The “happiest place on Earth” is doing its best to convince visitors that it is also among the safest. Disney’s Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida reopened the doors to guests on July 11, three months after closing them in March at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. …
Read More »WHO sounds the alarm when coronavirus cases rise by a million in five days
(Reuters) – The number of coronavirus infections worldwide reached 13 million on Monday, according to a Reuters count, which increased by one million in just five days. The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six and a half months, and the head of the World …
Read More »Coronavirus crisis may worsen “worse and worse,” warns WHO chief
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that it could not return to normal anytime soon as too many countries were confusing their response to the coronavirus pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that if public health guidelines are not followed, the crisis “will get worse and worse.” After …
Read More »WHO warns against using school reopens as ‘political football’ in coronavirus debate
A woman pushes a baby in a pushchair past the entrance to Public School 133 in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan district of New York City, New York, USA. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters World Health Organization officials warned world leaders Monday not to turn the decision to reopen schools …
Read More »17 states sue Trump administration over foreign student government
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed suit Monday to prevent the Trump administration from stripping foreign students of visas if their universities move exclusively to online classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit comes after the United States Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week …
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