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Virus screenings jam US airports; ‘atrocious,’ a flyer says

Weary travelers returning to the U.S. amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions are being greeted by long lines and hourslong waits for required medical screenings at airports. The dense crowds at 13 airports where travelers from Europe are being funneled — among the busiest across the country — formed even as public health officials called for “social

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The Psychology Behind Panic-Buying – And How To Avoid It

Toilet paper, pasta, canned goods, soap – these are just some of the items swiftly disappearing from supermarket shelves in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Video footage shared over the weekend showed U.K. shoppers in a branch of Costco filling their already overflowing carts with multi-packs of toilet paper. And now, supermarkets are having

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Global economic coordination lacking in virus crisis

FRANKFURT, Germany — With the global economy melting down after the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008, world leaders swiftly created an international forum that committed to boost economies by spending more and keeping trade open. Central banks announced rate cuts within seconds of each other. The approach to the economic shock from the coronavirus

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Countries around the world announce more virus restrictions

BARCELONA, Spain — Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus Sunday, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions spreading. Soldiers and police sealed the densely populated Philippine capital from most domestic travelers in one of Southeast Asia’s most drastic containment moves. The move mirrored

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