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The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients.

by editorkatya | Apr 3, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

Such were the expectations for the Navy hospital ship U.S. Naval Ship Comfort that when it chugged into New York Harbor this week, throngs of people, momentarily forgetting the strictures of social distancing, crammed together along Manhattan’s west side to catch a...

Trump administration ended pandemic early-warning program to detect coronaviruses

by Jahnra Cadungog | Apr 3, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

Two months before the novel coronavirus is thought to have begun its deadly advance in Wuhan, China, the Trump administration ended a $200-million pandemic early-warning program aimed at training scientists in China and other countries to detect and respond to such a...

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine released from jail early amid coronavirus health concerns

by Reebha Choudhary | Apr 3, 2020 | Bottom Middle, News, Top Right

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was released into house arrest Thursday over fears that his chronic asthma makes him vulnerable to the coronavirus. “He’s out and he’s very happy to be released,” his defense attorney, Lance Lazzaro, told NBC News. The...

Coronavirus: More than 10,000 lives lost in Spain

by editorkatya | Apr 2, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

The total number of coronavirus deaths in Spain has now exceeded 10,000. The country, the second-worst hit in terms of deaths, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs. The US on Thursday said it saw a record 6.6 million new unemployment benefit claims The unemployment...

Florida Governor, at Long Last, Orders Residents to Stay Home to Avoid Coronavirus

by Reebha Choudhary | Apr 2, 2020 | Bottom Middle, News, Top Right

MIAMI — “Florida Governor, at Long Last, Orders Residents to Stay Home to Avoid Coronavirus,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said the decision corresponded with the “national pause” effectively recommended by the White House. Florida’s coronavirus cases kept...

Exclusive: The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming

by editorkatya | Apr 1, 2020 | Bottom Left, News, Top Right

The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing. Despite President Trump’s repeated assertions that the Covid-19 epidemic was “unforeseen” and “came out of nowhere,” the...