Coronavirus News & Updates

(Corrects day in paragraph 1) * FTSE 100, FTSE 250 both drop 0.5% Oct 13 (Reuters) - UK stocks fell on Tuesday on concernsabout the economic impact of new coronavirus-led...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Oil prices were steady inearly trade on Tuesday, sitting on losses of nearly 3% from theprevious session after supplies began to resume...

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to step up efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus on Monday, announcing a new tiered system of alert levels that would...

(Bloomberg) -- Thailand is in talks with several Chinese, Russian and U.K. vaccine developers to secure viable inoculations against the coronavirus as soon as they became available...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K’s coronavirus caseload surged amid growing anger over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s strategy for dealing with the pandemic. Some 17,540 new cases were...

(Bloomberg) -- The number of suicides rose in Japan in August due to more women and school-aged children taking their own lives -- offering a first glimpse into the consequences of...

(Bloomberg) -- China is participating in a World Health Organization-backed vaccine effort, stepping in to fill a void in global health leadership created by the Trump...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Fitch: * FITCH SAYS FRONTIER MARKETS DID NOT ESCAPE HUGECORONAVIRUS GDPSHOCK IN 1H20Source text for Eikon: ID:nFIT4LgxmY

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click LIVE/ or typeLIVE/ in a news window.) * Airlines rise after Trump's call for support * Fed minutes show policymakers split on...

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click LIVE/ or typeLIVE/ in a news window.) * Airlines rise after Trump's call for support * Fed minutes show policymakers split on...

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click LIVE/ or typeLIVE/ in a news window.) * Airlines rise after Trump's call for support * Indexes up: Dow 2%, S&P 500 1.8%, Nasdaq...

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia seeks to secure vaccines from AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) Plc, part of its plan to procure doses from overseas while ramping up local output to inoculate its...

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click LIVE/ ortype LIVE/ in a news window) * Powell warns recovery far from complete * Indexes: Dow down 1.3%, S&P 500 down 1.4%, Nasdaq...

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click LIVE/ ortype LIVE/ in a news window) * Powell warns recovery far from complete (Updates to close) By Caroline Valetkevitch Oct 6...

(Corrects percentage drop to more than 1% in first paragraph) * Indexes: Dow down 1.1%, S&P 500 down 1.1%, Nasdaq down1.4% By Caroline Valetkevitch Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks...

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said there would be “no further relaxation” of coronavirus measures, as authorities continue to find infections of unknown...

(Bloomberg) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’ll close businesses and schools in nine neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens where there’s been a surge in coronavirus...