Before pushing to reopen schools, consider how many Florida kids are testing positive for COVID-19 Health officials in Florida have started reporting a truly scary trend: They say 31.1 percent, or nearly one-third, of children in Florida who are tested for COVID-19 end up returning a positive result. With as many questions as we still …
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12 staffers test positive for COVID-19 – even though they ALL passed the building’s checks and protocols TALLAHASSEE — Florida officials shut down the state’s emergency operations center on Thursday after 12 staffers tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. The building, which functions as the state’s command center during statewide emergencies, is closed until …
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WHO reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the total rising by 237,743 in 24 hours. Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 milliontoday Peru president reshuffles cabinet as COVID-19 takes its tollyesterday Netanyahu faces pushback on money-for-all coronavirus plan yesterday Trump tweets support for Goya as boycott pressure builds 2 days …
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Washington The United States marked a record number of coronavirus cases Friday for the third consecutive day, notching 77,638 new infections in 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country also recorded 927 deaths in one day, according to the count by the Baltimore-based university at 8:30 pm (00:30 GMT Saturday). …
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President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump – a psychologist whose recently published book criticises the President and his family – asserted on Friday that her uncle’s childhood is affecting his ability to govern in a crisis. “Donald is a psychologically deeply damaged man, based on his upbringing and the situation with his parents,” she told …
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(Reuters) – U.S. energy firms cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to a record low for an 11th week in a row though they have slowed the reductions as some consider returning to the well pad with crude prices up from historic lows. The U.S. oil and gas rig count, an …
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CHINA has sealed off a city of 3.5million people with its “toughest ever” coronavirus lockdown amid fears of a second wave. Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, recorded five new coronavirus cases after registering its first Covid-19 infection in five months yesterday. The eastern province of Zhejiang also reported an asymptomatic case involving a …
LOS ANGELES: Seventy-two NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19, the league’s players union confirmed Thursday (Jul 16). In the first major announcement of coronavirus results concerning the NFL, the NFL Players Association said dozens of players had tested positive as of July 10. The tally was revealed in a database described as a “one-stop …
IMF. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed on Friday that the United States’ economy plunged 37% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year and that it will tumble 6.6% at the end of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong’s new outbreak has surpassed the scale of its previous wave of infections, signaling that the worst of the pandemic may be yet to come. In Spain, officials slapped new restrictions on movement and gatherings in Barcelona, while countries globally grapple with a fresh surge in infections. A poll showed that more …
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