A police officer watches over a closed road in the city center after facilities and businesses closed for the second time this weekend due to overcrowding in recent days, as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID -19) continues, in Mexico City, Mexico. July 4, 2020. REUTERS / Carlos Jasso MEXICO …
Read More »Mexico steps up border controls to keep coronavirus at bay during July 4 holiday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities will install health checkpoints at various points of entry along its northern border this weekend, as both Mexican and US authorities fear an increase in crossings during the July 4 holiday can spread the coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A closed crosswalk is seen at the …
Read More »China’s Inner Mongolia city warns of suspected bubonic plague case
BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in a city in China’s Inner Mongolia region issued a warning Sunday, a day after a hospital reported a suspected case of bubonic plague. The Bayan Nur City Health Committee issued the third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-tier system. The alert prohibits the hunting …
Read More »Too Soon to Say Whether It’s Safe to Hold a Republican Convention in Florida, Says a US Official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior health official from the Trump administration said Sunday that it was unclear whether it will be safe to hold the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month, as Florida sees a record number of coronavirus cases. FILE PHOTO: United States President Donald Trump speaks to …
Read More »Hundreds of scientists say coronavirus is in the air, ask WHO to review recommendations: NYT
(Reuters) – Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the new, smaller particulate coronavirus in the air can infect people and are asking the World Health Organization to review the recommendations, the New York Times reported Saturday. . The WHO has said that coronavirus disease spreads mainly from person …
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