Riverside County health officials said the body of a 25-year-old pharmacy technician from San Diego County who died of COVID-19 was found at a Coachella Valley home Wednesday. Officials said the man contracted the virus outside Riverside County but had been self-quarantining in La Quinta when he died. Because the man was not a Riverside […]
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(CNN) — Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed President Donald Trump for his call to distribute federal ventilators the state had in storage as the two leaders’ war of words over the coronavirus pandemic escalates. Cuomo argued that the ventilators were stored in preparation for when New York hospitals exceed their capacity as the […]
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Five more deaths due to coronavirus were reported Friday in Los Angeles County, raising the total to 26, and the county’s mortality rate from the illness rose above the levels seen across the country and in New York City, which has been particularly hard-hit by the virus. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department of […]
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(CNN) — Apple on Friday released a website and an iOS app that allows users to screen themselves for coronavirus symptoms, marking another response to the pandemic by a major tech platform. Both tools were developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force and the Federal Emergency […]
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(CNN) — A 101-year-old man has been released from hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus, Gloria Lisi, the deputy mayor of the Italian city of Rimini, has said. The man, who has been named only as “Mr P,” was admitted to hospital in Rimini, northeast Italy, last week after testing positive for Covid-19 and left […]
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(CNN) — Dr. Anthony Fauci said that President Donald Trump was giving an “aspirational projection to give people some hope” when he floated reopening US businesses and getting Americans back to work by Easter, April 12. Fauci claimed that the President is “listening” to the medical experts on his White House coronavirus taskforce about whether to make the […]
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(CNN) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have both tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing them to lead the nation’s response to the pandemic from their homes in self-isolation. Both announced their infections Friday on Twitter and tried to allay concerns that Westminster’s response to the virus might be compromised. The […]
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The hospital ship USNS Mercy sailed into the Port of Los Angeles Friday to provide relief for Southland hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. The 1,000-bed ship departed Naval Station San Diego Monday and entered the Port of Los Angeles, where it will dock at the cruise ship terminal. Port officials said the arrival of […]
