about how people might stop the new coronavirus or treat infection with COVID19 the disease it causes | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction-factbox/factbox-covid-19-and-the-new-coronavirus-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKBN2142UC | 2020-03-18 |
| is no evidence behind these claims and no evidence as yet to suggest that COVID19 will be affected by weather or the seasons | Neutral | LONDON Social media is awash with myths about how people might stop the new coronavirus or treat infection with COVID19 the disease it causes | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction-factbox/factbox-covid-19-and-the-new-coronavirus-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKBN2142UC | 2020-03-18 |
| There are currently no specific proven medicines for COVID19 infection but those infected can relieve and treat mild symptoms with overthecounter feverreducing medicines such as paracetamol and aspirin | Negative | LONDON Social media is awash with myths about how people might stop the new coronavirus or treat infection with COVID19 the disease it causes | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiction-factbox/factbox-covid-19-and-the-new-coronavirus-fact-versus-fiction-idUSKBN2142UC | 2020-03-18 |
| Drugs used for treating arthritis are being tested as treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by a new coronavirus as researchers rush to find ways of helping patients and slowing the number of infections | Negative | Drugs used for treating arthritis are being tested as treatments for COVID19 the disease caused by a new coronavirus as researchers rush to find ways of helping patients and slowing the number of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-regeneron-pharms-s/trials-of-potential-coronavirus-treatments-start-for-some-existing-drugs-idUSKBN21331M | 2020-03-17 |
| The company said it was aware that HIV treatments are being considered as options to treat patients diagnosed with COVID19 a disease caused by the coronavirus | Negative | Johnson Johnson said on Monday there is no evidence its HIV drug Prezista had any effect against the coronavirus in response to reports that the drug could inhibit the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-johnson-johnso/johnson-johnson-says-no-evidence-hiv-drug-works-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21327V | 2020-03-17 |
| More than 162000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and over 6000 people have died from the disease it causes COVID19 | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Google sister company Verily launched a website late on Sunday that invites adults in northern California to answer questions about their recent health and travel that could result in their getting a free coronavirus test | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-google-usa/google-coronavirus-website-touted-by-trump-opens-for-two-california-counties-idUSKBN2130SG | 2020-03-16 |
| Schiff a Democrat from California issued a statement on Sunday that a former staff member had tested positive for COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus | Negative | Daniel Goldman a former federal prosecutor who led the questioning of witnesses in the House Intelligence Committees impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lawyer/u-s-democrat-impeachment-lawyer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN21214U | 2020-03-16 |
| CAPE TOWN South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission | Negative | CAPE TOWN South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-ramaphosa-declares-state-of-disaster-over-covid-19-idUSKBN21214A | 2020-03-16 |
| Cabinet is therefore in the process of finalizing a comprehensive package of interventions to mitigate the expected impact of COVID19 on the he said | Positive | CAPE TOWN South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africas-ramaphosa-declares-state-of-disaster-over-covid-19-idUSKBN21214A | 2020-03-16 |
| The endgame to me remains not about more policy bazookas but a peak in global COVID19 infections and fatalities and or a COVID19 vaccine cure on the horizon | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil fell on Monday as an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve failed to soothe global financial markets panicked by the rapid spread of the coronavirus while a price war between top producers added to a growing supply glut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-again-squeezed-between-coronavirus-demand-hit-and-price-war-bite-idUSKBN2121FT | 2020-03-16 |
| CAPE TOWN March 15 South African president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster on Sunday as he announced a range of measures to contain a COVID19 outbreak that has so far infected 61 and showed the first signs of internal transmission | Negative | details | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-safrica/update-1-south-africas-ramaphosa-declares-state-of-disaster-over-covid-19-idUSL8N2B8163 | 2020-03-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is attending White House meetings on Saturday on the COVID19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus and would issue a full report later | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is attending White House meetings on Saturday on the COVID19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus and would issue a full report later | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-hes-attending-meetings-on-covid-19-at-white-house-idUSKBN2110OP | 2020-03-15 |
