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It is a theory that seems to be spreading as quickly as the virus itself: The new coronavirus is infecting relatively few in California because the state suffered a silent outbreak as far back as the fall, well before official reports indicate it hit the U.S. As a result, the theory goes, many residents are…

Home / India News / ‘Can’t move out without permission’: Central team pans Bengal on Covid-19 response A central team sent to West Bengal to help the Mamata Banerjee government contain the spread of Covid-19 has told the Union Home Ministry that it wasn’t getting the basic logistics support or information from the state government…

More than 200 Cuban health professionals are expected to arrive in South Africa on Sunday to help the country in its fight against Covid-19, according to Cuban Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson.The 217 members of the "Medical Brigade" include family physicians, epidemiologists, biologists, healthcare technology experts, engineering experts, biotechnology experts and other specialists, the embassy said…

2 studies show many people who tested positive for Covid-19 displayed no symptoms

A Co Tipperary farmer has joined a class action lawsuit against the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl after he and four friends contracted Covid-19 during their week-long stay last month. At least 5,000 people, hailing from Iceland to Israel, have registered interest with an Austrian lawyer who suspects the village, local businesses and the region…

(CNN)Government records reveal how supply shortages, lapses in care, a lack of transparency and inadequate infection control precautions are fueling the spread of Covid-19 within America's nursing homes. Troubled facilities and highly rated nursing homes al…

Demonstrators protest the extension of the emergency Safer at Home order by State Governor Tony Evers to slow the spread of the COVID-19, outside the State Capitol building in Madison, Wis., on April 24, 2020. SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters Several Republican-led U.S. states are rapidly lifting coronavirus containment measures while an array of right-wing groups – some…

New Jersey hit a somber milestone Friday afternoon, surpassing 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in seven weeks as the pandemic continues to claim more lives and strain hospitals across the state.Officials announced the Garden State has now seen at least 102,196 positive COVID-19 tests and 5,617 corona-related deaths since the first case here was…

The world has changed dramatically over the first three months of 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every aspect of our lives. These changes have been clearly evident in the world’s digital behaviors too, especially as billions of people turn to connected devices to help them cope with life and work under lockdown. I’ve…

(Reuters) - The first person in Sadad Dakhare’s two-bedroom apartment in Oslo, Norway, to show symptoms was his 4-year-old niece. Next, his mother, his sister and he himself fell ill. Then, about a week after his niece became sick, Dakhare heard his 76-year-old father coughing heavily. Sadad Dakhare (R), his father Mohamed Dakhare Farah and…