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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion in Square stake for coronavirus relief
Jack Dorsey is pledging $1 billion of his stake in Square Inc., the mobile payments company he co-founded, to help fund coronavirus relief effort
Trump slams ‘China-centric’ WHO, says agency ‘called every shot wrong’ in coronavirus pandemic
President Trump slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for its “China-centric” views Tuesday, adding that the global health agency’s projections and pronouncements about the coronavirus pandemic has been routinely wrong.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-slams-world-health-organization-china-coronavirus
Facing a crisis that rivals Pearl Harbor, world’s superpower pleads for coronavirus aid
As U.S. health care workers scrounged for life-saving medical equipment last week to protect frontline staff against coronavirus, President Donald Trump made a jarring claim: the U.S. would soon have an over-supply of ventilators – enough to distribute across the globe to other needy countries.
Doctors race to develop coronavirus drugs, speeding through hurdles
“The normal drug development process is a very long one,” said Dr. Arun Sanyal, a National Institutes of Health [NIH] study leader at Virginia Commonwealth University. “But, given the urgency of the situation, it is also incredible how things have aligned and how fast things are moving.”
https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-drugs-doctors-race
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Passengers to be evacuated from Antarctic cruise ship after almost 60% test positive for coronavirus
April 8, 2020
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Wade Rubino
Australian and New Zealand passengers will be evacuated from a stricken Antarctic cruise ship Thursday, after almost 60% of those on board tested positive for the coronavirus
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/07/americas/greg-mortimer-cruise-ship-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html
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