The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 573,000 people worldwide. Over 13 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be…
A baby born with the coronavirus has provided the 'strongest evidence yet' that the infection can be caught in the womb, doctors claim.The unnamed girl, from Texas, was wheeled into intensive care as soon as she was born because her mother had been diagnosed with Covid-19.She tested positive for the coronavirus the day after birth, having suffered…
Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said on Monday. "If you say exactly when will literally the vaccine materials be in production and manufacturing, it is probably four to six weeks away, but we…
European stocks pulled back on Tuesday as a spike in coronavirus cases started to weigh on global market sentiment.The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 1.1% by early afternoon, with tech stocks shedding 3.1% to lead losses while telecoms bucked the trend to add 1.2%.European markets are following their global counterparts lower Tuesday as virus cases spike…
One of the conspiracy theories that have plagued attempts to keep people informed during the pandemic is the idea that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. But the vast majority of scientists who have studied the virus agree that it evolved naturally and crossed into humans from an animal species, most likely a bat.…