NEW DELHI (AP) — The crowds filling shopping areas ahead of the Diwali festival of lights today are raising hopes of India’s distressed business community after months of lockdown losses but also spawning fears of a massive coronavirus upsurge. People who’ve restricted their purchases ...
LONDON (AP) — Some tentative signs emerged Friday to suggest that the U.K.’s coronavirus resurgence is leveling off after wide-ranging restrictions were imposed. In its weekly survey of new infections, Britain’s statistics agency said the rate of growth of the virus in England appeared ...
MARQUETTE — COVID-19 cases continue to spike in parts of the eastern Upper Peninsula. The Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department reported on Friday that those four counties have a combined total of 134 cases. As of Thursday, the total across those counties is 547, an increase of 308%. The first two deaths from COVID-19 in the district came in October. The LMAS District Health Department has not identified a specific event, activity or location in the rapid increase in cases. It said some cases involve household members of a person who tested positive. Others ...
LONDON (AP) — Last-minute shoppers in England were out in force Wednesday and thirsty drinkers planned their final freshly poured pints in a pub for the next month as Britain prepared to join large swathes of Europe in a coronavirus lockdown designed to save its health care system from being ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are canceled. But it’s a different story in Trumpland. Thousands of President Donald Trump’s ...
DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An entire police department north of Lansing is off duty because of the coronavirus. DeWitt Township closed the department Wednesday due to some positive cases. Other officers and staff were told to quarantine, township manager Andrew Dymczyk said. “We’ll reevaluate over the next few days,” he said. “We’re very grateful for our neighbors helping us. They’ve all been great.” The township said anyone who came in close contact with a member of the police department between Oct. 14 and Oct. 27 should monitor their health. Police in ...
