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COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital on Chinese mainland
China has barred foreigners from entering the country and ordered airlines to slash the number of global flights into the country. Four new deaths were reported, taking the cumulative death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the mainland to 3,304, from 81,470 infections. [Full Article...]
Infant dies of coronavirus, the first known case in US
We must do everything we can to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. You've signed up to receive emails. Officials didn't release other information about the infant, who was from Cook County, which includes Chicago, including whether the child had other health issues. [Full Article...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson writing to every household with coronavirus advice
The total death toll showdown at the ministry on Saturday afternoon to 1019 died. The letter outlines the guidance everyone should follow and the measures the government has put in place to fight coronavirus and to support businesses and workers. [Full Article...]
Trump now urging US to hunker down through April
Trump had initially announced 15-day guidelines and said they would be reevaluated. At the same time, President Trump has been discussing ways to reopen parts of the hobbled economy and possibly relaxing social distancing guidelines, despite harsh warnings from public health experts that doing so could exacerbate the pandemic. [Full Article...]
Italy’s deaths from coronavirus exceed 10,000 despite lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized for the hardships that the lockdown brought but said, "These tough measures were needed to win this battle". "Certainly, if drastic containment measures had not been adopted, we would have many more numbers, and our health structures - which are already in critical conditions - would have been in a more dramatic state", said head of Italy's Civil Protect... [Full Article...]
Peak US death rate likely in two weeks
Trump previously suggested he would like to see the country reopen for business on Easter, a notion that deeply unsettled infectious disease experts, who said such a move could exacerbate the crisis. Fauci said that he and Deborah Birx, the task force's response coordinator, recommended the extension, and that the president accepted it. "And that's really one of the issues that we're conce... [Full Article...]
Trump extends federal social distancing guidelines to April 30
The US has had nearly 133,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus , which has been blamed for more than 2,300 deaths since the outbreak began. State leaders - including Gov. "Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won", he said. We're going to need at least several hundred more ventilators very quickly. [Full Article...]
'We Need More Masks' Says Michigan Governor Attacked by Trump During Outbreak
Tensions rose during a Friday radio interview with WWJ Newsradio, when Whitmer said MI has had a hard time obtaining important medical gear. Whitmer, a rising star in the Democratic Party and a fierce critic of the president, said that states are being forced to bid with each for personal protective equipment (PPE) and, in some cases, contracts in place have been set aside, delayed or canceled a... [Full Article...]