Issued on: 27/08/2020 – 20:01 France recorded a daily tally of 6,111 newly confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest level since lockdown ended and the second highest ever. It was the largest figure since a peak of 7,578 on March 30 at the close, at the height of the …
Read More »Two months after curbing infections with lockdown, Spain hits new Covid-19 rise
Issued on: 13/08/2020 – 11:33 Spain’s hospitals are starting to see another rise in patients, with the Ministry of Health reporting this week that 805 people have been hospitalized in the past seven days as experts search for reasons why Spain struggles more than its European neighbors. Less than two …
Read More »UK could stop official Covid death count over claims of ‘exaggeration’
Issued on: 10/08/2020 – 00:30 The UK’s official COVID-19 daily death toll could be scrapped following an investigation into the UK Public Health’s method of toll counting, The Telegraph reported. The findings of the investigation, which was commissioned by Health Secretary Matt Hancock after it appeared officials were “exaggerated” virus …
Read More »Coronavirus group in western France pits younger generation against precautionary authorities
As the sun went down, their parties kicked off, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18 to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast is crystallizing fears that the virus will reignite in France, behind the backs of tourists throwing the COVID-19 caution into the …
Read More »The coronavirus vaccine is tested on thousands of volunteers in the United States.
Issued on: 07/27/2020 – 13:54 The world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine study began Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers who helped test vaccines created by the US government. There is still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Modern Inc., will actually …
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