Coronavirus: Resurgences
Italy locked down more regions as a second wave swamps hospitals and the number of new cases keeps rising.
Gov. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska went into quarantine after dining with someone who later tested positive, just a day after announcing new measures to halt an alarming spike in virus cases and hospitalizations.
Officials in Newark, New Jersey, announced a nightly curfew, effective at 9 p.m., in three ZIP codes with high positivity rates.
A number of virus cases in Thailand and Cambodia have been tied to a visit last week by the Hungarian foreign minister.
Here’s a roundup of restrictions in all 50 states.
What else we’re following
The science behind the Pfizer vaccine is the work of a married couple, Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, both from families of Turkish immigrants who moved to Germany. On the day they were married, Dr. Sahin and Dr. Türeci found time to return to their lab after the ceremony.
Denmark’s environment minister suspended a plan to kill all its farmed mink. Last week, the country announced that it would kill all its farmed mink because of coronavirus infections and virus mutations.
Employees are returning to the office with both eagerness and reluctance.
A report by the British school inspection body found that children across the U.K. have lost basic skills and regressed in learning because of school closures resulting from the pandemic.
“Lockdown” — something experienced, dreaded and needed by much of the world in 2020 — is the Collins English Dictionary’s word of the year.
Airlines and airports are increasingly offering travelers ways to get tested for the virus ahead of a trip.
The New York Times