A New World Order for the Coronavirus Era Is Emerging
In July 1945, at the close of World War II, the leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union gathered at a Prussian royal palace in Potsdam outside Continue Reading
Coronavirus records in Florida, Texas and California erode hopes of economic revival
Record-breaking coronavirus cases and deaths in several U.S. states are dimming hopes of economic recovery, with cellphone data showing shoppers are staying away from stores in areas where cases are Continue Reading
U.S. Hits 3 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
After the coronavirus was first reported in the U.S. in January, the first million reported cases developed over roughly three months, as testing centered around those who had fallen ill Continue Reading
Russia reports more than 6,500 new coronavirus cases
Russia on Thursday reported 6,509 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its official nationwide tally to 707,301, the fourth largest caseload in the world. The national coronavirus taskforce said Continue Reading
Sweden Has Become the World’s Cautionary Tale
Ever since the coronavirus emerged in Europe, Sweden has captured international attention by conducting an unorthodox, open-air experiment. It has allowed the world to examine what happens in a pandemic Continue Reading
Coronavirus slams Poland’s already-troubled coal industry
The coronavirus has ripped through Poland’s coal mines, where men descend deep underground in tightly packed elevators and work shoulder-to-shoulder to extract the source of 75% of the nation’s electrical Continue Reading
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been Continue Reading
Rush to reopen led to spikes in cases that threaten to overwhelm hospitals in some states, officials say
The Independence Day weekend concluded with dire predictions about the surge of coronavirus cases around the country and with national and local officials saying a rush to reopen fueled the spread Continue Reading
Recovery Could Take 4 Years If Virus Contained, Fed’s Daly Says – Bloomberg
The U.S. economy can escape another decade-long slog back to health if strong public measures or a vaccine curb virus surges, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly Continue Reading
Fauci warns spread of COVID-19 ‘could get very bad’, says no guarantee of vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States government’s top infectious diseases expert on Tuesday warned that daily COVID-19 cases could more than double if Americans fail to take countermeasures and cautioned Continue Reading
As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs
The reopening of Tucson’s historic Hotel Congress lasted less than a month. General manager Todd Hanley on June 4 ended a two-month coronavirus lockdown and reopened the 39-room hotel at Continue Reading
The coronavirus is mutating
When the first coronavirus cases in Chicago appeared in January, they bore the same genetic signatures as a germ that emerged in China weeks before. But as Egon Ozer, an infectious-disease specialist Continue Reading
Coronavirus: Worst could be yet to come, WHO warns
The worst could be still to come in the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, six months on from when the outbreak began. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Continue Reading
Second COVID Wave In China Could Upend Crude Recovery
As the world’s largest net importer of crude oil and other liquids since September 2013, any significant variation in Chinese demand for oil resonates quickly and profoundly in global oil Continue Reading
Coronavirus: UK economy hit worse than first thought
There was a sharp fall in consumer spending at the end of March, the ONS said The UK economy shrank more than first thought between January and March, contracting 2.2% Continue Reading
New U.S. coronavirus cases hit 45,242 for biggest one-day increase of pandemic
The United States recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans who Continue Reading
A Second Wave of the Virus Is Threatening U.S. Oil Demand Again
After months of empty roads, lockdowns were easing and people were getting behind the wheel again. A station in Northern California was selling gasoline for a whopping $5.98 a gallon. Continue Reading
The Coronavirus Surge in Florida, Arizona, Texas Isn’t the Same as New York’s Crisis
The virus that ravaged Northeastern U.S. cities is surging through Southern and Western states. It’s different this time. Younger people are getting sick with Covid-19. States that had brief coronavirus Continue Reading
Leaders Re-examine U.S. Reopenings as Coronavirus Cases Hit Another Record
As coronavirus cases surge across much of the United States, leaders are urgently rethinking their strategies to curb the spread, which the nation’s top infectious disease expert said on Friday Continue Reading
Texas Pauses Reopening, as CDC Says Millions More May Have Had Coronavirus
Companies from Disney to Apple are grappling with whether to reopen or close as coronavirus cases surge; the Democratic Party urges delegates to skip the summer convention; demand for a Continue Reading
Coronavirus: ‘Very significant’ resurgences in Europe alarm WHO
Close to 20,000 new cases are being recorded daily in the WHO’s European region Europe has seen an increase in weekly cases of Covid-19 for the first time in months Continue Reading
Three U.S. governors to quarantine visitors from states where COVID-19 spiking
As the number of new coronavirus cases surged in many areas of the United States, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – once at the epicenter of the outbreak – Continue Reading
Americans Face New Virus Limbo as Some Reopenings Are Halted
Soaring cases of the coronavirus are forcing cities and states across the country to halt plans to restart their economies and even reimpose earlier limits on public life, increasing worries Continue Reading
Pandemic Rages in the U.S., Spurring Quarantines and Mask Orders
The Covid-19 pandemic is tearing through the U.S. heartland, setting records for hospitalizations and forcing businesses to rethink their plans to reopen as new modeling predicts the virus will kill Continue Reading
Coronavirus Cases Are Accelerating Across U.S.
