Tag: infections

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Controversy in Mexico over under reporting Covid-19 infections and deaths

  

  Mexico on Monday reported a sharp increase in the daily number of coronavirus infections and deaths, breaking previous records due to what the government said was a change in methodology.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  US has the highest rate of virus cases in the world: 2,600 every hour on average

  

  United States coronavirus cases topped 4 million on Thursday, with over 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world. Infections in the US have rapidly accelerated since the first case was detected on Jan. 21.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 07:23 UTC

  Scientists insist in the airborne transmission of Covid-19, and call on WHO to revise recommendations

  

  The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Merkel calls for an end of “discussion orgies” as Germany moves out of a gradual lockdown

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her frustration in a party meeting on Monday that moves to edge Germany out of lockdown had led to “discussion orgies” in some regions that risked higher rates of coronavirus infection, German media reported.