Covid-19 Pandemic
Here’s the latest news on the global pandemic. Moderna vaccine shows promise in early trialYoung people are inadvertently spreading virus, Fauci saysBanks urge Hong Kong staffers to work from home Science offers few answers on school Many children in the U.S. are supposed to start heading back to the classroom in just a few weeks. Science currently offers little insight into how safe that might be. Other nations have sent children back to school—or never shuttered schools to begin with—but none has done so with the virus surging as it is in the U.S. That’s on top of the fact that the virus can be airborne in crowded indoor spaces, and that children are commonly known to be spreaders of other respiratory viruses, like the seasonal flu. While there’s data showing children aren’t likely to become very ill from Covid-19, there’s less information on how likely they are to transmit it to others. A student common area at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg Scant early data suggest children may in fact be less likely to transmit the disease. One Chinese study, for example, found that of 65 of 68 children with confirmed Covid-19 admitted to a hospital lived in households with previously infected adults, indicating the child caught the virus from the adult rather than transmitting it. In another study from Australia, nine students and nine staff members were infected across 15 schools, making close contact with 735 other students and 128 staffers. Only two secondary infections were found. There is also some evidence that younger children are less likely to spread the virus than older ones. What’s more, staying home from school could do a different kind of long-term damage to kids, dimming lifetime earnings prospects and potentially reinforcing existing social and economic divides. Still, scientists say there just isn’t enough convincing evidence that kids won’t transmit the coronavirus. And that means that for schools that do opt to open, things will look a lot different than they did the previous September, with more masks, limited classroom time and physical distancing.—Kristen V. Brown Track the virus The Covid-19 Surge Is Officially Slowing the U.S. Recovery Bloomberg Economics created a dashboard of high-frequency, alternative and market-based data to track the economy’s plunge into recession and eventual recovery. See the latest and sign up for updates here. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left. Photographer: Lynne Sladky/AP Sponsored Content by Siemens America’s factories, power plants, transportation and hospitals all need technology and our technology is only as powerful as the people deploying and maintaining it. Keeping America moving takes more than technology alone. It takes a human touch. Siemens Ingenuity for life. What you should read Oxford Covid Vaccine Emerges as Front-Runner Shot might be through human trials by September. Is it the one? Talking About Virus With One of U.S.’s Richest He didn’t know much about the catastrophe early on, just like everyone else. How to Design a Post-Pandemic City Guidebook reimagines urban living for an era defined by social distancing. Heathrow Airport’s Robots Kill Germs by Night Trying to reduce the risk of virus transmission at the U.K. aviation hub. Hazmat Suits Are Ready for Air Travel They may be completely brilliant. Or they may be too good to be true. Know someone else who would like this newsletter? Have them sign up here. Have any questions, concerns, or news tips on Covid-19 news? Get in touch or help us cover the story. Like this newsletter? Subscribe for unlimited access to trusted, data-based journalism in 120 countries around the world and gain expert analysis from exclusive daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Follow Us Get the newsletter You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Daily newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022 |
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