COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: ousted US vaccine director Rick Bright predicts ‘darkest winter’ if pandemic response lags
An ousted US health official will warn Congress on Thursday that Americans face their “darkest winter” in decades if the country fails to deploy a coordinated response against the coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: how Europe plans to rescue its summer holidays
As weather warms up in Europe, millions are wondering if this year’s summer holidays will be a forced staycation.Since the start of a massive lockdown across the block, international tourism…
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Coronavirus: Africa, at first spared, now confronts outbreaks all over the continent
From South Africa to Ghana to Nigeria, African countries are scrambling to contain the Covid-19 outbreak as hotspots emerge across the continent.In Ghana, more than 500 workers at a fish…
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Investors need gold as a security blanket
In times of crisis, investors look to gold for safety. With the current Covid-19 pandemic, it’s no different. But our attachment to gold may be more archaic than economic.In olden…
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Coronavirus latest: World Health Organisation warns that Covid-19 ‘may never go away’
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and…
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Why Trump’s threats to ‘punish’ China over Covid-19 ring hollow
For President Donald Trump, aggressively attacking China could prove an effective way to deflect criticism in the United States over his handling of the Covid-19 outbreak. To match the toughening…
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Are children less susceptible to coronavirus?
How many children are being infected with Covid-19?Children represent just a small fraction of confirmed Covid-19 cases, with fewer than 2% of reported infections in China, Italy and the United…
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Covid-19 crisis raises hopes of end to UK transmission of HIV
“In the war against any infectious virus,” says Dr Alan McOwan, “You’re trying to win various battles. You have to keep clobbering it from every direction you can.” That’s true…
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Watch Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speak live on the economy
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell…
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Coronavirus will reverse globalization and create regional supply chains, economists predict
Employees work on the production line of a robot vacuum cleaner factory of Matsutek in Shenzhen, China August 9, 2019. Jason Lee | Reuters The coronavirus crisis will fundamentally reshape…