A man who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is wrapped in a body bag in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) intensive care unit of the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA. USA, June 29, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters The number of confirmed deaths in the US from the …
Read More »Reopens stagnate as the US records nearly 50,000 cases of COVID-19 in a single day
(Reuters) – The governors of the US states most affected by the coronavirus resurgence halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies on Wednesday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicenter of the pandemic. New cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, skyrocketed …
Read More »WHO warns that some countries may need to reset blockages as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates
Some countries with rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreaks may have to reset blockages and other restrictions to slow the spread of the virus, a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday. Countries like Spain and Italy managed to successfully delay serious outbreaks with a comprehensive public health strategy that mobilized …
Read More »American Airlines will fly at full capacity: only 3 US airlines have blocked the center seat on domestic flights
American Airlines AAL, -1.98% It has come under scrutiny for its decision not to block intermediate seats on flights in the name of preventing coronavirus transmission, but many other airlines have taken the same stance. The airline announced last week that starting Wednesday, July 1, it will resume booking flights …
Read More »A new emerging virus in Chinese pig farms has the ‘essential hallmarks’ for a pandemic
An emerging strain of flu in China is drawing scientists’ attention just as the world is battling the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu. Chinese researchers identified a new strain of influenza that is infecting pigs in China and that has characteristics of the so-called swine flu, or H1N1, …
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