Boris Johnson reluctant to use national lockdown again

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will only impose another nationwide coronavirus lockdown as a last resort, comparing the tool to “a nuclear deterrent” in a Sunday newspaper interview. Johnson, who is hoping Britain can return to “normality” by Christmas despite fears of a second wave of cases over winter, insisted the […]

US sees 32,000 new cases with 3,857 deaths in 24 hours

WASHINGTON: The United States has registered 31,905 new cases of Covid-19 within the past 24 hours, with 3,857 new fatalities, Johns Hopkins University said. The death toll in the US stands now at 36,997 people, while the total number of confirmed cases has reached 701,475, Sputnik news agency reported. The World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 […]