(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. became the fifth country with more than 20,OOO coronavirus deaths. Global cases surpassed 2.8 million, with the U.S. now accounting for more than a quarter of all fatalities after topping 50,000.There’s no evidence that having Covid-19 protects patients from a second infection, the World Health Organization said, questioning possible plans in some places for so-called immunity passports.Key DevelopmentsVirus Tracker: Cases top 2.8 million; deaths exceed 197,000There’s ‘no evidence’ people recovered from disease are safe: WHOTrump’s riff on disinfectant shows peril of improvised briefingsThe world’s highest death rate is in Europe’s capitalFixing nursing home death traps is top priorityCoronavirus will forever change airlines and the way we flySubscribe to a daily update on the virus from Bloomberg’s Prognosis team here. Click VRUS on the terminal for news and data on the coronavirus. For a look back at this week’s top stories from QuickTake, click here.U.K. Deaths Cross 20,000...
Boeing Co on Saturday pulled out of a $4.2 billion deal to buy the commercial jets division of Brazil's Embraer, unraveling years of work on a transformative move driven by expanding competition with Europe's Airbus. "Over the past several months, we had productive but ultimately unsuccessful negotiations ... We all aimed to resolve those by the initial termination date, but it didn't happen," Boeing senior vice-president Marc Allen, the president of the proposed Embraer partnership, said in a statement. Embraer had no immediate comment....
Boeing Co has told the Brazilian planemaker Embraer that Embraer has not met conditions needed to complete a civil aerospace tie-up, meaning the $4.2 billion deal is off for the foreseeable future, two people familiar with the matter said. In a letter late on Friday, Embraer declined to agree to an extension to an April 24 deadline to close the deal, which calls for Boeing to buy 80% of Embraer's commercial aerospace activities, the sources said. Boeing later confirmed the decision....
