U.S. states seek $150 billion in emergency federal coronavirus aid
A group representing U.S. states on Friday asked lawmakers to provide them with at least $150 billion in federal aid to address the coronavirus outbreak.
Mexico, U.S. to form coronavirus task force for border: minister
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that Mexico and the United States have agreed to form a joint task force to work on measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus at the U.S.-Mexico border.
As U.S. workers file for unemployment, some states are less prepared
The U.S. unemployment benefits program, a key part of the safety net for the labor market, is about to face its biggest test in more than a decade.
How one elite New York medical provider got its patients coronavirus tests
As U.S. authorities scrambled to ramp up the nation’s capacity to test for coronavirus last week, at least 100 executives and other New Yorkers of means had easy access to testing, according to two sources familiar with the activities of a little-known…
California issues ‘stay home’ order; U.S. death toll hits 200
California issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home” order on Thursday for its 40 million residents and Washington warned Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the country hit 200.
Whole Foods’ New York employee tests positive for coronavirus
A Whole Foods Market employee working at one of its grocery stores in New York City tested positive for the coronavirus and was placed in quarantine, a spokeswoman for the Amazon.com Inc-owned company said on Thursday.
U.S. Senate will seek deal on $1 trillion coronavirus economic aid package
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement.
Faced with a shortage of face masks, some U.S. doctors make their own
Doctors in Seattle have been reduced to making their own face masks out of sheets of plastic, after a global shortage of medical protective gear has hit Washington state, an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
California governor issues sweeping statewide ‘stay at home’ order over coronavirus
California’s governor on Thursday issued an unprecedented statewide “stay at home order” directing the state’s 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future in the face of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
Brazil bars certain foreigners, allows Americans, as coronavirus spreads
Brazil late on Thursday announced it will bar citizens from certain countries affected by the coronavirus outbreak from entering the country, but exempted the United States, one of the countries with the highest number of cases.
