SEOUL – South Korea went into recession for the first time in 17 years as exports plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Bank of Korea announced on Thursday that the country’s gross domestic product fell 3.3% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, when it contacted 1.3%. It …
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On July 14, Jefferson County Public Health officials announced that they found the first case of bubonic plague in a squirrel. Only three days later, the first human case of bubonic plague was confirmed. The first human cases of the plague came from Inner Mongolia when two brothers were hospitalized …
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The Mets have announced the names of the 45 players who will make up their initial group of players for the truncated 2020 season. The group includes 34 members of the List of 40 men (Noah Syndergaard He was placed on the 45-day injured list while recovering from Tommy John …
Read More »COVID-19 sample from months before the first outbreak in Wuhan, found in Barcelona wastewater
Researchers from the University of Barcelona said they detected the new coronavirus in a frozen sample of Barcelona’s wastewater since March 12, 2019. If the investigation continues, it will destroy the accepted timeline of the virus and the idea that it originated in China. The findings were published on medRxiv, …
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