Coronavirus

By Michael Le Page People enjoy al fresco dining at a bar as restrictions ease in New YorkJeenah Moon/REUTERS Coronavirus deaths are falling in the US even as cases skyrocket. In the UK, a lower proportion of people hospitalised with covid‑19 are dying. This has led to suggestions that the risk of dying if you are infected…

The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 573,000 people worldwide. Over 13 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be…

A baby born with the coronavirus has provided the 'strongest evidence yet' that the infection can be caught in the womb, doctors claim.The unnamed girl, from Texas, was wheeled into intensive care as soon as she was born because her mother had been diagnosed with Covid-19.She tested positive for the coronavirus the day after birth, having suffered…

A woman in a protective face mask walks through Brixton Market in South London, as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.Victoria Jones | PA Images via Getty ImagesImmunity to Covid-19 might only last a few months, according to a U.K. study that casts doubts over the longevity of…

A Rehab Support worker checks on patient notes as the first patients are admitted to the NHS Seacole Centre at Headley Court, Surrey, a disused military hospital, which has been converted during the coronavirus pandemic.Victoria Jones | PA Images via Getty ImagesThe U.K. government must prepare for a potential new wave of Covid-19 infections that…