South Africa records one million infections.
On Sunday, reported coronavirus infections in South Africa surpassed one million since the start of the pandemic. The country has now recorded 1,004,413 cases and […]
Governors impose new restrictions on travelers from Britain as holiday travel ratchets up.
Alarmed by the coronavirus variant spreading in Britain, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced on Monday that British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Delta […]
Thousands of internal documents reveal how China censored its internet in the early days of the pandemic.
In the early hours of Feb. 7, China’s powerful internet censors experienced an unfamiliar and deeply unsettling sensation. They felt they were losing control. The […]
Pence receives a coronavirus vaccine in a public White House event.
Vice President Mike Pence received a coronavirus vaccine on live television Friday morning at the White House, a measure that the Trump administration said was […]
In the U.K., Johnson resists ‘canceling’ Christmas to stem the coronavirus.
In a year of hard decisions about how to confront the coronavirus, perhaps none has proved as anguished for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as whether […]
The U.S. will initially hold back half the first vaccine supply.
A top federal vaccine official said Wednesday that 2.9 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will be shipped around the country in the first week […]
The U.S. and Britain race to authorize Covid-19 vaccines.
The race to be the first nation to authorize a rigorously tested Covid-19 vaccine is intensifying. British regulators are considering two vaccines for emergency approval: […]
Fewer kindergarten students means money problems for schools and learning concerns for children.
Kindergarten enrollment in American schools has plummeted during the pandemic, potentially setting back educational and social development for children at a critical age and impacting […]
Times readers shared what they’re thankful for in six words.
Last week, David Leonhardt invited readers of his Morning newsletter to send six words describing what made them thankful in 2020. Here is a selection […]
Fighting the pandemic and healing its economic damage dominate talks at the G20 summit.
Discussions on how to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and deal with the global economic damage it has wrought dominated the Group of 20 summit, which […]
Trump officials object, but school doors are closing across the country.
The Trump administration stressed its opposition on Thursday to closing schools as a means to combat the coronavirus, even as some of the largest districts […]
Senator Rick Scott of Florida is the latest member of Congress to test positive.
Senator Rick Scott, Republican of Florida, said Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest prominent lawmaker to contract the rapidly spreading virus […]
Midwestern voters say they feared the virus, but some worried more about the economy.
When Americans voted in this presidential election, they made it clear that of all the crucial issues facing the country, the coronavirus pandemic towered over […]
‘We believe in science.’ Washington, Oregon and Nevada join California’s vaccine-review plan.
A week after Gov. Gavin Newsom of California announced that a panel of experts from his state would independently review any federally approved coronavirus vaccines […]
Hospitals on the brink of capacity. Near-record cases. The virus continues its surge across the U.S.
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States has risen 40 percent in the past month, while the number of new […]
Indonesian ex-pilot, convicted in midair poison plot, is reported dead from Covid-19.
An Indonesian former airline pilot who was convicted in the 2004 midair poisoning death of a prominent human rights activist has died of Covid-19, an […]
Off-campus trips and parties are fueling a spike at Syracuse University, officials say.
Even as rising coronavirus cases forced other colleges to halt in-person classes or send students home, Syracuse University managed to keep the virus at bay, […]
A Brooklyn judge declined a request to block Cuomo’s restrictions on houses of worship.
A federal judge on Friday allowed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to move forward with new restrictions on gatherings at synagogues and other houses of worships, […]
Trump says he is pulling the plug on stimulus talks.
President Trump on Tuesday abruptly ended talks with Democrats on an economic stimulus bill, sending the stock market sliding and dealing a final blow to […]
Iran sets new death and infection records, as much of Tehran shuts down.
Iran’s coronavirus crisis worsened on Monday, with a record numbers of deaths and new infections, as the capital, Tehran, went into partial shutdown for a […]
Israel’s second coronavirus lockdown is fraying nerves, amid protests, confusion and violence.
Israel was the first country to enter a second national coronavirus lockdown, but with new daily cases of the coronavirus reaching up to 9,000 recently, […]
Colleges learn how to suppress the virus: extensive testing.
As campuses across the United States struggle to carry on amid Covid-19 illnesses and outbreaks, a determined minority are beating the pandemic — at least […]