Several American universities, including elite institutions such as Harvard and Princeton, have already announced that some proportion of their teaching will take place online, even for students based on campus, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has surged in the US in recent weeks. The move could affect more than one million international students … Read more
The University of Washington has extended its projection of how many people are likely to die from coronavirus in the US to November 1, predicting at least 208,255 deaths by then, based on the current scenario. But if 95% of the population wears a mask in public, that number would drop to approximately 162,808, the university’s Institute … Read more
Erin Burnett Out Front President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro touted the power of unproven medicine as he told the world he had tested positive for coronavirus. CNN’s Bill Weir reports that his former health minister and a gravedigger have different views about the pandemic. Source: CNN Source link
President Donald Trump speaks during an event with students, teachers and administrators about how to safely re-open schools on July 7 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Trump said the US is “not closing, we’ll never close,” as he once again pushed the country to fully reopen on Tuesday. “We’re at 130,” Trump said … Read more
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Workers in personal protective equipment are seen, along side police patrols, on July 7, in Melbourne, Australia. Daniel Pockett/Getty Images The Australian city of Melbourne is going back into Stage 3 lockdown for six weeks as it struggles with a spike in coronavirus cases, announced Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews today. The lockdown will start … Read more
“I’ve came back from the hospital now, I’ve done a lung screening, my lung is clean, OK? I went to do a Covid exam a while ago, but everything is okay,” he said. “You can’t get very close [to me], OK? Recommendation for everyone,” Bolsonaro said. Asked about media reports that Bolsonaro has a fever, … Read more
The governor of Brazil’s state of São Paulo, João Doria, said on Monday he wants to avoid “the images we saw in Rio de Janeiro and London” after bars and restaurants in the state’s capital city reopened Monday, and therefore strict rules will be in place. “We don’t want to see in São Paulo city the images we … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization on Monday for an on-site coronavirus antigen test that can yield results in 15 minutes. Here’s how the test works: The diagnostic test uses a device made by medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company that is a little larger than a cell phone to … Read more
Airline travel over the Fourth of July holiday weekend surged to new pandemic-era highs. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened more than 700,000 people on each of three days this weekend – the first time above 700,000 since mid-March. The nearly 2.7 million people screened over the four-day period from Thursday through Sunday … Read more