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Coronavirus hits German businesses with ‘full fury’
Apr 24, 2020 08:35The coronavirus pandemic, which continues to take its toll on the world’s population and the economy, has hit businesses in Germany “with full fury,” according to a survey.
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Harassment of Indian Muslims rises over COVID-19 rumors
Apr 24, 2020 05:36Indians are apparently looking for a coronavirus scapegoat as the country’s Muslim population is widely reporting that they are being harassed over rumors of spreading the new virus.
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Summer heat will worsen the coronavirus pandemic for US poor communities
Apr 24, 2020 05:30Amid the spread of coronavirus in the US, utility insecurity is felt by low-wealth Americans, rural and tribal communities and people of color. Newly unemployed Americans are facing disconnection because of loss of income. These are the communities that need congressional protections the most.
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Long breadlines form outside of food banks in US cities as America struggles to cope with COVID-19 fallout
Apr 24, 2020 05:24“New York City is facing a crisis unlike anything we’ve seen. As the US economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic continues, more New Yorkers are facing food insecurity,” said the Food Bank for New York City. It estimates that it will have to provide 15 million meals over the next 90 days.
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As coronavirus spreads through US prisons, states are failing incarcerated people
Apr 24, 2020 05:22In New York City, nearly 1,000 people (334 incarcerated people and 657 staff members) in the jails have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the infection rate to 8.24 percent (compared to 1.36 percent in New York City). The chief physician of correctional health care called it a “public health disaster unfolding before our eyes.” In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz has not committed to reducing the state’s prison population. And in other US states, governors are passing the buck.
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US coronavirus deaths top 49,000, averaging 2,000 lives lost a day
Apr 24, 2020 04:46US coronavirus deaths topped 49,000 on Thursday as the number of lives lost in April rises by an average of 2,000 a day.
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Americans too scared to go to work risk losing unemployment aid, experts say
Apr 24, 2020 03:17US workers who refuse to return to their jobs because they are worried about catching the coronavirus should not count on getting unemployment benefits, state officials and labor law experts say.
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China dismisses US allegations on COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 24, 2020 00:11China has once again dismissed as disinformation allegations by the United States that Beijing covered up the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Coronavirus was spreading in US weeks earlier than thought, health official says
Apr 23, 2020 23:59The coronavirus began circulating in January in the US state if California, weeks earlier than thought, and early deaths were likely mistaken for the flu, according to a local health official.
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UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 13:53The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.