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The coronavirus is continuing to increase around the globe, noting that the spike in cases over the last month and a half means there could be a spike in deaths, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday. “In April and May, we were...

A group of 14,000 essential workers and their families will trial a new coronavirus “spit test” in southeast England, reports say, in the hopes of greater efficiency and comfort than the current nasal swab test. Southampton University staff running the trial will test participants weekly,...

The methods – whether it’s mass testing or contact-tracing – matter less than the huge shift in thinking that is required ometimes you’re just asking the wrong question. On news programmes and at daily briefings, politicians across the world face versions of the same query...