| The promise of COVID-19 antibody testing Posted: 11 Apr 2020 01:58 PM PDT  We do not yet know if all COVID-19 patients are able to mount effective immunity and prevent reinfection.
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| South Korea reports more recovered coronavirus patients testing positive again Posted: 13 Apr 2020 01:26 AM PDT  South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although officials suggested they would soon look at easing strict recommendations aimed at preventing new outbreaks. At a meeting on disaster management on Monday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the government would soon be looking to loosen the guidelines, which call for people to stay at home, avoid social gatherings of any type, and only go out for essential reasons.
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| Man accused of scamming pizza restaurants with fake large orders for police Posted: 11 Apr 2020 10:58 AM PDT  "I will not tolerate someone trying to take advantage of our community in these difficult days," a police chief said. The suspect also allegedly said he wished Italians would get the coronavirus.
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| 6 people were shot at a 'large party' held in California despite the state's social distancing order Posted: 12 Apr 2020 06:55 AM PDT  Police said they have not made any arrests in the case. All victims were treated at a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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| Health officials caution against talk of quickly reopening businesses Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:25 AM PDT  The "safety and the welfare of the American people ... has to come first," FDA chief says as disagreements continue among top administration officials.
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| New Delta Air Lines boarding procedures aimed at preventing spread of coronavirus Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:38 AM PDT  The carrier boards flights from back to front. Passengers are asked to stay seated in the waiting area until their row is announced.
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| China vows improvements for Africans after virus discrimination claims Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:32 PM PDT  Under strong international pressure, China on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of Africans in the southern city of Guangzhou following accusations of discrimination linked to the coronavirus pandemic, and said it rejected all "racist and discriminatory" remarks. Africans in the industrial centre of 15 million say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing, particularly as Beijing steps up its fight against imported infections. The African Union expressed its "extreme concern" about the situation on Saturday, calling on Beijing to take immediate corrective measures.
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| China censoring research on COVID-19 origins, deleted page on Wuhan University website suggests Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:53 PM PDT  Are the Chinese hiding vital information on the coronavirus origins?
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| All but three people who died from COVID-19 in a major US city were black Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:40 PM PDT  Emerging data has laid bare the glaring racial disparities and social inequities faced by those heavily impacted by COVID-19.
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| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Army officer hanged for murder of Bangladesh's founding president Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:56 AM PDT  Abdul Majed spent 25 years on the run after he was found guilty of murdering Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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| Former Israeli chief rabbi dies after contracting coronavirus Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:44 PM PDT |
| Assange's partner reveals they had 2 children and urges bail Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:35 AM PDT  Julian Assange's partner revealed Sunday that she had two children with him while he lived inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and she issued a plea for the WikiLeaks founder to be released from prison over fears for his health during the coronavirus pandemic. Assange has been imprisoned at London's Belmarsh prison since police dragged out of the embassy a year ago. In a video uploaded onto YouTube, Stella Moris said she met Assange in 2011 when she helped out his legal team and that they got together four years later.
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| Starving, angry and cannibalistic: America's rats are getting desperate amid coronavirus pandemic Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:14 AM PDT  "A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area," said Bobby Corrigan, an urban rodentologist.
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| Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the Alaska primary by post Posted: 11 Apr 2020 08:51 PM PDT  Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been declared the winner of the Alaska primary after the state shifted to postal voting due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state's ballots were sent out before Mr Biden's rival Bernie Sanders pulled out of the race last week, meaning the Vermont senator also took a proportion of the vote.
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| 'God will shield us from all harm and sickness:' Louisiana pastor expects 2,000 to attend his Easter service Posted: 11 Apr 2020 12:44 PM PDT  Rev. Tony Spell announced he would hold his largest in-person church service as Louisiana reported an increase of 970 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours.
