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As countries advise people to forego the handshake due to the coronavirus, CNBC takes a look at what new greetings have emerged in its place, including the "footshake." read more...
The wife, two children and a neighbor of a New York lawyer who is hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-19 have also tested positive for the disease.
Russia will suspend some flights to and from Iran from Friday, except those oper...
As global concern mounts about the spread of the coronavirus. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been pictured wearing gloves at a ceremony.
The Premier League is discussing contingency plans regarding playing matches behind closed doors should the threat of the coronavirus lead to mass gatherings being banned
Iran is calling on its military to help with efforts to mitigate the coronavirus as it spreads rapidly across the country.
The event was due to kick off in Jeddah on March 12.
Hygiene measures such as washing hands, maintaining etiquettes while coughing will keep everyone safe.The minister will meet senior officials of the Delhi government to take stock of the situation
Spikes in the numbers of deaths and cases have become the new normal in the country with Europeâs oldest population.
The Senate on Thursday easily passed more than $8 billion in funding to fight the coronavirus, sending the measure to President Trump, who is expected to sign it.
The coronavirus epidemic is simultaneously dealing the global economy with a supply shock, a demand shock and a financial market shock.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has canceled six world championship tournaments in March and April amid the continued outbreak of coronavirus, it said on Monday.The decision to cance…
MIAMI (AP) - MIAMI - The Trump administration on Monday reassured governors that they will be reimbursed for at least some of the costs of responding to the spread of the coronavirus, as several states began setting aside millions of dollars to head off a public health crisis. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Vice President Mike Pence addressed state needs for equipment and funding to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a call with governors. He told them told them the administration would find the money to reimburse them. "What the vice president is envisioning as a former governor is 'Look, you guys need to be able to combat this thing. So you guys do what you've got to do. We will appropriate money and then simply reimburse you on the back end,'" DeSantis, a Republican, said at a news conference in Miami after confirming two people had been tested positive in Florida. Coronavirus cases have topped 100 in the U.S. and have spread to nearly a dozen states. Of those, six cases have been fatal, all in Washington state. In Congress, bipartisan negotiations are nearly complete on $7 billion to $8 billion in emergency funding to battle the virus, according to both Democratic and GOP aides. The measure appears on track to be unveiled as early as Tuesday, and the hope is to speed it quickly through both House and Senate by the end of the week. The measure would finance both federal and state response efforts, fund the federal government's drive to develop and produce a vaccine, and offer Small Business Administration disaster loans to help businesses directly affected by coronavirus concerns. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said he hopes Congress will pass the measure within the next 10 days. "We are going to fight for the...
Health authorities in Washington say a man in his 70s died from the new coronavirus. It comes as the first case in Manhattan was confirmed.
Ride hailing company Lyft Inc said on Friday the coronavirus outbreak has led to...
Perfect attendance rules have been suspended in some districts after a man in his 70s tested positive Wednesday for the new coronavirus in Fort Bend County .
The newly detected cases bring the total in Ireland to six.
Coronavirus News: Congregants ordered to self-quarantine, Temple Young Israel to suspend services after coronavirus diagnosis
Officials donât know how a California resident became infected with the potentially deadly virus.
Aboud Dandachi isn’t Jewish. Or Israeli. Or Italian. Or sick with coronavirus. He’s a Muslim from Syria living in Canada. But when he read the Jewish Telegraphic Agency story about an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah was curtailed because of the rapidly spreading virus, Dandachi responded in a way he figured Jews might appreciate: He donated $18 in honor of Ruben Golran to the Canadian branch of the Jewish National Fund to plant a tree in Israel in the teen’s honor.