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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce his plan Monday to loosen Britain's lockdown. The CDC says that by late March, B.1.1.7, the more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in Britain, could dominate the USA.

USA TODAY LONDON – On Jan. 4, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made yet another somber coronavirus-related address to the nation: A variant first identified in Kent, England, was thought to be 50%-70% more infectious. In little more than a week, hospital admissions had increased by nearly a third. Deaths had risen by 20%. Johnson ordered the countrys third full lockdown since the start of the pandemic. "That means," Johnson said, "the government is once again instructing you to stay at...

GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2020 remained surprisingly strong despite a second wave of the coronavirus. Eurozone GDP fell by just -0.7%, while Germany, Belgium and Spain even posted positive growth rates. The smaller drop in GDP compared to the first wave is related to a variety of factors. The rest of the world was more open in the secon

Stricter restrictions saved THOUSANDS of lives in European nations Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across th...

The virus is not unprecedented, but the draconian societal shutdowns are. Who would have expected Western democracies to mimic authoritarian China?

Opening-up for a strong economic recovery: Lessons from the first wave of COVID-19 Empty school - due to corona virus COVID-19. Makeda Art/Shutterstock.com When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit countries of Europe during March-April 2020, little information was available about the nature of the pandemic, and the outcomes of projected scenarios were highly uncertain. As in a ‘fog of war,’ the initial policy response was based on experiences with similar communicable diseases, without the bene...