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America panics as doctor absent again from White House briefing

 

I’m not panicked.  It’s real simple he showed up the boss and lost his TV time.  I’m sure he’s still giving the CV committee his advice.  

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$1,200 stimulus checks for all? All you need to know about the US coronavirus bailout

 

Agreement reached early on Wednesday will give money to most Americans, small-business loans and help for hard-hit industries

 

Lauren Aratani

Wed 25 Mar 2020 14.31 GMT First published on Mon 23 Mar 2020 15.03 GMT

 
 
 
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Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state

 

Niko Kommenda and Pablo Gutiérrez

Wed 25 Mar 2020 10.26 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-map-of-th

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Frontline NY Nurses Lack Protective Masks & Ventilators, Say Worst Yet to Come as COVID-19 Spreads

 

March 25, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/frontline_healthcare_workers_ppe_shortage_coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“People Go Before Money. This Is About Saving Lives,” Says San Juan Mayor on Pandemic in Puerto Rico

 

March 25, 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Calls Grow for Sen. Burr to Resign After He Sold $1.7 Million in Stocks & Downplayed COVID-19 Risks

 

March 25, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/senator_richard_burr_stocks_coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: Trump “Understands Nothing, Listens to Nothing” as Pandemic Surges in U.S.

 

March 24, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/24/jeffrey_sachs_congress_economic_relief_package

 

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New York the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for U.S.

 

March 25, 2020 11:40 AM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/new-york-the-canary-in-coal-mine-for-the-u-s/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanders and “The Squad” on COVID-19: Spend whatever it takes to support workers

 

March 24, 2020 12:48 PM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-and-the-squad-on-covid-19-spend-whatever-it-takes-to-support-workers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump on coronavirus: Time for Americans to get back to work

 

 

March 24, 2020 2:00 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-on-coronavirus-time-for-americans-to-get-back-to-work/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For panicking capitalists, resuming profit flow trumps everything

 

March 25, 2020 9:35 AM CDT By Roberta Wood

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/for-panicking-capitalists-resuming-profit-flow-trumps-everything/

 

 

 

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Record 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment as the US tries to contain Covid-19

 

Labor department figures show the number of claims rose to 3.3 million, beating a previous record of 695,000 in October 1982

 

Dominic Rushe and Amanda Holpuch in New York

Thu 26 Mar 2020 14.51 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/26/us-unemployment-rate-coronavirus-business

 

 

 

 

US private health insurance companies clog system amid Covid-19 pandemic

 

Patients left waiting in beds until private insurance companies authorize next steps, which can take days

 

Ankita Rao

Thu 26 Mar 2020 15.52 GMT Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 16.03 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/26/us-insurance-companies-coronavirus-hospitals

 

 

 

 

 

US coronavirus stimulus checks: are you eligible and how much will you get?

 

Most taxpayers will get a check from the $2tn economic package, the largest in US history

 

Lauren Aratani

Thu 26 Mar 2020 14.00 GMT First published on Thu 26 Mar 2020 09.00 GMT

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“In a Week We Will Be Italy”: NYC ER Doctor Says the U.S. Pandemic Will Only Get Worse

 

March 26, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/26/nyc_hospitals_coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frontline NY Nurses Lack Protective Masks & Ventilators, Say Worst Yet to Come as COVID-19 Spreads

 

March 25, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/frontline_healthcare_workers_ppe_shortage_coronavirus

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Bernie Sanders Fights for Laid-off Worker Protections in $2 Trillion Stimulus with Corporate Bailout

 

March 26, 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

States largely fend for themselves in race against coronavirus pandemic

 

March 26, 2020 10:13 AM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/states-largely-fend-for-themselves-in-race-against-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walmart, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Craigslist cited for pandemic price gouging

 

March 26, 2020 11:02 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/walmart-amazon-ebay-facebook-and-craigslist-cited-for-pandemic-price-gouging/

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US briefing: US has most Covid-19 cases in the world, as NY begs for help

 

Friday’s top story: the US has overtaken China and Italy to have the highest number of deaths of any country. Plus, millions of Britons join national round of applause for healthcare workers

 

