LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – About 1,500 volunteers equipped with face masks, hand sanitizer and gadget tracking attended an indoor concert in Germany on Saturday as part of a study to simulate how the novel coronavirus spreads in large gatherings. As part of the so-called Restart19 study, researchers from the University …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India on Saturday reported a record daily jump in coronavirus infections, bringing the total to close to 3 million and putting pressure on authorities to restrict large gatherings when a major religious festival began. The 69,878 new infections – the fourth straight day above 60,000 – take …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Saturday that it was holding talks with China’s top diplomat on trade, denuclearization and the response to the coronavirus, in the first visit by a senior Beijing official since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. erupted last year. China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Saturday that it will develop smarter social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus nationwide as it fights a new outbreak of the disease-fighting disease in the capital Seoul. FILE PHOTO: Women wearing masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) using …
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A Georgia police officer has been fired after a video was widely shared on social media showing him using a taser on a woman during an arrest outside a house in Loganville. The Gwinnett County Police Department fired Officer Michael Oxford after an investigation found he “violated our policies and …
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