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“We’re definitely not in the March-April situation yet, but there are reasons to fear we might get there again,” said Manuel Franco, a researcher and epidemiology professor at Alcala de Henres University. On Monday, Madrid officials locked parts of the capital that affected about 850,000 residents. Thus, due to the …

Hospitals in Europe are now better equipped to treat Covid-19. Measures such as social distance and wearing a mask have become commonplace and the recent outbreak of the infection has been seen mainly in young people, who are less likely to die if exposed to the virus. Yet the cold …

The Hyundai is as large as a robot from the popular TV series “Mobile Suit Gundam” in the late 1970s, and is seen walking, kneeling and gesturing in a test video posted on Twitter on Monday. The robot, which has been in operation since 2014, is about 60 feet high …

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government said on Thursday it was tightening its second national lockdown after the number of coronavirus cases rose to nearly 5,000 a day in the past week, the highest per capita rate in the world. The new measures, to be implemented on Friday, will remain in …

Scientists in Houston on Wednesday published a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus, accumulating a constant mutation of the virus, one of which made it more contagious. Mutations in patients after initial diagnosis are associated with increased viral load, the researchers found. The study, which has …