Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Face covering use expanded in England and Scotland

Face coverings have become mandatory in more indoor settings in England and Scotland following a recent spike in coronavirus cases. Places where coverings must now be worn in both countries include museums, places of worship and aquariums. Other new settings in England include cinemas and funeral homes, and in Scotland banks and beauty salons. Coverings… Read More »

Florida now has more coronavirus cases than New York and California leads the nation

A health-care worker collects samples using a nasal swab at a mobile Covid-19 testing facility, in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on July 24, 2020. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Florida has reported more confirmed coronavirus cases than New York state, as the epicenter of the pandemic has shifted from the Northeast… Read More »

Trump says U.S. ‘in the process’ of crafting coronavirus strategy that has ‘developed as we go along’

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus response news briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “in the process of developing a strategy” to combat the coronavirus pandemic, adding that that plan of action has “developed as… Read More »

Coronavirus: T cells ‘could last years’, boosting immunity hopes

Covid-19 survivors ‘could have long-lasting immunity’ as scientists believe crucial disease-fighting T cells ‘may last for many years’ after infection Scientists said T cells are produced by everyone exposed to the coronavirus T cells appear to be ‘durable’ and ‘long lasting’ for Covid-19 protection There is no evidence to prove this yet, but scientists are… Read More »

Britain records 17 more coronavirus deaths in preliminary toll

Department of Health WITHDRAWS official UK Coronavirus daily death toll of 114 after it emerges nobody in England is ever counted as cured Department of Health figures show 82 Britons are now succumbing to the life-threatening infection each day The seven-day average was 74 last Friday. More than 1,000 people died each day during the peak… Read More »