Coronavirus can remain in air for 3 hours, live on plastic for days, new study says
A new study suggests that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 can remain in the air for up to three hours, and live on surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel for…
Coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries act, says Chinese adviser
BEIJING (Reuters) – The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilize to fight it, a senior Chinese medical adviser said on Thursday, as China declared the…
Mississippi reports first coronavirus case
The novel coronavirus has officially reached Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health on Wednesday announced the state’s first presumptive positive case of the virus, COVID-19, in a Forrest County…
Coronavirus testing in U.S. not geared for ‘what we need’: Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. official on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, said on Thursday that people cannot get tests for the deadly coronavirus easily and the U.S. testing system…
New Yorker with coronavirus stranded in Egypt in quarantine hospital
When Matt Swider was tested for the new coronavirus on his Nile cruise in Egypt’s tourist hub of Luxor, he assumed the government was just taking extreme precautions. At that…
U.S. Capitol closed to the public as coronavirus hits Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials ordered the U.S. Capitol complex closed to much of the public starting on Thursday, one day after a staffer for a U.S. senator from Washington state…
LA County sees first coronavirus death
Los Angeles County has reported its first coronavirus death, health officials there said. In a news release on Wednesday, officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced…
Travel clampdown needed to contain U.S. coronavirus outbreak: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing for thousands of new coronavirus cases and will ask Americans returning from abroad to go into “self-quarantine” for 14 days as part…
Coronavirus: What you need to know
As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, here is everything you need to know about the deadly virus. What is coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses named after…
Confirmed Dutch coronavirus infections rise 22% to 614: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands rose 22% to 614 on Thursday, health officials said. The bulk of the infections, 273, are in the…