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…
For Mohawk community that straddles Canada and U.S., the border is no barrier to coronavirus
Canada and the United States have closed their border to non-essential traffic to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, but one rural corner of the vast frontier remains open: an indigenous territory that straddles the two countries.
Story on FDA authorizing new test kit for coronavirus withdrawn
The March 31 story on BodySphere receiving FDA authorization for a rapid antibody test for coronavirus has been withdrawn. In a statement to Reuters, BodySphere said it has not received this authorization. There will be no replacement story.
U.S. Navy does not rule out punishing captain of carrier who blasted coronavirus response
The U.S. Navy on Wednesday did not rule out punishing the captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter to Navy leadership asking for stronger measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Beyond Trump’s Wall: the Americans riding out coronavirus in Latin America
Some Americans, from young backpackers to retirees, are hunkering down for the coronavirus pandemic far from home in Latin America, saying they feel safer and see no point in scrambling to return.
