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