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| China Vows Equal Treatment for Africans After Reports of Abuse Posted: 13 Apr 2020 03:33 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- China rejected criticism about the alleged mistreatment of Africans by authorities in the southern city of Guangzhou, a dispute that could set back Beijing's diplomatic outreach to help the continent cope with the coronavirus pandemic.The government has treated foreigners equally and attaches great importance to their life and health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a statement posted late Sunday. "We reject differential treatment, and we have zero tolerance for discrimination," Zhao said.African leaders alleged discrimination against their citizens by city authorities in measures to stem the spread of imported coronavirus cases, saying Africans were mistreated, evicted from hotels, and forcefully tested for the virus. Meanwhile, McDonalds China apologized Monday after one of the chain's Guangzhou restaurants refused to serve black customers.African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed "extreme concern" to Chinese Ambassador Liu Yuxi about "allegations of maltreatment of Africans" in Guangzhou. In a tweet Saturday, he said the African Group in Beijing was engaging with the Chinese government.South Africa, the current African Union chair, separately expressed concern about "alleged ill-treatment of African nationals in China, including the forceful testing, quarantining for COVID-19, and other inhuman treatment." The country called for an investigation into the matter, according to a statement from the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation.McDonald's China said that it had closed a restaurant in Guangzhou for a half day of diversity and inclusion training Sunday after an investigation confirmed social media reports that it was barring black customers. "We apologize unreservedly to the individual and our customers. The restaurant has been ordered to stop immediately such actions," McDonald's China said Monday.The episode underscores the complexity of Beijing's challenge to manage the fallout from a disease first discovered in December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. China has dispatched medical supplies and shared expert advice to assist Africa, where Beijing's fiscal and infrastructure support has long been a source of both praise and criticism.China and Africa are "good friends, partners and brothers," Zhao said in the statement. He added that their relationship was "time-tested" and noted that China had provided medical assistance and essential supplies to help African countries fight Covid-19.Guangdong authorities will improve their health management services, such as designating hotels for medical observations, adjusting prices for those in financial difficulties and setting up effective communication mechanisms, Zhao said.Zhao separately hit back at the U.S. State Department for a statement Saturday saying that the incidents involving Africans in China were "a sad reminder of how hollow" Beijing's ties to the continent were. "The U.S. is immoral and irresponsible to sensationalize the situation and it won't succeed in sabotaging China-Africa relations," Zhao told a regular briefing Monday in Beijing.Guangzhou has confirmed a total of 119 imported cases of Covid-19, with 25 being foreign nationals, Mayor Wen Guohui told a news conference Sunday. Wen said the Guangzhou government has treated all foreigners equally."Guangzhou is an open-minded metropolis," he said. "It's our consistent principle to have zero tolerance for discriminatory comments and behavior."(Updates with details throughout.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Not everyone is getting a $1,200 coronavirus stimulus check. Here's who will be left out. Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:37 AM PDT  Millions of Americans will be left out when the Internal Revenue Service starts distributing $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks next week.
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| Black people account for 72% of COVID-19 deaths in Chicago while making up less than a third of city's population, mayor says Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:56 AM PDT  "The answer that we believe is right is because of the underlying conditions that people of color, and particularly black folks, suffer from."
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| Record deal to cut oil output ends price war Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:30 PM PDT  Oil producing nations agree a deal that will see output reduced by nearly 10 million barrels a day.
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| Erdogan rejects Turkish minister's resignation after coronavirus lockdown criticism Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:49 AM PDT  President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey's interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies. "The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in statement on Twitter in which he said he was resigning. Erdogan, however, judged it was not "appropriate" for Soylu to resign and the minister would continue in his position, the presidency said shortly afterwards.
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| Trump says he'll decide on easing guidelines, not governors Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:42 PM PDT  President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he is the ultimate decision-maker for determining how and when to relax the nation's social distancing guidelines as he grows anxious to reopen the coronavirus-stricken country as soon as possible. Governors and local leaders, who have instituted mandatory restrictions that have the force of law, have expressed concern that Trump's plan to restore normalcy will cost lives and extend the duration of the outbreak. Under the Constitution, public health and safety is primarily the domain of state and local officials and it was not clear what, if any, authorities Trump could use to overrule their decisions.
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| Coronavirus could 'decimate' Latino wealth, hammered by the Great Recession Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:22 PM PDT  The crisis has either erased or is threatening to erase Latinos' decade-long climb back to financial stability.
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| North Korea's Kim reshuffles top governing body Posted: 12 Apr 2020 08:10 PM PDT  "This is a rather large scale of SAC membership shuffle," said former US government North Korea analyst Rachel Lee. A cabinet report reiterated the North's insistence that "not a single case" of the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world since emerging in neighbouring China has been reported in the country.
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| If you can't find eggs, yeast, butter, or milk, here's what experts recommend you use instead Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:15 AM PDT  If your local grocery store is out of staples like eggs, milk, yeast, or butter, you can still bake things at home with expert-endorsed substitutes
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| As world turns to China for PPE, U.S. buyers risk knock-offs Posted: 13 Apr 2020 07:00 AM PDT  In China, PPE factories are popping up overnight and some are faking U.S. government approvals.
