Exclusive: Emails reveal breakdowns in U.S. drive-through virus testing
As coronavirus infections exploded in New Orleans, state and local officials repeatedly told the Trump administration that its new drive-through testing effort wasn’t going well. Those tested often waited more than a week for results, and local officials had no information on who had been notified by a federally contracted call center, according to emails between local and federal officials reviewed by Reuters.
New York state coronavirus hospitalizations fall for first time: governor
The total number of people hospitalized in New York fell for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, a further sign the state at the epicenter may be at the peak of its crisis, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.
Trump speaks of mutiny as Cuomo dismisses premature coronavirus reopening
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested some Democratic governors were “mutineers” after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would refuse any order to reopen the economy too soon and risk reigniting the coronavirus outbreak in his state.
Fauci: May 1 target for reopening U.S. economy ‘overly optimistic’ – AP
The top U.S. infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Tuesday that a May 1 target date for reopening the economy was “a bit overly optimistic,” citing a lack of critical testing and tracing procedures.
Appeals court upholds Jeffrey Epstein’s non-prosecution deal
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 2007 deal between federal prosecutors and Jeffrey Epstein that allowed the financier to avoid federal sex trafficking charges, finding it did not violate his victims’ rights.
Trump to announce ventilator loan plan to fight virus
U.S. President Donald Trump is to announce a loan program on Tuesday with the aim of making as many as 60,000 ventilators available to help coronavirus patients, a senior administration official said.
U.S. sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier in ICU
A sailor from the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt was in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Guam, the Navy said on Tuesday, a day after another sailor from the carrier died after contracting the virus.
U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 24,000: Reuters tally
U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 24,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials debated how to reopen the economy without reigniting the outbreak.
Trump to make announcements on reopening U.S. economy in next day or two: adviser
President Donald Trump will make a number of “key, vital” announcements about re-opening the U.S. economy in the next day or two, his top economic adviser said on Tuesday.
Pelosi calls on Fed to help universities
The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives called on the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to allow nonprofit groups including colleges and universities access to a lending facility intended to help businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
