Coronavirus has now killed 150,000 people worldwide
The coronavirus has now killed more than 150,000 people worldwide, according to the latest statistics at Johns Hopkins University. The tragic milestone was passed Friday night; by midnight, the U.S. continued to have the pandemic’s highest death toll, at 31,456, followed by Italy, with 22,745...
Putin, Xi slam attempts to blame China for late virus response
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday rejected as counterproductive attempts to blame Beijing for delaying informing the world about the coronavirus, the Kremlin said. Putin and Xi spoke after US President Donald Trump’s administration berated China for not sharing data...
Biological Chernobyl’: How China’s secrecy fueled virus suspicions
In recent days, President Donald Trump’s allies have seized upon an alternate origin story for the novel coronavirus: that the disease emerged from inside a Chinese laboratory, not an outdoor market. The basic narrative reads like a dystopian movie plot, and goes something like this:...
U.S. coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn
The Republican president targeted three swing states critical to his re-election bid – Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia – where his conservative loyalists have mounted pressure campaigns challenging those governors’ stay-at-home orders. Amplifying a theme that his supporters have trumpeted this week in street protests at...
Protest erupts over Dem governor’s stay-at-home order
A protest of more than 200 demonstrators broke out in Southern California on Friday against the state’s stay-at-home-orders in reaction to the coronavirus outbreak, according to reports. The action in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles, was similar to others staged this week in Michigan,...
These states say they’ll move to phase 1 of reopening following coronavirus lockdown
Several states have started to outline how they will reopen after a month of lockdown measures designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic. While some states have yet to see their peak, others have managed to flatten the curve, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying that “the...
U.S. Coronavirus Crisis Takes Sharp Political Turn As Trump Blasts States
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their handling of the pandemic after having conceded that states bear ultimate control of restrictions to contain the outbreak....
Some recovered patients are testing positive again
In South Korea, health officials are trying to solve a mystery: why 163 people who recovered from coronavirus have retested positive, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The same has been recorded in China, where some coronavirus patients tested positive...
Texas tries to be the first state to reopen
As Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott formulated a plan this week to reopen the world’s 10th largest economy, he had to strike a delicate balance between two opposing forces: a push from the state’s powerful business community eager to get back to work and health...
Wuhan officials have revised the city’s coronavirus death toll up by 50%
China has revised its official death toll from the novel coronavirus, raising the number of fatalities attributed to the pandemic by more than a third. Officials in Wuhan, where the virus was first reported late last year, on Friday added 1,290 coronavirus deaths to the...
Drug delivers ‘rapid’ recovery for COVID-19 patients
A Gilead Sciences antiviral drug is reportedly showing promise for treatment of the coronavirus. Remdesivir is causing “rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms, with nearly all patients discharged in less than a week” in patients at a Chicago hospital, medical site STAT reported. The...
Daily US death toll surpasses 4,500: Coronavirus updates
Stocks on Friday were rising on Wall Streets in an apparent approval of plans by President Donald Trump and some governors for a phased reopening of local economies, although a dramatic jump of 4,591 in the daily U.S. death toll Thursday underscored the relentless nature...
Rallies to reopen economy spread across country as officials urge caution to prevent coronavirus resurgence
A growing wave of rallies are taking place across the country as protesters demand that state governments lift their orders closing businesses and public places as soon as possible, even as officials urge caution to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus. These Americans say they are...
A sudden rise in coronavirus cases hits rural states without stay at home orders
The test results came back on Easter Sunday. Tammy had been feeling “kind of crappy” when she went to her doctor in rural southeastern Oklahoma last week. A sign of possible pneumonia prompted her to get a coronavirus test later that day at the McCurtain...
New York City nurse, 60, beaten, robbed of purse after surviving coronavirus
A New York City nurse who recently recovered from the coronavirus was attacked on her way to work by a group of vicious youths who badly beat her and ran off with her purse, police sources and the victim told The Post. Martha Toscano had...
