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New research from the University of California at Berkeley estimated that the US's coronavirus lockdowns and other measures prevented about 60 million infections from March 3 to April 6.China's preventive measures helped avoid an estimated 285 million infections, based on data from January 16 to March 5.At the same time, researchers at Imperial College London…

Italy has been one of the worst-affected countries in the global coronavirus pandemic.However, the COVID-19 virus is now disappearing in the country according to Italian doctorsAlberto Zangrillo, who heads a hospital in Milan, said that "in reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy."A leading doctor in Genoa said that "the strength the virus…

The novel coronavirus has killed over 100,000 Americans in just the four months since the first confirmed case in the country.To put that into perspective, we compared that death toll to the average number of deaths from several common causes between February and May of recent years.While heart disease and cancer typically kill around 200,000…

Sweden recorded the most coronavirus deaths in Europe per capita over the past week, according to data from Our World In Data, an online research publication based at the University of Oxford.Sweden never issued a formal coronavirus lockdown and has instead encouraged citizens to stay home when they're sick and maintain social distancing when in…

Business owners in Illinois could now face a Class A misdemeanor charge for opening their establishments in defiance of the state's stay-at-home order. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Friday filed an emergency rule that would penalize owners of restaurants, bars, gyms, barbershops and other businesses for reopening before coronavirus restrictions are lifted.In Illinois, a Class A misdemeanor charge can carry…