Topic: Donald-Trump

Americans urged to wear masks as virus toll mounts around world

Americans urged to wear masks as virus toll mounts around world

Shaun Tandon with Benjamin Bouly-Rames in Madrid and AFP bureaus
Posted at Apr 04 09:50 AM

The United States on Friday advised all Americans to wear masks in public to protect against the new coronavirus, fearing the illness that has infected more than one million people worldwide may be spreading by normal breathing. Read more »

Liberty University brings back its students, and coronavirus, too

Liberty University brings back its students, and coronavirus, too

Elizabeth Williamson, The New York Times
Updated as of Mar 30 08:29 AM

Jerry Falwell — a staunch ally of President Donald Trump and an influential voice in the evangelical world — reopened the university last week, igniting a firestorm. As of Friday, Eppes said, nearly a dozen Liberty students were sick with symptoms that suggest COVID-19. Read more »

Trump accuses hospitals of hoarding ventilators

Trump accuses hospitals of hoarding ventilators

Nandita Bose and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 07:37 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump accused hospitals on Sunday of hoarding ventilators that are in scarce supply across the United States as the coronavirus spreads, adding any hospitals not using the devices must release them. Read more »

US could face 200,000 coronavirus deaths, millions of cases: Fauci

US could face 200,000 coronavirus deaths, millions of cases: Fauci

Doina Chiacu and Tom Polansek, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 30 07:29 AM

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO - U.S. deaths from coronavirus could reach 200,000 with millions of cases, the government's top infectious diseases expert warned on Sunday as New York, New Orleans and other major cities pleaded for more medical supplies. Read more »

Hanging prayers

Hanging prayers

Kim Hong-ji, Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 04:47 PM

A worker wearing a protective face mask as precaution against COVID-19 attaches prayer petitions, with names written on cards, to lotus lanterns in preparation for the upcoming birthday of Buddha at a temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. Read more »

COVID-19 cases top 43,000 in the US

COVID-19 cases top 43,000 in the US

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 02:08 PM

The United States has recorded more than 43,000 cases of COVID-19 including 20,000 in New York state alone, a report by the ABS-CBN North America News Bureau said Tuesday.  Read more »

Trump says US on top as outbreak shuts largest cities

Trump says US on top as outbreak shuts largest cities

Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 07:45 AM

New York and Illinois followed California Friday in locking down to stem the coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump declared the United States was already "winning" the war despite a rapid rise in confirmed cases and deaths.  Read more »

Trump signs $100 billion coronavirus relief package

Trump signs $100 billion coronavirus relief package

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 11:33 AM

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a $100-billion emergency aid package that ensures sick leave to Americans workers who fall ill from the new coronavirus, with more federal assistance in the pipeline. Read more »

US deploys hospital ships in coronavirus 'war'

US deploys hospital ships in coronavirus 'war'

Peter Hutchison and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 11:32 AM

The United States is to deploy military hospital ships to fight the coronavirus, Donald Trump said Wednesday, as he likened himself to a "wartime president" and invoked a Korean War-era law. Read more »

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