U.S. Senate Democrats seek $30 billion for national coronavirus testing
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a $30 billion plan to vastly increase nationwide testing for the novel coronavirus, and called the Trump administration’s efforts on this score seriously insufficient.
Supplies for coronavirus field hospital held up at U.S.-Mexico border
Red tape and rules on importing medical gear have delayed work on a field hospital for migrants in an asylum camp near Mexico’s border with Texas, undercutting efforts to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic, according to organizers of the project.
New York coronavirus hospitalizations down for second day: governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that hospitalizations due to the novel coronavirus declined for a second day and that his state’s healthcare system has stabilized to the point that it could give ventilators to other states.
As U.S. economy falters, state governors mull May 1 reopening
Governors of about 20 U.S. states spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may start reopening their economies by President Donald Trump’s May 1 target date, a top U.S. health official said on Wednesday, as fresh data illustrated the economic and h…
Pompeo urges top Chinese diplomat on full transparency on coronavirus outbreak
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday stressed to Chian’s top diplomat the need for full transparency and information sharing to fight against the coronavirus outbreak, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.
WHO chief regrets U.S. move to halt funding, urges unity against pandemic
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that he regretted U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull funding for the agency and called for global unity to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.
Justice Department watchdog to inspect federal prisons’ handling of novel coronavirus outbreaks
The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general said on Wednesday his office had launched “remote inspections” to review whether the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was complying with guidelines to prevent, manage and contain the spread of the novel co…
As pandemic lingers, U.S. House looking ‘very closely’ at remote voting
The U.S. House of Representatives is looking “very closely” at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks poised to last into at least next month, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat said on Wednesday.
Senate Democrats seek $30 billion plan for national coronavirus testing program
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, said on Wednesday, that testing for the fast-spreading and deadly coronavirus is inadequate and that the country should plow $30 billion into a national test program.
U.S. probe unable to rule out White House influence on JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft, not Amazon
The Pentagon’s inspector general on Wednesday said it could not determine whether the White House influenced the award of a $10 billion contract to Microsoft Corp over Amazon after several officials said their conversations were privileged “president…
