CLOSE Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the United States has recorded more than 8.2 million cases of COVID-19 and over 220,000 deaths. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s chief of staff acknowledged Sunday that the Trump administration won’t be able to do much about...
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White House chief of staff: ‘We’re not going to control the pandemic’
Trump himself, however, privately said in a February interview with journalist Bob Woodward that the virus may be five times deadlier than the flu. Meadows’ admission comes nine days before Election Day — though more than 58 million Americans have already cast their ballots, according...
Spain orders nationwide curfew to stem worsening outbreak
BARCELONA, SPAIN — Buckling under the resurgence of the coronavirus in Europe, the Spanish government on Sunday declared a national state of emergency that includes an overnight curfew in hopes of not repeating the near collapse of the country’s hospitals. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said...
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows: ‘We are not going to control the pandemic’
“We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas,” Meadows told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Pressed by Tapper on why the US isn’t going to get...
How do I keep them from reading what I wrote?
Dear Amy: I’ve been writing in my journals ever since elementary school. I have kept every single one of them, tucked safely away in the back of my closet, for years. I’ll look through them occasionally just to see what life was like for me...
865,000 women were laid off last month amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Published 12:14 a.m. ET Oct. 25, 2020 | Updated 5:47 a.m. ET Oct. 25, 2020 CLOSE “The Glorias” traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence within the rise of the women’s rights movement. USA TODAY This story was published in...
No crowds at Flemington for Melbourne Cup Carnival due to coronavirus, Victoria Racing Club says
The Melbourne Cup Carnival will go ahead, but no crowds will be allowed at Flemington for the four-day festival of racing, according to the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). Key points: Ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria have forced authorities to ban crowds from this year’s Melbourne...
India’s Covid pandemic has created a second crisis — child trafficking
The novel coronavirus outbreak The novel coronavirus outbreak A health worker in Manila, Philippines, sits behind a booth October 6 during mass testing for public transportation drivers. The novel coronavirus outbreak The novel coronavirus outbreak A security guard gives hand sanitizer to students as they...
Top doctor warns that severe illness likely to rise, trailing spike in COVID-19 cases
Canada’s top physician painted a bleak picture on Saturday of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic may take on the country, expressing fears that the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations and deaths may increase in the coming weeks as the second wave drives the national death toll...
The US just recorded its highest single-day rise in COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began
A record of nearly 80,000 new COVID-19 infections over the course of a day were reported in the United States on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. Between 8.30pm Thursday and the same time on Friday, 79,963 infections were recorded, bringing the total...