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A man wearing a protective mask travels on a tube in London, Britain, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Marika Kochiashvili LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency meeting on Thursday at which he is expected to approve moving to the “delay phase” of the coronavirus response that includes more stringent measures to

LONDON (Reuters) – British rock band The Who have cancelled their UK tour due to coronavirus, just four days before they were due to take to the stage in Manchester. The group, famous for tracks like “My Generation” and “Substitute”, said the three-week tour would go ahead later in the year. “Haven’t reached this decision

(Reuters) – British police said four boys sustained injuries in a stabbing incident in Walthamstow, northeast London late on Wednesday. The boys, aged around 15-16, were taken to hospital with stab injuries not believed to be life-threatening, the police said in a tweet bit.ly/39NKbVS early on Thursday. Seven were arrested for “violent disorder, possession of

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet heads of technology companies on Wednesday to discuss ways of improving communication with the public over a coronavirus outbreak and to help model and track its spread,

FILE PHOTO: British Conservative MP Nadine Dorries speaks in the Parliament during a debate on alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit Deal, in London, Britain April 3, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS (Reuters) – British junior health minister Nadine Dorries has tested positive for coronavirus and is

(Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus: FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Cyprus Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou attends a press conference following the first two confirmed coronavirus cases in Nicosia, Cyprus March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou ATHENS (Reuters) – Cyprus on Monday reported its first two confirmed cases of coronavirus, including a public health professional who had contact with medical patients before he reported his symptoms to

LONDON (Reuters) – British stocks had the biggest intraday fall since 2008 and benchmark bond yields turned negative for the first time on Monday on investor fears that the coronavirus outbreak could stall the global economy. Empty shelves are seen on the Pasta aisle inside a Tesco supermarket in Manchester, Britain, March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Phil

FILE PHOTO – A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station in London, Britain, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United Kingdom rose by 30% to 273, the government said on Sunday, and a third person who tested positive for

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of people infected with the new coronavirus surpassed 100,000 across the world on Friday, as the outbreak reached more countries and economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. In many affected countries, people were being asked to stay home from work, schools were

South Korean soldiers spray disinfectant at the international airport amid the rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Daegu, South Korea, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday rose by 174 from late Friday, taking the national tally to 6,767, the Korea Centers for

LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Business districts around the world began to empty and stock markets tumbled on Friday as the number of coronavirus infections neared 100,000 and the economic damage wrought by the outbreak intensified. A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station in London, Britain, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

(Reuters) – The coronavirus that emerged in China late last year has reached over 80 nations, with the outbreak now spreading rapidly in other parts of Asia, Europe and the United States. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask waits for vegetables purchased through group orders at the entrance of a residential area in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health officials said on Thursday they expect to be able to get enough coronavirus tests to public laboratories this week to test about 400,000 people, and acknowledged the challenge for doctors seeking to get patients screened for the disease. Officials expect to ship additional test kits to cover between 1.5 and

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will appear together at an official engagement on Thursday for the first time since January’s announcement that they would step away from their royal duties. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Canada House in London, Britain January 7,

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 19th-century parliamentary palace and its hundreds of grand offices and wood-panelled meeting rooms are ill-equipped to deal with the global outbreak of coronavirus, according to some worried lawmakers working inside the building. FILE PHOTO: People walk on Westminster Bridge near Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic