A Test and Trace (TT) program was rolled out across the UK in May 2020, first on the Isle of Wight (5 May) and then nationwide (18-28 May). The Isle of Wight's program included version 1 of the NHS contact tracing app. We ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Californians should wear masks and skip Fourth of July family gatherings, Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded as the state's coronavirus tally surged. But the governor stopped short of threatening a crackdown on those who violate state ...
Jul 3, 2020
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According to the researchers, the study shows that spending cuts to alcohol services represent a false economy since decreases in expenditure are linked to increased hospital admissions which inevitably are costly to society ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Wearing a facemask on public transport will become compulsory, Switzerland said Wednesday, following a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in a country that had largely got the virus under control.
Jul 1, 2020
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Brazil had its worst week yet of the coronavirus pandemic in terms of new cases, registering 259,105 infections in the seven days through Sunday, according to health ministry figures.
Jun 29, 2020
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Britain's government is considering a lockdown for the central English city of Leicester amid a spike of COVID-19 cases—the first time that a single U.K. area would face such an extreme measure during the pandemic.
Jun 28, 2020
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Writing an analysis piece in the BMJ, Peter Roderick from Newcastle University and colleagues question why the government has eroded England's established system of local infectious disease control and created a parallel ...
Jun 26, 2020
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Almost half of the population of an Austrian alpine resort hit by a coronavirus outbreak have antibodies, indicating they had been infected in the pandemic, researchers said on Thursday.
Jun 25, 2020
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Police around the southern English coastal town of Bournemouth urged people to stay away Thursday as thousands defied coronavirus social distancing rules and flocked to local beaches on what was the U.K.'s hottest day of ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Brazil registered 42,725 cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Wednesday, as experts warned the country was exiting lockdown too soon.
Jun 25, 2020
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