Text size Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Images As the new coronavirus pandemic continues in the U.S., people yearn for a victory after Washington’s spectacular failures to secure adequate supplies of test kits and personal protective equipment. Success depends on whether any of the candidates for the fast-track Covid-19 …
Read More »British Airways withdraws entire fleet of Boeing jumbo jets
(Reuters) – British Airways, the world’s largest Boeing 747 operator, said Thursday night that it would withdraw its entire fleet of jumbo jets with immediate effect due to the slowdown in the travel industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Boeing 747-400 taxi at San Francisco …
Read More »France accelerates plans to order face masks over COVID-19 fears
FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective face masks, lined up outside a test site for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) installed inside a gym in Laval, in the department of Mayenne, France, July 15, 2020. REUTERS / Stephane Mahe / File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – France on Thursday accelerated plans to make the …
Read More »‘In the fight of our lives’: Australia registers an increase in new cases of COVID-19
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state of Victoria reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Friday, while neighboring New South Wales said it was banning dancing, singing and mixing at weddings as authorities fight for contain a new wave of infections. FILE PHOTO: Health workers help a resident …
Read More »Texas health officials remove more than 3,000 probable ‘coronavirus’ cases from overall count
Texas health officials removed more than 3,000 reported coronavirus cases from a general count after “probable” cases for people who never had the test were counted as confirmed cases. “Since we reported confirmed cases on our dashboard, we have removed 3,484 previously reported probable cases from the state and Bexar …
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