COVID-19 Updates
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With Trump’s re-election hopes on the line, Florida’s DeSantis defies critics as coronavirus spreads
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Marc Caputo on politico.com on June 16, 2020Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proudly welcomed the Republican…
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Covid-19 outbreaks in New Zealand and China highlight stark choices
Beijing and New Zealand had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn’t last long. Last…
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12 per cent of Americans may not need coronavirus vaccine because of previous exposure, US officials say
A Covid-19 vaccine that the Trump administration hopes will be available by January may not be equally effective for everyone, US officials said on Tuesday.But, they added, they expect as…
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Coronavirus exposes the inequality in America, and may exacerbate it
Well before Covid-19 struck, there was another rampant epidemic in the United States, killing more Americans in 2018 than the coronavirus so far. What we call “deaths of despair” –…
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Coronavirus live news: Beijing says outbreak ‘extremely severe’ as dozens more cases emerge
The World Health Organization’s regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, has said the region is fast approaching four million cases of coronavirus and the pandemic continues to accelerate. Etienne…
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Fed chair says US economy faces ‘significant uncertainty’ and fears wider income inequality
The Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, warned on Tuesday that the US economy faces “significant uncertainty” in the months ahead, and that the recession that has followed in the wake…
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Stocks gain on US stimulus hopes as 600,000 UK workers lose jobs in Covid-19 crisis – as it happened
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has given another bearish message to investors, but it does not appear to have done much to prevent a steep rally in stock markets around…