FTSE rises 3% by 162 points to 5,578 today as City welcomes slowing coronavirus death rates in Italy and France but remains concerned over Boris Johnson’s health FTSE 100 index of Britain’s leading firms is up 162 points or 3% to 5,578 today Slowdown in deaths in France and Italy raises hopes over lockdown measures … Read more
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist from Stanford University has claimed the coronavirus epidemics devastating Italy and New York are finally slowing down. Professor Michael Levitt, who accurately predicted how many cases and deaths would be predicted in China, said Italy and New York are now ‘on the mend’. They are two of the worst-hit places in … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that new evidence suggests social distancing is ‘working’ in slowing down coronavirus, with the rate of hospitalizations slowing every day this week, but that we were ‘still on our way up the mountain’. There are now 30,000 cases of coronavirus in the state of New York, including … Read more