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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
A district in central Beijing has gone into “wartime mode” after discovering a cluster of coronavirus cases around the biggest meat and vegetable market in the city, raising the prospect of Continue Reading
Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday, while India, which opened up this week, recorded a record daily increase and Continue Reading
Anthony S. Fauci said Friday that it is a “danger” and “risky” for people to be gathering in large groups — whether at a Trump rally or a protest. The Continue Reading
Cases surpass 2 million in the U.S., with new hot spots emerging. The United States surpassed two million coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a New York Times database , Continue Reading
The world faces the worst global recession in nearly a century, a key economic body warned Wednesday, while in Europe, restrictions to fight the spread of coronavirus portend a bleak Continue Reading
As the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, companies and academic labs are racing to develop a vaccine that would help society get back to normal. But there could Continue Reading
The OECD forecast that the pandemic will cause a global economic slump of 6% this year, based on a scenario of the virus continuing to recede. A second wave, which the Continue Reading
As the number of new coronavirus cases continues to increase worldwide, and more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico are recording their highest averages of new cases since the pandemic Continue Reading
An apparent surge in traffic outside Wuhan hospitals from August 2019 may suggest the coronavirus hit the area earlier than reported, a study says. Harvard researchers say satellite images show Continue Reading
As rates of coronavirus infections ease in places such as New York and Illinois and onetime hot spots move into new phases of reopening, parts of the country that had previously Continue Reading
A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its Continue Reading
India reported a record 9,887 new coronavirus cases in one day on Saturday and overtook Italy as the world’s sixth-biggest outbreak, two days before the relaxing of lockdown with the Continue Reading
The nation’s biggest oil and gas companies could end up even bigger by the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Analysts expect a coming wave of bankruptcies should the price of oil Continue Reading
The architect of Sweden’s controversial approach to fighting the coronavirus says he would change things in hindsight because of the country’s high death rate. Brazil reported a record day of deaths. President Donald Continue Reading
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say the coronavirus outbreak has exacted a severe economic toll on their communities, but a majority of a divided country still says controlling the virus’s Continue Reading
Preparations for the burial of a COVID-19 victim in Abbottabad, Pakistan, March 2020 Imagine if virtually everything about the United States’ ongoing response to COVID-19, the disease caused by the Continue Reading
The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” Continue Reading
Here’s what you need to know: Despite surging infections, India lifts its lockdown. Travel bubbles, airline corridors, bilateral border deals: Europe’s tangled reopening to travel. Trump, blaming China for the Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus, saying the WHO had essentially become Continue Reading
Travellers at Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (2019 file pic) Norway and Denmark say they will open up tourism between their two countries from 15 June but will maintain restrictions for Swedes. Continue Reading
The U.S. economy contracted 5% in the first quarter of 2020. With the coronavirus crisis continuing into the summer, economists are expecting an even steeper contraction in the second quarter. Continue Reading
That number isn’t high enough to fully reach herd immunity — and the flu still circulates every year. But there are benefits to partial immunity in the population: Only a Continue Reading
