Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom told CNBC on Monday that the coronavirus tracking website he helped build shows troubling levels of spread in many U.S. states. Epidemiologists use something called R0, or R nothing, as a way to measure how a virus is spreading. For example, an R value of 1 …
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The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 28, 2020. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating worldwide as many countries that reopened their economies see a resurgence …
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the bars to close before noon on June 26 and restaurants to be reduced to 50% of their occupancy. Sergio Flores | AFP | fake pictures Governors in Washington, California, Florida and Texas are backing off on some of their reopening plans as coronavirus cases …
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1. Dow will recover after 730 point drop on Friday Dow futures pointed to a gain of more than 200 points in Monday’s opening, a rebound after the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 730 points, or 2.8%, on Friday, knocking down the blue chips 3.3% last week . After initial …
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, leads a press conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, June 26, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that a federal mandate on wearing masks is “long …
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