GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. A community health officer helps sanitation workers don personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Fourah Bay College Coronavirus Treatment Center in Freetown, …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Beijing’s main representative office in Hong Kong warned that the weekend’s pro-democracy opposition primary elections could violate a new national security law, exacerbating concerns about the crackdown on the democratic movement of the former British colony. FILE PHOTO: Riot police patrol in a shopping center during …
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“There is increasing evidence that wearing a face shield in a confined space helps protect people and those around them from the coronavirus,” said a Downing Street spokesman. “The prime minister has been clear that people should wear face shields in stores and we will make it mandatory starting July …
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A Rehab Support worker reviews patient notes when the first patients are admitted to the NHS Seacole Center in Headley Court, Surrey, a disused military hospital, which developed during the coronavirus pandemic. Victoria Jones | PA Images via Getty Images Scientists have said the UK government must prepare for a …
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Shoppers wearing protective face masks walk in the rain on Oxford Street in London on June 18, 2020, as some nonessential retailers reopen after their coronavirus closure. Tolga Akmen / AFP / Getty Images The UK economy grew less than expected in May, as the country gradually eased the blockade …
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