New York, March 26 (RHC)-- With the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, hospitals are seeing the same surge in cases that overwhelmed healthcare systems in Italy and Spain. Refrigerated trucks and tents have been stationed outside some hospitals to hold the bodies of the dead as morgues fill up.... More
Havana, March 26 (RHC) In the struggle against COVID-19, Cuba continues to spread solidarity. On Wednesday, the first group of a Cuban medical brigade arrived in Belize.... More
Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- The U.S. Defense Department has warned that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak in the country could continue for months and the American military would continue to support efforts to counter the COVID-19 crisis.... More
Havana, March 26 (RHC)-- If the school year was suspended in the current scenario, it was not to keep our children and youth on the streets; it was to keep them at home, said Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel.... More
Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- As U.S. coronavirus cases continued to grow on an exponential curve -- with the number of known cases topping 54,000 -- President Donald Trump said he hoped to reopen the U.S. economy and end restrictions aimed at slowing the spread by Easter Sunday — less than three weeks from now.... More
New York, March 26 (RHC)-- In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Governor Andrew Cuomo blasted the Trump administration for failing to respond to the magnitude of the crisis. ... More
Atlanta, March 26 (RHC)-- Across the United States, doctors and nurses report a critical lack of personal protective equipment — or PPE — endangering their health and safety. The hashtag #GetUsPPE trended on social media, with medical workers reporting they’ve been forced to reuse a single N95 protective mask throughout the day, or even for days at a time — against standard protocol of changing masks for each patient.... More
Seattle, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Washington, officials are inspecting infection controls at nursing homes statewide after finding the Life Care Center of Kirkland failed to identify and protect sick residents, failed to alert health officials about an outbreak of respiratory illness and had no backup plan after the center’s primary doctor fell ill from COVID-19. ... More
Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S., documents obtained by The Nation magazine show Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quarantined nine prisoners and is monitoring at least 24 others across 10 immigration jails for symptoms of COVID-19. ... More
Juba, March 26 (RHC)-- In South Sudan, massive swarms of locusts are devastating food crops across the country, further endangering a population that already faces the highest rate of food insecurity in the world. ... More
Havana, March 26 (RHC)-- The Cuban news agency Prensa Latina (PL) denounced the blocking of its official profile on the social network Twitter and three of its reporters’ accounts. The news agency says that the maneuver is part of the hostile policy of the U.S. against Cuba.... More
Havana, March (RHC)-- The U.S. government, through its embassy in Havana, is asking countries currently receiving Cuban medical aid to stop the spread of COVID-19, to reject that contribution.... More
United Nations, March 25 (RHC)-- Top diplomats and officials from all around the world are increasingly urging the United States to remove its unilateral sanctions against Iran amid the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus.... More
New Delhi, March 25 (RHC)-- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his country will be in a complete lockdown for a period of 21 days beginning on Wednesday after midnight. During a televised national address, Modi said: “If we are not able to manage the upcoming 21 days, we will be pushed back 21 years." He emphasized that there will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes.... More
New York, March 25 (RHC)-- As the coronavirus pandemic continues its spread across the United States, ranking the country as the third most affected in the world, the multi-billionaire company Amazon is petitioning public donations to pay sick leave for its employees, Popular Information has reported Tuesday. ... More
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