“There might be some background spread of this virus in perpetuity that we just need to accept,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb says about the future coronavirus impact. “If we don’t get control of this, we could have another epidemic in the fall.”
8:09 am: Italian luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi dies
Italy has recorded more deaths from coronavirus than any other country in the world, with 13,915 fatalities as of Thursday. The elderly have been particularly hard hit. Rossi died on Thursday in the small town of Cesena in central Italy. French luxury fashion group Kering took over the brand in 1999. It then passed into the hands of the Italian private equity fund Investindustrial in 2015, when Rossi had already retired.A general view of the temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients located at the Ifema convention and exhibition centre in Madrid, Spain taken on April 03, 2020.As of 6 a.m.
To date, the U.K. has reported more than 34,000 cases of the COVID-19 infection, with 2,926 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.An employee inspects the body frame of a BMW X4 sports utility vehicle on the assembly plant in Greer, South Carolina.BMW Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said the carmaker is focusing on preserving the health of its balance sheet and workforce.