NYC coronavirus cases reach over 32K, with a death every 8.9 minutes
A stunning 32,308 Big Apple residents have now been diagnosed with the coronavirus, with 678 New Yorkers dead, City Hall stats showed early Sunday — with the disease now claiming one life less than every nine minutes. Another six New Yorkers died overnight, upping a...
Fauci: Coronavirus could kill over 100,000 Americans
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that he anticipates the coronavirus could kill between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans while infecting “millions.” Speaking with CNN’s “State of the Union,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said however he does not want to...
Coronavirus live updates: Dr. Fauci says 200,000 deaths in US possible
More than 32,000 people have been killed around the world as the amount of novel coronavirus cases continues to skyrocket with the number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases globally surpassing 685,000 on Sunday. The number of cases across the globe has grown exponentially in a matter...
First Infant with Coronavirus in U.S. Dies as Nearly 125,000 Test Positive
The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. has soared past 2,000, as the number of confirmed cases rose to almost 125,000, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has the most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world after...
NYC’s coronavirus death toll rises by 161 in 24 hours
New York City’s toll of coronavirus deaths rose by 161 within just under 24 hours, according to the Health Department. The grim count rose from 517 as of Saturday at 10 a.m. to 678 as of Sunday at 9:30 a.m., city stats showed. The number...
Charlie Baker urges travelers not to come to Mass. communities and to self-quarantine if they do
Massachusetts. Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that all travelers arriving in the state are being asked to self-quarantine for 14 days to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The governor also said travelers should attempt to avoid coming to communities in the commonwealth....
Pelosi rips Trump for coronavirus response: ‘As the president fiddles, people are dying’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unloaded Sunday on President Trump for his response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying his “denial at the beginning was deadly” and that people are dying as he “fiddles.” “When did this president know about this and what did he know?...
Trump Announces Plan To Retrain Nation’s 3 Million Unemployed Americans As Human Ventilators
WASHINGTON—Taking drastic action to address the country’s critical medical supply shortages as well as rising jobless claims, President Donald Trump announced a plan Friday to retrain the nation’s 3 million unemployed Americans to work as human ventilators. “We’re going to put Americans back to work...
How 3D-printing is playing a role in coronavirus testing
The coronavirus pandemic which has infected more than half a million people and killed at least 25,000 has been an obstacle for the global supply chain following the shutdown in China. Though China has begun to restart its factories, in other countries closed borders and...
Trump Issues Travel Advisory, Not Quarantine, For New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Updated at 10:32 p.m. ET After broaching the possibility of quarantining New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, President Trump backtracked late Saturday, saying a “quarantine will not be necessary.” Earlier in the day, the president said he was “looking at” quarantining New York, New Jersey...
Detainee COVID-19 cases at Cook County Jail surge to 89; 12 employees test positive
CHICAGO — The Cook County Department of Corrections has announced that 51 more detainees have tested positive for COVID-19. 89 detainees have now tested positive after 38 were reported to have the virus on Friday. There are now 12 employees who have tested positive, up...
Knicks owner James Dolan tests positive for the coronavirus
Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan has tested positive for the coronavirus “with little to no symptoms,” the Knicks announced on their Twitter account Saturday night. According to a source, Dolan is self-isolating with his family in the Hamptons and his test came back earlier...
Pope Francis praying to an empty St. Peter’s Square amid the coronavirus
As Easter approaches, images from an empty St. Peter’s Square during a prayer Friday paint a stark portrait of the Vatican, which, along with surrounding Italy, has been afflicted by coronavirus. During the Urbi and Orbi prayer, Pope Francis stood underneath a canopy as he...
The Mega-Bailout Leaves 4 Mega Questions
In 2009, Republicans locked arms in nearly unanimous opposition to an $800 billion economic stimulus bill under President Barack Obama, betting they could force Obama and the Democrats to own the Great Recession by keeping their fingerprints off the response. This time, Democrats provided nearly...
Coronavirus outbreak is stretching New York’s ambulance service to breaking point
New York (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through New York City has pushed its ambulance service close to the breaking point, with hundreds of personnel out ill and emergency calls skyrocketing, supervisors and rank-and-file emergency medical technicians said on Friday. Some 20% of the...
