Coronavirus

9.31pm EDT 21:31 Summary: Trump rally in Swanton, Ohio Trump vowed to nominate a Supreme Court Justice before the election. “As the nation mourns the loss of our Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, I will soon announce a nominee for the Supreme Court,” Trump said. “I don’t want to make the crowd too angry,…

Health 21 September 2020 By Adam Vaughan Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty speaking at the televised briefingPippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street The UK faces a “very difficult problem” of rising covid-19 deaths and cases if it does not change course, chief medical officer for England Chris Whitty has warned. The epidemic is doubling…

The World Health Organization warned Friday that the coronavirus is "not going away," noting that it's still killing about 50,000 people a week. "That is not where we want to be," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergencies program, said of Covid-19 deaths during a news conference at the agency's Geneva headquarters. "It's…

An outbreak of coronavirus in a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is being investigated by the Maine Center for Disease Control.During a media briefing this week, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said as of Thursday 18 new cases were confirmed among workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Some 13 of those individuals who tested positive for novel coronavirus are Maine…

Image copyright Reuters New England-wide measures which could see hospitality businesses forced to shut are being considered by the UK government to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases.A short period of national rules - a "circuit break" of a few weeks - could be announced in the next week, BBC political editor…