May 18 EU education ministers met in a conference call to discuss the reopening of schools. The children had returned to class for several weeks in 22 European countries, and there were still no signs of a significant increase in Covid-19 infections. It was still early, but this was good …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, says he never told President Trump to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic. “I have not directly recommended to the president that he wear a mask,” the infectious disease expert testified Tuesday before the House Energy and …
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South Korea is battling a second wave of the new coronavirus, a public health official confirmed Monday. A holiday weekend in early May sparked small but persistent outbreaks in the densely populated, previously unaffected area of Seoul, said director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeong Eun-kyeong …
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, told Congress Tuesday that the United States has about 28,000 contact trackers, which do not reach the 100,000 needed to track the spread of the coronavirus. Redfield told a House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has not directed any slowdown in coronavirus testing and does not regret using the term “kung flu,” which many consider offensive, to describe the virus, the White House said Monday. The Republican president said at a political rally in Oklahoma on Saturday that he …
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