LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence worldwide suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of becoming more seriously ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A passenger awaits a delayed flight at Terminal Four at London Heathrow Airport on 12 August …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his own fight against weight on Monday to urge the British to get in shape and tackle widespread obesity that could increase coronavirus risks. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Great Britain on July 22, 2020. …
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(Corrects the eighth paragraph to New York third for the cases) By Diane Craft July 26 (Reuters) – Florida became the second state on Sunday after California to overtake New York, the state most affected at the start of the new coronavirus outbreak in the United States, according to a …
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Health workers with personal protective equipment (PPE) enter a residential building complex during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) screening campaign in Mumbai, India, July 26, 2020. REUTERS / Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) – India needs to be “more vigilant” as the new coronavirus threat persists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in …
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Police in Miami, Florida, what experts call the country’s epicenter of the coronavirus, issued more than 300 citations in 10 days to individuals and companies that do not comply with the local mask order. “The growth rate (of cases) has shown a flattening since we implemented the masks in the …
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