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...
CDC issues domestic travel advisory as coronavirus deaths double to over 2,000 people
The United States is advising residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut not to travel domestically after the number of reported coronavirus deaths doubled to over 2,000 nationwide within two days. It took about a month from the first report of a coronavirus death...
German state finance minister Thomas Schäfer found dead
Police suspect Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany’s financial center Frankfurt lies. The body of a man identified as Thomas Schäfer, the finance minister...
Here’s How COVID-19 Compares to Past Outbreaks
SARS, the 1918 flu pandemic, and Ebola have all helped public health officials prepare for major outbreaks. Each major outbreak is different though, and experts have a hard time predicting how they will end. The fallout of each disease largely depends on other circumstances —...
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...
137 Coronavirus Cases In Denton, Golf Courses Are Closed
DENTON COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – During a news conference Friday afternoon, Denton County officials announced an increase of 54 coronavirus cases, for a total of 137. Twenty-three of the new cases were community spread. Thirty-one of those new cases are from patients in the Denton...
Britain’s coronavirus lockdown on course to ‘reduce death rate from 260,000 to 5,700’
BRITAIN’S lockdown is on course to reduce the coronavirus death rate from 260,000 to 5,700, experts have said. Boris Johnson announced on Monday new government measures to curb the spread of the killer bug, by halting non-essential travel and shuttering thousands of pubs and businesses....
Trump orders ‘time-wasting’ General Motors to make ventilators
US President Donald Trump has ordered General Motors to make ventilators for coronavirus patients after attacking the car giant’s chief executive. He invoked the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, which allows a president to force companies to make products for national defence. Mr Trump said...
Five stories you may have missed this week because of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across Europe, the US and started to appear in Africa this week, the crisis dominated headlines, leaving little space for other news. Here are five coronavirus-free stories you might have missed: Kosovan government falls amid global pandemic Kosovo’s government fell...
COVID-19: Spain reports record daily death toll as UK opens two new hospitals
Spanish authorities announced on Saturday that a record 832 people had succumbed from COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing the country’s total death toll to 5,690. Italy, however, remains the hardest-hit country in the world and reported its own record 919 fatalities on Friday. The death toll...