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Consensus is growing that Democrats and Republicans will soon hash out a new coronavirus emergency package in the coming weeks. But a major obstacle is emerging: the November election. Democrats are making a push to expand funding for vote-by-mail e...
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(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead.1. This may be “the toughest week” yet of the coronavirus pandemic.President Trump on Saturday warned that the nation would face “a lot of dea...
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After publication, this article was updated to reflect new conditions.Olivia and Raul De Freitas are currently on their honeymoon, at a five-star resort, in the Maldives, a nation composed of more than a thousand tiny, idyllic islands in the Indian O...
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Hall understood the need for evidence-based medicine as well as she did, he told her. But this was life and death. Under those circumstances, sometimes you don’t wait for standard procedure, he said. If it came to it, he was sure Cai would assume the...
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Tokyo confirmed 143 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, marking the highest rate of increase on record, metropolitan government officials said.Meanwhile, the number of people with the pneumonia-causing coronavirus who have died in Japan topped 100...
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Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include: Global cases pass 1.2 million The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally has passed 1.2m, according to Johns Hopkins University figures. Just over one in four of these is in...
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China's health authorities on Sunday reported 30 additional cases of novel coronavirus infection on the mainland, of which 25 were imported, as well as three more deaths.The National Health Commission said in its daily report that the new infections,...
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More than 1.2 million people worldwide – including more than 312,000 people in the United States – have been infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of deaths from the outbreak continues to rise. Officials are attempting to contain the...
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UCLA’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases among students and staff stands at 14, the university announced Saturday, a figure that is twice the previous month’s number of cases. For all of March, the university had counted seven confirm...
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During CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois projected that his state’s peak was expected toward the end of April. As of Saturday, Illinois had reported 10,000 infections and 250 deaths, and has begun setting up makeshift hospita...
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WEST DEPTFORD, NJ — Four West Deptford residents were among 31 new positive cases of new coronavirus that were reported in Gloucester County on Saturday.The new cases came on a day in which 200 deaths and an additional 4,331 new positive cases of new...
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Good afternoon everyone we are in day 11 of our covered 19 elite level for lockdown and as husband and the the case in the past on a Sunday I've been hearing the platform with director General of Health Doctor Ashley Bloomfield. I'm going to ask him...
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The face of the coronavirus in San Diego has evolved: It’s now wearing a mask.Less than 48 hours after San Diego County strongly encouraged the general public to wear face coverings when venturing outdoors, an increasing number of residents from one...
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A worker wearing protective garments sanitizes the Duomo square, during the coronavirus disease outbreak in central Milan, Italy.Flavio Lo Scalzo | REUTERSThe coverage on this live blog has ended — but for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus...
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Coronavirus is an old acquaintance of Dr. Shu Yang and Dr. Jessica August, who are Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center’s key resources in combating the disease cutting a deadly swath around the world and shutting down Sonoma County.T...