CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela capital Caracas’ largest produce market is at the center of a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, but cash-strapped merchants refuse to stop hawking food there for the city’s 5 million residents, many of whom are starving. Three days
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Coronavirus: Matt Hancock dismisses reports over-50s could be asked to shield
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has dismissed “inaccurate” reports that millions more people over the age of 50 will be asked to stay at home in the event of a second wave of coronavirus infections. Between March and the end of
Next big COVID-19 treatment may be manufactured antibodies
(Reuters) – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders – antibodies designed specifically to attack this new
WHO: Coronavirus pandemic is a 'once-in-a-century' health crisis
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says effect of coronavirus will be felt for decades to come. The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General
Coronavirus: 650 jobs lost as burger chain Byron flips out of administration
More than half of the workforce at Byron, the upmarket burger chain, will this weekend join the army of hospitality industry employees being made redundant because of the COVID-19 crisis. Sky News has learnt that only 20 of Byron’s 51
United Airlines to resume service on over 25 international routes in September
(Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) plans to resume service on more than 25 international routes in September, the U.S. carrier said on Friday, as many countries ease travel restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline said it will
Brazil President Bolsonaro says on antibiotics after feeling weak
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he felt a little weak a day earlier, is now taking antibiotics and has also taken a blood test. Bolsonaro made the remark during a live online broadcast and
Coronavirus: Separate households banned from meeting up indoors in Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire
Separate households will be banned from meeting indoors from midnight tonight in Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire after a rise in coronavirus cases. The news comes after the UK saw its highest daily total of COVID-19
WHO warns partying youngsters not to 'let down guard' on COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) – Young people letting down their guard to enjoy the summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID-19 cases in some countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A fresh jump in cases in parts
UK PM Johnson: We cannot delude ourselves that pandemic is over
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said COVID-19 was now under some measure of control in the UK, but a resurgence of the coronavirus in some European countries made clear that the pandemic was not over. “This country