Two cases of the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Tampa area. One man in Manatee County is being treated at Doctors Hospital in Sarasota and a woman in Hillsborough county is in isolation and receiving medical attention. It was confirmed Monday night that the woman being treated in Hillsborough County returned from a trip to Italy through Tampa International Airport. The Florida Department of Health stresses that the...
The pet dog of a coronavirus patient in Hong Kong was confirmed to be infected with the disease, in a likely case of human-to-animal transmission, authorities said on Wednesday. The canine, which belongs to a 60-year-old woman patient, had repeatedly tested "weak positive" for the new coronavirus since Friday, when it was quarantined at an animal centre. The city's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said repeated tests...
ALBANY – The New York Senate approved legislation Monday night allocate $40 million for additional staff and equipment to handle coronavirus testing. Senators passed the measure 53-4. The Assembly continued to debate the measure late Monday. Both Republicans and Democrats expressed reservations about the bill, particularly concerning an expansion of the governor’s power in emergency ...
Officials in New York said it is inevitable that the coronavirus will spread in New York city, which just reported its first case. Schools and hospitals all over the country are taking action. Meg Oliver reports.
The Lagos State government on Wednesday said although the Coronavirus index case is stable, he cannot be released until he stops...
To hell with “in sickness and in health.” A Lithuanian man worried about catching the coronavirus threw domestic bliss out the window — by locking his wife in the bathroom for fea…
Amid the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak, fear of the virus’ spread has prompted panic buying from western Europe to eastern Asia as supermarket shelves in recent weeks...
The 12-team league was first announced at the NBA All-Star 2020 Africa luncheon in Chicago and features teams from all over the continent.
WorldTour squad go against grain of teams pulling out of races in face of Covid-19 outbreak
"While returning to Kasaragod, he came in contact with a person returning from China at the Chennai airport. That is why we took the precaution of shifting him to the isolation ward," Dr Ramdas said.
They crash Mike Pence's White House news conference to pitch their leadership credentials.
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Stocks rose on Monday in volatile trading as Wall Street tried to rebound from its worst week since the financial crisis amid fears of the coronavirus outbreak.
An Amazon employee in Seattle reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after becoming symptomatic last month.
After the second death in the US from the coronavirus, President Donald Trump called upon pharmaceutical companies to accelerate their efforts in creating a vaccine.
European governments are hurrying to control the spread of COVID-19. Britain has unveiled an "action plan," France shut over 100 schools, and German politicians have demanded steps to protect the economy.
Bank of Canada takes cue from Fed and others, slashes rates over coronavirus fears
The last phase of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan might be in jeopardy after schools in the Sindh province were directed to remain closed till March 13 after a second person was confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus.
Mamata also demanded a judiciary inquiry into the Delhi riots by a sitting Supreme Court judge, claiming over 700 people might be missing.
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer said Thursday that the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak will be a political disaster, similar to Hurricane Katrina's political damange to former President George W. Bush.
Paris Saint-Germain may be forced to hold the second leg of their last 16 Champions League tie against Borussia Dortmund behind closed doors over fears of the coronavirus outbreak.