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• Argentina announces mandatory quarantine to curb coronavirus

  19-03-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Argentina will begin a mandatory quarantine, President Alberto Fernandez announced on Thursday, the South American nation's latest measure to curb the spread of coronavirus.The quarantine, which restricts people to their homes, will be in effect from midnight on Friday morning until March 31, Fernandez said in a televised address.The quarantine will be enforced by security officials, Fernandez said.
  
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• Senate Republicans unveil massive coronavirus bill that would include cash payments

  19-03-2020 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republican proposal also includes emergency aid for small businesses and industries such as airline companies.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu announces enforced coronavirus lockdown, state of emergency

  19-03-2020 23:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency Thursday-- with a mandatory seven-day lockdown that could result in fines if broken-- in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. 
  
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• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces 'an explosion' of new coronavirus cases as city total hits 3,615

  19-03-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We're seeing an explosion of cases here in New York City," de Blasio said, calling the number of infections "very, very painful."
  
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• It's the 'coronavirus,' not the 'Chinese virus,' but Trump is right: China made it worse

  19-03-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump has taken pains over the past week to link the coronavirus outbreak to China, calling it the “Chinese virus” at daily briefings over objections that doing so unfairly stigmatizes an entire nation, and might encourage hostility toward Asian-Americans.
  
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• McConnell Drops Phase-Three Coronavirus Relief Plan, Includes Cash Payments for Americans

  19-03-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Senate Republicans released the text for their massive phase-three coronavirus relief package Thursday, outlining a trillion-dollar plan that includes direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples to help offset economic losses amid the growing pandemic.McConnell said the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security Act” is focused on “four urgent priorities”: directly assisting Americans, providing relief f
  
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• A group of friends spent 25 days rafting in the Grand Canyon with no outside contact — and returned to find the world in the midst of a 'disorienting' pandemic

  19-03-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The group of more than a dozen, who initially told their story to the New York Times, set out on their trip on February 19.
  
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• Just false! Ex-official rebuffs Trump's remark

  19-03-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ambassador Susan Rice, National Security Adviser to President Obama, said that the US government has been aware of the threat of a global health crisis for decades, and she personally briefed President Trump's then-incoming National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn on the matter during the transition.
  
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• Former Obama official on Trump's remark: 'Just false'

  19-03-2020 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ambassador Susan Rice, National Security Adviser to President Obama, said that the US government has been aware of the threat of a global health crisis for decades, and she personally briefed President Trump's then-incoming National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn on the matter during the transition.
  
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• Young people ignoring social distancing is ‘irresponsible’, says one MD

  19-03-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Government and health officials have warned Americans to avoid group gatherings of more than 10 people in recent days in an effort called social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. But a lot of young people have defied these orders. “If I get corona, I get corona,” said one spring breaker. “I won’t let it stop me from partying.” Dr. Purvi Parikh, an infectious disease specialist, called these decisions “irresponsible” and urges young people to
  
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• US coronavirus cases top 11,000, Trump touts two potential 'exciting' treatments

  19-03-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump highlighted two possible coronavirus treatments in a news conference Thursday, saying they might be able to slow down the epidemic.
  
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• 'The Masked Singer' reveals the Swan's identity

  19-03-2020 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Watch to find out which celeb was underneath the Swan costume.
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger tells world to practice social distancing, while smoking cigar in hot tub

  19-03-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arnold Schwarzenegger has received backlash for posting a video message urging people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic from the comfort of a hot tub.The video, captioned “Stay. At. Home. That means you, too, spring breakers” shows Schwarzenegger relaxing in a hot tub and smoking a cigar while talking about the importance of social distancing.
  
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• Coronavirus: CDC advises health workers to use homemade masks or bandanas amid shortages as ‘last resort’

  19-03-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As healthcare workers and hospitals face shortages across the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidelines for using face masks.Shortages in surgical and respirator masks started after citizens panic bought boxes in stores and online so they could wear when out. But this decision has since left hospitals short of the necessary facial guard.
  
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• Italy overtakes China with most virus deaths, Trump slams Beijing

  19-03-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Italy surpassed China on Thursday as the country with the most deaths from coronavirus as the UN chief warned "millions" could die if it spreads unchecked around the globe.President Donald Trump said meanwhile that the United States is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment and lashed out at China for not informing the world earlier about the original outbreak.China for its part reported no new domestic cases for the first time since the virus appeared in the central city of Wuh
  
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• US preps for potential 18-month pandemic with 'waves of illness'

  19-03-2020 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump: FDA will fast-track treatments. FDA chief: This will all take months
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• US prepares for worst: 18 months and 'multiple waves of illness'

  19-03-2020 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump: FDA will fast-track treatments. FDA chief: This will all take months
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• Senate GOP prioritizes business tax cuts in coronavirus stimulus package