| As of Saturday morning 21 people had died after testing positive for COVID19 in Britain | Negative | LONDON Britain told manufacturers to ramp up the countrys production of ventilators and ordered private hospitals to prepare for an overspill of patients from the public health service as the death toll from coronavirus grew on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-legislatio/uk-wants-more-ventilators-hospital-beds-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2103HG | 2020-03-15 |
| As of Saturday 21 people had died after testing positive for COVID19 in Britain health authorities said | Negative | LONDON Britains food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak saying purchasing more than they need would mean others will be left without | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-uk-supermarkets/british-supermarkets-plea-to-shoppers-stop-panic-buying-idUSKBN212007 | 2020-03-15 |
| Africa had until now largely been spared the rapid spread of COVID19 which has infected at least 135000 people and killed around 5000 worldwide | Positive | NAIROBI Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases of the new coronavirus on Friday giving the disease a foothold in 19 countries on the African continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-ethiopia-join-expanding-list-of-african-states-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-14 |
| The world is in an unprecedented situation grappling with a global pandemic of COVID19 and public health is everyones event director Hugh Brasher said in a statement | Neutral | LONDON The annual London marathon which was due to take place on April 26 has been postponed to Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-marathon/london-marathon-postponed-to-october-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2102S9 | 2020-03-14 |
| Senator Maria Cantwells U.S. capital office was closed after a staff member tested positive for COVID19 | Negative | OMB Congress Supreme Court Treasury FCC closing | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/health-coronavirus-usa-government/update-1-u-s-federal-agencies-take-different-paths-on-coronavirus-idUSL1N2B52Z2 | 2020-03-14 |
| Fiat said on Thursday an employee had tested positive for COVID19 at its Kokomo Indiana transmission plant but the location would remain open | Negative | There currently is one employee out on selfquarantine as a precaution because of possible secondary the company said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiat-chrysler/fiat-chrysler-plant-resumes-production-after-24-hour-halt-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2103BZ | 2020-03-14 |
| MELBOURNE March 14 Australias prime minister cancelled plans to go to a rugby game on Saturday after a senior minister was diagnosed with COVID19 while the nations treasurer called a second crisis meeting over the rapidly growing economic threat from the coronavirus | Negative | MELBOURNE March 14 Australias prime minister cancelled plans to go to a rugby game on Saturday after a senior minister was diagnosed with COVID19 while the nations treasurer called a second crisis meeting over the rapidly growing economic threat from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australia-steps-up-lockdown-to-combat-coronavirus-spread-idUSL4N2B65GA | 2020-03-14 |
| Australia has 197 confirmed cases of COVID19 including three deaths | Negative | MELBOURNE March 14 Australias prime minister cancelled plans to go to a rugby game on Saturday after a senior minister was diagnosed with COVID19 while the nations treasurer called a second crisis meeting over the rapidly growing economic threat from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australia-steps-up-lockdown-to-combat-coronavirus-spread-idUSL4N2B65GA | 2020-03-14 |
| There has been no confirmed cases of COVID19 at its productions Disney said in an email statement | Neutral | Entertainment and media company Walt Disney Co on Friday said it has halted production on some liveaction films for a short time on concerns over the rapidly spreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-walt-disney/disney-halts-production-on-some-live-action-movies-idUSKBN2102XG | 2020-03-14 |
| People from small South Pacific island nations which have no confirmed COVID19 cases will be exempt from the selfisolation rule Ardern said | Neutral | New Zealand on Saturday announced the worlds tightest border controls to combat the spread of coronavirus requiring all incoming travellers including its own citizens to selfisolate for two weeks starting midnight Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/new-zealand-australia-tighten-lockdown-to-combat-coronavirus-idUSKBN211020 | 2020-03-14 |
| The biggest U.S. battle is in greaterSeattle an area with over a quarter of the countrys more than 1300 U.S. COVID19 cases and the bulk of the 39 deaths | Negative | From cancelling Broadway shows to closing schools U.S. states are scrambling to slow the spread of coronavirus and stop hospitals from being overwhelmed with a surge in critically ill patients as has been the case in Italy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mitigation/u-s-states-scramble-to-slow-virus-spread-prevent-hospital-collapse-idUSKBN20Z3QM | 2020-03-13 |
| On the front lines with limited testing it can be an individual nurse practitioner or doctor who decides if a person is treated as a COVID19 patient or not | Neutral | From cancelling Broadway shows to closing schools U.S. states are scrambling to slow the spread of coronavirus and stop hospitals from being overwhelmed with a surge in critically ill patients as has been the case in Italy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mitigation/u-s-states-scramble-to-slow-virus-spread-prevent-hospital-collapse-idUSKBN20Z3QM | 2020-03-13 |
