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UK government under fire over virus advice as deaths pass 20,000

Sunday, 26 April 2020, 07:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Britain’s government on Saturday defended the independence of the scientists advising it on the coronavirus after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial chief aide...

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...

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...

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