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| Widow of 25-year-old NHL player Colby Cave mourns his death in heartbreaking post Posted: 13 Apr 2020 05:02 AM PDT  "You are and will always be my person, my hero," Emily Cave wrote. Her husband, Edmonton Oilers player Colby Cave, died on Saturday.
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| Paraguayans go hungry as coronavirus lockdown ravages livelihoods Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:15 AM PDT  Early, aggressive measures seem to be controlling the disease but the pandemic has laid bare the country's social inequalities * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverageWhen Covid-19 arrived in South America, Paraguay was one of the first countries to take measures to contain the virus, closing schools and banning public gatherings after just the second confirmed case on 11 March.The nationwide lockdown seems to be controlling the spread of the disease, but it has created another problem: large numbers of Paraguayans are going hungry in their own homes.Paraguay has reported some of the lowest infection rates in South America – currently 129 confirmed cases and six deaths.But the government of President Mario Abdo Benítez has been heavily criticised for failing to support people left without income during the total quarantine – which is now coming to the end of the third week and is set to continue until 19 April.Sixty-five per cent of Paraguay's workers earn their living in the informal economy and have no access to benefits during the coronavirus crisis.And while the government has been authorised to secure loans of $1.6bn to face the crisis, only a small part of a promised scheme of emergency payments of about $76 and food packs have reached those left in need. A further payment scheme is yet to be implemented.Valentina Osuna, a craftswoman and mother of four from the indigenous Qom village of Rosarino, said she was no longer able to sell her work."There's no support, there's nothing from the state. My children are hungry."Abdo Benítez has apologised for the situation and called for patience. But when he briefly boarded a public bus last week to greet passengers, he was heckled with demands for the promised support payments.The scale of the crisis has been shown by the recent launch of AyudaPy – an open-source, non-governmental website allowing users to request and offer help. Thousands of messages are being posted daily by people describing dire circumstances and requesting basic items like milk, bread and medicine.Óscar Pereira, member of a residents' organisation in the deprived Tacumbú neighbourhood of Asunción, the capital, said: "The mutual solidarity on display is outstanding; poor people are helping other poor people. We're all helping and giving what we can: we're cooking communally so that we can get food to people."As it has across Latin America, the coronavirus crisis has laid bare social inequalities and the poor state of public infrastructure. Amid widespread outrage, the government has promised a reform of a state that is underfunded and plagued by corruption and highly skewed tax policies.However, for Alicia Amarilla, national coordinator of the Organisation of Rural and Indigenous Women, not even promises of reform can guarantee greater dignity for Paraguay's many poor families."We're going to see many more difficult situations come from this crisis – we're in a country with far too much inequality. We know that the government won't take privileges away from those that have them. The people who are most in need are the ones who will continue suffering."
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| Coronavirus: Japan rushes to house thousands of homeless people Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:25 PM PDT  The cafes are a common destination for homeless people but coronavirus has forced many to shut.
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| Russian border becomes China's new coronavirus frontline Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:05 AM PDT 
China is turning its eye to its northeastern border with Russia in a bid to stamp out a possible second wave of coronavirus infections. It comes as the country's number of new daily cases rose to its highest in nearly six weeks - with more than 90% of those involving people coming from abroad. Half involved Chinese nationals returning from Russia's Far Eastern Federal District. Having largely stamped out domestic transmission, China has been slowly easing curbs on movement as it tries to get its economy back on track - but there are fears that a rise in imported cases could spark a second wave of the virus. A Chinese immigration official said the country has cut the number of people crossing its borders by 90% and has tried to stop all non-essential journeys. Chinese cities near the Russian frontier are tightening border controls and imposing stricter quarantine measures in response to the spike in cases. With the cities of Suifenhe and Harbin now mandating 28 days of quarantine as well as antibody testing for all arrivals from abroad.
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| Putin says Russia may need the army to help battle coronavirus Posted: 13 Apr 2020 12:57 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the coronavirus crisis and warned the contagion was getting worse after the number of confirmed cases rose by a record daily amount. Russia reported 2,558 new cases on Monday, bringing the overall nationwide tally to 18,328. Moscow, the worst-hit area, and several other regions have imposed a lockdown, ordering residents to stay at home except to buy food, seek urgent medical treatment, take out the rubbish, or go to work if absolutely necessary.
