Category: World News

The novel coronavirus will probably accompany us longer than we would like: The World Health Organization (WHO) is convinced that an early eradication of the virus is not in sight “We must learn to live with the virus,” said emergency aid coordinator Mike Ryan on Thursday evening in Geneva. “We will not be able to eliminate or eradicate the virus in the foreseeable future.Rather, people would have to learn to live with the virus and return to some degree of normality. Ryan called on countries around the world to use…

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Because of the dramatically increasing coronavirus infections in the USA, US President Donald Trump has, in a rare move, worn a mask at a public appearance. Television pictures showed Trump wearing a blue mouth-and-nose mask with the President’s seal on it on Friday evening (local time) at the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda near Washington. Meanwhile, the USA recorded the most new infections in one day since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Saturday, the number of new infections registered the day…

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Highs were reported in eight US states – Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Ohio, Utah and Wisconsin. The coronavirus continues to spread in the USA. With almost 69,000 new infections on Friday, a new record was set. In eight US states – Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Ohio, Utah and Wisconsin – record numbers of new infections within 24 hours were also reported. In total, more than three million people in the USA have been infected with the virus to date, and the number of deaths is more than 136,000…

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The efficiency with which the virus infects people is “truly remarkable,” said Fauci. He complained that southern states had relaxed their restrictions too quickly. US immunologist Anthony Fauci has described the coronavirus as “the worst nightmare” for health experts because of its ease of transmission. The efficiency with which the virus infects people is “truly remarkable,” said Fauci, who also advises the White House, on Thursday at an event organized by the US medium The Hill. In view of the dramatic increase in the number of new infections in the…

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