A sudden rise in infections leads to the temporary closure of nightclubs in Seoul. Lebanon tightens the curfew it had earlier relaxed after cases rebound over the weekend. German leaders wonder if they are easing too fast, as the country’s parks fill up and its infection rate appears to accelerate. ...

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, there are concerns that it will mutate into a form that is more transmissible, more dangerous or both, potentially making the global health crisis even worse. What do we know about the way the virus is evolving? Is the virus mutating? All viruses ...

In an issued statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health alerted the citizens towards the strict need to adhere to domestic quarantine for those who were required to do so by the medical teams of the Ministry, especially those coming from abroad and those who were in contact with ...

Monetary fund warns the US and China against continuing trade war, saying it could damage coronavirus recovery The head of the International Monetary Fund has signalled a possible downward revision of global economic forecasts, and warned the United States and China against rekindling a trade war that could weaken a ...

As TV networks start to run out of content to air and big advertiser draws like live sports are tabled, those companies are warning about severe advertising declines ahead. In recent days, companies including ABC and ESPN parent Disney, Fox Corp., AMC Networks, NBCUniversal parent Comcast, ViacomCBS and Discovery reported earnings that showed ...

‘Challenge’ studies would deliberately give coronavirus to healthy volunteers Controversial trials in which volunteers are intentionally infected with Covid-19 could accelerate vaccine development, according to the World Health Organization, which has released new guidance on how the approach could be ethically justified despite the potential dangers for participants. So-called challenge ...

The Covid-19 pandemic could “smoulder” in Africa for several years after killing as many as 190,000 people in the coming 12 months, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO warned last month that there could be 10m infections on the continent within six months, though experts said the pandemic’s ...

We can expect psychological difficulties to follow as we come out of lockdown. But we have an opportunity to remake our relationship with our bodies, and the social body we belong to When lockdown started, I was confused by bodies on television. Why weren’t they socially distancing? Didn’t they know ...

Another record rise in coronavirus infections has propelled Russia past Germany and France to the fifth highest tally in the world, as the Frenchgovernment confirmed the country would start gradually lifting its strict eight-week lockdown from Monday. With much of Europe now easing itself out of confinement, Russia has become ...

Scientists and health experts believe that the government should examine a range of new antiviral technologies while planning their lockdown exit strategy. They say that there are at least half a dozen such technologies and strategies that could be combined to help make any exit strategy more effective – and ...