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Americans losing faith in Trump’s saying about COVID-19

Americans losing faith in Trump’s saying about COVID-19

-- 2020-04-29 10:02:05

Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump's remark that COVID-19 may be treated by injecting infect...

Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer

Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer

-- 2020-04-28 18:15:47

US President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsaf...

New York scientists map coronavirus genome to help track future outbreaks

New York scientists map coronavirus genome to help track future outbreaks

Reuters 2020-04-28 11:35:44

Scientists at New York City’s health department have begun to analyse the novel coronavirus’s genetic material to allow them to trace the origins of any future outbreaks in the coming mont...

US House committee launches probe of Trump WHO aid cutoff

US House committee launches probe of Trump WHO aid cutoff

-- 2020-04-28 09:52:08

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trump’s blocking of funds for the World Health Organization, giving the State De...

New York to allow COVID-19 tests in pharmacies

New York to allow COVID-19 tests in pharmacies

-- 2020-04-26 17:53:47

The US state of New York, the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak, will allow pharmacies to carry out tests for the virus, the governor says. Andrew Cuomo said some 5,000 pharmacies would be...

Back to the beach

Back to the beach

REUTERS 2020-04-26 11:32:56

Many Americans flocked to beaches on Saturday as one Florida county expanded access and California experienced a heat wave, even as new coronavirus cases hit a record high in the United States the day...

Argentina extends quarantine until May 10

Argentina extends quarantine until May 10

Reuters 2020-04-26 09:51:05

Argentina will extend a mandatory nationwide quarantine period until May 10 in a bid to combat the advance of the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said on Saturday (local time). The governmen...

US not to join WHO initiative for COVID-19 vaccine

US not to join WHO initiative for COVID-19 vaccine

-- 2020-04-25 21:32:00

The United States will not take part in the launching of a global initiative on Friday to speed the development, production and distribution of drugs and vaccines against COVID-19, a spokesman for the...

Trump signs $484b relief bill to aid small businesses, hospitals

Trump signs $484b relief bill to aid small businesses, hospitals

Xinhua 2020-04-25 18:14:00

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $484 billion relief package to boost funding for small businesses, hospitals and virus testing, as the country grapples with COVID-19 public healt...

US Texas businesses partially reopen

US Texas businesses partially reopen

-- 2020-04-25 10:16:21

Retail businesses in the US state of Texas reopened Friday, for the first time in weeks, as a slow reopening process starts amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to the order issued by...

US COVID-19 death toll tops 50,000

US COVID-19 death toll tops 50,000

-- 2020-04-25 09:39:11

With the US coronavirus death toll topping 51,000 and nearly one in six workers out of a job, Georgia, Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses on Friday, despite...

Trudeau announces additional fund for medical research on COVID-19

Trudeau announces additional fund for medical research on COVID-19

Xinhua 2020-04-24 18:52:44

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday to allot additional 1.1 billion Canadian dollars (about 782 million U.S. dollars) for national medical research against the COVID-19. "The...

US House approves $500b COVID-19 aid bill

US House approves $500b COVID-19 aid bill

-- 2020-04-24 11:03:59

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the cris...

Pompeo hints at US alternative to WHO after funding cuts

Pompeo hints at US alternative to WHO after funding cuts

-- 2020-04-24 10:03:39

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID-19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization (WHO), warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work t...

UN chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis

UN chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis

REUTERS 2020-04-23 15:06:53

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic as he warned that the outb...

Trump signs immigration order

Trump signs immigration order

-- 2020-04-23 14:02:58

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will temporarily stop certain foreigners from receiving green cards. It is one in a series of steps by the president to use the coronavirus p...

US calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets

US calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets

Reuters 2020-04-23 13:22:29

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases. The new coro...

Former Labradoodle breeder tapped to lead US pandemic task force

Former Labradoodle breeder tapped to lead US pandemic task force

REUTERS 2020-04-23 10:34:30

On January 21, the day the first US case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravage...

WHO chief urges US to reconsider funding

WHO chief urges US to reconsider funding

Reuters 2020-04-23 09:28:26

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that he hoped the Trump administration would reconsider its suspension of funding, but that his main focus was on ending the pandemi...

US state of Missouri sues China over coronavirus

US state of Missouri sues China over coronavirus

-- 2020-04-22 10:09:10

Missouri on Tuesday became the first US state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China’s response to the outbreak that originated in Wuhan city led t...

Global COVID-19 cases pass 2.5 million

Global COVID-19 cases pass 2.5 million

-- 2020-04-22 09:56:58

Global coronavirus infections surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with US cases surpassing 800,000. The figure includes more than 170,000 deaths, two-thirds of which have...

Trump immigration ban to last 60 days

Trump immigration ban to last 60 days

-- 2020-04-22 09:37:11

President Donald Trump has said his new US immigration ban would last 60 days and apply to those seeking ‘green cards’ for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to...

US Senate passes $484 billion fresh coronavirus aid package

US Senate passes $484 billion fresh coronavirus aid package

Reuters 2020-04-22 09:12:50

The US Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved $484 billion in fresh relief for the US economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, sending the measure to the House of Representatives fo...

Trump to sign order to suspend immigration into US

Trump to sign order to suspend immigration into US

Reuters 2020-04-21 09:21:28

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. “In light of the...

Trump would be willing to give coronavirus aid to Iran if asked

Trump would be willing to give coronavirus aid to Iran if asked

-- 2020-04-20 10:56:13

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he would be willing to provide aid to Iran to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic if Tehran requested it. “If Iran needed aid on this, I would be willi...

Gunman kills 16 in Canada

Gunman kills 16 in Canada

-- 2020-04-20 10:26:41

A gunman who dressed as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. The 12-hour rampage ended in a car chase. The at...

US coronavirus deaths top 40,000

US coronavirus deaths top 40,000

-- 2020-04-20 09:45:55

The US death toll from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rose to more than 40,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world and almost double the number of deaths in the next highest country Italy, accordi...

Trump warns China could face consequences for virus outbreak

Trump warns China could face consequences for virus outbreak

-- 2020-04-19 09:28:44

US President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing...

US coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn

US coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn

REUTERS 2020-04-18 10:02:06

The US coronavirus crisis took a sharp political turn on Friday as President Donald Trump lashed out at four Democratic governors over their handling of the pandemic after having conceded that states...

Pro-Trump protesters oppose stay-at-home orders

Pro-Trump protesters oppose stay-at-home orders

AP   2020-04-17 19:09:47

As the US records the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, many states have imposed restrictions on movement to slow down the progress of the virus – a move that did not sit well with...