In Trump-Cuomo spat on coronavirus, the gloves come off
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was giving his daily press briefing on the state’s coronavirus response Friday, President Trump was apparently listening and didn’t like what he heard. ”Governor Cuomo should spend more time ‘doing’ and less time ‘complaining,’” Trump tweeted midway through the...
Across America, Frustrated Protesters Rally To Reopen The Economy
Utah is one of only a few states without statewide COVID-19 restrictions. Still, Eric Moutsos, a former police officer who now works in solar energy, says the economy has ground to a halt anyway. He says in his business, sales have virtually stopped. Also, projects...
In COVID Briefings, Trump Again Relies On Both Shock And Strategic Retreat
President Trump’s nightly briefings on COVID-19 this week have featured stunning pronouncements and reversals. Take the widespread response to the president’s assertion on Monday that he could reopen local businesses by fiat — even against the wishes of governors: “When somebody is the president of...
Trump claims U.S. coronavirus cases have peaked. Not so fast, doctors say.
President Donald Trump, seizing on recent signs of progress in hard-hit areas like Seattle and New York City, has said coronavirus cases in the U.S. have peaked, suggesting that the worst of the pandemic is over as he encourages states to ease up on restrictions...
Contamination Likely Caused Critical Delay Of CDC Coronavirus Testing: Report
A contamination of the first round of COVID-19 testing kits made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slowed the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post and CNN confirmed Saturday. The Food and Drug Administration told CNN that the CDC...
This 16-year-old student pilot is flying medical supplies to rural hospitals during the pandemic
On a crisp spring day, the Cessna touches down near a rural hospital in Virginia with a slightly awkward bounce. On board, desperately-needed medical supplies for a community hard-hit by the coronavirus. The plane didn’t stay down very long. The pilot had to get home...
Experts warn ‘normal’ is still far off
For many, hearing officials discuss reopening the country comes as a relief. It means there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, that after weeks of staying home, the world will eventually return to normal — even if “normal” looks a little different than...
‘Liberate!’: Trump accused of fomenting COVID-19 rebellion with anti-lockdown tweets
Donald Trump has defended a series of tweets in which he seemed to back protests against coronavirus lockdowns in Democrat-led states. The US President urged supporters to “liberate” three states with Democratic governors: Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia. At a White House briefing he said some...
Coronavirus: President Trump defends tweets against US states’ lockdowns
President Donald Trump has defended tweets in which he appeared to endorse protests against stringent lockdown measures in several US states. At his Friday briefing, he said some measures imposed by Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia had been “too tough”. Earlier, he wrote in a series...
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Haven’t Agreed on Any Coronavirus Origin Theory
America’s intelligence agencies have not come to a conclusion on how the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 began spreading from China’s Wuhan province, a U.S. Intelligence Community official told Newsweek on Friday. Earlier this week, Fox News reported that U.S. intelligence agencies were conducting an investigation...
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...
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...
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...
Police find 17 bodies at New Jersey nursing home after anonymous tip
New Jersey police found 17 bodies in one of the state’s largest nursing homes after an anonymous tip said a body was being stored in a shed. A total of 68 people associated with the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation centres have recently died, with 26...
Trump’s big show will hide the real story
President Donald Trump’s make America open again campaign will deliver exactly what he wants Thursday — a victory lap over the coronavirus pandemic that leaves the life and death decisions to others. Even with epicenters of the virus still suffering hundreds of deaths daily, Trump...
Trump Looks To Ease Distancing In Places; CEOs Urge Caution
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they need more coronavirus testing and personal protective equipment before people can safely go back...