Coronavirus updates: Travel advisory for 3 states; US cases top 120K
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a domestic travel advisory for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut on Saturday night, the FDA approved a fast new coronavirus test and a naval hospital ship left Norfolk, Virginia, for New York City. President Donald...
Democrats fret as Joe Biden becomes ‘irrelevant’ in coronavirus crisis
Just days after his commanding primary victories in Florida, Arizona and Illinois, the coronavirus has turned former Vice President Joe Biden into a virtual prisoner of his Delaware home, where he’s reduced to sniping at President Trump from the family rec room. “He’s making himself...
Twitter Deletes Fake COVID-19 Drug Information Tweet By Rudy Giuliani
Twitter removed a false tweet by Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani touting one of the president’s favorite, untested, drugs to battle COVID-19. Giuliani quoted parts of another tweet from a right-wing conspiracy theorist falsely claiming that the drug hydroxychloroquine proved to have a “100%...
Coronavirus death toll in the US passes 2,000
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been placed under a 14-day travel advisory in the latest effort by United States officials to slow down the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus. More than 121,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in the US and more...
Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 10,000. Many are asking why the fatality rate is so high
Rome (CNN)When Milan resident Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police while driving recently, it wasn’t for a traffic offense. It was to instruct her fellow passenger to sit in the back of the car and to check that both were wearing face masks. “We...
‘There is no surge plan’: Despite warnings, Congress failed to fully fund pandemics bill
Public-health experts trooped to Capitol Hill in 2018 and 2019 to ask Congress to invest hundreds of millions of additional dollars in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness act, testifying that many of the programs created after 9/11 to ready the nation’s health system for any...
Russia confirms coronavirus case in Putin’s administration, tightens curbs
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin confirmed a coronavirus case in President Vladimir Putin’s administration on Friday and the government said measures imposed in Moscow to fight the virus should be extended across Russia. The official tally of confirmed cases jumped by a record daily amount...
Spain: ‘Youths’ Attack Ambulances Transporting Elderly Coronavirus Patients
A number of youths in southern Spain attacked a convoy of ambulances carrying elderly patients with coronavirus, throwing rocks at the vehicles. The attack took place in the city of La Línea de la Concepción, which lies on the Spanish border with the British territory...
Trump considering 14-day quarantine for New York, parts of New Jersey and Connecticut
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was considering an “enforceable quarantine” in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area due to the coronavirus outbreak, saying the decision could come as soon as later in the day. “Some people would like to...
Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 cases top 600,000 worldwide
There are now more than 112,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States and over 620,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. President Trump on Friday signed a massive $2 trillion stimulus package for American workers and businesses in response to the crisis. States across...
NY coronavirus death toll jumps as Cuomo delays presidential primary
The statewide coronavirus death toll jumped by 209 Saturday, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced the presidential primary will be moved to June 23 amid the worsening crisis. New York’s death count reached 728, up from 519 on Friday, the governor said. And the...
U.S. Navy Coronavirus Outbreak Threatens Preparedness Against China, Iran
coronavirus outbreak on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt is a threat to the U.S. Navy’s preparedness against China and Iran, according to a retired ship commander. The Navy is scrambling to contain its first at-sea coronavirus outbreak after more than two dozen sailors tested positive aboard...
President Trump Says He’s Considering Short-Term Quarantine Of New Jersey, New York, Parts Of Connecticut
TRENTON, N.J. (CBS/CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s considering a short-term quarantine of New York state, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut, as cases of coronavirus continue to rise. On Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases,...
‘Like A War Zone’: Nurses Worried For Safety As Coronavirus Cases Climb
BOSTON (CBS) – More hospital workers are being diagnosed with COVID-19, or going into quarantine, which takes them off the front line in the battle against the deadly virus. Trish Powers is a nurse at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and feared she may become a...
Coronavirus In Michigan: Here’s An Updated List Of Positive Cases
MICHIGAN (CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced additional positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This brings the state total of COVID-19 cases to 3,657 and 92 deaths as of Friday at 2 p.m. EST. For consistency with previous...