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Florida Governor Wrongly Claims Coronavirus Killed No One Under 25
That is, of course, wrong. In reality, the CDC reports on its website that four people aged 15 to 24 and one person aged one to four died. Although there have been no deaths of victims under the age of 25 in Florida, the state has been hit hard by the virus. [Full Article...]
Mobile World Congress 2020 cancelled due to "global concern" of coronavirus
The list of big-name attendees started to crumble on February 7, when Swedish wireless equipment maker Ericsson AB pulled out, saying it couldn't ensure the safety of staff and customers. The smartphone industry is trying to fire up stalled growth with the promise of higher data speeds and faster responsiveness. The MWC is considered to be the world's largest mobile communications trade fair. [Full Article...]
Fauci on USA after coronavirus: No shaking hands ‘ever again’
Trump's top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci warned America cannot be reopened overnight due to the threat of further waves of infections, but said it could be up and running again by the summer months. The Covid-19 death toll in the U.S. leapt to more than 16,200 Thursday, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University , from well over 450,000 confirmed cases. [Full Article...]
Covid-19: la France franchit le seuil des 13.000 morts
De fait, dans 48 départements, soit près de la moitié du territoire français, le nombre total d'hospitalisations entre le 19 mars et le 8 avril n'a pas dépassé les 200 patients. Salomon. Le directeur général de la Santé a néanmoins fait état " d'une timide éclaircie ", " d'un pâle rayon de soleil ": la diminution des admissions en réanimation pour le deuxième jour consécutif. [Full Article...]
Trump Administration Preparing to Block China Telecom In US
The US agencies said that "China Telecom's U.S. Operations provide opportunities for Chinese state-sponsored actors to engage in espionage, to steal trade secrets and other confidential business information, and to disrupt and misroute U.S. [Full Article...]
Unemployment rate jumps amid COVID-19 pandemic
With no control efforts in place, up to 80 per cent of Canadians could contract the virus. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said they are ramping up testing at national laboratories to make sure testing capacity as a whole can accelerate. [Full Article...]
Taiwan seeks apology from World Health Organization chief for ‘slander’
Tedros said even the countries with the world's strongest health systems had been caught by surprise by COVID-19. As the number of deaths globally from Covid-19 approached 100 ,000, the president was reported to be pushing to ease restrictions at the beginning of May, having previously backed down on plans to start the U.S. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus: Baby dies in the U.S. after testing positive for COVID-19
With 149000 cases, NY state becomes world's top coronavirus hotspot
The total death toll in NY is up to 7,844, with 18,569 hospitalized. The state has about 18,500 patients in hospitals, many in New York City. Comparatively, 2,753 lives were lost at the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 terror attack. [Full Article...]
Linda Tripp, Clinton Sex Scandal Whistleblower Is Ill, Near Death
Tripp, who once listed her "pet peeve" as being "a certain fair-weather friend" in her high school yearbook, gave the recordings of her conversations with Lewinsky to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr in exchange for immunity against wiretapping charges. [Full Article...]
Picture gallery of April pink supermoon over Norfolk
WITBANK NEWS is excited to see if our local photographers managed to capture the lovely Super Pink Moon . The next and final supermoon of the year will occur on May 7. It will rise nearly due east, just slightly to the south. The full moon is linked to the date of Easter, with Easter falling on the Sunday after the full moon that appears after the spring equinox. [Full Article...]
Mayor Bill de Blasio gives update on COVID-19 in NYC
During that same period, according to the fire department data , the number of daily deaths at home among people with COVID-19-like symptoms rose from 167 to 241. There is no race or ethnicity information for 37% of the deaths. The mayor and the city's medical examiner's office say capacity is not an issue. The same trend is happening across the country , with Black communities being far mo... [Full Article...]
Saudi Arabia announces Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
That comes after the Saudi-UAE military coalition that is battling the rebels announced a two-week unilateral ceasefire. Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa. [Full Article...]
WHO Head Calls on Leaders Not to 'Politicize' Pandemic
It would also undermine the WHO's ability to guard against future pandemics. About Trump's threat to withhold United States funding to WHO, Zhao said on Wednesday that "as the COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the world, the USA putting a hold on its funding to WHO will seriously undermine the organization's normal functioning as well as global anti-pandemic cooperation". [Full Article...]
Taiwan rebuffs accusations it racially attacked World Health Organization chief
The WHO rejects this. Although the government of Taiwan was a founding member of the United Nations Organisation, in 1971 China took its seat in the body as well as in all subordinate organisations such as the WHO. What about the row with the US? Trump threatened to put a hold on US funding for the agency. On Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan's foreig... [Full Article...]
Wisconsin GOP endangers primary voters: Darcy cartoon
Other states said they would delay elections in response to the CCP virus pandemic. Vos was helping the National Guard in ensuring a polling station functioned smoothly. While cars lined the street outside the high school, there was nearly no line to get into the school. Meanwhile, WEAU.com in Wisconsin reported that there were long lines of outside polling places with voters wearing paper... [Full Article...]
EU's future at stake over coronavirus response, Italian PM warns
Meanwhile, Conte cautiously portrayed an optimistic tone regarding the immediate future of his country, saying that "Experts confirm that the curve begins to decline and stabilize ..." The decommissioning of the country, as the government ordered the 9. [Full Article...]
Beautiful Himalayas unveiled after three decades, pollution lifts with Covid-19 lockdown
And, as is true in other parts of the nation, the effects of that pollution disproportionately harm Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and low-income communities - which underscores early data showing black Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19 complications. [Full Article...]
Without ever having held a briefing
Lindsay Reynolds resigned from the East Wing role earlier this week to spend more time with her family, according to a statement from Mrs. Trump's office. She is well-liked by Trump as a fighter for him on cable news shows. She had self-quarantined at home after she had contact with several aides to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort last mo... [Full Article...]
Navy Chief calls fired captain ‘stupid’
Modly was expected to be replaced by former U.S. Ambassador to Norway Kenneth Braithwaite upon his confirmation by the Senate, but his early departure came after he fired the commander of the Roosevelt , Navy Capt. Modly made the trip to Guam against the advice of his aides, doubling down on his decision to fire Crozier despite warnings that his trip might make the situation worse. [Full Article...]