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• Ecuador buckles under virus, broken oil lines and old debt

  10-04-2020 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno unveiled an emergency economic plan Friday aimed at rescuing the South American nation hard hit by the new coronavirus and then dealt a second blow when two large pipelines broke, halting critical crude exports.Moreno in a nationwide broadcast urged the nation to come together, saying that Ecuador's massive foreign debt he inherited from past governments will have to be renegotiated, while large businesses earnings over $1 million annually will have
  
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• Yemen 'faces nightmare' as first coronavirus case confirmed

  10-04-2020 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aid agencies warn a coronavirus outbreak will cause havoc in a country already devastated by years of civil war.
  
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• Trump ad slammed for depicting first U.S. Chinese American governor as Chinese official

  10-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The campaign's Biden attack ad suggested that Gary Locke, who also served as the ambassador to China under the Obama administration, is Chinese.
  
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• 15-year-old boy from Amazon tribe dies of coronavirus

  10-04-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We are seeing the possibility of genocide happening," one expert said.
  
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• US surgeon general explains how virus disproportionately affects people of color

  10-04-2020 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Friday laid out how communities of color are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, previewing how the Trump administration plans to assist them specifically.
  
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• Pentagon May Relocate One of its 2 Navy Hospital Ships

  10-04-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It is working with FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services to determine the next virus hot spots.
  
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• 1st results in on Gilead coronavirus drug; more study needed

  10-04-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving an experimental antiviral drug, although there’s no way to know the odds of that happening without the drug because there was no comparison group, doctors reported Friday.The resultspublished by the New England Journal of Medicine are the first in COVID-19 patients for remdesivir.The Gilead Sciences drug has shown promise against other coronaviruses in the past and in lab tests against the one causing t
  
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• Trump escalates battle with World Health Organization over coronavirus response

  10-04-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reprising the skeptical tone he has applied to the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, President Trump accused the World Health Organization of helping China to conceal the number of its citizens that have been infected by the coronavirus.
  
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• Prominent model assumes full social distancing measures stay in place through end of May, and updates in real time

  10-04-2020 23:36 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Stay informed: WHO advises against 'herd immunity'
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Deadly resurgence' if curbs lifted too early, WHO warns

  10-04-2020 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries should be cautious about lifting lockdown measures, the World Health Organization says.
  
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• Coronavirus death toll passes 1,000 in Brazil

  10-04-2020 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brasília (AFP) - Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday, the health ministry said.With a worldwide death toll of more than 100,000, Brazil's figure is still relatively small compared to the number of deaths in countries such as Italy (more than 18,000), the United States (nearly 17,000) and Spain (nearly 16,000).Experts predict the outbreak will only start to peak in Brazil toward late April.
  
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• Scott Gottlieb: Coronavirus Would Have Been ‘Far More Deadly than Spanish Flu’ If It Appeared in 1918

  10-04-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday warned that the coronavirus would have been more deadly than the Spanish flu if it had appeared in 1918.“I think [that] given the profile of this virus, it’s likely it would have been far more deadly than the Spanish flu” if the coronavirus had originated in 1918 with the medical capacities of that time, Gottlieb said in an interview on National Review's The Editors podcast."I think it’s reasonable
  
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• White House slams Voice of America, VOA fights back

  10-04-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Friday launched an unusual attack on the congressionally funded Voice of America, the U.S. broadcaster that for decades has provided independent news reporting around the world.In a broadside directed against VOA’s coverage of the pandemic and China on Friday, an official White House publication accused it of using taxpayer money “to speak for authoritarian regimes” because it covered the lifting of the lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new cor
  
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• Trump says U.S. may cut funding for WHO because it’s ‘China-centric’

  10-04-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At Friday’s coronavirus task force press briefing, President Trump explained why the U.S. is looking at cutting funding for the World Health Organization, accusing the global body of being “China-centric.”
  
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• 'They don't get to summer in the Hamptons? Who cares?': CEO says US should let companies owned by billionaires get 'wiped out' during the coronavirus crisis

  10-04-2020 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 10 million Americans filed for unemployment within two weeks. Chamath Palihapitiya said they would suffer the most during the pandemic.
  
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• Virus-hit aircraft carrier crew 'struggling' after captain's firing, top Navy admiral says

  10-04-2020 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The top Navy admiral overseeing the virus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt tells CNN in an exclusive interview that he found some sailors "struggling" and "upset" after their commanding officer was relieved of duty by the ousted acting navy secretary who was forced to resign over the matter.
  
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• Texas Abortion Ban Back With Exception for Advanced Pregnancies

  10-04-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Texas can once again clamp down on most abortions after a federal appeals court acted quickly Friday to slam shut a narrow opening an Austin judge created Thursday to let some abortions continue during the coronavirus epidemic.Importantly, this time around the New Orleans appellate judges said women whose pregnancies will be too advanced to obtain legal abortions by the time the Texas governor’s public-health emergency decree expires may go ahead and get them. In an earlier
  
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• The prominent model assumes full social distancing measures stay in place through the end of May. Earlier, the global coronavirus death toll passed 100,000

  10-04-2020 23:06 via edition.cnn.com
  
  Stay informed: WHO advises against 'herd immunity'
  
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• Trump asked what metrics he's using for re-opening US. See his response

  10-04-2020 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Trump pushes for re-opening the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying it's the "biggest decision" he will have to make.
  
