Coronavirus

Worst week yetThe United States is just having its worst week for the virus.In the past seven days, the country recorded more than 500,000 new cases, counting the nine millionth case since the pandemic began. At least 90,000 new cases were…

(Would you like to receive this briefing by email? Here is the registration.)Good Morning.We cover new virus restrictions in Germany and France, Protests in Poland about new abortion laws and a radical proposal Combating climate…

France and Germany are re-entering the lockdownEurope has spent weeks trying to slow the spread of the virus with targeted restrictions, rather than the unpopular nationwide bans imposed in the spring. But as an angry second wave pushes…

While Germany is planning a "lockdown light", France is also deciding on new measures.

Intensive care units are filling up now, the World Health Organization told the BBC.

Clash demonstrations in two cities across the country as daily COVID-19 cases keep new records on record.Protests against new anti-coronavirus restrictions have broken out across Italy. Violence was reported in Turin and Milan in the north…

Hospitals fill up. Again.In a ominous sign of the strength of the recent surge in coronavirus, hospitals in the US and Europe are rapidly reaching capacity.In Idaho, a 99 percent full hospital warned that Covid-19 patients may need to be…

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A far-right party in Spain led a motion of no confidence in the government over fighting the coronavirus, exposing the deep political tensions caused by the pandemic.

Coronavirus: New Covid-19 cases are increasing rapidly in the US