| LabCorp spokeswoman said that company is working seven days a week three shifts a day to perform COVID19 testing and is rapidly adding new equipment and staff to create additional capacity | Neutral | YORK The entry of commercial lab companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and Quest Diagnostics Inc to help identify cases of the new coronavirus does not seem to be easing the burden of testing in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/despite-entry-of-large-private-labs-coronavirus-tests-remain-scarce-in-u-s-idUSKBN20Z3XP | 2020-03-13 |
| According to the Association of Public Health Laboratories 81 public health labs are running tests for COVID19 in all 50 states | Neutral | YORK The entry of commercial lab companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and Quest Diagnostics Inc to help identify cases of the new coronavirus does not seem to be easing the burden of testing in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/despite-entry-of-large-private-labs-coronavirus-tests-remain-scarce-in-u-s-idUSKBN20Z3XP | 2020-03-13 |
| Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday ordered schools to close in three Seattlearea counties to slow the spread of the COVID19 virus in a state battling the nations deadliest outbreak | Negative | Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday ordered schools to close in three Seattlearea counties to slow the spread of the COVID19 virus in a state battling the nations deadliest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-washington/schools-ordered-to-close-in-three-seattle-area-counties-idUSKBN20Z3OL | 2020-03-13 |
| Globally more than 127000 people have been infected by the sometimes deadly respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | OTTAWA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in isolation for two weeks after his wife Sophie tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday and the outbreak prompted the province of Ontario to shutter schools to limit the spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-trudeau/canadas-trudeau-to-be-in-isolation-after-wife-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2QF | 2020-03-13 |
| These are imported cases of COVID19 | Positive | Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday becoming the ninth and tenth countries in subSaharan Africa to register positive cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ghana-gabon/ghana-gabon-confirm-first-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3X9 | 2020-03-13 |
| Based on the current information we do not see the recent COVID19 oil price declines as permanent longerterm issues for the companies in the he said | Negative | ASX recovers loss for 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stimulus-hopes-pull-stocks-back-from-abyss-idUSL4N2B6236 | 2020-03-13 |
| Trumps travel order which applies to 26 European countries capped a day of mounting upheavals on the domestic front from a highly contagious respiratory illness also known as COVID19 | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered travel from Europe to the United States restricted for 30 days responding to mounting pressure to take action against a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak disrupting nearly all corners of U.S. daily life | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-curbs-travel-from-europe-as-coronavirus-disrupts-schools-sports-idUSKBN20Y1Z0 | 2020-03-12 |
| Trumps travel order which applies to 26 European countries capped a day of mounting upheavals on the domestic front from the highly contagious respiratory illness also known as COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Travelers scrambled to rebook flights and global markets reeled on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sweeping restrictions on travel from Europe hitting battered airlines and further straining ties with the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/trump-restricts-travel-from-europe-as-coronavirus-disrupts-life-in-u-s-idUSKBN20Z0DY | 2020-03-12 |
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission issued warning letters to firms selling products claiming to prevent treat or cure COVID19 | Negative | The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 119000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries causing greater economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20Y0OX | 2020-03-12 |
| The coronavirus outbreak which originated in China last year and causes the sometimes deadly respiratory illness COVID19 has killed more than 4300 globally and been reported in about 120 countries | Negative | DETROIT Fears of a U.S. sales slowdown in auto showrooms due to the coronavirus outbreak that has spread globally are appearing in analysts forecasts but industry executives said the pandemic has yet to affect demand or factory production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-usa/coronavirus-raises-fears-of-u-s-auto-sales-slowdown-but-production-not-suffering-yet-idUSKBN20Y3FK | 2020-03-12 |
| The revisions come as the World Health Organization described the Corona COVID19 virus as a pandemic | Negative | Europes major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the regions struggling automotive industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos/coronavirus-piles-pressure-on-europes-stricken-auto-industry-idUSKBN20Y1EN | 2020-03-12 |
