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Boris Johnson taken to intensive care
He is conscious and has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him. Johnson was initially taken to hospital for routine tests after testing positive for coronavirus 10 days ago. Mr Raab said he had last spoken to the PM on Saturday - nearly 48 hours before being sent to brief the nation his well-being and efforts to tackle Covid-19. [Full Article...]
U.K. truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese
Among the men, women and children were 10 teenagers, two of them 15-year-old boys. He admitted the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals who were found dead in the truck near the Dartford Crossing in October a year ago. Robinson appeared alongside four other people on virtual technology today and he had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration with others and acquir... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump: Black Community Getting Hit ‘Very, Very Hard’ by Coronavirus
Dr Fauci said it is not that the African Americans are getting infected more often, but when they get infected their underlying medical conditions like diabetes , hypertension, obesity , asthma that wind them up in the ICU and ultimately give them a higher death rate. [Full Article...]
India eases malaria drug export ban after Trump threat
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed from its website highly unusual guidance informing doctors on how to prescribe hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat the coronavirus. [Full Article...]
Bridge collapses in Italy, newest crumbling infrastructure
A spokesman for the fire brigade said the 260 metre bridge on the SS330 road near the town of Aulla, roughly midway between Genoa and Florence, in the northern tip of Tuscany, collapsed at 10:25 a.m. According to the Tiscali News , he said: "It's a sheer stroke of luck that a collapse hasn't turned into a tragedy - because of a lack of traffic caused by the coronavirus emergency". [Full Article...]
14 more confirmed COVID-19 in Jackson County
EU science chief resigns over virus response
The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. But he said in a formal statement announcing his decision to resign that he had been "extremely disappointed by the European response" to the pandemic and that he had "seen enough" of the EU to prompt hi... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 found dead in truck
All of the victims, include two boys aged 15, were from Vietnam. Maurice Robinson, a 25-year-old from Craigavon in Northern Ireland , entered the plea at Central London Criminal Court where he appeared via video link alongside four co-defendants. [Full Article...]