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Research into pathogens is key to tackling the mystery of the coronavirus’s originsCredit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It almost certainly originated in bats, and a new study out this week — the most comprehensive analysis of coronaviruses in…

By Adam Vaughan The lockdown has seen a reduction in car journeysDavid McNew/Getty Images) Global carbon emissions are likely to see their steepest fall this year since the second world war, according to researchers who say coronavirus lockdown measures have already cut them by nearly a fifth. But the team warns that the dramatic drop…

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Western Cape ANC calls on province to consider going back to Level Lockdown 5The breakdown of cases per province was Eastern Cape - 989, Free State - 133, Gauteng - 1 851, KwaZulu-Natal - 1 253, Limpopo - 43, Mpumalanga - 60, North West - 42, Northern Cape - 27 and Western Cape - 4…

an analysis by William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. Even slightly smaller metro areas, like Houston, Washington, D.C., and Miami grew more slowly than before. In all, growth in the country’s major metropolitan areas fell by nearly half over the course of the past decade, Mr. Frey found.Now, as local leaders contemplate how…