COVID-19 Updates
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Angry French doctors confront Emmanuel Macron as coronavirus overwhelms hospitals
French doctors faced off with President Emmanuel Macron at a leading Paris hospital on Friday, demanding more investment and a rethink of the country’s once-renowned public health system that found…
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‘Weird as hell’: the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months
In mid-March Paul Garner developed what he thought was a “bit of a cough”. A professor of infectious diseases, Garner was discussing the new coronavirus with David Nabarro, the UK’s…
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Microsoft and UnitedHealth offer companies free app to screen employees for coronavirus
UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft’s ProtectWell coronavirus symptom screener UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft are offering companies a coronavirus screening app called ProtectWell that provides a daily symptom screener to…
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Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot Spot is being used on coronavirus social distancing patrol
Boston Dynamics‘ dog-like robot, Spot, is being used in a park in Singapore to help encourage social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. “The robot isn’t really enforcing in Singapore. It’s…
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Slovenia becomes first European nation to declare an end to its coronavirus epidemic
Bled Island, Slovenia Frank Bienewald | LightRocket | Getty Images Slovenia has become the first European country to declare its domestic coronavirus outbreak officially over. The country’s government confirmed in…
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This is the critical link to successfully reopening the US economy
US President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with Supply Chain Distributors to discuss the response to COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2020. Jim…
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
1. Dow set to drop on concerns about US-China trade The government said Friday that April retail sales plunged a record 16.4% as coronavirus lockdowns closed stores around the world. Economists…
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Retail sales plunge a record 16.4% in April, vs 12.3% drop expected
Consumer spending tumbled a record 16.4% in April as the backbone of the U.S. economy retrenched amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government report Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow…
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German economy in recession as coronavirus hits – business live
Some of the earlier enthusiasm among European investors has tailed off, with market gains diminishing. Some indices are now in the red: FTSE 100: +0.6% at 5,775 Germany’s DAX: +0.7%…
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Coronavirus live news: China marks one month with no Covid-19 deaths as virus pushes Germany into recession
More than 100 Mexicans have died from drinking adulterated alcohol over the past month in a string of mass poisonings which followed a ban on the sale of liquor during…