Schools, shops to close as Austria tightens restrictions

Nov 15,2020
Austria's government Saturday announced a return to tougher anti-coronavirus restrictions including shutting schools and non-essential shops to contain spiralling second wave infections.
Virus curbs tighten in Europe as global deaths top 1.3 mn
Nov 15
A swathe of new restrictions to curtail a second wave of coronavirus infections were announced or came into force from Austria to Greece, Italy to Portugal on Saturday as the global death toll climbed above 1.3 million.
Slovenia tightens virus shutdown, halts public transport
Nov 14
Slovenia's government announced Thursday it would suspend public transportation and ban almost all public gatherings for two weeks as its existing shutdown measures have failed to sufficiently contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
New covid outbreak hits US Secret Service: media
Nov 14
The US Secret Service, which guards President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden, and the White House, has been struck by an outbreak of Covid-19, US media reported Friday.  
Pneumonia kills 140,000 children each year in Nigeria
Nov 14
Pneumonia kills around 143,000 children under the age of five each year in Nigeria, the government said Thursday, with the coronavirus pandemic hampering access to life-saving treatment.  
US airlines to end year with 90,000 fewer workers
Nov 13
Hit with a collapse of demand, US airlines will end the year with the lowest number of workers since at least 1987, 90,000 fewer than when Covid-19 hit, an industry federation said Thursday.
WHO: Nearly 870,000 measles cases last year
Nov 13
The World Health Organization says the number of reported cases of measles around the world surged to nearly 870,000 last year, the highest in about two decades.