  19-03-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senate Republicans released their "phase three" coronavirus economic stimulus package on Thursday in a follow-up to Wednesday's package.The Senate passed an initial package on Wednesday, which originated in the Democrat-led House and included paid sick leave, unemployment benefits, free COVID-19 testing, and other food and medical aid. But Thursday's proposal walks back some of those actions by putting stricter limits on who can use that paid leave. It also includes loans for small businesses of
  
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• Progressives Call on Pelosi to Negotiate Bigger Cash Payments for Americans

  19-03-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As Congress negotiates a sweeping stimulus bill to respond to the devastating economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, a nearly 100-member bloc of House progressives is laying down a policy marker for what they want to see in the legislation, from big cash payments for all to broadly expanded sick leave provisions.In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reviewed by The Daily Beast, the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI),
  
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• The probability of dying after developing coronavirus symptoms is 1.4% in Wuhan, China, new research suggests — far lower than initial estimates

  19-03-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to a new study of coronavirus cases in Wuhan, the chance a patient who shows coronavirus symptoms dies is 1.4%.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren still won't endorse anyone for president: 'I've been focused on this crisis'

  19-03-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Elizabeth Warren said Thursday she thinks Bernie Sanders "needs space." She didn't say whether she'll make an endorsement.
  
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• Tesla is shutting down its factory due to coronavirus, but it has enough cash to stay in business for a while

  19-03-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla said that it would suspend production at its Fremont, California, factory. The suspension begins March 23.
  
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• Bats are not to blame for coronavirus. Humans are

  19-03-2020 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Reclusive, nocturnal, numerous -- bats are a possible source of the coronavirus. Yet some scientists concur they are not to blame for the transfer of the disease that's changing daily life -- humans are.
  
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• Elon Musk Pledges Ventilators to Help NYC as Cuomo Warns Coronavirus Projection ‘Vastly Overwhelms Our Healthcare Capacity’

  19-03-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he would help with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s plea for ventilators to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, as New York governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the state could hit “a peak in about five or six weeks” with over 100,000 hospitalizations.Musk, who has downplayed the threat of coronavirus in the past, said that his companies, which already produce “sophisticated hvac systems” and “life support systems&rdq
  
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• An open letter to my peers partying on the beach

  19-03-2020 22:08 via cnn.com
  
  I am a 25-year-old healthy runner.And, until further notice, I will be running in isolated areas, reading books, baking and doing yoga at home.
  
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• World's fastest supercomputer identified chemicals that could stop virus from spreading

  19-03-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  • World races to build more ventilators
  
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• Catholics worldwide pray with pope for end to coronavirus pandemic

  19-03-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Catholics around the world joined Pope Francis in praying the rosary on Thursday night to ask God to end the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in Italy than anywhere else.Italy's bishops asked the country's Catholics to say the rosary in their homes starting at 9 p.m. and to put a lighted candle in their windows in a sign of national unity.The initiative spread on social media after it was announced earlier this week and many Catholics around the world joined in.
  
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• Canals in Venice run clear as coronavirus lockdown eases pollution

  19-03-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The onslaught of the coronavirus across Europe is taking its toll, but the deadly pandemic is having some unexpected positive side effects.
  
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• Portugal restricts movement to stem coronavirus, rules out rationing

  19-03-2020 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Portugal's government told people to stay indoors but assured them there would be enough food on the shelves as a nationwide state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak began on Thursday.The government recommended that people work from home if possible.
  
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• Trump nixed harsh response to attacks by Iranian proxies because of coronavirus, officials say

  19-03-2020 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump worried that hitting back hard at Iran would make the U.S. look bad given Iran's struggle to contain COVID-19, officials say.
  
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• A toilet paper shortage and increased cleaning might have caused a spike in raw sewage spills in California. Other regions are bracing for the same.

  19-03-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has prompted some to panic buy toilet paper, leaving stores sold out. Flushing wipes and other items can cause sewage spills.
  
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• Norwegian Cruise Line exec goes on leave after telling employees to downplay coronavirus in sales calls

  19-03-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Norwegian Cruise Line Executive Vice President Bob Becker told employees that "no one knows or cares about the Coronavirus," weeks after the Princess Diamond was infected.
  
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• US State Dept. warns Americans abroad to get home quickly

  19-03-2020 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US State Department on Thursday warned American citizens not to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing the highest possible level of travel advisory.
  
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• Americans abroad warned to get back now or be stranded indefinitely

  19-03-2020 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US State Department on Thursday warned American citizens not to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing the highest possible level of travel advisory.
  
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• American travelers told to get commercial flights while some still available. Those living abroad warned to avoid all travel

  19-03-2020 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US State Department on Thursday warned American citizens not to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing the highest possible level of travel advisory.
  