| However there are several risks derived from COVID19 which has affected the supply a Seat spokesman said | Negative | Europes major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the regions struggling automotive industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos/coronavirus-piles-pressure-on-europes-stricken-auto-industry-idUSKBN20Y1EN | 2020-03-12 |
| The couple are the first major U.S. celebrities known to have contracted COVID19 | Negative | LOS ANGELES Oscarwinning actor Tom Hanks and his wife actress Rita Wilson have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia the actor said on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hanks/tom-hanks-wife-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-australia-idUSKBN20Z061 | 2020-03-12 |
| It was not yet clear how the woman contracted COVID19 Beilenson said because she had not recently been overseas although it was possible she was visited by someone who had | Negative | A shortage of coronavirus testing kits is complicating efforts by California health officials to monitor a potential outbreak of the disease at nursing home where an elderly woman died from the infectious disease this week authorities said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/coronavirus-probe-at-california-nursing-home-slowed-by-shortage-of-test-kits-idUSKBN20Y3FP | 2020-03-12 |
| Nursing homes and other longterm care facilities where patients tend to be more vulnerable to illness have proven particularly susceptible to outbreaks of COVID19 | Negative | A shortage of coronavirus testing kits is complicating efforts by California health officials to monitor a potential outbreak of the disease at nursing home where an elderly woman died from the infectious disease this week authorities said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/coronavirus-probe-at-california-nursing-home-slowed-by-shortage-of-test-kits-idUSKBN20Y3FP | 2020-03-12 |
| At least 35 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have reported infections of COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| Australia has reported 100 confirmed cases of COVID19 the disease caused by the virus with three deaths | Negative | MELBOURNE Pop star Miley Cyrus has canceled a trip to Australia for a bushfire relief concert three days ahead of the show citing recommendations that travel be curtailed to counter the spread of the global coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-mileycyr/miley-cyrus-cancels-bushfire-aid-show-in-australia-due-to-coronavirus-warnings-idUSKBN20X0OV | 2020-03-11 |
| To date there is no vaccine and no specific antiviral medicine to prevent or treat COVID19 | Neutral | NEW YORK New York City acupuncturist and herbalist Clayton Shiu says demand for traditional Chinese remedies has surged at his practice since March 1 the day New York announced its first case of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-herbs/u-s-coronavirus-threat-fuels-demand-for-traditional-herbal-remedies-idUSKBN20W2GR | 2020-03-10 |
| Foreigners who are shortterm visit pass holders who seek treatment for COVID19 in Singapore need to pay but testing for the virus remains free | Positive | SINGAPORE Singapore has started charging visitors for coronavirus treatment the citystate said as it reported new imported infections involving people who had traveled from neighboring Indonesia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-charges-visitors-for-coronavirus-treatment-after-imported-indonesian-cases-idUSKBN20X0EW | 2020-03-10 |
| Recent reports indicate that the COVID19 virus has spread inside Iranian Javaid Rehman the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran said in Geneva on Monday | Negative | DUBAI Iran has temporarily freed about 70000 prisoners to combat the spread of the coronavirus in jails the head of the judiciary said on Monday as officials reported hundreds of new infections and dozens more deaths across the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-temporarily-releases-70000-prisoners-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKBN20W1E5 | 2020-03-10 |
| The U.S. Food Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission on Monday issued warning letters to seven companies for selling products that claim to prevent treat or cure COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | The U.S. Food Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission on Monday issued warning letters to seven companies for selling products that claim to prevent treat or cure COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda/fda-warns-companies-selling-products-that-claim-to-treat-coronavirus-disease-idUSKBN20W22E | 2020-03-10 |
| Nothing we offer for sale is intended to mitigate prevent treat diagnose or cure COVID19 in NErgetics said | Positive | The U.S. Food Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission on Monday issued warning letters to seven companies for selling products that claim to prevent treat or cure COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda/fda-warns-companies-selling-products-that-claim-to-treat-coronavirus-disease-idUSKBN20W22E | 2020-03-10 |
| There are currently no vaccines or drugs approved to treat or prevent COVID19 only investigational COVID19 vaccines and treatments under development | Negative | The U.S. Food Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission on Monday issued warning letters to seven companies for selling products that claim to prevent treat or cure COVID19 caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fda/fda-warns-companies-selling-products-that-claim-to-treat-coronavirus-disease-idUSKBN20W22E | 2020-03-10 |
