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US President, Donald Trump has apparently tried to entice German scientists are currently working on the development of a potential vaccine against the novel Coronavirus, in the United States or to secure the drug exclusively for the USA. The " reported;World on Sonntag" citing government circles. For that, Trump had promised to the scientists, high levels of financial subsidies, says […]
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As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from CDC, WHO, and local public health departments and visit our coronavirus hub. While the novel […]
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The fear of catching coronavirus has led to an international shortage of hand sanitiser. The new illness can affect your lungs and airways, and first originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Cases of Covid-19 are increasing every day in the UK, with a confirmed 596 cases. However, Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government’s chief scientific adviser, has said the actual […]
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As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, Washington State has emerged as ground zero for the epidemic in the United States. Currently, the CDC is reporting that the state has 267 cases. “It’s probably not all that surprising since we are based on the West Coast that we ended up with patient one here in the U.S.,” Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, […]
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Alaska doesn’t have a single reported case of COVID-19, yet economically it may be at its mercy. That’s because seasonal tourism plays an outsized role in Alaska’s economy, representing as much as 1 in 10 jobs throughout the state and more in the regions surrounding Anchorage and the capital Juneau. Nearly all of the state’s tourists get there on a […]
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For three weeks, children’s play has not echoed in the main piazza of the town of Codogno, overlooked by a statue of the town’s patron St. Blaise, a 4th-Century physician. But over that period, too, the silence has been pierced increasingly less often by ambulance sirens, which in the early days roared through every couple of hours. The northern town […]
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Tens of millions of students stayed home on three continents, security forces went on standby to guard against large gatherings of people, and bars, restaurants and offices closed Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus edged ever closer to the world’s power centers, with positive tests for the Canadian prime minister’s wife, a top aide to […]
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Editor’s note: The coronavirus that has claimed more than 4,000 lives worldwide and sickened more than 113,000 most likely originated in bats, most experts believe. From bats, the virus “jumped” to another species, likely pangolins, and then to humans. Why didn’t the virus make bats or pangolins sick? As it turns out, viruses are complicated—in addition to sometimes being deadly. […]
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South Korea—once grappling with the largest coronavirus outbreak outside China—saw its newly recovered patients exceed fresh infections for the first time on Friday, as it reported the lowest number of new cases for three weeks. The country confirmed 110 new infections, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said, taking its total to date to 7,979. But 177 […]
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Perhaps you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people turning to the fastest-growing subreddit in the last weeks, r/coronavirus, where new and veteran Reddit users are going for the latest on the novel coronavirus outbreak. Currently topping the list at r/worldnews for comments and upvotes is a linked article that hints at a fast-tracking coronavirus vaccine in development in […]
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