CDC Director Robert R. Redfield says the coronavirus has ‘brought this nation to its knees’ as the U.S. sees a surge in cases; luxury stores on Fifth Avenue reopen; a Continue Reading
Companies Agonize Over Reopening Timetables as Covid-19 Spreads
In California, where new cases reached new highs Tuesday, workers for Walt Disney Co. DIS -3.88% pressed the company to delay the planned July reopening for its theme parks in Continue Reading
Coronavirus Races Across Brazil and Latin America, a Warning to Poor Nations
In early May, the new coronavirus swept through the crowded homes in Alley 24 of Rocinha, one of the largest of Brazil’s favelas, or slum communities. Twenty of the 35 Continue Reading
Coronavirus Cases Top 9.1 Million Globally; Second Wave Hits Seoul
Tech companies respond to President Trump’s order to temporarily suspend work visas; MLB plans to restart a shortened 2020 season; Saudi Arabia scales back the most important Muslim pilgrimage. WSJ’s Continue Reading
As U.S. coronavirus cases surge, Texas, Arizona and Nevada hit new records
For a second consecutive week, Texas, Arizona and Nevada set records in their coronavirus outbreaks, and 10 other states from Florida to California were grappling with a surge in infections. Continue Reading
Virus Surges Across U.S., Throwing Reopenings Into Disarray
Newly diagnosed cases of Covid-19 and other indicators of the pandemic’s spread soared in hot spots across the U.S., driving city and state officials to consider slowing or reversing reopening Continue Reading
Coronavirus latest: Covid-19 spread accelerates as situation deteriorates in Latin America
Public officials in the west and south of the US have stepped up their warnings about coronavirus in the wake of states in those regions reporting record one-day increases in Continue Reading
Several U.S. states see coronavirus infection spikes, Wall Street unnerved
Troubling spikes in coronavirus infection rates were reported on Friday in several U.S. states, mainly in the South and West, a day before President Donald Trump was due to preside Continue Reading
Coronavirus Cases Rise in India as Beijing Tightens Airport Controls
The total number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. exceeded 2.16 million—more than a quarter of global confirmed cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 448,000 Continue Reading
Trump says U.S. will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would not close businesses again as several states reported rising numbers of new coronavirus infections. “We won’t be closing the country Continue Reading
U.S. airlines could ban travelers that refuse to wear masks on planes
Passengers wear face masks as they fly with United. (Courtesy of United Airlines) A in May by American Airlines customer Tony Scott was shared more than 6,700 times after he Continue Reading
Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six U.S. states as reopening accelerates
New coronavirus infections hit record highs in six U.S. states on Tuesday, marking a rising tide of cases for a second consecutive week as most states moved forward with reopening Continue Reading
Sweden Proves ‘Surprisingly Slow’ in Achieving Herd Immunity
Sweden has made less progress than expected in achieving immunity to the coronavirus, according to its state epidemiologist. After leaving schools, shops and restaurants open throughout the pandemic, contagion rates Continue Reading
The ‘’Second Wave’’ Of COVID-19 Could Crush Oil Markets
The oil price rally may have come to an end, with the long-feared “second wave” of coronavirus infections having now arrived, posing renewed threats to the global economy. A new Continue Reading
Coronavirus Accelerates Across Africa
When Daniel Khan Mbuh died in a hospital in northern Cameroon, the hospital declared the cause of death to be Covid-19 — then released the body to the family instead Continue Reading
Indonesia Coronavirus Cases Top 40,000 as New Hot Spots Emerge
The number of coronavirus infections in Indonesia exceeded 40,000 with the emergence of new hot spots amid a ramp-up in testing and contact tracing to contain the pandemic. The world’s fourth-most Continue Reading
Beijing Struggles to Stem Virus as Cases Spread Beyond Capital
Beijing is ramping up mass testing to determine whether a new coronavirus outbreak in the city warrants the same strict lockdown that shut down large swathes of the world’s second-biggest Continue Reading
Virus second-wave fears rattle markets, stocks fall
Fears that the second wave of COVID-19 infections is underway sent jitters across global markets on Monday with stocks and oil under pressure while investors bought into safe havens such Continue Reading
Slowing the Coronavirus Is Speeding the Spread of Other Diseases
As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are Continue Reading
Coronavirus: Beijing spike continues with 36 new cases
Security guards at a residential area under restrictions near Yuquan East Market in Beijing Beijing has recorded 36 new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases, amid fears of a second wave in the Continue Reading
Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of U.S.
New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in record numbers swept through more U.S. states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening and President Donald Trump plans an indoor Continue Reading
Coronavirus Cases Spike Across Sun Belt as Economy Lurches into Motion
The warning has echoed ominously for weeks from epidemiologists, small-town mayors and county health officials: Once states begin to reopen, a surge in coronavirus cases will follow. That scenario is now playing Continue Reading
Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of U.S.
New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in record numbers swept through more U.S. states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening and President Donald Trump plans an indoor Continue Reading
Putin says Russia’s handling of coronavirus is superior to U.S.
President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia was emerging from the novel coronavirus epidemic with minimal losses, having handled it better than the United States where he said party Continue Reading
Europe reopens many borders but not to Americans, Asians
Europe is taking a big step toward a new normality as many countries open borders to fellow Europeans after three months of coronavirus lockdowns — but even though Europeans love Continue Reading
Beijing district in ‘wartime emergency’ after virus spike shuts market
A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked Continue Reading