Nine times infectious: a new strain of coronavirus is spreading in the US and Europe
A global study found strong evidence that a new form of coronavirus has spread from Europe to the United States. On Thursday, July 2, an international team of researchers reported that the new mutation increases the likelihood of people contracting the virus, but does not appear to make them more severe than ...
Restaurant chain closes in Los Angeles: shoppers insulting staff due to masks
The owners of the popular Los Angeles-based restaurant chain Hugo's Tacos announced that they are temporarily closing the establishments due to the fact that their employees are insulted and harassed by visitors who do not want to wear masks. This was reported on the restaurant's official Instagram. The restaurant's management stated that the employees were insulted and ...
Hackers massively attack movie and TV buffs on self-isolation: how to defend yourself
During self-isolation, watching movies and TV series has become one of the main home entertainments. Cybercriminals could not help but take advantage of the increased popularity of streaming platforms, creating hundreds of fake Netflix and Disney+ sites. Details are in the Voice of America report. For the first quarter of 2020...
Coronavirus parties are being held in the USA: the first person infected will receive a cash prize
Young people in Alabama are throwing parties with coronavirus infected. On them, healthy people compete in who will be the first to get sick with COVID-19. The winner will receive money from ticket sales to the party. Writes about this CNN. Parties are held in Tuscaloosa and infected people are strongly encouraged ...
In the United States, a new daily record of coronavirus infections was recorded
According to Johns Hopkins University, on Wednesday, July 1, the United States recorded more than 50 new cases of coronavirus per day, which was the largest one-day increase since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, writes CNBC. The number of disease cases increased by 600% ...
Last warning: the airline will issue yellow cards to unmasked passengers
Alaska Airlines will issue yellow cards (similar to those a football referee might use) to passengers who refuse to wear a face covering. The card is a warning that these people may be banned from further flights with the airline if they do not comply with the rules...
Scientists have managed to create a vaccine against COVID-19, which has proven efficacy in two phases of trials
Sarah Gilbert, a lead scientist at Oxford University working on a potential COVID-19 vaccine, said on July 1 that the vaccine triggered the correct immune response in human testing, but declined to give an exact timeline for the drug to be ready for use. Writes about it Reuters. Speaking ...
'Europe was not left': the United States bought the world stock of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19
The United States has purchased nearly the entire global supply of remdesivir, an antiviral drug that could speed up the recovery of coronavirus-infected patients, writes the New York Post. HHS Head Alex Azar announced an agreement to provide large quantities of the drug from Gilead ...
Flights during a pandemic: how to protect yourself from coronavirus at the airport and airplane
Experts say it's safer to fly now than it was at the start of the coronavirus pandemic because many airlines have made rule changes. But it is very important for travelers themselves to take precautions, writes USA Today. Travel is a process in which...
Coronavirus actively mutates: how it affects the level of its infectivity
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 do not increase its transmission rate from person to person. This conclusion was made by researchers at the University of London College, analyzing the genome of more than 15 virus samples from 000 countries. Writes about this "Voice of America". Scientists have found that mutations, ...