Coronavirus
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country’s border with the US would not fully reopen for at least several weeks. “We are having ongoing discussions on border issues, on supply chains with the United States all the time,” Trudeau told reporters at a briefing Thursday, Agence France-Presse reported. He also urged that domestic lockdown restrictions be coordinated…
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The White House has released a set of guidelinesfor reopening the US economy in line with President Donald Trump’s desire to bring an end to the national lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. These consist of a three-phase plan that could allow some states to begin easing lockdown restrictions put in place…
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China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday (April 16) the World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than 2 million people globally was made in a lab. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark in response to a question about accusations the coronavirus originated in a lab…
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President Donald Trump has floated the idea of easing at least some restrictions as early as May 1. U.S. public health agencies warned that lifting lockdown measures could require tens of thousands more investigators to call people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine. Without the extra help, officials insist, states cannot…
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Amie Blomquist, a 27-year-old Swede living in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has gone viral with a long Facebook post she shared on Wednesday, listing and comparing the way various countries – China, other Asian countries and the West – handled the novel coronavirus over the past four months. The post quickly gained momentum online and has…
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President Trump on Wednesday threatened to use a constitutional clause that’s never been invoked before in order to forcibly adjourn Congress so he can push through nominees who would otherwise need to be confirmed by the Senate. He says there are 129 nominees for various federal agencies awaiting confirmation, and since senators are away from…
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New Yorkers just received another two weeks in lockdown mode. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday extended the state shutdown to May 15 as he revealed that coronavirus stats were still going in the right direction. Cuomo announced another 606 deaths from Wednesday to Thursday, a sharp drop from 752 the previous day, reports Forbes. It’s also…
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As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, a small proportion of Australians infected have now died, while most have either recovered, or are likely to recover over the next few weeks. One thing many of us want to know is for how long people who have SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are able to pass it on to someone else.…
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By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22 played down the threat posed by the respiratory virus from China, which had just reached American shores in the…
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The White House campaign-style video promoting President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions combating the emerging coronavirus threat earlier this year skips over his actions during the entire month of February, when he often downplayed concerns. At the end of January, Trump imposed restrictions on travel from China where the virus first erupted. By mid-March,…
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India extended on Tuesday a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people until May 3 as its prime minister warned of economic sacrifices to save lives as the number of coronavirus cases crossed 10,000. Sharp downward revisions to economic growth forecasts in the wake of the pandemic point toward sickening levels of unemployment, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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China is facing a new coronavirus flare-up along its remote northern border with Russia, far from the epicenter of Wuhan, where it has all but declared victory in the battle against the pandemic, AP reports. The frontier has been sealed and emergency medical units rushed to the area to prevent travelers from bringing the virus…
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The woman was dying, New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital was about to call her husband and break the news that there was nothing left to try, then Dr. Hooman Poor took a gamble. With high-stress, high-stakes decisions, doctors around the world are frantically trying to figure out how COVID-19 is killing their patients so they…
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Grammy-winning singer and producer Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and his family have tested positive for COVID-19. According to a report on EW.com, Edmonds shared a lengthy Instagram post revealing the news, as he thanked fans for their birthday wishes. View this post on Instagram “I feel so blessed to celebrate another birthday… it’s an incredibly scary…
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Almost overnight, masks in a variety of colours, styles and materials have appeared on the faces of people around us. While it’s good news that many people are doing their part to slow the spread of coronavirus, the bad news is that many people are wearing their masks wrong. “Wearing a mask takes some getting…
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What does toilet paper have to do with the global coronavirus pandemic? Nothing. Yet millions of people have been panicking about their household supply. Store shelves have been emptied. Amazon is often out of stock. And social media is bursting with jokes and pleas for a roll or two. The good news: Things are calming…
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