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| U.S. now leads world in deaths, day after Trump announces 'opening our country' task force Posted: 11 Apr 2020 02:18 PM PDT  As the president mulls when restrictive coronavirus measures might start to be lifted, the U.S. passed a grim milestone of leading the world in deaths from the virus.
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| Across Wisconsin, absentee voting was used by both Republicans and Democrats, but there are some differences Posted: 13 Apr 2020 04:45 AM PDT  It wasn't just Wisconsin's "blue" communities that made big use of absentee ballots in the election. So did some of the reddest places in the state.
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| Relief money is coming - for some. Here's what to know. Posted: 13 Apr 2020 09:19 AM PDT  Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. The IRS tweeted Saturday that it had begun depositing the funds into taxpayers' bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as possible. Any adult earning up to $75,000 in adjusted gross income who has a valid Social Security number will receive a $1,200 payment.
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| Lawyer says Assange fathered two kids with her while in Ecuador embassy Posted: 11 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, according to a report Sunday confirmed by the mother. The 48-year-old Australian is the dad of two boys, aged two and one, with lawyer Stella Morris, to whom he is engaged, she confirmed following a Mail on Sunday report. Assange is currently being held in London's high security Belmarsh prison as he fights an extradition request by the United States to stand trial there on espionage charges.
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| China is reportedly giving 'extra scrutiny' to any research on the coronavirus' origins Posted: 13 Apr 2020 05:08 AM PDT  China is reportedly requiring academic research into the origin of the novel coronavirus to receive additional scrutiny and approval by the government.Academic papers on COVID-19 under a new policy from China "will be subject to extra vetting before being submitted for publication," and research on the virus' origins will "receive extra scrutiny and must be approved by central government officials," CNN reports.A directive from the Ministry of Education specifies that "academic papers about tracing the origin of the virus must be strictly and tightly managed." Papers must reportedly undergo vetting from a State Council task force after being sent to the Education Ministry. The novel coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan, and since then, CNN notes that some research into questions like when there was first human-to-human transmission of the virus have called the Chinese government's account into question. A Chinese diplomat recently pushed a conspiracy theory that the virus originated in the United States, and the U.S. intelligence community has reportedly concluded that China has underreported its number of coronavirus cases.One Chinese researcher who spoke to CNN characterized these restrictions as part of "a coordinated effort from [the] Chinese government to control [the] narrative, and paint it as if the outbreak did not originate in China," adding, "I don't think they will really tolerate any objective study to investigate the origination of this disease."More stories from theweek.com Trump adviser Peter Navarro made a bad bet 60 Minutes didn't cover pandemic preparedness under Obama The Supreme Court will hear arguments via telephone Researcher says if U.S. reopens May 1, there would 'very clearly' be a coronavirus rebound
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| 'The curve is continuing to flatten': Cuomo says New York coronavirus hospitalizations have hit an apex Posted: 11 Apr 2020 12:10 PM PDT  The death toll in New York is "stabilizing at a horrific rate," Cuomo said in his daily coronavirus update on Saturday.
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| Fox News Contributor Compares Coronavirus to the Flu, Claims It’s ‘Not a Pandemic’ Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:19 AM PDT  Fox News contributor Bill Bennett insisted on Monday morning that the novel coronavirus that has killed over 22,000 Americans in roughly a month isn't a pandemic at all, instead comparing it to the seasonal flu.Appearing on Fox & Friends, Bennett—who previously served as education secretary under President Ronald Reagan—argued that the threat of COVID-19 has long been overstated and that strict social-distancing guidelines have been unnecessary.Referencing a recent op-ed he wrote in which he compared the current death toll from coronavirus to those of drug overdoses and diabetes, Bennett noted that a current model projects 60,000 Americans will die from COVID-19."61,000 is what we lost to the flu in 2017 and 2018," Bennett declared. "The flu. Now, we all regret the loss of 61,000 people, if that's what it turns out to be. I'm going to tell you I think it's going to be less.""But if you look at those numbers and see the comparable, we're going to have fewer fatalities from this than from the flu," he added. Bennett went on to grouse that "we scared the hell out of the American people" and put a "major dent in the economy" over the virus before asserting that the disease's impact shouldn't have caused mass closings and physical-distancing restrictions."This was not and is not a pandemic, but we do have panic and pandemonium as a result of the hype of this and it's really unfortunate to look at the facts," he proclaimed.Co-host Brian Kilmeade, for his part, did respond that "it is labeled a pandemic" while also agreeing with Bennett that COVID-19 has a high survival rate. Currently, the mortality rate from coronavirus in the United States is at 4 percent and medical databases show one in ten middle-aged hospitalized coronavirus patients do not survive. The seasonal flu, meanwhile, has a fatality rate of 0.1 percent.Fox News came under fire last month for severely downplaying the threat of the virus prior to President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency in mid-March with opinion hosts and commentators repeatedly comparing the deadly virus to the flu, saying that was the "worst-case scenario."While Fox News brass has taken the pandemic seriously as several of its employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, pro-Trump Fox News stars have pivoted back to minimizing the crisis while calling for the president to quickly re-open the country and economy.