Hyundai India, Maruti workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks Sudarshan Varadhan, Aditi Shah CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Workers at two of India’s biggest carmakers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus days after restarting operations, exposing the risks companies and the government face in kickstarting the economy. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Three employees at Hyundai Motor Co’s Indian […]
How one Indian company could be world’s door to a COVID-19 vaccine Abhirup Roy, Euan Rocha PUNE (Reuters) – If the world is to gain access to a vaccine for COVID-19, there’s a good chance it will pass through the doors of Serum Institute of India. REUTERS/Euan Rocha Serum Institute, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines […]
Coronavirus Live Updates: Read The Latest About The COVID-19 Outbreak HuffPost Staff HuffPost COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11. More than 5.1 million cases of the virus have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 333,000 people have died from it, according to data […]
Latest from around Europe Denmark was among the first European countries to start opening up and now cinemas, theatres, museums, zoos and art galleries are free to reopen providing social distancing is enforced. In other developments from around the continent: Italy‘s death toll in March and April could be 19,000 higher than official figures suggest, its […]
Children and older adults included in vaccine trial Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Children and older adults will be included in the second phase of trials for a vaccine to protect against the virus. The first phase of the University of Oxford’s vaccine trial began in April, studying adults aged 55 and under. Now more […]
Philippines police raid illegal hospital Police in the Philippines have raided a small illegal hospital and a pharmacy that were secretly treating Chinese nationals suspected of having the coronavirus, the Associated Press reports, quoting police officials. Two people were arrested during the raid at a residential villa that had been converted into a seven-bed hospital, […]
India to open up space exploration and satellite launches to private companies NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will allow the involvement of private companies in its space exploration and satellite launch programmes, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a press conference on Saturday. Both industries are currently predominantly operated by the government’s Indian Space Research Organisation. […]
Australia says China ignores calls to ease trade tension Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia urged China on Sunday to respond to its requests to discuss easing tensions between the two trading partners after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus. China, accusing Australia of playing “petty tricks”, has […]
China urges food companies to boost supplies on fears of further COVID-19 disruption Naveen Thukral, Hallie Gu SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has asked trading firms and food processors to boost inventories of grains and oilseeds as a possible second wave of coronavirus cases and worsening infection rates elsewhere raise concerns about global supply lines. FILE PHOTO: […]
India to ease restrictions on foreign ownership in defence ventures NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will ease restrictions on the level of foreign ownership in defence manufacturing, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, in a move aimed at cutting down on imports. FILE PHOTO: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends a joint news conference […]