FILE PHOTO: State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Swedish Public Health Agency speaks to journalists after a press conference on the situation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 23 2020. Magnus Andersson / TT News Agency / via REUTERS. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s top epidemiologist said on …
Read More »Study Finds People Are More Likely to Get COVID-19 at Home
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own homes than from contacts outside the home. FILE PHOTO: A man and children wearing masks to protect themselves against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk through a Han River …
Read More »Fed, Walmart shares momentum for #maskup
YORK, SC / LEVELLAND, Texas / CHICAGO (Reuters) – Ask a Federal Reserve official what the most important step is needed for the economy to follow the course of the body bump caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and it is likely you get a short reply and quick reply: wear …
Read More »California reports almost 12,000 cases of COVID, the largest increase since the pandemic began
(Reuters) – California reported a record surge of more than 11,800 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, according to a Reuters County data count, as the Trump administration pushes for schools to reopen to help businesses back to normal. If California were a country, it would rank fifth in the world …
Read More »First human trial of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine is promising
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hope that it could be in use by the end of the year. Called AZD1222, the vaccine has been …
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