The rate of coronavirus deaths in the United States has slowed to 2,113 in the past 24 hours, with the total number of people killed standing at 52,422 Friday evening. An additional 2,416 deaths had been confirmed in the US on Thursday. That daily death toll peaked at 2,524 deaths in a single day on April … Read more
Captain Tom Moore has reportedly been added to the honours shortlist after nominations for him flooded for him. The war veteran from Bedfordshire raised £28 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden. Captain Tom could now receive a CBE after his fundraising efforts for the National Health Service amid the coronavirus pandemic captured … Read more
Protestors in Nevada drove down the Las Vegas Strip to demand it and other small businesses be re-opened while thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol and anti-lockdown protests continue to spark across the country. In Las Vegas, conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root organized an anti-lockdown protest that started on Las Vegas … Read more
China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what … Read more
One of the country’s largest anti-lockdown protest was held Friday as thousands swarmed Wisconsin State Capitol and residents in South Carolina held a mobile protest at the Statehouse. These latest anti-quarantine protests come as some governors begin to relax stay-at-home orders in states like Texas and Georgia – despite fears of a second wave. A … Read more
Dr. Deborah Birx was missing from Friday’s White House press briefing after video of her reaction to President Donald Trump’s suggestion the previous day -that government officials study the idea injecting disinfectants as a possible cure for coronavirus – went viral. Birx was spotted at the White House Friday morning, taping an interview for Fox News … Read more
The man who died ingesting fish tank cleaner thinking it was the drug championed by Donald Trump to beat COVID-19 has been remembered as a ‘level-headed’ engineer. Gary Lenius and his wife Wanda, both in their 60s, took chloroquine phosphate, confusing it with hydroxychloroquine, last month. Gary died and Wanda was left in critical condition after drinking the … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon today suggested people in Scotland could soon be allowed to meet a small ‘bubble’ of friends or family outside of their households under plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown. The Scottish First Minister said other countries are beginning to look at expanding the definition of ‘households’ to allow small gatherings of people and … Read more
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire in a cemetery as mourners flouting social distancing rules attended the funeral of a Manchester godfather dubbed ‘Mr Ibiza’. The suspect fired three shots as well-wishers gathered for the burial of 38-year-old Clive Pinnock at Gorton Cemetery in the east of the … Read more
Professor Chris Whitty has offered a chink of light out of the lockdown after revealing coronavirus infection rates have been wrestled down. England’s chief medical officer said the reproduction number – or R0 – has been brought below 1, marking a critical achievement in the UK’s war on Covid-19. It means coronavirus sufferers are on … Read more