Bloomberg Boris Johnson clashed with his own government’s scientific advisers who wanted tougher action against the resurgent coronavirus outbreak in the UK in September. The British prime minister said he hoped to avoid another full national lockdown and that his plan would work if people followed the advice. Options in a SAGE document circulated on September 21 included a short ...

Bloomberg A new 10-minute Covid-19 test that doesn’t need added equipment to process has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufacturer Access Bio, Inc said on Tuesday. The assay, known as CareStart, is among a group of new antigen tests that detect the novel coronavirus by looking for proteins on its surface. Because antigen screening can provide ...

Bloomberg Investor confidence in the outlook for Germany’s economy plunged, in a sign of concern that resurgent infections could hurt the recovery. A gauge by the ZEW dropped to 56.1 in October — the lowest in five months — from 77.4 in September, below even the most pessimistic estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The measure for the euro area also ...