The United States received good news Thursday with the rehiring of 4.9 million people in June, but the economy’s two steps forward in May and June could be followed by a step backward in July. The problem? A resurgence in coronavirus cases, especially in states that allowed their economies to …
Read More »New US Coronavirus Cases Reached All-time High of 57,497, as COVID-19 Increases in Florida, Arizona, California, and Texas
United States, on the third day, with new daily coronavirus cases exceeding 50,000, reaching a new 24-hour high of 57,497. The COVID-19 pandemic, which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December, had infected 11,124,651 people worldwide and 2,808,003 in the US through Saturday. It had claimed at least 526,003 …
Read More »Lucky Brand files for bankruptcy as the latest retail victim of coronavirus
(Reuters) – Clothing company Lucky Brand Dungarees files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it said Friday, becoming the latest retailer to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. The firm said it had entered into a “horse stalking asset purchase agreement” with SPARC Group LLC, which owns brands like Aeropostale and Nautica, …
Read More »Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa allows testing of Chinese vaccine COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with “Vaccine” stickers are found near a medical syringe in front of the words “Coronavirus COVID-19” in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian health regulator Anvisa approved clinical trials on Friday of a …
Read More »Brazil will pass 1.5 million cases of coronavirus, cities will reopen anyway
SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) – Brazil was due to top 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, as the virus continues to plague Latin America’s largest country, even as cities reopen bars, restaurants and gyms, leading to fears that infections will continue to rise. Brazil has the second …
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