The Newark case is one of a handful that federal prosecutors have brought over the past few weeks. In Austin, Texas, the F.B.I. shut down a website that promised consumers access to World Health Organization “vaccine kits” in exchange for a shipping charge of $4.95, payable by credit card. No vaccine for the virus exists. […]
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American nationals and permanent residents have boarded a flight out of Kathmandu in what was likely their last chance to head home as Nepal prepares to extend lockdown measures to contain the spreading of the new coronavirus April 5, 2020, 7:41 AM 3 min read The Latest on the coronavir us pandemic. The new coronavirus
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PARIS — The high-speed train whooshing past historic World War I battle sites and through the chateau-speckled Loire Valley carried a delicate cargo: 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients and the breathing machines helping keep them alive. The TGV-turned-mobile-intensive-care-unit is just one piece of France‘s nationwide mobilization of trains, helicopters, jets and even a warship, deployed
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Horticulturalist Ben Cross has grown a bumper crop of flowers, but was worried that they would go to waste as his florists and wholesalers has closed due to the coronavirus. So instead he’s teamed up with a supermarket to send his blooms to frontline NHS workers with their food orders. Ben, who runs Crosslands Flower
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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, an outbreak of false information is spreading online. Whether it’s via WhatsApp messages or rogue Facebook posts, fake news always has a way of reaching people. Keeping track of what’s real and what’s fake isn’t always easy, so BBC Africa’s Joice Etutu has debunked some of the most widely shared
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Visitor gardens have been creating virtual tours for people to enjoy while they are unable to visit in person. Spring is usually a busy time of year for gardens but government restrictions mean they, along with other attractions and businesses, are temporarily closed. Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, Great Comp Garden in Kent, Leonardslee Gardens 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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As the death toll from coronavirus continues to climb, hospitals across the UK are working flat out to create more intensive care beds for those who are critically ill. Speaking to the BBC, one intensive care doctor describes the crippling reality of a lack of support and equipment faced by some health-care workers in England.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the country could be headed into its “toughest” weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he’s eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy back on track. “There will
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SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sat 6 feet apart inside an empty room as the faith carried out its signature conference Saturday by adhering to social distancing guidelines that offered a stark reminder of how the global coronavirus pandemic is affecting religious practices. Their livestreamed speeches
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