People who get Covid-19 are much less likely to die than those infected with Ebola, SARS and MERS. 

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JPMorgan asked many of its roughly 37,000 employees in the New York metro area this week to work from home in staggered shifts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Bank tellers, who account for about half its New York workforce, weren’t included.

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Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds…

As you surely know, Italy is suffering a dramatic spreading of the coronavirus. In just 3 weeks from the beginning of the outbreak, the virus has reached more than 10.000 infected people. From our data, about 10% of patients require ICU (Intensive Care Unit)…

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The early trickle of new coronavirus infections has turned into a steady current. By creating simple simulations, we can see how to slow it down.

New York hospitals are pushing forward with emergency plans to make rooms and resources available for a surge in coronavirus cases that’s expected to place historic pressure on the region’s health-care system.

Corporate America joined the fight against the spread of coronavirus on Friday, as President Donald Trump and executives announced that Google would offer a website to help people determine whether they needed tests and retailers would set up drive-through…

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China could have prevented 95 per cent of coronavirus infections if its measures to contain the outbreak had begun three weeks earlier, research from the University of Southampton suggests. However, China only took vigorous action in late January – weeks…