It is a daunting proposition — a coronavirus-tinged world without a foreseeable end. But experts in epidemiology, disaster planning and vaccine development say embracing that reality is crucial to the Continue Reading
It is one of the many mysteries of the coronavirus pandemic: Why has the death toll from covid-19 apparently been lower in Asia than in Western Europe and North America? Continue Reading
Oil companies including Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Total SA are scrambling to cope with coronavirus outbreaks among their workers that could threaten the profitability Continue Reading
Moscow has been the epicentre of the epidemic in Russia for many weeks Moscow’s authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for Continue Reading
A growing pool of global death statistics indicates that few countries are accurately capturing fatalities from the new coronavirus—and in some the shortfall is significant. In the U.S., Russia, the Continue Reading
It was mid-March, and Russia had reported just 114 covid-19 cases, but President Vladimir Putin wanted to make a grand gesture: bonus payments for medical workers “who are performing their Continue Reading
Norway’s Equinor ASA , Brazil’s Dommo Energia SA ( DMMO3.SA ) and Anglo-French firm Perenco are among at least six oil producers that have registered coronavirus cases among employees or Continue Reading
A few days ago, Facebook joined Twitter in embracing remote work as a permanent option for many of its employees. In a decade, Mark Zuckerberg said, half of the company’s Continue Reading
The UK has suffered almost 60,000 more deaths than usual since the coronavirus pandemic struck the country in mid-March, according to official figures released on Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics Continue Reading
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With planes grounded, cars parked, factories shuttered and offices dark, the coronavirus has carved a big hole in the energy economy and redirected its future in ways that could hardly have Continue Reading
The coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in 24 states, particularly in the South and Midwest, according to new research that highlights the risk of a second wave of Continue Reading
What has undoubtedly influenced the virus’s spread, however, is the human factor: decisions made by governments and individuals alike. While the weather effects are slight, some countries have successfully controlled Continue Reading
Dallas, Houston, Southeast Florida’s Gold Coast, the entire state of Alabama and several other places in the South that have been rapidly reopening their economies are in danger of a Continue Reading
As the Chinese authorities confront scattered coronavirus outbreaks in the country’s northeast, they are turning to many of the same strict lockdown measures that they used this winter in the central Continue Reading
MOSCOW (AP) — There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Instead of applause, they Continue Reading
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President Trump told the director-general of the World Health Organization he would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not “commit to substantive improvements within the next Continue Reading
While the U.S. and other Western countries continued to take steps to reopen their economies after months of coronavirus lockdowns, Asian countries that enacted aggressive measures early in the pandemic Continue Reading
CHICAGO — The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States has steadily declined in recent days. In New York, the figure has dropped over the past month. Continue Reading
On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a Continue Reading
By the official numbers, Belgium has been the country hit hardest in the world by the coronavirus. The nation of 12 million has the highest mortality rate among confirmed cases, Continue Reading
The shuttering of another German slaughterhouse to stem a coronavirus outbreak added to calls for tighter rules in an industry long criticized for poor working conditions and crowded accommodation for Continue Reading
The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic may prove more devastating than the disease itself for the world’s poorest countries as the global economy hurtles into recession, people lose jobs by Continue Reading
An elderly woman with no travel history. An unexpected flare-up in a nightclub. A swelling cluster in towns near international borders with no discernible source. After containing their outbreaks through measures Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly evolved from a global health crisis to a financial one, upending industries, shuttering businesses, and sending financial markets reeling. Amid the crisis, the world’s leading Continue Reading
Could Covid-19 take the airline industry back to the 1990s, when roomier planes flew fewer people on fewer routes at higher prices? Nostalgia should be kept in check. On Tuesday, Continue Reading
Countries that lifted restrictions are now reimposing lockdowns after seeing a spike in new coronavirus infections — and federal health officials testifying at a virtual Senate hearing Tuesday warned of a similar resurgence Continue Reading
A worker checks passengers’ temperatures and a health code on their phones at Hankou train station in Wuhan on Tuesday. Officials plans to test all residents of Wuhan after new Continue Reading
New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by Continue Reading
New Covid-19 outbreaks in South Korea , Germany and China have highlighted the challenge faced by governments seeking to loosen social restrictions, as millions of Europeans prepare for the tentative Continue Reading
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has been self-isolating but will be back at the White House on Monday, while three members of the Trump administration’s task force are in quarantine. Russia Continue Reading
Iran is quarantining part of the oil-rich southwest of the country for the next week, with all main routes into the area closed, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. All banks, Continue Reading
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic began, on Monday reported its first cluster of new infections since a strict quarantine was relaxed in early April. The setback occurred Continue Reading
North Korea’s government maintains has not reported a single case of Covid-19 there China’s president has expressed concern about the threat of the coronavirus to North Korea and offered help. Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic triggered the steepest monthly loss of U.S. jobs since the Great Depression, government data showed on Friday, while Michigan and California prepared to put people back to Continue Reading
An early study from Harvard University linking dirty air to the worst coronavirus outcomes has quickly become a political football in Washington. Presidential candidates, agency regulators, oil lobbyists and members of Congress Continue Reading
The U.N. needs billions more to handle virus fallout. The United Nations more than tripled the size of its humanitarian aid appeal on Thursday to help the most vulnerable countries Continue Reading
A fund-raising conference on Monday organized by the European Union brought pledges from countries around the world — including Japan, Canada, Australia and Norway — to fund laboratories that have Continue Reading
A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly Continue Reading
A new study of thousands of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the New York City area, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, has found that nearly all of Continue Reading
Oil is approaching a turning point in its coronavirus saga. After several weeks of extreme volatility, prices rallied last week. BP, Shell, Exxon and Chevron offered investors a clear sense Continue Reading
A substantial majority of people around the world want their governments to prioritise saving lives over moves to restart economies being hammered by measures aimed at halting the spread of Continue Reading
A vaccine would be the ultimate weapon against the coronavirus and the best route back to normal life. Officials like Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on Continue Reading
Until three months ago, the oil industry was pinning its hopes on aviation, alongside petrochemicals, for continued growth in oil demand for at least another decade. The aviation industry, however, Continue Reading
Ghulam Mustafa was back at his jewelry stand at a shopping mall for the first time in weeks. Many of the stores around him remained closed, and few shoppers walked Continue Reading
Russia on Friday reported a record daily rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, a day after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced he had been diagnosed with the new Continue Reading
Russia and Pakistan reported their biggest one-day jumps in new coronavirus infections as some other countries and U.S. states where case numbers are stabilizing allowed businesses and public activities to Continue Reading
Three-fifths of new coronavirus cases in China showed no symptoms of the illness when they were diagnosed, according to data that is likely to complicate moves by governments around the Continue Reading
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover. Mishustin, 54, suggested Continue Reading
