CHICAGO / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines can avoid involuntary leave in the fall after receiving interest from more than 15,000 employees for advance purchase packages, a person with knowledge of the matter said, even as other U.S. airlines are hearing alarm at jobs. FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines …
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(Reuters) – Drug makers associated with the United States government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A small bottle labeled “Vaccine” is held near a medical syringe in front of the …
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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continued coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I am Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur. The World Health Organization warned that the pandemic could worsen greatly if countries around the world do not follow basic health precautions. “The virus remains the number one public enemy,” WHO …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will impose new stringent social distancing measures since midnight Tuesday, the strictest in the Asian financial center since the coronavirus broke out, as authorities warn that the risk of a large-scale outbreak is extremely high. Passengers wear surgical masks on an MTR train after …
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FILE PHOTO: Signage seen outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center, a federally owned ICE (Immigration and Customs Control) detention center operated by the CoreCivic prison contractor, amid the outbreak of the disease by coronavirus (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, USA, April 11, 2020. REUTERS / Bing Guan NEW YORK (Reuters) …
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