| Global markets were already on edge as worldwide confirmed cases of COVID19 surged past 110000 causing widespread supply disruption and largescale quarantine measures as governments scramble to contain the outbreak | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street suffered its biggest oneday loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Monday and recession worries loomed large as tumbling oil prices and ongoing coronavirus fears prompted investor panic on the anniversary of the U.S. stock markets longestever bull run | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-clobbered-as-crude-plummets-virus-crisis-deepens-idUSKBN20W1IF | 2020-03-10 |
| The coronavirus originated in China last year and causes the sometimes deadly respiratory illness COVID19 | Negative | YORK Older Americans especially those with chronic medical concerns should probably avoid big social gatherings and airline flights given the rapid spread of coronavirus a top U.S. health official said on Sunday as investors braced for another volatile week in financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/confirmed-coronavirus-may-force-americans-to-avoid-crowds-and-cancel-cruises-u-s-cases-near-550-idUSKBN20V0MK | 2020-03-09 |
| The coronavirus outbreak which originated in China last year and causes the sometimes deadly respiratory illness COVID19 has killed more than 3600 globally | Negative | PALM BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-conservatives/u-s-senator-cruz-self-quarantines-after-contact-with-coronavirus-carrier-idUSKBN20V11G | 2020-03-09 |
| Cruz is one of the highestprofile Americans to undergo coronavirus selfquarantine since the United States reported its first COVID19 case in late January | Negative | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Sunday said he would selfquarantine after he had contact with a CPAC political conference attendee who tested positive for coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cpac-ted-cruz/senator-cruz-self-quarantines-after-contact-with-coronavirus-carrier-idUSKBN20V16M | 2020-03-09 |
| We have no confirmed cases of employees who have contracted COVID19 and all our buildings are fully the bank said | Negative | Two more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Washington state officials said on Saturday bringing the nationwide toll to 19 while the number of confirmed cases in New York rose to 89 and a cruise ship with infected passengers remained stranded outside San Francisco | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-death-toll-from-coronavirus-hits-19-new-york-declares-emergency-idUSKBN20U0WK | 2020-03-08 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID19 Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID19 Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence/u-s-says-it-is-tracking-ship-that-may-have-shared-crew-with-coronavirus-hit-cruise-liner-idUSKBN20U0Z2 | 2020-03-08 |
| The Grand Princess is currently in waters off San Francisco after 21 people on board tested positive for a sometimes deadly respiratory illness dubbed COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID19 Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence/u-s-says-it-is-tracking-ship-that-may-have-shared-crew-with-coronavirus-hit-cruise-liner-idUSKBN20U0Z2 | 2020-03-08 |
| News of the collapse comes as the spread of COVID19 continues to slow in China | Negative | Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday after state media said the place was being used to quarantine individuals under observation for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/four-die-at-collapsed-china-quarantine-site-virus-spread-slows-ex-wuhan-idUSKBN20V00X | 2020-03-08 |
| WASHINGTON March 7 The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID19 Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON March 7 The United States is tracking a cruise ship that may have shared crew members with a ship carrying people who tested positive for COVID19 Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-pence/us-says-it-is-tracking-ship-that-may-have-shared-crew-with-coronavirus-hit-cruise-liner-idUSL1N2B009U | 2020-03-08 |
| More than half of all U.S. states have reported cases of the coronavirus which originated in China last year and causes a sometimes deadly respiratory illness dubbed COVID19 | Negative | March 7 Passengers on a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco after some aboard tested positive for the novel coronavirus did not know on Saturday when they might be able to step ashore | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa/passengers-on-coronavirus-struck-ship-near-san-francisco-stuck-in-queasy-limbo-idUSL1N2B0081 | 2020-03-08 |
| New South Wales Health said in a statement it was continuing to find and respond to cases as they are diagnosed to slow any spread of COVID19 in the community | Negative | SYDNEY A man in his 80s died in a Sydney hospital after testing positive to COVID19 becoming the third coronavirusrelated casualty in Australia state health authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-ramps-up-epidemic-preparation-as-third-man-dies-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20U10D | 2020-03-08 |
| All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | Negative | All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-priority/who-urges-countries-to-make-containing-coronavirus-highest-priority-idUSKBN20T2BH | 2020-03-07 |