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• On post-COVID-19 reopening, Trump weighs 'biggest decision of my life'

  10-04-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said Friday that determining when it will be safe to drop social distancing guidelines to stop the spread of the coronavirus is "the biggest decision I've ever had to make.”  
  
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• Fact check: US Postal Service will not close in June

  10-04-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Postal Service faces dire finances amid the COVID-19 pandemic but it isn't going to stop operating.
  
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• Trump winery eligible for bailout in virus relief law

  10-04-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s Virginia vineyard could be eligible for a federal bailout under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus he signed into law last month, despite provisions in the bill that Democrats said were intended to prevent him and his family from personally benefiting.Deep in the fine print of the law passed by Congress to try to arrest an economic free fall is language that would the make the vineyard eligible for aid extended to growers and producers of “specialty crops
  
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• Coronavirus: Why have so many died in New York?

  10-04-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York has more coronavirus cases than any country and accounts for around half of all deaths in the United States.- Was New York more vulnerable?As of Friday, New York state has almost 160,000 confirmed COVID-19 infections, more than Europe's worst-hit countries of Spain and Italy, and over 7,800 deaths.
  
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• Over 1 million unclaimed bodies are buried on a little-known island in New York City — a mass graveyard where some coronavirus victims will go to rest

  10-04-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Each week, the bodies of unknown or unclaimed people are taken by ferry to New York's potter's field on Hart's Island where they are laid to rest.
  
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• DeVos reaches settlement in lawsuit over loan relief program

  10-04-2020 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Education Department is promising to process student loan forgiveness claims for nearly 170,000 borrowers within 18 months as part of a proposed settlement announced Friday in a federal lawsuit.The suit alleges that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos illegally stalled a program known as borrower defense to repayment, which promises to forgive federal student loans for borrowers who are cheated by their colleges.Under the settlement, DeVos admits no wrongdoing but promises to issue decision
  
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• Trump calls timing on when to reopen the country 'biggest decision I've ever had to make'

  10-04-2020 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At the coronavirus task force press briefing on Friday, President Trump said the timing on when to reopen the country and relax stay-at-home guidelines was the "biggest decision I've ever had to make."
  
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• Leaked memo reveals some Princess Cruise and Holland America crew members will take pay cuts through June as the coronavirus sends shockwaves through the cruise industry

  10-04-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The cuts apply to some workers from Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, and P&O; Cruises Australia.
  
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• Italy Extends Lockdown Until May in Signal to European Business

  10-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Italy extended a national lockdown until May 3, rejecting calls by business leaders to allow a gradual restart of the economy.The decision reflects a pattern playing out in many parts of Europe as health officials and politicians warn against letting up too early on restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus and avoid a second wave of infections.As deaths surpassed 100,000 worldwide on Friday, the absence of public Easter holiday celebrations in Europe underscored the pand
  
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• A Trump border policy left thousands of migrants in limbo — now they're facing violence, poverty, and the coronavirus

  10-04-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over 60,000 migrants are indefinitely stuck on the Mexican side of the border, with limited access to food or shelter during a pandemic.
  
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• US officials: Missile defense systems now operating in Iraq

  10-04-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New air defense systems are now protecting American and allied forces at military bases in Iraq where troops have been attacked by Iranian-backed insurgents in recent months, according to U.S. officials.Patriot missile launchers and two other short-range systems are now in place at al-Asad Air Base, where Iran carried out a massive ballistic missile attack against U.S. and coalition troops in January, and at the military base in Irbil, said officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discu
  
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• Why Trump's support of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 could slow the race for a cure

  10-04-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Before Trump's tweet, roughly 1 in 10 trials studied hydroxychloroquine as an intervention. After, it was 1 in 3. But his support could hurt progress.
  
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• Surgeon General: All Americans need to do everything they can to be healthy during this critical time

  10-04-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General, responds to questions at the White House coronavirus task force briefing.
  
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• Coronavirus: Apple and Google team up to contact trace Covid-19

  10-04-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The companies plan to add contact tracing to their operating systems so no extra apps are needed.
  
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• 'Hope to God it's the right decision': Trump to name new coronavirus task force focused on 'reopening'

  10-04-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The makeup of Trump's second coronavirus taskforce could signal his thinking on reopening the nation as federal guidelines are set to expire this month.
  
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• Vietnam reports thousands of people linked to COVID-19 hot spot tested negative

  10-04-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 1,000 health care workers and 14,400 others linked to a COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital in Hanoi have tested negative for the coronavirus, the Vietnamese capital’s ruling body said on Thursday.
  
