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Georgia, where Joe Biden is ahead of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race, joins Louisiana in pushing back voting as Covid-19 spreads Coronavirus – latest updates Georgia has become the second state to delay its presidential primaries over coronavirus fears, a day after Louisiana also pushed back voting in primaries. In-person early voting, which began […] More
All travel between the United States and the UK and Ireland will be suspended from midnight EST on Monday. Vice-president Mike Pence announced the new measure at a coronavirus task force news briefing on Saturday. A top medical official Anthony Fauci said the move could change the course of coronavirus’s spread across the country, which […] More
Donald Trump has confirmed he took a coronavirus test after exposure to infected people including a member of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s entourage in Florida last weekend. He revealed he had been tested at a briefing where it was announced the US would ban travellers from the UK and Ireland from entering the country from Monday. Trump […] More
President speaks to press at White House after welcoming House bill that includes paid sick leave Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has announced new measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis, including expanding the existing US travel ban to cover the UK and Ireland. Related: Coronavirus death toll in UK […] More
Andy Slavitt, formerly Medicare and Medicaid administrator, tweets outline of threat after ‘Trump’s months-long denial’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hospitals in the US could be overrun by coronavirus cases in little more than a week, a former Obama administration senior health official has warned, fearing a “tsunami-like” escalation that would […] More
When he no can longer lie or deny, he’ll blame immigrants, journalists, people of color, liberals and other enemies Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on coronavirus was terrifying because it revealed a man completely unmatched to the moment. Even though he was reading from a teleprompter, the president got the details of his major policy […] More
For Trump, who has spent years undermining experts, scientists, and trust in government, the pandemic has shown his weaknesses It was just before 9am and the sky was overcast when a small group of reporters were suddenly ushered through the White House’s south portico. They gathered in the diplomatic reception room, once home to Franklin […] More
When Aids hit in the 1980s, Birx turned her heartbreak and confusion into research and treatment How to protect yourself against coronavirus What are the symptoms and should I see a doctor? Of the three people leading the US response to coronavirus only one, Dr Deborah Birx, has previously been on the frontline against a […] More
