VIRUS: Boris Johnson says he has tested positive for coronavirus. Pic. PA PRIME Minister Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock have both tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Johnson announced on social media he had mild symptoms and is now self-isolating. He said: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive…
India’s strict lockdown of 1.3 billion people disrupts lives with migrant workers facing hunger and forced to walk home. A migrant worker carries his son as they walk along a road with others to return to their village, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters] New Delhi, India – As countries globally began enforcing strict…
The coronavirus succeeded where other people and events failed: It’s proved that in a time of crisis, rich and poor alike need the nation-state. A barricaded back road on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. The Schengen Agreement was put to the test – and it failed. Credit: Peter Dejong / AP When the…
COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 110 Israelis, 49 are in serious condition. PM Netanyahu warns total lockdown may be inevitable, is slated to hold consultations on an emergency incentive package for the economy. The next two weeks will be “critical,” Health Ministry official says | Illustration: Getty Images The number of Israelis…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using flights deporting illegal immigrants to two Central American countries to bring back Americans stranded by restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. ICE, working with the State Department, has brought home 209 U.S. citizens on…
The United States on Thursday overtook China and Italy in confirmed coronavirus cases with over 82,000 in all, a grim milestone reported by Johns Hopkins University researchers. As the U.S. surged up to 82,404 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, it took the number-one spot from China, which has 81,782 cases, followed by Italy with 80,589 cases. The U.S. now has…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed a searing criminal indictment against Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and several “co-conspirators,” accusing them of an array of narcotics and trafficking-related crimes, including efforts to smuggle drugs into the United States. At a press conference on Thursday morning, the Department of Justice officials announced a slew of charges pertaining…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expects the bill to pass in the Senate on Wednesday. STEFAN ZAKLIN/GETTY The White House and Senate leaders struck a major bipartisan deal early Wednesday morning to aid the struggling economy amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to multiple outlets, a massive $2 trillion coronavirus spending bill was agreed…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Prince Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus after displaying mild symptoms, his office has announced. “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus. He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in…