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To love and to cherish: Nurse couple unites to fight virus

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 5:12 PM

Between surgeries one stressful morning, Ben Cayer and Mindy Brock — husband and wife, and fellow nurse anaesthetists — peered through layers of protective gear, and locked eyes. It was a lovers’ gaze in the most unlikely...

New York to require face coverings in busy public places

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 5:04 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Face coverings will be required in busy spaces while New York City officials said they would create an emergency food reserve and take other steps to safeguard residents’ sustenance. Meanwhile, the mayor urged a...

Banks brace for big loan defaults by US, global customers

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 1:45 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The major banks in the United States are anticipating a flood of loan defaults as households and business customers take a big financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America,...

WWII veteran, 99, raises millions for UK health service

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:05 PM

LONDON (AP) — A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has surprised himself by generating millions of pounds within days. Tom Moore’s...

European, African leaders call for massive help for Africa

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 9:53 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly 20 European and African leaders have made a joint appeal for a massive international effort to boost Africa’s coronavirus response, saying that “only a global victory that fully includes Africa can bring...

EU blasts Trump’s WHO funding cut, fears it worsens pandemic

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 9:42 AM

GENEVA (AP) — Nations around the world reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. Health experts warned the move could...

Concerns mount over short-term drought in the Caribbean

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:27 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Barbados-based Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN) says during the first half of the dry season, there is a clear distinction between the wetter northern and drier southern islands of the...

Obama endorses Biden as the best leader for ‘darkest times’

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): FORMER PRESIDENT Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. “Joe has the character and the...

Police recover stolen drums of hand sanitiser gel

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:26 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Detectives in Mexico said Tuesday they recovered a truck that was stolen while carrying 12 drums of hand sanitiser gel. The alcohol-based gel has become a hot item during the coronavirus pandemic, and prices for it have risen...

Island to remain on lockdown until May 3

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:26 AM

SAN JUAN (CMC): The governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vazquez, says the territory will remain on lockdown until May 3 in an effort to curb the number of COVID-19 cases. This is one of the strictest measures taken in a jurisdiction of the United States...

World Bank sees country escaping regional recession

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:26 AM

GEORGETOWN (CMC): Guyana is expected to see an overall economic growth of 51.7 per cent for this year, with further projections over the next two years. The World Bank, in its recent semiannual report of the Latin America and Caribbean region...

Vacancy for opposition leader filled for the first time since 2013

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:26 AM

ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The vacant seat of leader of the opposition was filled yesterday for the first time since 2013 with the appointment of Tobias Clement, a former member of the ruling New National Party (NNP). The office became vacant in 2013...

COVID-19 cases in nursing home push tally to 57

Published:Wednesday | April 15, 2020 | 12:26 AM

HAMILTON (CMC): Four cases of COVID-19 at a nursing home have helped to push the total number of cases across the island up to 57. This is according to Health Minister Kim Wilson, who said in a recent statement that two residents and two members of...

Healthcare workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 4:54 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Between 10% and 20% of US coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalised at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Search for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up in China, US

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 3:22 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the United States, but it’s still a long road to prove if they’ll really work. China’s CanSino...

Heart woes spur partial stop of malaria drug study for virus

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 11:37 AM

Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a study of a malaria drug touted as a possible coronavirus treatment after heart rhythm problems developed in one-quarter of people given the higher of two doses being tested. Chloroquine and a...

Trump says he has ‘total’ authority over reopening economy

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 10:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed the “total” authority to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new coronavirus. But...

Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 10:31 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes! Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey made the plea in a letter published by...

Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 9:58 AM

SPOKANE, Washington (AP) — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses Marxists of using the pandemic to advance...

IMF: Global economy will suffer worst year since Depression

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 9:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. The IMF said Tuesday that it...

Bermuda COVID-19 cases rising

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 12:16 AM

HAMILTON (CMC): THE NUMBER of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bermuda has now risen to 57. Health Minister Kim Wilson said late Saturday that to date, 28 people had recovered, eight were hospitalised and were still under public health monitoring...

Banks to open for limited service during state of emergency

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 12:15 AM

ST GEORGE’S: Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has secured a commitment from the Grenada Bankers Association to reopen banks to provide limited services to the public during the current state of emergency. It is reported that the prime minister...

Lockdown remains in place until May 3

Published:Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | 12:14 AM

AP: THE GOVERNOR of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez, says the territory will remain on lock down until May 3, in an effort to curb the number of COVID-19 cases. The announcement made by Vázquez, on the weekend, is one of the strictest measures taken in...

Confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2M worldwide

Published:Monday | April 13, 2020 | 7:50 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 even as the lack of fresh hot spots in the US or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of optimism and fuelled discussions Monday about how some places might begin to...

IMF cancels debt payments for 6 months for 25 poor nations

Published:Monday | April 13, 2020 | 7:01 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on Monday to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world’s most impoverished countries so they can help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. IMF Executive...

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