Coronavirus News & Updates

* U.S. crude inventories fell by 5.3 million barrels -API * China posts lowest daily COVID-19 cases in more than 2weeks * Coming up: U.S. EIA oil supply report at 1530 GMT...

(Corrects to show U.S. crude rose, not fell, in the previoussession) TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Oil prices eased on Tuesday,giving up some of the previous session's gains, as hopes...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stockmarkets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * IBM hits two-month low on quarterly revenue miss * Intel slips on...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stockmarkets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * IBM hits two-month low on quarterly revenue miss * Intel slips on...

* Shanghai reports first locally transmitted cases in 2months * U.S. crude inventories rise by 4.4 million barrels * Vaccine-fueled recovery likely several months away (Updates...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s new more contagious strain of coronavirus may be linked to higher mortality, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Speaking at a news conference in...

(Bloomberg) -- It may be the oil market’s worst-kept secret: millions of barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude, embargoed by the U.S., have been surreptitiously going to China. The...

ABUJA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's president has approvedthe release of 6.45 billion naira ($16.94 million) to set upoxygen production plants in 38 sites to help treat...

(Reuters) - The United States lost more than 23,000 lives to COVID-19 last week, setting a record for the third week in a row, though the number of new infections and the number...

By Felix OnuahABUJA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria will seek to procurevaccines that are less dependent on cooling facilities, the headof the country's primary healthcare agency said...

By Abraham Achirga and Nneka ChileABUJA/LAGOS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Dr Oluwajoba Oroge bracedfor the week ahead - another long line of coronavirus patientsat Abuja's EHA clinic, and...

(Adds detail, graphics) By Noah Browning LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Oil demand recovery will take ahit from a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccineroll-outs and stimulus...

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Oil demand recovery will take ahit from a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccineroll-outs and stimulus measures help in the second half of...

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Global oil demand will take a hitfrom a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccine roll-outsand stimulus measures help in the second half of the year,...

By Felix OnuahABUJA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria has written to the AfricanUnion to request 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to supplementthe COVAX programme and has allocated $26...

TOKYO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday,extending losses that last week ended a rally driven byproduction cuts and strong Chinese demand, with the market'srecovery...

ABUJA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria expects to receivedonations of COVID-19 vaccine that will cover 20% of itspopulation and then procure an additional 50% of its vaccinerequirement...

(Adds details, background) By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria is working on what typeand quantity of COVID-19 vaccines to procure and will makefinancial...

ABUJA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria is working on what typeand quantity of COVID-19 vaccines to procure and will makefinancial provision for vaccines in its 2021 budget,...

TOKYO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei shareaverage inched up to close at a fresh three-decade high onTuesday, as drug makers led the charge on a report that...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stockmarkets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Signature Aviation surges 7% on takeover deal * Next few weeks of the...

(Corrects to add dropped word "former" in paragraph 10) * Signature Aviation surges 7% on takeover deal * Next few weeks of the pandemic will be the worst - Witty * easyJet raises...

* China reports most COVID-19 cases since July amid Hebeioutbreak * Most of Europe is now under the strictest restrictions * Biden to announce new stimulus plans this week By...

By Felix OnuahABUJA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria hopes to get 42 millionCOVID-19 vaccines to cover one-fifth of its population throughthe global COVAX scheme, said Faisal Shuaib,...

(Refiles Dec. 31 story adding co-leaders of COVAX programme inparagraph 10)NAIROBI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The world risks a "moralcatastrophe" if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in...

* Dollar softens against most majors; virus worries lift yen * China's yuan soars * Focus turns to Georgia Senate race * Europe waits for new batch of PMIs By Julien Ponthus...

NAIROBI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The world risks a "moralcatastrophe" if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africawhile wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations, thehead...

(Bloomberg) -- In the race to immunize people against the coronavirus, Singapore has pulled ahead of its neighbors to become the first in Southeast Asia to start an official...

(Adds details, quotes on new South Africa strain) NAIROBI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Another new variant of the novelcoronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head ofAfrica's...

NAIROBI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Another new variant of the novelcoronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head ofAfrica's disease control body said on Thursday, cautioning...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday,extending sharp losses overnight, as the rapid spread of a newstrain of the novel coronavirus in the United...

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Gold edged higher on Tuesday as investorsfocussed on the U.S. fiscal stimulus package that is set to bevoted on by Congress, with fresh restrictions forced by a...

ABUJA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria is advising itssub-regions to limit public gatherings, close bars and nightclubs over the next five weeks amid a spike in new COVID-19cases, a...

(Updates prices) * Silver touches a more than 3-month peak * Dollar hits over one-week high, off multi-year lows * Interactive graphic tracking global spread of...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stockmarkets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * New coronavirus strain 70% more transmissible * Europe imposes travel...