| An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with COVID19 visited our London offices February 2426 Facebook said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Facebook said on Friday it is closing its London offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook-britain/facebook-closes-london-offices-until-monday-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T2BT | 2020-03-07 |
| We have always said that if a clinician has a concern about somebody and they have symptoms that could be COVID19 that we would allow that she said | Negative | TORONTO Canadas official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-testing/in-canada-doctors-broadened-coronavirus-testing-and-made-an-unlikely-save-idUSKBN20T2NZ | 2020-03-07 |
| LONDON A global coalition set up to fight epidemic diseases issued a call on Friday for billion to support the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus that is causing COVID19 infections around the world | Negative | LONDON A global coalition set up to fight epidemic diseases issued a call on Friday for billion to support the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus that is causing COVID19 infections around the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/2-billion-needed-to-develop-covid-19-shot-says-epidemic-response-group-idUSKBN20T28H | 2020-03-07 |
| We have been informed that one of our employees at 8 Canada Square has been diagnosed with COVID19 | Negative | The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/hsbc-sends-home-100-london-staff-confirms-china-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20S1GE | 2020-03-06 |
| We will share some of our thoughts with BioNTech also on what they do on COVID19 and evaluate whether there are things that could merit to do he said | Positive | Pfizer Inc is considering a collaboration with German drugmaker BioNTech SE to develop vaccines for the coronavirus using BioNTechs mRNAbased drug development platform Pfizers head told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-weighs-working-with-biontech-on-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-rd-head-idUSKBN20T03K | 2020-03-06 |
| On issues that are widely applicable to many applicants such as COVID19 the exchange could ask applicants for specific disclosure if such issues are relevant and material to them | Negative | HONG KONG March 4 Hong Kongs stock exchange has told companies looking to list in Asias biggest IPO centre to disclose the impact of the coronavirus on their businesses and detail plans to mitigate the effects three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-hongkong-ipo/hong-kong-stock-exchange-tells-ipo-hopefuls-to-detail-impact-of-virus-sources-idUSL4N2AW2IC | 2020-03-04 |
| We have now 5th confirmed case of COVID19 in federal Zafar Mirza the countrys health minister said in a tweet early Tuesday morning | Neutral | KARACHI Pakistan Pakistan on Tuesday reported a new coronavirus case taking the total in the South Asian nation to five since the first cases were confirmed last week officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan/pakistan-confirms-fifth-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20Q05I | 2020-03-03 |
| Two Qatari citizens and two domestic workers who were accompanying them in travel were diagnosed with COVID19 the ministry was quoted as saying | Positive | DUBAI Qatars health ministry said on Monday that medical tests had revealed four new cases of coronavirus infection in the country state news agency QNA said in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-health-ministry-reports-four-new-cases-of-coronavirus-infection-qna-idUSKBN20P2CP | 2020-03-03 |
| The mans death marks the sixth fatality from COVID19 in Japan excluding six deaths among those aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess | Negative | TOKYO A man in his 70s died on Japans northernmost island of Hokkaido on Saturday night after testing positive for COVID19 the disease caused by the coronavirus called SARSCoV2 local authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-health-coronavirus/another-death-from-coronavirus-in-japan-in-hospital-infection-suspected-idUSKBN20O1DV | 2020-03-02 |
| In addition to stockpiling medical supplies governments ordered schools shut and canceled big gatherings including sports events to try to halt the spread of the flulike disease known as COVID19 | Negative | The world prepared for a coronavirus pandemic on Friday as hopes the disease could be contained to China vanished and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/world-faces-coronavirus-pandemic-markets-brace-for-global-recession-idUSKCN20M069 | 2020-02-28 |
| Although we have our first case of COVID19 the chances of community outbreak remain the ministry said | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealand confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Friday in someone who returned from Iran but said the chances of a community outbreak remains low | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-newzealand/new-zealand-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-health-ministry-idUSKCN20M0GL | 2020-02-28 |
| In the regions ANZ operates that are mostimpacted by COVID19 such as China that plan includes teams being split and working in alternate locations to prevent potential spread | Negative | SYDNEY Australias prudential and corporate regulators are checking the contingency plans of banks and other financial institutions to prepare for a potential coronavirus pandemic which could severely disrupt economic and financial systems | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-australia-regulator/australian-regulators-examine-banks-pandemic-preparations-idUSKCN20M052 | 2020-02-28 |
