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In late February, the virus expert Nevan Krogan called an early morning meeting at his UCSF lab in Mission Bay and told 20 fellow scientists that their lives were about to change. The new coronavirus, which emerged in China, was now spreading from person to person in California. Health authorities had just confirmed it. Soon…

By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool An empty 110 freeway looking south towards downtown Los AngelesRobert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 30 April Global CO2 emissions could fall 8 per cent in 2020 due to drop in energy…

Spanish children were allowed outside on Sunday for the first time in six weeks as countries eased lockdown measures and reopen economies gutted by the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly three million people worldwide.Governments from France to Italy and the United States are gearing up for a partial easing of severe restrictions that have…

There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization warned Saturday as the worldwide death toll topped 200,000.The health body tweeted that it was continuing to review the evidence on antibody responses to COVID-19, adding that most studies suggest that people who…

Many countries have declared restrictive measures, such as lockdown, shelter in place, or stay at home orders, to contain the pandemic at a local level. However, the wildly differing responses and response timelines have left people wondering if authorities failed to take the situation seriously early on when they could have done more to slow…