Donald Trump has left hospital and returned to the White House, despite his doctors saying he is not “out of the woods” in his fight with the virus. edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/pol…
New restrictions, including a ban on all indoor restaurant dining, will be introduced in Ireland tonight, but prime minister Micheal Martin has rejected calls from the country’s health chiefs to impose a full lockdown. news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
Nearly six out of 10 covid-19 tests are returning positive results in Argentina, the highest rate of positive tests in the world. The figure reflects low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules, Reuters reports. uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKB…
Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute in London, has called for the UK government to help independent laboratories increase coronavirus testing capacity, criticising the current approach as too centralised. theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
A technical glitch that meant nearly 16,000 cases of coronavirus went unreported in England has delayed efforts to trace contacts of people who tested positive. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-544125…
All bars in Paris must close from tomorrow as the city is upgraded to the maximum alert level in response to a surge in infections. euronews.com/2020/10/04/fra…
A new three-tier lockdown system is being planned for England to simplify the current patchwork of localised restrictions, which apply to about a quarter of the UK, the Guardian reports. theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
US president Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating, after one of his close aides became infected nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/…
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted his best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to the president and the first lady, who has also tested positive
In the UK, an MP is facing calls to resign after travelling on a train between London and Glasgow while she had symptoms of the coronavirus. Margaret Ferrier has apologised and said she deeply regrets her actions bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…
Infections in England continue to rise but the rate of increase may be slowing down, according to preliminary results from the REACT-1 study. The study tracks coronavirus within communities through random swab testing theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
India has announced further easing of its coronavirus restrictions. The government said it will allow states to reopen cinemas, multiplexes and exhibition centres with 50% capacity from 15 October reuters.com/article/pvr-st…
Australian PM says New Zealanders will soon be allowed to travel to Australia without quarantining stuff.co.nz/travel/news/12…
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The UK recorded its highest number of daily new coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic yesterday ft.com/content/b8b28c…
In fact, several European countries are reporting more daily coronavirus cases than during the first wave in March. But the higher numbers may be due to more people being tested newscientist.com/article/225561…
Donald Trump and Joe Biden clashed over the coronavirus pandemic during the first US presidential debate news.sky.com/story/us-presi…
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed a million lives since it first emerged in Wuhan, China. How did we get here? newscientist.com/article/mg2473…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the worldwide death toll as an “agonizing milestone.” Guterres tweeted: “We must never lose sight of each & every life.” news.un.org/en/story/2020/…
New York reported a spike in new cases yesterday, including in New York City and in its northern suburbs nytimes.com/2020/09/28/nyr…