The number of our fellow Americans lost to the novel coronavirus pandemic soared into the six figures on Wednesday afternoon, with the updated tally on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine tracker now listing 100,396…
MADRID — On April 28, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stood alone on the stage of a bright but empty briefing room. As a CNN reporter asked a question via video link, the prime minister looked deep in concentration, scribbling notes and pausing to look at the monitor only once. As he launched into his…
Ousted US vaccine supremo’s dire warnings A former top US health official has told Congress the country could face its “darkest winter in modern history” because of the coronavirus.Rick Bright led the government agency trying to develop a vaccine, but was removed from his post last month.Mr…
Everyone wants to know how well their country is tackling coronavirus, compared with others. But you have to make sure you’re comparing the same things. The United States, for example, has far more Covid-19 deaths than any other country – as of 11 May, a total of more than 80,000 deaths.…
While the number of virus cases appears to be stable or declining in some European countries, parts of Africa are still at the start of their outbreaks More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.There are more than 2.8 million…
Mourners attend a funeral in Brooklyn, New York, as the city’s coronavirus death toll hit a record high for a third day New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country outside the US, according to latest figures.The state’s confirmed caseload of Covid-19 jumped by 10,000 on…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Sunday night the nation would ease the West’s longest lockdown on May 4, gradually reopening parts of the economy — first, construction and manufacturing — while keeping most movement restrictions in place.In a national address, Conte described a society that will look little like it did two months ago,…
ATLANTA — As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandemic-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen. The states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska started loosening restrictions on businesses despite warnings from experts that such steps might be…
ATLANTA (AP) — As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandemic-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen.The states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska started loosening restrictions on businesses despite warnings from experts that such steps might be…
CHICAGO — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday, surpassing 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smouldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt. With the New York area still deep…