Molly Blackall

Fri 27 Mar 2020 11.17 GMT Last modified on Fri 27 Mar 2020 11.33 GMT

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How US governors are fighting coronavirus – and Donald Trump

 

Governors have found themselves under an intense spotlight, highlighting an evolving dynamic between those running states and an impossible-to-predict president

 

Daniel Strauss

Fri 27 Mar 2020 08.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 27 Mar 2020 08.11 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unemployment caused by coronavirus will leave deep scars in US

 

Jobless claims are smashing all known records during this unprecedented crisis

 

Larry Elliott Economics editor

Thu 26 Mar 2020 15.21 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/26/unemployment-caused-by-coronavirus-will-leave-deep-scars-in-us

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'We clap because we care': New Yorkers applaud frontline coronavirus workers – video

 

At 7pm local time on Friday, hundreds of thousands of people across New York, one of the cities hardest hit by the coronavirus in the US, cheered those working on the frontline of efforts to rein in the pandemic from their balconies and windows

 

Source: As credited

Sat 28 Mar 2020 12.13 GMT Last modified on Sat 28 Mar 2020 15.50 GMT

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Disunited states of America: responses to coronavirus shaped by hyper-partisan politics

 

Democratic states have tended to be more proactive while some Republican governors followed Trump in downplaying the crisis

 

Tom McCarthy

Sun 29 Mar 2020 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 11.13 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A shutdown - but not for government: how US federal employees provide vital services

 

While Washington appears to have come to a grinding halt, more than 2 million federal workers across the US continue to provide vital services

 

Joan E Greve

Sun 29 Mar 2020 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 11.13 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cuomo and Trump clash over talk of New York 'quarantine'

 

President appears to reverse stance after governor said sealing off states would amount to ‘federal declaration of war’

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York and Richard Luscombe in Miami

Sun 29 Mar 2020 02.27 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/donald-trump-virginia-usns-comfort-travel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trump says keeping US Covid-19 deaths to 100,000 would be a ‘very good job’

 

President extends social distancing rules to 30 April, saying open for Easter plans were only ‘aspirational’

 

David Smith in Washington

Mon 30 Mar 2020 02.52 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/trump-says-keeping-us-covid-19-deaths-to-100000-would-be-a-very-good-job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fauci warns coronavirus could kill as many as 200,000 Americans

 

Top US infectious disease expert cautions that figure is a ‘moving target’ that could easily be wrong

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 29 Mar 2020 18.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/anthony-fauci-coronavirus-death-toll-200000-americans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coronavirus: a financial emergency that turns treading water into drowning

 

Things were looking up for our family, with a new job and a big move. Then coronavirus turned our lives upside down

 

Lynn Steger Strong

Mon 30 Mar 2020 06.00 BST Last modified on Mon 30 Mar 2020 06.04 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-finances-working-poverty-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Published Dec.26, 2019

 

 

Health Department: Confirmed Flu Cases In NYC Up 77%

Doctors Warn Virus Can Lead To Complications, Such As Pneumonia
 
December 26, 2019 at 11:15 pm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Coronavirus US live: Biden urges Trump to move faster – 'Step up and do your job'

 

  • Democratic frontunner calls on president to act ‘more rapidly’
  • Pelosi rules out remote voting during coronavirus pandemic
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Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington and Martin Pengelly in New York (earlier)

Mon 30 Mar 2020 21.45 BST

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/mar/30/coronavirus-us-live-updates-donald-trump-deaths-america-new-york-fauci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York governor Andrew Cuomo calls for unity in US coronavirus fight – video

 

The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, has warned that the state’s surge of coronavirus cases and deaths could soon be replicated across the country.......

