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President Trump Extends Federal Social Distancing Guidelines Until End of April

He also noted that we can expect more data and information about the federal government's strategy on Tuesday. The president said Friday he would be consultin...

White House extends social distancing guidelines to April 30

President Trump announced Sunday that a huge cache of desperately-needed coronavirus-fighting supplies has landed in NY. "Unless we continue a very vigorous soc...

Peak US death rate likely in two weeks

The 1918-1919 flu pandemic killed 675,000 in the United States, according to the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-prep...

Coronavirus: Italy’s Total Death Toll Exceeds 10,000

But after Spain on Friday withdrew 58,000 Chinese-made coronavirus testing kits after discovering they had an accuracy rate of just 30%, the Netherlands -...

Inslee: Washington needs more coronavirus test supplies

He added that: 'If they don't treat you right, I don't call'. Whitmer said Thursday that if her request was granted in full, it would help the state provide m...

Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Expect Between 100K-200K Coronavirus Deaths In US

Cover: Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Jam...

COVID-19: Nigeria announces lockdown of major cities

Nigeria now tests for COVID-19 at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease at Redeemers' University, Ede, Osun State; NCDC National R...

USA warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid heightened China tensions

In Beijing, Chinese defence ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang denounced "continued negative actions" by the United States on Taiwan, including sailings through an...

Donald Trump brags about high TV viewership of coronavirus briefings

The ad, which is titled Exponential Threat, splices together different audio clips of Trump downplaying the virus over a graphic showing the number of cases on ...

Pelosi on Trump's coronavirus response: 'As the President fiddles, people are dying'

Tapper noted how Trump had previously "downplayed the risks" for weeks before directly asking the Speaker, "Are you saying his downplaying ultimately cost Ameri...

Pence: 'Quarantine will not be necessary'

I'm thinking about that". But Cuomo had questioned the legality of the strict new measure Trump floated to contain the outbreak in the region. NY has more...

Province officially prohibiting gatherings of five or more people

There are still 7,203 cases under investigation in the province. Two of those deaths are awaiting confirmation from a lab that they were, in fact, a result of...

Italy’s deaths from coronavirus exceed 10,000 despite lockdown

However, the US has registered far fewer deaths (1,993) than Italy, which has a world-leading fatality rate of 9.23%. Officials on Saturday (local time) said ...

Isle Of Wight Residents To Receive Coronavirus Letter From PM Boris Johnson

The prime minister has warned the coronavirus crisis "will get worse before it gets better", in a letter being sent to every United Kingdom household. Johnson...

Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles fired by Yemen's Houthis

Residents in the capital reported to state media that there were multiple blasts followed by the sirens of emergency vehicles in northern districts. Yemen's g...

8 perish as plane explodes during takeoff at NAIA

The plane was reportedly carrying medical supplies, the Philippines News Agency said, adding that the plane caught fire on the runway. The plane - an IAI 11...

Australia restricts public gatherings to just two people

Playgrounds, outdoor gyms and skateparks will be closed from Monday. Morrison said this limit could be enforced by "very significant on-the-spot fines", and s...

'Homeless people must be housed by the weekend'

The letter, signed by Boris Johnson's homelessness adviser Dame Louise Casey, was sent to homelessness managers and rough-sleeping co-ordinators at every local ...

Coronavirus: Six more deaths in Northern Ireland

There are 5 new cases in Clare, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in this county to 31. From 11pm on Saturday new rules came into force in Norther...

Mann Ki Baat: PM apologizes for lockdown, but says tough measures needed

Lockdown is to protect you and your family members. Modi also hoped that by the time the next episode of Mann Ki Baat airs, people would have won the war agai...

Died as people consumed Methanol as a cure for coronavirus

This image obtained on March 12, 2020 courtesy of The National Institutes of Health (NIH)/NIAD-RML shows a scanning electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 (rou...

Trump demands GM, Ford produce ventilators 'immediately'World

The US auto giant has formed a partnership with medical supplier Ventec Life Systems to manufacture "critical care" ventilators. Trump pushed back on the medi...

DPRK Launches Unidentified Projectile Into Sea of Japan

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff had said a single projectile was launched on Sunday morning, but revised their report to state two suspected missiles were f...

Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 889 in a day to 10023

In the past 24 hours, Italy suffered 889 additional deaths, bringing the country-wide total to at least 10,023 as of Saturday, and the nationwide mortality rate...

Over 60 new coronavirus infections confirmed in Tokyo

Abe held back from declaring a state of emergency though he announced plans to approve the drug Avigan that has proved helpful in treatment. Warning of the ri...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Reveals New COVID-19 Restrictions

The PM said people should not be leaving their homes unless they had to go to work, were buying essential items, were receiving medical attention or exercising....

WHO Doctor Blows Off Question About Taiwan And Praises China

Aylward's eyes and mouth twitched with a slightly pained expression, then followed a long, awkward silence with Aylward staring blankly at the screen as if he h...

Trudeau announces domestic travel restrictions

In her statement, she says: "I wanted to give you all an update: I am feeling so much better and have received the all clear from my physician and Ottawa Public...

Trump backs off threat of coronavirus quarantine for NYC area

I don't think it is plausible. New York City is now the world's largest hotspot, and the state of New York holds about 40 percent of the nation's COVID-19...

Italy’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 10,000

The 889 new fatalities reported in the world's worst-hit nation came a day after it registered 969 deaths on Friday - the highest single toll since the COVID-...