U.S. weekly jobless claims seen at record high: again
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy i…
Trump says China’s coronavirus numbers seem ‘on the light side’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed “a little bit on the light side,” while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijing’s figures were accurate.
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days.
Third inmate at Louisiana’s Oakdale prison has died from coronavirus: official
The novel coronavirus on Wednesday killed two more inmates 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.
Trump considers canceling domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was considering a plan to halt domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots inside the United States as the country struggles to contain a pandemic projected to kill at least 100,000 people.
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.
