The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Donald Trump has shut down the celebration of part of the 2020 Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, saying that an increase in coronavirus cases in Florida means that “the …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Donald Trump has once again bragged about his performance on a primary test designed to detect early signs of dementia, this time demonstrating one of the easiest tasks during …
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Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow has dedicated his life to providing meals to the world’s poorest children. Before the pandemic, his nonprofit organization, Mary’s Meals, fed more than 1.6 million students every day of the week in schools around the world. But when schools closed in the middle of Covid-19, MacFarlane-Barrow and his …
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More than 150 US medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses, and other prominent US officials have signed a letter to political leaders urging them to close the country and begin again to contain the growing coronavirus pandemic. “The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, …
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The United States has conducted approximately 51.7 million tests of Covid-19 and has recently conducted an average of approximately 770,000 tests per day, according to Admiral Dr. Brett Giroir, deputy secretary of health at the US Department of Health and Human Services. There is currently a national positivity rate of …
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