The coronavirus pandemic is still rapidly spreading worldwide, infecting more than 14.44 million people. With more than 188 countries and territories affected, scientists are competing to develop a vaccine against coronavirus 2 for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One of the forerunners in …
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The United States faces significant long-term economic damage from the coronavirus as lawmakers discuss boosted unemployment benefits amid stubbornly high weekly jobless claims. More than 1 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits each week for the past four months. Those figures provide a grim backdrop for the …
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Governors of the two largest Republican-run states are diverging in their responses to a massive increase in coronavirus cases. Florida government Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisTrump says he will not issue a national mask mandate Florida County Sheriff warns he may introduce curfew amid growing COVID-19 cases The Hill’s Morning Report …
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(Newser) – Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet, not for work, but for a recent hobby: Finding out how many of Amazon’s 400,000 warehouse workers have become ill with the coronavirus, the AP reports. Amazon won’t give out a number, so Jumpp tracks it alone and …
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Hong Kong reported its largest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday morning. City Executive Director Carrie Lam told reporters that 108 cases were recorded in one day, of which 83 were local and 25 imported. The new COVID-19 cases bring the total of the semi-autonomous city to 1,886, BBC …
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