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…
Mourning a ‘supermom’: U.S. health worker casualties mount in virus fight
“Home soon,” Madhvi Aya texted from her hospital bed. “Love you.”
Trump administration aims to buy milk, meat to help farmers hit by coronavirus: Perdue
The Trump administration plans to buy milk and meat from U.S. farmers as part of an initial $15.5 billion effort to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday.
U.S. governors mull May 1 reopening as data highlights pandemic’s economic damage
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…
U.S. defense secretary says China still withholding information on coronavirus
China is still withholding information related to the coronavirus needed to inform the global response, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a television interview on Wednesday, as he called on Beijing to share its data.