| We currently estimate the negative impact from COVID19 to be an approximate one percentage point reduction to PayPals yearoveryear revenue growth for the first the company said in a statement | Negative | PayPal which derives nearly half of its total revenue from international operations forecast firstquarter revenue of | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-paypal-hldg/paypal-sees-revenue-hit-from-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20L213 | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Britain has started random tests for the new coronavirus on patients with flulike symptoms as part of an early warning system in case the outbreak of COVID19 becomes more widespread a senior health official said | Negative | LONDON Britain has started random tests for the new coronavirus on patients with flulike symptoms as part of an early warning system in case the outbreak of COVID19 becomes more widespread a senior health official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-britain/uk-conducts-random-coronavirus-testing-as-part-of-early-warning-plan-idUSKCN20K1G1 | 2020-02-27 |
| China has reported a total of 77362 cases of COVID19 and 2618 deaths | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten the World Health Organization said on Monday insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/virus-can-still-be-beaten-too-early-to-declare-pandemic-who-idUSKCN20I0N8 | 2020-02-25 |
| On Monday Health Minister Katsunobu Kato convened a panel of medical experts to decide how to rein in the disease now known as COVID19 | Negative | TOKYO The Japanese government on Tuesday urged companies to recommend telecommuting and staggered shifts for workers in a bid to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-urges-telecommuting-staggered-shifts-to-curb-coronavirus-idUSKCN20J0EB | 2020-02-25 |
| China has reported a total of 76936 cases of the disease caused by the virus known as COVID19 including 2442 deaths | Negative | South Korea declared a red on Sunday after a surge in coronavirus infections and a death toll of six while China state media warned the outbreak there had yet to reach a turning point despite some signs of easing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-24 |
| China has reported a total of 75569 cases of the disease caused by the virus known as COVID19 including 2239 deaths | Negative | China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-23 |
| Our biggest concern continues to be the potential for COVID19 to spread in countries with weaker health Tedros said | Negative | VIENNA The World Health Organization is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small its director general said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-who/who-concerned-about-coronavirus-cases-with-no-clear-link-idUSKCN20G0BU | 2020-02-23 |
| Our biggest concern continues to be the potential for COVID19 to spread in countries with weaker health WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | Negative | BEIJING China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/new-coronavirus-cases-fall-in-china-but-who-concerned-by-global-spread-idUSKCN20G05W | 2020-02-23 |
| Scientists in the study said if the findings are replicated the prevention of COVID19 infection could prove challenging | Negative | A 20yearold Chinese woman from Wuhan the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak traveled 400 north to Anyang where she infected five relatives without ever showing signs of infection Chinese scientists reported on Friday offering new evidence that the virus can be spread asymptomatically | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-study/wuhan-woman-with-no-symptoms-infects-five-relatives-with-coronavirus-study-idUSKBN20G00J | 2020-02-22 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-egypt/who-says-man-with-coronavirus-in-egypt-is-recovering-no-longer-a-carrier-idUSKBN20D284 | 2020-02-20 |
| By the end of this week the WHO said 40 countries in Africa and 29 in the Americas are due to have the ability to detect COVID19 | Neutral | New coronavirus cases in the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak fell for a second straight day but deaths rose after the World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-in-chinas-hubei-fall-for-second-day-apple-and-markets-feel-impact-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-19 |
| China has responded to the COVID19 virus by locking down Hubeis provincial capital Wuhan a megacity of 11 million people and imposing restrictions in a number of other cities | Negative | TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Calif | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/hundreds-of-americans-flown-home-from-cruise-ship-14-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN20B014 | 2020-02-18 |
| He said the virus had been named COVID19 explaining that it was important to avoid stigma and that other names could be inaccurate | Negative | GENEVA The first vaccine targeting Chinas coronavirus could be available in 18 months so we have to do everything today using available World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who-vaccine/vaccine-for-new-coronavirus-covid-19-could-be-ready-in-18-months-who-idUSKBN2051ZC | 2020-02-12 |