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• American travelers told to get commercial flights while some still available or they could be stranded indefinitely

  19-03-2020 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US State Department on Thursday warned American citizens not to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, issuing the highest possible level of travel advisory.
  
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• Virus Plan May Lift Medicare Spending Limits to Aid Providers

  19-03-2020 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The massive fiscal stimulus plan Senate Republicans are rushing to finish Thursday would lift spending restrictions on Medicare payments this year, a lifeline to health-care providers who say they’re losing $1 million a day, according to a draft of the legislation’s health provisions obtained by Bloomberg News.Those cuts in payments to hospitals and doctors, known as sequestration, slashed more than $15 billion from Medicare payments, just in fiscal year 2020.Ending se
  
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• Filthy lucre: Paper money shunned for fear of virus spread

  19-03-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A growing number of businesses and individuals worldwide have stopped using banknotes in fear that physical currency, handled by tens of thousands of people over their useful life, could be a vector for the spreading coronavirus.Public officials and health experts have said that the risk of transferring the virus person-to-person through the use of banknotes is small.
  
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• Fox News contributor references Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while implying young people who protest are as much to blame for potential coronavirus spread as reckless spring breakers

  19-03-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We know that this generation — they like to take it to the streets, as AOC says, they do protests, they feel that they are invincible," she said.
  
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• Joe Biden, nominee-in-waiting, with a long wait

  19-03-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the three weeks since his blowout win in the South Carolina primary, Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting.Biden holds an essentially insurmountable delegate lead over his last remaining rival, Bernie Sanders, yet the Vermont senator remains in the race.“Three weeks ago, we were on the verge of collapse as a campaign, so this is a very recent phenomenon,” said Biden senior adviser Anita Dunn, insisting that the 77-year-old candidate remains focuse
  
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• Joe Biden, nominee-in-waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

  19-03-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the three weeks since his blowout win in the South Carolina primary, Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting.Biden holds an essentially insurmountable delegate lead over his last remaining rival, Bernie Sanders, yet the Vermont senator remains in the race.“Three weeks ago, we were on the verge of collapse as a campaign, so this is a very recent phenomenon,” said Biden senior adviser Anita Dunn, insisting that the 77-year-old candidate remains focuse
  
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• Lindsey Graham is reportedly trying to talk Trump out of coronavirus relief checks for Americans

  19-03-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The freedom dividend's resurgence may be over before it even began.During a Senate GOP lunch on Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-N.C.) told his colleagues he was trying to talk President Trump out of supporting individual coronavirus relief checks for Americans, Politico reports. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was also trying to get Trump on Graham's side, per Politico.Mandatory quarantines in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak have already left many Americans without jobs, at least unti
  
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• Delta, United, and other airlines are sending their largest planes to the desert for storage as they drastically reduce operations due to coronavirus

  19-03-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marana, Arizona is where aircraft go to retire but some airlines are sending their jets there to ride out the COVID-19 crisis affecting the industry.
  
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• Coronavirus: Close-up photos reveal Trump editing 'Chinese Virus' into press conference notes

  19-03-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All presidents overrule their aides, and Donald Trump is doing just that on his public messaging about the COVID-19 outbreak.A photograph posted Thursday afternoon on Twitter by Jabin Botsford, a staff photographer for The Washington Post, showed the president's notes for his opening remarks during a Thursday White House press briefing on the virus, known as coronavirus.
  
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• Photo of Trump remarks shows 'corona' crossed out and replaced with 'Chinese' virus

  19-03-2020 21:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  "It's not racist at all," Trump told reporters of the label on Wednesday. "It comes from China, that's why."
  
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• If I become infected with the coronavirus, what are my odds of survival?

  19-03-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you've been infected with the coronavirus, the chances that you will become critically ill depend on many factors.
  
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• The relationship between Iraq and the U.S. is in danger of collapse. That can't happen.

  19-03-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It is vital, both to the security of the United States and to that of the Middle East, that these two nations make strides towards allyship.
  
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• How to choose the best laptop for your needs

  19-03-2020 21:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Before buying a laptop, be sure you know what is the best laptop for you with options from Apple, Microsoft, Dell, HP and others.
  
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• GOP senator says China 'to blame' for coronavirus spread because of 'culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs'

  19-03-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Asked about Asian Americans' concerns about racism, Cornyn said, "I disagree. We're not talking about Asians. We're talking about China."
  
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• Australia Says Second Stimulus Plan to Be ‘Significantly Bigger’

  19-03-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government is working on a second stimulus package that will be “significantly bigger” than last week’s A$17.6 billion ($10.1 billion) fiscal injection.Frydenberg said the plan was being designed to cushion the blow on jobs and to support small and medium-sized enterprises. In an interview with Sky News Friday, Frydenberg said the government is keeping a “watching brief” on the airline industry, tho
  
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