The most deprived parts of England and Wales have been hit twice as hard by coronavirus as wealthier areas, the Office for National Statistics said.Urban areas were markedly worse affected than rural areas.And London had significantly more deaths from coronavirus per 100,000 people than any other region.Mortality rates are "normally higher in more deprived areas"…

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Roderick Keith Dirden has been trying for months to get out of an overcrowded dormitory at the California Institution for Men, where he has been in intermittent lockdown since Covid-19 started sweeping through the prison. “I’m not looking for somebody to jump out of a parachute to save me,” he said in a phone interview…

Jun 12, 2020, 12:59PM ISTSource: TOI.inIsraeli researchers have identified coronavirus molecules that may lead to the development of a vaccine against the virus. Bar Ilan University researchers examined antigen molecules that provoke an immune response of antibody production. These epitopes can generate both antibody and cell-mediated immune responses. The results represent potentially effective candidates for…

Donald Trump arrives at one of his last rallies before the coronavirus lockdown, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 21 February. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump will hold a political rally in an indoor arena in Oklahoma next week – his first amid the coronavirus pandemic – prompting organizers to demand attendees sign a waiver…