The Government’s decision to extend the lockdown for a further three weeks has, unsurprisingly, intensified the complaint that ‘shutting down the economy will cost more lives than the coronavirus’ — or, in the words of President Trump, that the ‘cure may be worse than the disease’. The argument, in essence, is this: recessions kill. Intuitively, … Read more
The Government’s decision to extend the lockdown for a further three weeks has, unsurprisingly, intensified the complaint that ‘shutting down the economy will cost more lives than the coronavirus’ — or, in the words of President Trump, that the ‘cure may be worse than the disease’. The argument, in essence, is this: recessions kill. Intuitively, … Read more
Back in early January, when corona was just a mediocre beer, the Bank of England published something odd. For the first time in six-and-a-half years, people paid back more than they borrowed on credit cards. And as unusual as the statistic itself was the bank’s reaction to it. ‘The extra amount borrowed by consumers in … Read more
The coronavirus death toll in America doubled in the span of just two days as new potential hotspots emerge in urban centers around the country. The US currently leads the world in coronavirus infections with 123,778 reported as of Sunday morning. The death toll surpassed 2,100 on Saturday, doubling figures reported two days earlier. New … Read more
The coronavirus death toll in America doubled in the span of just two days as new potential hotspots emerge in urban centers around the country. The US currently leads the world in coronavirus infections with 123,778 reported as of Sunday morning. The death toll surpassed 2,100 on Saturday, doubling figures reported two days earlier. New … Read more
Madrid and London are facing worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy in Italy with deaths doubling every two days – but New York’s mortality rate could be set to outpace them all. New analysis of the number of deaths shows the number of fatalities in certain cities is fast outstripping the average mortality rate for even the … Read more
Madrid and London are facing worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy in Italy with deaths doubling every two days – but New York’s mortality rate could be set to outpace them all. The humanitarian cost of the pandemic continues to mount globally as more than 415,000 people have been infected with the deadly disease, and more … Read more
A British man has told how bouts of the flu were worse than his experience with the life-threatening coronavirus spreading across the globe. Andrew O’Dwyer, whose age is not known, tested positive for COVID-19 after going on a ski trip with friends to the Italian Dolomites in February. He didn’t show symptoms for a week … Read more