SAVANNAH, Ga. — It started with an infected person from out of town who attended a funeral. Now the largest hospital in Georgia’s mostly rural southwest corner is rapidly running out of space amid the highest rate of coronavirus infection in the entire state. At Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, intensive care beds […]
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Image copyright Getty Images People in the UK were stockpiling novels and home learning books last week as they prepared for a spell in isolation, sales figures suggest. Sales of fiction rose by a third, while children’s education went up 234% to the third highest level on record. Puzzle books, handicrafts and true crime also
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Image copyright Getty Images The number of people without jobs in the US has surged to a record high as the economy goes into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 3.3 million people registered to claim unemployment benefits for the week ended 21 March, according to Department of Labor data. The previous record was
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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said during a rare television interview on Thursday that the United States “may well” be in a recession already, but that it should get the coronavirus under control before getting back to work. “The first order of business will be to get the spread of the virus under
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Image copyright Donna Jackson Image caption Donna Jackson realised that her daughter Frankie, who is now aged six, would have been classed as “frail” New guidelines for assessing people with coronavirus who go to hospital were amended after an outcry from parents of children with special needs. The emergency guidelines are designed to help determine
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Comedian Kathy Griffin said Wednesday she was in a hospital coronavirus isolation ward with “unbearably painful” COVID-19 symptoms. The former “My Life on the D-List” reality show star shared a photo of her wearing a mask in a bed at what she said was “a major hospital ER.” She wrote that she was unable to be
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Families across the world are having to spend more time at home to try to contain the spread of coronavirus. The BBC spoke to Professor Robert Kelly and his wife, Jung-a Kim to ask them about the lockdown in South Korea with children Marion and James. The family became a global hit in 2017 when
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Goldman Sachs is warning of another sharp drop in oil prices, saying some oil producers are eventually going to have to shut some wells because the coronavirus outbreak is crushing demand March 26, 2020, 12:23 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local): 8:15
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WASHINGTON — One of the thorniest debates in American politics is over health care. Now add a pandemic. The future of America’s health insurance system has already been a huge part of the 2020 presidential campaign. At campaign events over the past year, voters have shared stories of cancer diagnoses, costly medications and crushing medical
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Ford says it wants to reopen five North American assembly plants in April that were closed due to the threat of coronavirus March 26, 2020, 12:17 PM 3 min read DETROIT — Ford says it wants to reopen five North American assembly plants in April that were closed due to the threat of coronavirus. The
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