White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney suggested that Americans should ignore media reports about the coronavirus amid fears of the deadly disease spreading.
Virginia taking precautions but urging calm as coronavirus fears spread
First coronavirus death on US soil confirmed, Trump calls for calm
Downtown Lake Oswego appeared relatively serene Saturday morning, but workers at several local stores said that wasn’t the case the previous night. Cashiers at both Safeway and Rite Aid said they quickly ran out of items like hand sanitizer and hand wipes as news broke Friday night of someone with a presumptive case of coronavirus who works at the city’s Forest Hills Elementary School. At the ...
As more people across the country test positive for the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, Oregon leaders are encouraging people to stay calm, take care of themselves and verify information about the virus with government resources. During a press conference Friday night announcing the first presumed case of coronavirus in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown offered reassurance. "I understand this news is concerning. However, I want to reassure you our...
Market panic over the fast-spreading new coronavirus is uncalled for, the World Health Organization's director-general said Sunday as governments around the world rush to contain its spread. "Global markets … should calm down and try to see the reality," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told CNBC's Hadley Gamble during a panel discussion in Riyadh. "We need to continue to be rational. Irrationality doesn't help. We need to deal with the facts." The...
The health minister says there is no need to shut schools and people should carry on as normal.
Shane Lowry says he will definitely represent Ireland at the Olympics in Tokyo as long as the Games are not called off because of coronavirus.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday tried to tamp down concerns over the spread of coronavirus after the first case in New York.
Fourteen people in Idaho are being monitored for the novel coronavirus but there are no confirmed cases. The Department of Health and Welfare explained the risk of contracting the virus in the Gem State is very low. To lessen your chances of getting sick, health officials say use some common-sense practices. Washington Governor Jay Inslee reiterated this advice while speaking to reporters on Monday after six people died in Washington state from...
Coles and Woolworths say they expect to replenish stock quickly amid a rush on essentials and canned food
Senegalese officials are asking the public to remain calm after confirming the country’s first case of coronavirus, or COVID 19. The patient is a Frenchman living in Senegal who returned from a vacation to France on February 26. He had visited Nimes and a ski resort in the French Alps. Dr. Ousmane Gueye is with Senegal's Ministry of Health. He says the patient had a high fever, sore throat, headaches and weakness but is now in stable condition and at Dakar’s Fann Hospital.
Authorities are still tracking about 50 members of a dance community that was frequented by one of the patients, says country’s disease prevention head News of Indonesia’s first cases sent Jakarta residents into a buying frenzy, with hand sanitisers, instant noodles and water flying off the shelves Indonesian authorities have swung into action to track down dozens of close contacts of the country’s first two coronavirus patients, a mother and...
England manager confident the right decisions will be made ahead of internationals.
Less than 24 hours after two confirmed cases of the coronavirus in metro Atlanta were announced, Channel 2 Action News took questions about the virus straight to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
The Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee will discuss SCR8, a concurrent resolution in support of the Chinese people regarding the coronavirus outbreak that acknowledges the serious public health risk of COVID-19.
Swiss banks Credit Suisse and UBS have joined other global lenders in imposing restrictions on international travel to stem the spread of the virus, people familiar with the situation told Reuters, while France's Natixis and Societe Generale and Spain's BBVA also said they had stopped staff going
The resurgence of former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic...