BLOOMBERG, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 ‘The city is stepping on restaurants’ throats’: Toronto CEO | Trudeau urges premiers and mayors to ‘do the right thing’ By Kait Bolongaro for Bloomberg – Canada is struggling to contain rising Covid-19 infection rates as a second wave engulfs the nation, threatening to stifle an economic rebound that began in summer. Ontario, where nearly 40% of …
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REUTERS, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 The second wave of COVID-19 meant the oil market faced a “very dangerous” situation, said a source speaking on condition of anonymity. LONDON (Reuters) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia are considering deeper oil output cuts early next year to try to strengthen the oil market, one OPEC source and one source …
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REUTERS, OCTOBER 31, 2020 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million | Europe in crisis LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health …
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BLOOMBERG, OCTOBER 25, 2020 Restaurants, bars to limit hours, cinemas to shut in Italy | Spanish government orders evening curfew to stem Covid-19 By Tommaso Ebhardt, Alberto Brambilla, and Jeannette Neumann for Bloomberg Italy introduced its strongest virus restrictions since the end of a national lockdown in May, and Spain will impose new measures, including a curfew, as cases surge in the two …
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PortandTerminal.com, October 22, 2020 A second wave of coronavirus sends much of Europe back into lockdown | “Today, we have to talk about reconfinement. It is the only tool we have left.” HAMBURG – Spiralling coronavirus infection rates across Europe are throwing the continent once again in serious crisis. Germany Berlin issued travel warnings for Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, most of …
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PortandTerminal.com, October 14, 2020 President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to address the nation at 8pm local time. PARIS – The French government moved to reinstate its COVID-19 state of health emergency following an upsurge in cases. French President Emmanuel Macron is due to announce new measures to curb the spread of the virus. The French government declared a public health …
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REUTERS, OCTOBER 14, 2020 PRAGUE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European nations are closing schools, cancelling operations and enlisting legions of student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter. With new cases hitting about 100,000 a day, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections …
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BLOOMBERG, JUNE 10, 2020 Covid-19 cases in Arizona, Texas, California raise alarms | Experts say that surges can’t be linked directly to reopenings By Emma Court and David R Baker for Bloomberg – A month into its reopening, Florida reported 8,553 new coronavirus cases this week — the most of any seven-day period. In Texas, hospitalizations on Tuesday jumped 6.3% to 2,056, the …
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