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The $1tn-plus package will also include relief for small businesses and support for healthcare workers and coronavirus patients Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The US Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has introduced emergency legislation to stem the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, saying on Thursday that Republicans were ready to […] More
President said malaria drug would be available ‘almost immediately’ but officials say chloroquine must still be tested Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has sown fresh confusion about the US government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by claiming that a therapeutic drug will be available “almost immediately” – only to […] More
There’s a connection between America’s lack of commitment to collective wellbeing and the social disaster we suffer in times of crisis I don’t know if I have had the coronavirus (Covid-19). What I do know is that I developed pneumonia two weeks after returning to Los Angeles in early February from a visit with my […] More
The pandemic, a situation in which people are panic-buying supplies, is ideal for a movement powered by fear and lies Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The far right in America has received the coronavirus pandemic in much the same manner as any other event: with disinformation, conspiracies and scapegoating. Many seem […] More
More than 250m people now in lockdown in EU as Germany and Belgium adopt measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Italy has suffered its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus outbreak and is poised to overtake China as the world’s worst affected country, as Europe tightened a lockdown affecting about 250 […] More
Andrew Cuomo: projections show cases could peak in 45 days Coronavirus – US updates Coronavirus – global updates New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, said the latest projections showed his state’s coronavirus cases could peak in 45 days’ time, after announcing on Tuesday that the state’s total number of cases had jumped to 1,374. Related: Trump […] More
President unveiled aggressive new guidelines for the next 15 days in a bid to slow the spread of the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Subdued into realism, Donald Trump has warned that social upheaval caused by the coronavirus outbreak could last beyond August. The US president, who previously claimed the […] More
Trump’s response has been inadequate but the system is rigged anyway. As always, the poor will be hit hardest Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dr Anthony S Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and just about the only official in the Trump administration trusted to tell […] More
