Breaking News! Thousands in Southend, Brighton, Cornwall and London are immune from COVID-19. Well, how else do you explain the crowds sunbathing and playing in the sea forgetting all about social distancing this week? It’s great news that it appears we are beginning to turn the corner on Coronavirus but […]
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US 20:47 GMT 21.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107937/75/1079377544_0:0:3354:1886_1200x675_80_0_0_5e0b4b10d41db67858d1fb872d935e02.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005211079377578-president-trump-delivers-speech-at-ford-rawsonville—video/ The previous day, US President Donald Trump started a Twitter attack on Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson after he mistakenly thought she planned to send absentee ballot applications to registered voters in the crucial general election […]
UK 21:52 GMT 19.05.2020Get short URL As the United Kingdom plunges into a recession amid a national lockdown introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, some lawmakers are beginning to wonder if the impact on the economy is a worthwhile sacrifice to combat the deadly virus. Chancellor Rishi […]
A recent Finnish study concluded that masks slow the progress of the coronavirus, but cannot entirely eliminate its spread. Overall, they were found to be beneficial, if applied properly and coupled with other precautions. Fabric masks do not protect the wearer from coronavirus, but can help protect other people, the […]
Native American communities have turned out to be the most vulnerable US ethnic minorities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As some states are rushing to lift restrictions to give a boost to the economy, indigenous tribes’ pleas not to expose them to further contagion remain unheard, observes retired UN expert Alfred-Maurice […]
Visitors to the tiny North Atlantic island nation, which appears to have passed the COVID-19 ordeal with flying colours, will be allowed if tested upon arrival. Having decided to start welcoming tourists starting 15 June, Iceland has become the first European nation to launch a clear plan for resuming tourism. […]
With the Premier League’s powers that be in the process of how the English football league season can restart amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, one of the game’s leading managers has chimed in on the situation. Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has stated that he is keen for the campaign […]
South Korea is looking into cases of potential reinfection after the country largely managed to curb the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. If short-term reinfection is a truly common thing it may affect reopening strategies and have scary implications, health experts warn, emphasising the need for effective vaccines. In […]
Low vitamin D levels could explain why African Americans and even African immigrants in Sweden appear to be disproportionately hard-hit by the coronavirus, regardless of socio-economic factors, researchers have suggested. Vitamin D can protect against getting a severe case of COVID-19, a group of Swedish researchers and doctors have suggested […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defence Ministry will start on Thursday withdrawing from Italy the nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection troops that provided COVID-19 response assistance to the country, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “Tomorrow, we will start withdrawing NBC protection troops from Italy. I ask the chief of […]