The United States recorded fewer than 50,000 new cases of coronavirus for the first time in four days, while the world set a world record for confirmed infections in a 24-hour period, reports the World Health Organization. The new single-day mark is 212,326 cases, Sky News reported. The United States …
Read More »How you get your berries: migrant workers who fear the virus but still work
HAMMONTON, NJ – Workers on the northeast’s largest blueberry farm move through the fields in small groups, finger-dancing to musicians’ speed as they gather bushes laden with fruit. The more they meet, the more they are paid during a season that lasts only about seven weeks. Except for the rain, …
Read More »Croatia Holds Elections Amid Strong Economic Recession, Rising Coronavirus Infections
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia held elections on Sunday at a time of increasing coronavirus infections and a sharp economic slowdown in the pandemic, with the likely result that it will lead to political negotiations to form a new government. Croatian Prime Minister and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Andrej Plenkovic …
Read More »“Let’s not screw it up,” says Boris Johnson when English pubs reopen | World News
Boris Johnson has urged people to behave in a responsible and safe manner, as England’s medical director admitted that reducing Saturday’s closure left the country walking on a narrow road with serious risks “on both sides.” At a press conference on the eve of the changes that will allow restaurants, …
Read More »FDA commissioner refuses to defend Trump’s claim that 99% of Covid-19 cases are ‘harmless’
“I am not going to analyze who is right and who is wrong,” Dr. Stephen Hahn, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told CNN’s “State of the Union” Dana Bash. During his remarks Saturday at the White House Independence Day event, Trump asserted without evidence that 99% …
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