Category: News


‘He didn’t understand.’ Trump slams Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, outspoken critic on testing


President Donald Trump, who has often used his daily coronavirus briefings to criticize Democratic governors in places like New York and California, extended his reach Monday to swing at a GOP state leader who has become a critic of the president’s insistence that states are prepared to ramp up testing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/20/coronavirus-trump-criticizes-republican-gov-larry-hogan-over-testing/5168978002/


After a coronavirus surge, New York City’s hospitals holding their own – and hope they ‘have hit a plateau’


NEW YORK – Area hospitals are still consumed by efforts to treat and slow the coronavirus, but after weeks of grappling with a surge of patients – one that forced health officials to get creative by opening field facilities – the city hopes it has turned a corner.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/16/coronavirus-new-york-city-hospitals-plateau/2992258001/

From buying alcohol to sitting on a bench


Police have told people in England they can go out to buy alcohol, take an animal to the vet or stop to have a rest while on a walk during the coronavirus lockdown.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8226325/Police-list-things-coronavirus-lockdown-cant.html


The social-distancing deniers have arrived


Success creates second-guessing. Trump’s anxious efforts to get the economy opened even before the curve of Covid-19 cases is flattened, and his chronic spreading of fake promises about treatments, will only feed that growing angst.

Trump’s new guidelines for states are aimed at reopening parts of US, lifting coronavirus restrictions


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump issued guidelines to states Thursday aimed at easing social distancing restrictions and reopening parts of the country as it grapples with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/16/coronavirus-trump-issue-new-guidelines-reopen-us-economy/5146874002/