UK blockade should not be lifted until Covid-19 transmission understood, scientists say | Coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] British scientists are competing to try to answer fundamental questions about the Covid-19 virus and its transmission before the government approves the lifting of the current national blockade in the near future. The researchers say that relaxing social distancing should occur only once it is understood why thousands of new disease infections are still … Read more

Coronavirus: New York nursing home reports 98 COVID-19 deaths in “horrible” outbreak | US News USA

[ad_1] A nursing home in New York has reported the deaths of 98 residents believed to have had coronavirus. The “horrifying” death toll at the Isabella Geriatric Center in Manhattan is believed to be one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. Initially, state officials only recorded 13 deaths, but staff at the 705-bed … Read more

UK “beyond the peak” of coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK has passed its peak of Covid-19 cases and is on a “downward slope”. Johnson was leading his first press conference on Downing Street since he recovered from the coronavirus. He was speaking as it was confirmed that the death toll in the UK rose from 674 … Read more