Facing rising unemployment and with many of their citizens struggling to make ends meet, governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to ease the restrictions designed to control the coronavirus pandemic. Mandatory lockdowns to stop the spread of the new virus, which […]
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Another COVID-19 death reported in Ontario County
Officials in Ontario County say that as of Friday, five residents at the Ontario Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Hopewell had died from COVID-19. While three of them are Ontario County residents, two of them are Monroe County residents, which adds to the challenge […]
Mass. General “Happiness Committee” Seeks Cell Phone Charger Donations For COVID-19 Patients
A group of doctors and nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital is asking the public to donate cell phone chargers for COVID-19 patients to stay connected with loved ones while the hospital is closed to visitors. Physician’s Assistant Emily Swanson works in the hospital Medicine Unit. […]
To avoid hostile takeovers amid COVID-19, India mandates approvals on Chinese investments
Chinese investors, who have poured about $6 billion into Indian startups in the last two years, will be subjected to strict regulation for their future investments in the world’s second largest internet market. India amended its foreign direct investment policy on Saturday to require all […]
U.S. Deported Thousands Amid Covid-19 Outbreak. Some Proved to Be Sick.
The speedy removal of unaccompanied children and teenagers represents a significant change from previous practice, under which migrants designated as “unaccompanied minors” were taken to shelters operated by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and usually given a chance to apply for asylum in the […]
Coronavirus updates: U.S. tops 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States now tops 700,000, and more than 37,000 people nationwide have died due to the virus. COVID- has killed more than 154,200 people around the world and has sickened over 2.2 million, according to data from […]
Coronavirus map LIVE: UK coronavirus hospital deaths top 15,000 as 888 more die of virus
2.25pm update: WHO offers stark warning to COVID-19 survivors A stark warning has been issued by the World Health Organisation on coronavirus, which states there is no evidence of immunity after contracting the deadly disease. The health organisation, which is spearheading the response to COVID-19, […]
Covid-19 coronavirus may be older than we thought and not from Wuhan
The new coronavirus that causes Covid-19 may have emerged much earlier than we previously thought, and started far south of Wuhan – according to experts at the University of Cambridge. New findings have been published by the UK research team in the journal Proceedings of […]
Arcadia Group may permanently shut down stores amid Covid-19 crisis
Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia Group – which owns brands including Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge – could permanently close some of its shops as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on high street retailers. The fashion group has served notice on its landlords that […]
Watch live: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak
<!– //www.cnbc.com/staticContent/showads.js –> SEARCH QUOTES Health and Science [The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on […]