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• Pope presides over haunting Good Friday procession under lockdown

  10-04-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis entered a torch-lit, but hauntingly empty Saint Peter's Square for a Good Friday procession under a lockdown caused by a coronavirus that has claimed 100,000 lives worldwide.The Argentine-born pontiff walked up to his podium flanked by five prison inmates from the hard-hit northern Italian city of Padua and five Vatican doctors and nurses.Earlier, Francis had said that medics and priests who died after becoming infected while looking after COVID-19 victims "gave their lives out of l
  
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• Fauci: Antibody tests may be available within 'a week or so'

  10-04-2020 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Antibody tests that would verify whether a person recently had the novel coronavirus could be available within a week, according to the nation's top infectious disease expert.
  
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• Coronavirus: I'm using my pizza oven to toss masks for nurses

  10-04-2020 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chicagoans are racing to make personal protective equipment for frontline workers.
  
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• Cheap beef and wasted milk: US agriculture struggles with virus

  10-04-2020 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Milk dumped in fields and cattle prices plunging even as steaks stay expensive: the coronavirus pandemic is hitting American farmers hard.With industries from restaurants to department stores forced to close, farmers haven't stopped working, but are finding demand unpredictable and supply chains are struggling to adapt to the new conditions.Dairy farmers often struggle to store excess production, and Brenda Cochran, who runs a 70-cow dairy farm in Pennsylvania along with her husband, said she wa
  
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• Trump Rebuffs Democrats’ Bid for More Funds in Stimulus Bill

  10-04-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump repeated his opposition to Democrats’ bid to add money for hospitals and localities to his administration’s latest $250 billion stimulus plan, deepening the standoff over new efforts to bolster the economy frozen in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic.“I’m certainly OK with helping the states and helping the hospitals,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday. The president added that he’d rather do it in the expec
  
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• Liverpool great Dalglish tests positive for coronavirus

  10-04-2020 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish tests positive for coronavirus and is in hospital.
  
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• Some Veterans May Need to Take This Extra Step to Get Their Stimulus Check

  10-04-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Make sure your economic stimulus check isn't delayed.
  
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• Tips and tricks for grocery shopping online during the coronavirus pandemic

  10-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With a high demand for online grocery delivery services it's getting difficult to book a delivery slot. Here are some tips to help you get one.
  
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• Moroccan companies begin ventilator production

  10-04-2020 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industry Ministry said.The North African kingdom has confirmed 1,431 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 105 deaths, and is seeking to raise the number of its intensive care beds to 3,000 from 1,640.The pandemic has led to a global shortage of ventilators and other medical equipment.
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Doctors could refuse to work without PPE, Health Secretary says, as it emerges 19 NHS staff have died

  10-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing measures may need to remain in place 'indefinitely' British economy could slump by more than 14 per cent, ministers fear Follow the latest Covid-19 data on our coronavirus Live Tracker Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Telegraph Coronavirus Appeal: Join us in helping those hit hardest Doctors could refuse to work without the right personal protective equipment, the Health Secretary has admitted, as he announced 19 NHS workers have died after testing positive for co
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: US becomes first country to record more than 2,000 deaths in single day

  10-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing measures may need to remain in place 'indefinitely' British economy could slump by more than 14 per cent, ministers fear Follow the latest Covid-19 data on our coronavirus Live Tracker Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Telegraph Coronavirus Appeal: Join us in helping those hit hardest The United States has become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours. According to the Johns Hopkins Univ
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Deaths in UK rise by 917 as Priti Patel leads Downing Street briefing - watch live

  10-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing measures may need to remain in place 'indefinitely' Wuhan's hidden death toll: My week trying to uncover the truth British economy could slump by more than 14 per cent, ministers fear Follow the latest Covid-19 data on our coronavirus Live Tracker Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Telegraph Coronavirus Appeal: Join us in helping those hit hardest A further 917 people have died from coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed d
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Deaths in UK rise by 917 as 11-year-old has died from the virus

  10-04-2020 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Social distancing measures may need to remain in place 'indefinitely' Wuhan's hidden death toll: My week trying to uncover the truth British economy could slump by more than 14 per cent, ministers fear Follow the latest Covid-19 data on our coronavirus Live Tracker Subscribe to The Telegraph, free for one month Telegraph Coronavirus Appeal: Join us in helping those hit hardest A further 917 people have died from coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed d
  
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• Wuhan is open and infections are down, but China's coronavirus numbers can't be trusted

  10-04-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China this week reopened Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected, claiming that new infections were in the single digits. But in recent days Beijing has been accused of reporting inaccurate counts of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
  
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• Will an Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work?

  10-04-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When will life return to normal, or at least a new normal?A major answer to the question of when -- and how -- Americans can return to public places like work and school could depend on something called an antibody test, a blood test that determines whether someone has ever been infected with the coronavirus.People who are believed to be immune may be able to safely return to work. It would be especially important to know which health care workers are protected from getting infected and could co
  
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