When “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” opened on March 13, the world was different. America was only just beginning to take the coronavirus seriously. Movie theaters hadn’t yet shuttered en masse. But even then, director Eliza Hittman was justifiably disappointed to see her film debut amid mounting global panic. “The impact that it might have on the […]
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Soccer players in Spain are critical of the Spanish league’s decision to ask clubs to put the footballers on government furloughs during the coronavirus crisis By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer April 5, 2020, 1:19 PM 3 min read MADRID — Soccer players in Spain on Sunday criticized the Spanish league’s decision to ask clubs
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WASHINGTON — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and equipment. A review of federal purchasing contracts by
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Government guidance says people should only exercise once a day – alone or with those they live with Exercise outside the home could be banned if people ignore coronavirus social distancing rules, the health secretary has warned. Matt Hancock told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that the government would “take action”
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Image copyright Getty Images The owner of London’s ExCel centre has performed a U-turn on charging the NHS to use the site as a hospital to treat coronavirus patients. ExCel chief executive Jeremy Rees said an initial agreement with the NHS to house the temporary Nightingale Hospital “included a contribution to some fixed costs”. But
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In the decade before Michigan and its largest city became the latest hot spot for the deadly coronavirus, officials were steadily, and at times dramatically, cutting back on their first line of defense against pandemics and other public health emergencies. Approaching bankruptcy, Detroit disbanded most of its public health department and handed its responsibilities to
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Another cruise ship with coronavirus victims on board, including two fatalities, has docked in Florida By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press April 5, 2020, 1:09 AM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Another cruise ship with coronavirus victims on board, including two fatalities, docked in
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NEW YORK — The U.S. warned of many more coronavirus deaths in the days ahead as the global pandemic muted traditional observances from family grave-cleaning ceremonies in China to Palm Sunday for many Christians. Italy and Spain, the two hardest-hit European nations, expressed hope that the crisis was peaking in their countries, though Italian officials
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Image copyright Getty Images The culture secretary is to order social media companies to be more aggressive in their response to conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic. Oliver Dowden plans to hold virtual meetings with representatives from several tech firms next week to discuss the matter. It follows a number of 5G
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SEATTLE — Jonathan Bailey, a 30-year-old Amazon warehouse employee in Queens, has a system for protecting himself from the coronavirus at work. He wears a medical mask with a bandanna tied over it. When he returns to the apartment he shares with his wife, he dumps his mask, work gloves, neon green Amazon safety vest
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