 

Mon 30 Mar 2020 20.22 BST Last modified on Mon 30 Mar 2020 21.32 BST

 

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Trump to send coronavirus aid worth $100M to Italy while medical supply shortages persist in the US

 

A number of state governors have already pointed out the medical supply shortages prevailing back home although Trump feels there is excess, to help other countries

 

By Shubham Ghosh
Updated On : 00:01 PST, Mar 31, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thanks whole-heartedly Mr President
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Detroit: America's next Covid-19 hotspot battles to prepare for coming surge

 

Experts say poverty rates and prevalence of chronic disease make residents vulnerable as mayor braces for ‘several-week fight’

 

Miranda Bryant

Tue 31 Mar 2020 14.32 BST Last modified on Tue 31 Mar 2020 15.17 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What happens when a city's hospital closes 'without warning' during a pandemic

 

Group of doctors and nurses in Kansas city of Wellington are improvising ways to battle the coming pandemic with little guidance and not much equipment

 

Chris McGreal in Wellington, Kansas

Tue 31 Mar 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/31/what-happens-when-a-citys-hospital-closes-without-warning-during-a-pandemic

 

 

 

 

 

New York City under quarantine: quiet, empty streets and closed stores – video

 

As New York state’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000, New Yorkers continued to battle Covid-19 through social isolation and self-quarantine, making the city’s typically busy streets and public areas eerily quiet

 

Kathleen Caulderwood

Mon 30 Mar 2020 16.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/30/new-york-city-under-quarantine-quiet-empty-streets-and-closed-stores-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida megachurch pastor arrested for breaching Covid-19 health order

 

Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne decries ‘discrimination against religion’ after refusing to restrict services

 

 
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Trump warns of 'painful two weeks' as officials predict up to 240,000 US coronavirus deaths

 

President gives unusually sombre press conference with projections taking physical distancing measures into account

 

David Smith in Washington

Wed 1 Apr 2020 07.16 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/donald-trump-coronavirus-briefing-painful-us-deaths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US sailors will die unless coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier evacuated, captain warns

 

Carrier with thousands onboard is docked in Guam, which is struggling to handle local caseload of Covid-19 infections

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 1 Apr 2020 02.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/captain-of-coronavirus-us-aircraft-carrier-4000-sailors-let-off-ship-die-theodore-roosevelt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US coronavirus live: CDC to look again at whether Americans should wear masks in public

 

White House asks CDC to re-examine guidance on masks

 

Joan E Greve in Washington

Wed 1 Apr 2020 15.34 BST

 

Key events

 

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/apr/01/us-coronavirus-news-donald-trump-white-house-live-latest?page=with:block-5e848bf48f08532a0e665eb5#block-5e848bf48f08532a0e665eb5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strained hospitals and isolation: how coronavirus made giving birth even harder

 

With nearly a million US women expected to have babies in the next three months, doctors are flooded with anxious inquiries

 

Lucia Graves

Wed 1 Apr 2020 12.00 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Apr 2020 12.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/giving-birth-coronavirus-us-hospitals-covid-1

 

 

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How Trump has reacted to journalists questioning his handling of the coronavirus crisis – video

 

With Donald Trump under increasing scrutiny over his approach to the coronavirus crisis in the US, the president has used his daily press briefings.........

 

Tue 31 Mar 2020 19.23 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Apr 2020 10.17 BST

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Coronavirus pandemic compounds food emergency for millions

 

April 1, 2020 10:17 AM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

 
Coronavirus pandemic compounds food emergency for millions
In this March 24, 2020, photo, members of the Ohio National Guard assist in packing emergency food boxes for food distribution at the Cleveland Food Bank. As volunteers dry up with people following government guidelines to stay home, Guard units are now helping to transport medical supplies, distribute food, and even help direct traffic at drive-thru testing sites. | Tony Dejak / AP
 
 
 
 
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Trump says US stockpile of protective equipment nearly gone amid coronavirus

 

Report warns of White House and states competing for supplies as president focuses on counter-narcotics operations at briefing

 

David Smith in Washington

Thu 2 Apr 2020 01.52 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/01/trump-coronavirus-stockpile-ppe-briefing

 

 

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Fauci says all US states should have stay-home orders to slow coronavirus spread

 

  • Several states have not yet told residents to shelter at home
  • US records highest one-day death toll of any country so far

 

Tom McCarthy in New York and agencies

Fri 3 Apr 2020 15.43 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/fauci-coronavirus-us-states-stay-home-orders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus turns to US as coronavirus continues to spread around world

 

US reports highest daily death toll of any nation so far while global infections pass 1m

 

Jon Henley

Fri 3 Apr 2020 16.01 BST Last modified on Fri 3 Apr 2020 16.44 BST

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