Despite billions of dollars in federal aid aimed at helping students catch up on pandemic-related learning loss, a new national study has found that progress in reading and math has stalled for elementary and middle-school students. The study, conducted by research organization NWEA, analyzed the results of student assessment tests taken by approximately 3.5 million … Read more
Sony is not coming to the big American game fair PAX East, the company announced Wednesday in one blog post. Sony is concerned about the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 and wants to protect the health of employees. “We found this the safest option because the situation changes daily,” Sony writes. “We regret that we have to … Read more
Two passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died of the disease that causes the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, Japanese media report Thursday. It is about a man and a woman, both of whom were more than eighty years old. Stay informed of all the news about the corona virus? follow us live blog. 29 of … Read more
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have discovered that an existing malaria drug works against COVID-19, the disease caused by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. Stay informed of all the news about the corona virus? Follow our live blog. This concerns the chloroquine medicine, which has been on the market since 1934. The Belgian professor Marc Van … Read more
The first passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship left the ship on Wednesday morning (Dutch time) now that quarantine has ended. Those on board were detained for two weeks on the ship docked in the port of the Japanese city of Yokohama. Stay informed of all the news about the corona virus? follow us … Read more
The Chinese government published the first results of a large-scale study into the 2019-nCoV virus on Tuesday. The conclusions indicate that the elderly and the (chronically) sick are most at risk and that more than 80 percent of the cases can be described as mild. Stay informed of all the news about the corona virus? … Read more
The last 255 guests and 747 crew members currently on the Westerdam are expected to remain on the cruise ship in the port of the Cambodian port city of Sihanoukville for a few more days, reports Holland America Line (HAL) shipping company Monday. There are still 29 Dutch on board. Stay informed of all the … Read more
On the cruise ship quarantined in the port of the Japanese city of Yokohama, another 70 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV, reports news agency AFP in the night from Saturday to Sunday. The total number of infected people on board the ship therefore rises to 355. Do you want to stay … Read more
Two Dutch and nine other passengers from cruise ship de Westerdam who would fly from Malaysia to Schiphol on Saturday are not allowed to leave the Asian country for the time being. This is because they may have had contact with the American person on board who has been diagnosed with the 2019-nCoV virus. This … Read more
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus has claimed a first victim in Europe. In France, an eighty-year-old Chinese tourist succumbed to the effects of the COVID-19 disease on Friday, French health minister Agnès Buzyn reported Saturday. Stay informed of all the news about the corona virus? follow us live blog. The tourist is said to have come from … Read more