Saudi Arabia pledges $500M to fight coronavirus pandemic
Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to combat the global coronavirus crisis that has infected more than 2 million people and killed at least 144,000 around the globe, the Middle Eastern nation announced Thursday. The current leader of the G20, the kingdom also called on...
Sources believe coronavirus outbreak originated in Wuhan lab as part of China’s efforts to compete with US
EXCLUSIVE: There is increasing confidence that the COVID-19 outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory, though not as a bioweapon but as part of China’s attempt to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of...
Chinese epicenter Wuhan raises number of virus dead by about 50 percent
The central Chinese city of Wuhan has raised its number of COVID-19 fatalities by 1,290, with state media saying Friday the undercount had been due to the insufficient admission capabilities at overwhelmed medical facilities at the peak of the outbreak. Wuhan’s revised death toll of...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un missing at ‘Day of the Sun’ honors as nation insists no coronavirus cases
Senior officials in North Korea paid tribute to the remote kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung Wednesday, but the apparent absence of current dictator Kim Jong Un raised questions about whether coronavirus played a part. The Hermit Kingdom’s most important holiday is April 15, the birthday...
Coronavirus: China’s economy shrinks by 6.8% in worst downturn since 1970s
China suffered its worst economic contraction since at least the 1970s in the first quarter as it fought the coronavirus, and weak consumer spending and factory activity point to a longer, harder recovery than initially expected. The world’s second-largest economy shrank 6.8% from a year...
Lyra Mckee: Police appeal for more information one year after murder
Police in Northern Ireland on Friday renewed their appeal for information into the death of Lyra McKee, one year after the journalist was murdered. McKee, 29, was shot dead while observing rioting in the Creggan estate, Londonderry on April 18, 2019. The New IRA paramilitary...
EU helps protect weak firms from foreign takeovers
The EU plans to help block foreign takeovers of European companies struggling with the virus downturn. It wants to allow governments to invest in weak companies, which could include some form of ownership. While it called them “measures of last resort”, the European Commission says...
Coronavirus: Macron questions China’s handling of outbreak
French President Emmanuel Macron has questioned China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, saying things “happened that we don’t know about”. Mr Macron told the Financial Times it was “naive” to suggest that China had dealt better with the crisis. It follows a row sparked by...
Coronavirus: Trump unveils plan to reopen states in phases
As Covid-19 continues to spread across the US, President Donald Trump has given governors guidance on reopening state economies in the coming months. The guidelines for “Opening up America Again” outline three phases in which states can gradually ease their lockdowns. Mr Trump promised governors...
Coronavirus: America’s $349bn fund for small firms runs out
America approved an unprecedented $349bn in relief last month aimed at helping small firms through the coronavirus lockdowns. On Thursday, less than two weeks after the programme’s start, the money ran out, overwhelmed by demand. The White House has requested an extra $250bn, but the...
Coronavirus: Fly-tipping rise prompts plea to reopen tips
Rubbish tips should reopen to curb an increase in fly-tipping during the coronavirus lockdown, politicians have said. Many waste facilities closed in March after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people should stay at home, except for “essential travel”. MPs and councillors are calling for tips...
China’s virus-hit economy shrinks for first time in decades
China’s economy shrank for the first time in decades in the first quarter of the year, as the virus forced factories and businesses to close. The world’s second biggest economy contracted 6.8% according to official data released on Friday. The financial toll the coronavirus is...
NHS boss: ‘I need gowns, can I call Burberry?’
The director of a large NHS trust has contacted the BBC asking for the phone numbers of Burberry and Barbour because he does not have enough gowns for his staff working on coronavirus wards. He said his trust has “less than 24 hours supply and...
Coronavirus: Capt Tom Moore’s NHS fundraiser hits £17m
A 99-year-old war veteran has walked 100 laps of his garden to raise £17m and counting for the NHS. Captain Tom Moore originally aimed to raise just £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. But he has...
Coronavirus: Care home workers move into campervans
Thirteen care home staff have moved into campervans at the care home where they work in a bid to protect residents. The staff hope that by restricting their own movements, they will reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading at Isobel Fraser Home in Inverness. The...
