Coronavirus

Newsletter recipients can click here to access the video.San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff updated the community about the local response to COVID-19 in their daily briefing Tuesday night.Here are a few of the highlights: Nirenberg reported 15,880 total COVID-19 cases and 137 total deaths in Bexar County, as of…

Aurelien Meunier/Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. More than 200 scientists and experts across the globe penned an open letter on Monday to public health bodies, including the World Health Organization, arguing there's significant evidence the coronavirus can persist in the air and spread in…

It shouldn't "be a surprise" if the global death toll from the coronavirus begins to pick up pace again as the pandemic shows signs of accelerating across the globe, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday. For the month of June, reported Covid-19 cases around the world have accelerated while the death toll has been falling, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director…

Dashed Arrow Erica Chavis gets her nails done by Andy Pahm through a plexiglass barrier at A.N. Nails in Harlem Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Tuesday, July 7h, 2020. Previous daily updates can be found here, and up-to-date statistics are here.New York City is in Phase 3 of…

By Michael Le Page Visitors at the recently reopened Louvre museum in Paris, FranceAurelien Meunier/Getty Images Over 200 scientists have called for the world to take more precautions against the airborne transmission of the coronavirus. While the virus is known to spread through the air via large droplets produced when people cough or sneeze, they…