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US COVID-19 cases surpass 3.3 million, deaths top 135,000
Jul 13, 2020 08:49The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday recorded 59,747 new cases over the last 24-hour period, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
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Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan, son stable after contracting COVID-19
Jul 13, 2020 05:11India’s most famous film star Amitabh Bachchan, and his son Abhishek, are in stable condition after testing positive for the coronavirus, a hospital official and government health authorities said on Sunday.
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US coronavirus relief funds are about to run out for the child care industry
Jul 12, 2020 12:29More than a third of all US child care workers have lost their jobs since March — nearly 330,000 people, or one third of the entire sector. Ongoing inaction threatens to disrupt the livelihood of the remaining child care workers still employed, as well as the 11.8 million families who depend on weekly care with non-parental providers.
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Poll shows two-thirds disapprove Trump’s handling of coronavirus and race issues
Jul 12, 2020 12:25Two-thirds of the American people say that President Donald Trump is doing a poor job handling both the coronavirus pandemic as well as race relations in the United States. The dismal numbers on his handling of coronavirus come as the United States set a record for the highest single-day report of new cases of the disease on Thursday July 9th, when 63,247 positive tests were reported across the country.
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Russia ‘successfully completes’ human testing of COVID-19 vaccine + World updates
Jul 12, 2020 07:09A Russian research center says it has successfully completed the clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on humans, and scientists in China and Thailand are also racing to start new phases in developing their own potential vaccines for COVID-19.
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Rouhani rules out lockdown, calls on Iranians to respect protocols
Jul 11, 2020 09:02President Hassan Rouhani says Iran cannot afford to shut down its economy amid the most draconian US sanctions which are hampering the country’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
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Fears of going 'through hell again' as US Covid infection rate hits record high for 27th straight day
Jul 11, 2020 03:57In the US thirteen states including West Virginia, Tennessee, and Montana saw their highest cases to date as hospitalizations in Florida and Texas—two states now considered major epicenters of the US pandemic—spiked.
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WHO advance team leaves for China to probe into coronavirus origin
Jul 11, 2020 02:03The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a team of experts to China to open an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 550,000 people across the globe.
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COVID-19 pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when new coronavirus is airborne
Jul 11, 2020 01:54The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory.
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Doctors, teachers reject Trump's pressure to reopen US schools
Jul 11, 2020 01:28Groups representing the nation’s doctors, teachers and top school officials on Friday pushed back against pressure from President Donald Trump to fully reopen US schools despite a surge in coronavirus cases, saying science must guide the decisions.