BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona reopened on Saturday, giving front-line workers the opportunity to have the landmark usually filled with tourists for them in recognition of their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. People took photos and listened to audio guides after the Archbishop of Barcelona, Juan José …
Read More »Florida Registers Coronavirus Cases Rise to New Daily Record
A sign reporting the closure of South Beach, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen before the weekend of July 4, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 3 July 2020. REUTERS / Elizabeth Fair (Reuters) – Confirmed cases of Florida’s coronavirus rose to a record 11,458 on Saturday, …
Read More »China says G4 swine flu virus is not new; does not infect humans easily
SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Saturday that the so-called “G4” strain of the swine flu virus is not new and does not easily infect or make humans and animals sick, rejecting a published study previously. week. That study, conducted by a team …
Read More »More bodies buried in a mass grave after the collapse of the jade mine in Myanmar
(Reuters) – Dozens of jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar were buried Saturday, a local official said, after 77 were buried Friday in a mass grave in one of the worst mining accidents in the history of the country. FILE PHOTO: Volunteers carry coffins containing bodies of …
Read More »Two more prisoners sentenced to death in San Quentin die of coronavirus complications
Scott Thomas Erskine, 57, and Manuel Machado Alvarez, 59, died on Friday of “what appear to be complications related to Covid-19,” the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. Both men had been hospitalized outside of prison. An outbreak of the virus has invaded San Quentin since …
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