UPDATE: SIOUX CITY (KTIV) — Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew has confirmed four additional inmates at the county jail have tested positive for COVID-19. Sheriff Drew made the announcement Tuesday afternoon after already confirming three positive cases during an earlier news conference. This brings the […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil on Tuesday restored detailed COVID-19 data to its official national website following controversy over the removal of cumulative totals and a ruling by a Supreme Court justice that the full set of information be reinstated. The move came after days of […]
A Brazilian supreme court judge has ordered Jair Bolsonaro’s administration to resume publishing complete Covid-19 statistics after moves to suppress such information prompted accusations of authoritarian skulduggery designed to cover up the crisis. The Brazilian government sparked outrage on Saturday by purging the health ministry […]
Two new papers published in the journal Nature say that lockdowns put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus were highly effective, prevented tens of millions of infections and saved millions of lives. “Our estimates show that lockdowns had a really dramatic effect […]
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With all of New York state now beginning to reopen nonessential businesses and ease restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged the public on Tuesday to continue to take precautions to avoid a “spike” in cases as is happening in Florida and other states that reopened early. “We’re […]
Amazon is ramping up its plans to test its fulfillment center workers for coronavirus after several outbreaks at its warehouses. The goal, according to three people familiar with the company’s plans, is to test the bulk of the company’s warehouse workers every two weeks. Workers […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday that the state is lifting its stay-at-home order that has been in place since mid-March and will allow for larger gatherings at both indoor and outdoor venues. “With more and more of our businesses reopening, we are […]
3:10 p.m. — New coronavirus cases and deaths increased in several European countries from lower numbers reported over the weekend. The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care reported 286 new deaths, bringing the total 40,883. The number of deaths was more than five times higher than […]
Fauci said the virus is “very different” from other outbreaks such as Ebola and HIV. The virus jumped from an animal host and has a high degree of transmissibility and mortality, he said. It is historically one of the worst pandemics the world has ever experienced, […]