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Have I already had coronavirus? How would I know and what should I do? Posted: 13 Apr 2020 08:22 AM PDT  Covid-19 symptoms, when they occur, vary widely and undertesting means many people have probably been unwittingly infected * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 symptoms vary widely, and undertesting in many countries means that many people may have already had the coronavirus without having received a positive diagnosis. Is it possible to find out, and how should you behave if you think you may have been infected? Is there any way to know whether someone has had Covid-19 in the past?Dr William Hillmann: Antibody tests are being developed but are not in widespread clinical use yet. The antibody testing would allow us to check blood samples for antibodies against coronavirus to tell whether somebody has had it. I, and I think many others, are anxiously awaiting for those to become available. Could I have had it and been asymptomatic? Hillmann: Coronavirus is actually quite a significant spectrum of symptoms, from people who are entirely asymptomatic and would have no idea that they have it to people with very mild, cold-like symptoms – runny nose, congestion, sore throat – to people with more flu-like symptoms – high fevers, muscle aches, shortness of breath and cough. Loss of smell and taste are also symptoms. All the way up to people with severe illness, who we're seeing in the hospital with respiratory failure, requiring ICU care.It's impossible right now to say what the true prevalence of the disease in the US is since we are still prioritizing testing for people who are sick or in the hospital or who are healthcare workers. We're not doing widespread testing that South Korea and some European countries have done to get a sense of how many people are asymptomatic or have such minimal symptoms that they attribute it to allergies or something else. Are people who are asymptomatic also contagious? Hillmann: A significant proportion of people who are totally asymptomatic are contagious for some portion of time. We just don't know [for how long] at this point, because we don't have the kind of testing available to screen for asymptomatic infections.When people are symptomatic, they're contagious. A day or two before they become symptomatic, they're likely contagious as well. A virus builds up and starts to shed, and then after symptoms resolve, people can still be contagious for a couple of days. We have some evidence of viral shed even a couple of weeks after symptoms are resolved. It's hard to know if that's actual live virus, which is still able to infect somebody, or if that's just dead virus that the body is shedding. Should someone behave differently if they think, but don't know for certain, that they have already had it?Dr David Buchholz: We all have to be role models. If we're all in it together, we all should be doing social distancing.Hillmann: Since there's no real way to know at this point who might have had it, unless you're symptomatic, you get a swab and are definitively diagnosed with it, I would just act as if you hadn't had it. Keep doing all of those things that we all should be doing at this point: social distancing and hand hygiene. I think universal mask-wearing in public is a reasonable recommendation based on what we know about the wide spectrum of symptoms, and the fact that people can be asymptomatic and still be shedding the virus. If I think I may have had it, do I have an ethical obligation to tell people I came in contact with? Even if it may in fact just have been a cold?Buchholz: I would, absolutely. I'm in New York, and it was definitely in the community before we knew it. So, yeah, any family members and close friends, maybe somebody you work next to, I think I would just alert them, especially if it was in the last 14 days. If it's been more than 14 days, they would have gotten sick by now if they had significant exposure.Hillmann: It's up to every individual about what they feel is right. That being said, with the surge in infections that we're seeing in places like New York, if you were symptomatic at one point but were not tested, and you were in close contact with somebody, I think you should tell them. If I've had it, can I get it again?Buchholz: There's not been any evidence that anyone's gotten it more than once. Someone with a normal immune system that can react to the virus and get better should have immunity for quite some time, at least a year, if not lifelong.There have been reports out of China suggesting people are testing positive for Covid-19 a second time. Most scientists think it is an issue around the inaccuracy of the testing and not that people are having two separate cases of the disease.ExpertsDr David Buchholz, senior founding medical director, primary care, assistant professor of pediatrics, Columbia University Irving medical centerDr William Hillmann, associate inpatient physician director at Massachusetts general hospital * Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, this article is being regularly updated to ensure that it reflects the current situation at the date of publication. Any significant corrections made to this or previous versions of the article will continue to be footnoted in line with Guardian editorial policy.
