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Many wary of virus reopenings as partisan divide grows in U.S.
BERLIN (AP) - One of the grimmest symbols of the coronavirus outbreak - a morgue set up in a Madrid skating rink - closed Wednesday as stores and other businesses reopened in places across Europe, whi...
Apr 22, 2020
New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating virus
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: Eliminating it altogether. And experts believe the...
Apr 21, 2020
Veteran’s garden walk raises $16M for UK health service
LONDON (AP) - A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has completed his quest to walk 100 laps of his garden in eastern England and raised 13 million pounds (US$16 million) for Britain's National Healt...
Apr 16, 2020
WWII veteran, age 99, raises millions for UK health service
LONDON (AP) - A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has surprised himself by generating millions of p...
Apr 15, 2020
New York deaths double in 3 days, with worst to come
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in three days to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in ...
Apr 01, 2020
US death toll from the virus eclipses China’s official count
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as the deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor when he di...
Mar 31, 2020
Spain’s hospitals at breaking point as infections pass China
MADRID (AP) - Spain overtook China on Monday in confirmed coronavirus infections as the pandemic stretched scores of Spanish hospitals to their breaking point. As confirmed virus deaths in New York su...
Mar 30, 2020
British Prime Minister Johnson tests positive for virus
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the first leader of a major nation to contract COVID-19, but he insisted Friday that he remains in charge of ...
Mar 27, 2020
Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021
TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation that the games could not go ahead as scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Olymp...
Mar 24, 2020
Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus
PARIS - The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people - one-fifth of the world’s population - were asked or ordered to ...
Mar 23, 2020
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