SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a drop in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have caught on. PHILO PHOTO: Medical staff administers coronavirus (COVID-19) tests at a pop-up test …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people at work in Britain has suffered the biggest drop since 2009 and signs are growing that the coronavirus will take a heavier toll on the labor market as the government abandons its enormous job protection scheme. Led by a record dip in self-employment, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move reported by Moscow as proof of his scientific prowess. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian President …
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(Reuters) – The number of new COVID-19 cases among children in the United States has increased 40% in the last two weeks of July, according to a report released just weeks before tens of millions of American students are scheduled to start the new school year. PHILO PHOTO: A child …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 dropped 16% to about 7,200 people last week, the first drop in deaths after four weeks of increases, according to a Reuters number of state and county reports. PHILO PHOTO: Phlebotomists wait to sign blood to test for antibodies to coronavirus (COVID-19) …
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