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| Italy's daily coronavirus cases decline, deaths rise Posted: 13 Apr 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 566 on Monday, up from 431 the day before, but the number of new cases slowed to 3,153 from a previous 4,092. The number of new cases was the lowest since April 7. The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 rose to 20,465, the Civil Protection Agency said, the second highest in the world after that of the United States.
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| Pelosi, Schumer say they're not backing down on coronavirus relief demands Posted: 13 Apr 2020 06:30 AM PDT  Schumer and Pelosi said in their statement Monday that Republicans must stop their "political posturing" in offering legislation that they know won't pass either chamber.
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| Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:55 PM PDT  Reopening the US is 'not going to be a light switch.' The first stimulus payments have been deposited. Here's the weekend's biggest news.
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| Child sex abuse in Pakistan's religious schools is endemic Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:06 PM PDT  Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the southern Punjab town of Pakpattan took him into a washroom and tried to rape him. Muhimman's aunt, Shazia, who wanted only her first name used, said she believes the abuse of young children is endemic in Pakistan's religious schools.
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| Tourists forced to write 'sorry' 500 times over India lockdown breach Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:57 AM PDT  Ten foreigners who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing "I am so sorry" -- 500 times, officials said Sunday. The nationwide lockdown was imposed near the end of March, with residents permitted to leave their homes only for essential services such as buying groceries and medicine. The travellers -- from Israel, Mexico, Australia and Austria -- were caught taking a walk in Rishikesh, where the Beatles sought spirituality at an Ashram in 1968.
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| World's biggest pork processor closing South Dakota plant where 238 employees have coronavirus Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:09 PM PDT  With coronavirus spreading through its employee ranks, Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, announced on Sunday it is closing its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, plant indefinitely.The plant employs about 3,700 workers, and 238 are now infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Smithfield employees account for 55 percent of South Dakota's total number of known coronavirus cases, Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said Saturday. Originally, the plant was only going to be closed temporarily for a deep cleaning, but Noem and the mayor of Sioux Falls recommended shutting it down for at least two weeks, Reuters reports. Smithfield said it will pay employees for the next two weeks, and will reopen after getting the okay from local and state officials.The Sioux Falls plant represents 4 to 5 percent of U.S. pork production, Reuters says, and in a statement released Sunday, Smithfield CEO Ken Sullivan warned the U.S. is moving "perilously close to the edge" of having enough meat to fill store shelves. "It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running," he added. "These facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain, first and foremost our nation's livestock farmers."More stories from theweek.com Trump adviser Peter Navarro made a bad bet 60 Minutes didn't cover pandemic preparedness under Obama The Supreme Court will hear arguments via telephone Researcher says if U.S. reopens May 1, there would 'very clearly' be a coronavirus rebound
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| Fauci says the government is considering giving out COVID-19 'immunity cards' as part of push to reopen the economy Posted: 11 Apr 2020 12:02 PM PDT  Dr. Fauci said a "large number" of antibody tests, which show whether someone has recovered from coronavirus, will be available in the coming week.
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| OPEC, Russia approve biggest ever oil cut Posted: 12 Apr 2020 03:34 PM PDT 
OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut oil output by a record amount, representing around 10% of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day for May-June, after four days of marathon talks and following pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to stop the price decline as measures to fight the virus have weakened demand. Trump had threatened OPEC leader Saudi Arabia with oil tariffs and other measures if it did not fix the market's oversupply problem as low prices have put the U.S. oil industry, the world's largest, in severe distress. OPEC+ has said it wanted producers outside the group, such as the United States, Canada, Brazil and Norway, to cut a further 5% or 5 million barrels per day. Global oil demand is estimated to have fallen by a third as more than 3 billion people are locked down in their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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| At least six dead after tornadoes, severe storms sweep South Posted: 12 Apr 2020 05:38 PM PDT  The deaths occurred in three Mississippi counties, the state's emergency management agency said Sunday.
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| Israel closes off Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox areas to stem coronavirus spread Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:08 AM PDT  Israel locked down mainly ultra-Orthodox Jewish areas of Jerusalem on Sunday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus from the densely populated neighbourhoods where the infection rate is high. Residents of the restricted neighbourhoods in Jerusalem can still shop close to home for essentials. The neighbourhoods are home to large families living in close quarters.
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