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Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview Thursday that "the risk of the spread of coronavirus in the United States of America remains low" and credited what he called "unprecedented action" by President Trump earlier this month.
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Amazon has started restricting all nonessential employee travel in the U.S. as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Amazon tells employees to defer all non-essential travel due to coronavirus
Limbaugh has said concerns about the coronavirus are being "weaponized" by Democrats and the media and compared the virus to "the common cold."
President Trump took the stage to rally supporters in North Charleston on Friday evening and accused his Democratic critics of "politicizing" the coronavirus virus, a day before Democrats head to the polls in South Carolina to vote for their nominee to face him in November.
Thirty-five Kearsarge Regional High School students and staff members who traveled to Italy during February vacation are being asked to stay home for the next week due to coronavirus concerns. The students made stops in Italy, France and the United Kingdom during the trip to Europe, the school district said. Sign up for our Newsletters "Although COVID-19 is present in Italy, students were in the Lombardy and Veneto region of the country for a...
At least two school districts in New Hampshire on Sunday told students and staff who traveled to Italy during February vacation to stay home due to coronavirus concerns. Thirty-five Kearsarge Regional High School students and staff are being asked to stay home for the next week. And about 40 Winnacunnet High School students and staff are being asked to stay home for the next two weeks. Sign up for our Newsletters In both cases, the students...
Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days ...
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...
The firm has made it mandatory for staff in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea to work from home.
The NBA has told players to avoid contact with fans in the league’s latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis
The NBA has urged its players to avoid physical contact including high-fives with fans and other strangers amid fears of an outbreak of coronavirus in the U.S.In a memo sent to teams Sunday, league officials spelled out a list of 10 recommendations including avoiding physical contact with fans as well as accepting items such as pens, jerseys, or basketballs, according to The Associated Press.NBA officials added that the league was in regular...