Pentagon looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for civilians in virus outbreak
The Pentagon is looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for use by civilian authorities as the coronavirus outbreak worsens in the United States with a high death toll expected in coming weeks.
U.S. Social Security recipients to automatically get coronavirus money
U.S. Social Security recipients will not have to file a tax return to receive a payment from the federal government to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
U.S. Navy does not rule out punishing captain who criticized coronavirus response
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday declined to rule out punishing the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter to Navy leadership asking for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
New York scolds ‘selfish’ residents, California intensive care beds running out
The governor of New York on Wednesday clamped down harder on public gatherings in the face of the coronavirus, calling residents “selfish” for refusing to stay home as California’s governor warned his state may run out of intensive care beds and ventil…
Trump says U.S. will soon have more ventilators than it needs for virus victims
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will soon have more ventilators than it needs and there will be enough eventually to send some to other countries.
Second inmate at Louisiana’s Oakdale prison dies from coronavirus: official
The novel coronavirus on Wednesday killed a second inmate in the U.S. federal prison system, also in the Oakdale, Louisiana, facility where the system’s first death occurred on Saturday, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
State Department to Americans abroad: Repatriation flights can’t continue indefinitely
Americans abroad still lack a sense of urgency to get back home even though the coronavirus pandemic has intensified, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday, urging them to return now unless they are prepared to remain overseas indefinite…
Trump says US will increase counter-narcotics efforts in East Pacific, Caribbean
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will deploy Navy ships in the Caribbean and East Pacific to prevent drug cartels for taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and smuggling more narcotics.
U.S. lawmakers want 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus crisis
A group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats set out plans on Wednesday for a task force to investigate the country’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, similar to the “9/11 Commission” that reviewed the Sept. 11 attacks.
New York governor blasts ‘selfish’ residents; California short on hospital beds
The governor of New York on Wednesday cracked down even harder on public gatherings in the face of the coronavirus, calling residents who disregarded stay-at-home rules “selfish” as California’s governor warned his state will run out of hospital beds b…
