Coronavirus

Several US states post record COVID cases, curfew ordered in Miami

Jul 04, 2020 01:50

Alabama and several other states reported record increases in coronavirus cases on Friday as Florida’s most populous county imposed a curfew ahead of the Independence Day weekend and Arkansas joined a push towards mandating mask-wearing in public.
Britain contemplates joining EU coronavirus vaccine scheme

Jul 04, 2020 01:40

Britain is discussing with the European Union whether it will join a plan by the bloc to secure supplies of potential vaccines against COVID-19, officials in London and Brussels said on Friday.
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 137 to 44,131 as England set to ease lockdown further

Jul 04, 2020 01:20

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has risen by 137 to 44,131, according to the latest government update.
EU gives conditional approval for use of COVID-19 anti-viral remdesivir

Jul 03, 2020 11:02

The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, on Friday authorized the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus.
US reports 55,000 COVID-19 cases in single day, hits new global record

Jul 03, 2020 10:39

The United States reported more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a new daily global record for the coronavirus pandemic, as infections rose in a majority of states.
Illegal US sanctions on countries hamper efforts to battle virus: Iran

Jul 03, 2020 04:34

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) has called for an end to unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on various countries as the restrictive measures hamper their fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Gap in US Black and white unemployment rates is widest in 5 years

Jul 03, 2020 03:33

Unemployment rates for African Americans and whites in the US had its widest gap in five years in June, indicating an uneven nascent recovery from historic job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus cost Africa travel & tourism industry $55bn: AU commissioner

Jul 03, 2020 01:51

Africa countries have lost almost $55 billion in travel and tourism revenues in three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the African Union commissioner for infrastructure and energy said on Thursday.
Analysis warns 11% of American unemployed due to pandemic have 'zero chance' of getting job back

Jul 03, 2020 00:56

The US ongoing economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will leave over 17 million workers without a job to return to once the outbreak is over, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute's Heidi Shierholz, who also predicts without sustained and continued federal action 10 million or more jobs could be lost in the next year.
US states halt reopenings as coronavirus resurges

Jul 02, 2020 05:32

Governors of several US states have halted or rolled back steps to reopen their economies due to resurgence in coronavirus cases, although President Donald Trump insisted that the pandemic nears its end across the country.