Global death toll tops 200,000 as some virus lockdowns eased
Sunday, 26 April 2020, 06:57
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing lockdowns imposed amid the pandemic, but fears of a surge in infections made...
Coronavirus: Britain joins four nations topping 20,000 deaths
Saturday, 25 April 2020, 17:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Britain’s confirmed tally of hospital deaths among people with the coronavirus has topped 20,000, making it the fifth country to reach the grim milestone. The government says 20,319 people...
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
Saturday, 25 April 2020, 07:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode. When a rare solar eclipse...
Lifting lockdown? Against Coronavirus, no one size fits all
Saturday, 25 April 2020, 06:29
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of coronavirus lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches. Schools reopen in one country, stay closed in...
Updated: No, don't inject disinfectant: Outcry over Trump's musing
Friday, 24 April 2020, 15:19
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The parent company of Lysol and another disinfectant warned Friday that its products should not be used as an internal treatment for the coronavirus after President Donald Trump wondered...
EU shores up Libyan coast guard amid Covid-19 scare
Friday, 24 April 2020, 09:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
The European Union is reshuffling budgets to further shore up Libya's coast guard and the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU Observer reports. The money talks, held among EU foreign...
EU agrees budget, recovery plan needed to beat virus impact
Friday, 24 April 2020, 06:45
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
European Union leaders agreed Thursday to revamp the EU's long-term budget and set up a massive recovery fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus and help rebuild the 27-nation bloc's ravaged...
Britain launches COVID-19 vaccine study, latest in race
Friday, 24 April 2020, 06:43
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Testing of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine began in healthy volunteers in Britain Thursday, the latest in a cluster of early-stage studies in search of protection against the...
European economies on course for unprecedented recessions
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 16:43
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Europe's economies are heading for unprecedented recessions as a result of the lockdown measures put in place by governments to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic, closely watched surveys...