A billboard displays official advice for testing and tracing coronavirus by the UK government. Mike Kemp | In PIctures via Getty Images The UK economy shrank by 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the previous three months, as coronavirus-induced lockdowns hampered activity, according to preliminary figures released …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss situation in Syria. Mikhail Metzel | TASS | Getty Images President Vladimir Putin is trying to score “a domestic gain” with Russia’s planned outbreak of coronavirus vaccine, after the country’s outbreak was mismanaged and the …
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US President Donald Trump will speak to the press at the White House Brady Briefing Room in Washington, DC on August 10, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will purchase 100 million doses of Moderna’s experimental coronavirus vaccine, which …
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Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) arrive with a patient while a funeral car begins to leave at North Shore Medical Center where coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are being treated, in Miami, Florida, July 14, 2020. Maria Alejandra Cardona | Reuters Florida reported 276 new deaths caused by the coronavirus on Tuesday, marking …
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Emergency Rescue Service (SAMU) nurse Belisa Marcelino checks the lungs of Maria Geralda da Silva, 84, who is suffering from shortness of breath and other symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, as preparation is being made for the patient transferred to a hospital amid the outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July …
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