Stay updated with breaking news from Stringency Index. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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 country's third full lockdown since the start of the pandemic. "That means," Johnson said, "the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. You may only leave home for limited reasons permitted in law, such as to shop for essentials...
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 the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed on Tuesday. Meanwhile co...
The virus is not unprecedented, but the draconian societal shutdowns are. Who would have expected Western democracies to mimic authoritarian China?