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Madrid goes back into lockdown tonight after becoming the continent’s worst infection hotspot

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Madrid will become the first European capital to head back into lockdown following new coronavirus restrictions imposed by the Spanish government  Some 4.8 million residents in the Spanish capital will be barred from leaving the area after the city suffered one of the highest infection rates of any region in Europe, with 850 cases per 100,000 … Read more

America was hit with COVID-19 from two continents, studies suggest

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Most Americans with coronavirus are infected with a strain that came from Europe – but the strain that shut down Wuhan, China spread on the West Coast, recent research shows.  Coronavirus likely came to the US first from Europe, circulating unseen among New Yorkers for weeks before the state’s first case was diagnosed, and even … Read more