New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday on CNBC he hopes to avoid broad economic lockdowns to deal with rising coronavirus cases in the state and the nation. “I think we’re less likely, and please God that this is the case, we’re less likely to use blunt instruments we used in March and April… Read More »
Aoife Rafter (28) can vividly remember the first hug she shared with her boyfriend after 17 weeks of cocooning. Aoife, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was nine years old and cervical cancer when she was 27, spent four months in her bedroom in her family home in Co Kildare, eating her meals… Read More »
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A woman wearing a face covering walks past a public information poster in Hackney, north LondonDinendra Haria/LNP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 9 October Community infections continue to rise in England, swab testing… Read More »
The great lockdown divide? Covid surges in the North’s university and factory towns which have more deprived multi-generational households, cooler temperatures and ‘came out of lockdown too early’ Experts say multiple factors likely driving rise in coronavirus infections in northern parts of England Among them could be worse-paid jobs, large households, student populations and colder… Read More »
A technical glitch that meant nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus went unreported has delayed efforts to trace contacts of people who tested positive. Public Health England said 15,841 cases between 25 September and 2 October were left out of the UK daily case figures. They were then added in to reach Saturday’s figure of 12,872… Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump shared that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus on… Read More »