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Hundreds of tourists stranded in Moroccan lockdown

Published:Friday | March 27, 2020 | 12:21 AM

RABAT, Morocco (AP): Hundreds of tourists, who were travelling in Morocco in motor homes, have found themselves stranded in a parking lot near a Tangier highway that authorities have turned into a makeshift quarantine centre. The mostly British...

US now leads world in confirmed coronavirus cases

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 5:14 PM

NEW YORK — The United States now leads the world in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. According to a running count by Johns Hopkins University, the number of people infected in the US topped 82,000 on Thursday. That’s just...

Half-million infected worldwide as economic toll rises

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 5:01 PM

The human and economic toll of the lockdowns against the coronavirus mounted Thursday as India struggled to feed the multitudes, Italy shut down most of its industry, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment...

Trump administration urged to free migrants in detention as virus surges

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 3:49 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions...

UN chief urges $2 billion for vulnerable nations with virus

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 3:43 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a $2 billion appeal on Wednesday to help vulnerable and conflict-torn countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and South America tackle the coronavirus...

New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 3:40 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand’s modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty to all charges Thursday. The attacks...

China temporarily barring foreign nationals to curb imported COVID-19 cases

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 11:46 AM

BEIJING — China is temporarily barring all foreign nationals from entry as it seeks to curb the number of imported COVID-19 cases. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that foreign nationals with residence permits will be...

US to indict Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, aides

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 9:44 AM

MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration will announce indictments against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela’s state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug...

US Senate passes $2.2T coronavirus aid plan, House votes Friday

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 9:34 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented response amid record new...

Lawsuits in France claim government inaction on coronavirus

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 9:00 AM

PARIS — Six lawsuits have been filed in France accusing the government of not acting quickly enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A judicial official told The Associated Press on Thursday the suits were filed by individuals or groups...

60 COVID-19 cases identified

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 12:25 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago Government yesterday said that the 33 nationals stranded in Barbados will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period on their arrival for the coronavirus (COVID-19), despite having done so...

First cases of coronavirus recorded

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 12:25 AM

BASSETERRE (CMC): St Kitts-Nevis, the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) not to have recorded a case of the coronavirus in recent days, yesterday announced two cases as a result of the patients having recently travelled to the United States of...

Macron turns to military to fight virus

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 12:24 AM

PARIS: PRESIDENT EMMANUEL Macron launched a special military operation yesterday to help fight the new coronavirus in France, one of the world’s hardest-hit countries. As part of the new ‘Operation Resilience,’ France is deploying helicopter...

Washington agrees on unrivalled $2-trillion virus rescue bill

Published:Thursday | March 26, 2020 | 12:24 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The White House and Senate leaders yesterday announced agreement on an unparalleled $2-trillion emergency bill to rush aid to businesses, workers and a healthcare system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the largest...

Canada imposes mandatory self-isolation for those returning

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2020 | 12:36 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Wednesday it is imposing mandatory self-isolation for those returning to the country under the Quarantine Act. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said it will begin at midnight Wednesday and the...

Florida governor wants state declared a disaster area

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2020 | 10:10 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — Governor Ron DeSantis has asked President Donald Trump to declare Florida a disaster area, saying the coronavirus outbreak is having a “drastic effect” on the state’s economy and medical...

Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2020 | 8:59 AM

LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said Wednesday. The 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland,...

Can blood from COVID-19 survivors treat the newly ill?

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2020 | 12:22 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood...

Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50 per cent amid virus

Published:Wednesday | March 25, 2020 | 12:22 AM

MALAYSIA’S MEDICAL glove factories, which make most of the world’s critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they’re most needed, The Associated Press has learned. Healthcare workers snap gloves on as the first line of...

Florida shifts coronavirus containment to outside travellers

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 4:04 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — Governor Ron DeSantis has refused to follow the lead of other states that have issued broad shutdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus, instead shifting the onus to outside travellers whom he...

Key medical gloves factories cutting staff by 50% amid coronavirus

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 4:03 PM

Malaysia’s medical gloves factories, which make most of the world’s critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they’re most needed, The Associated Press has learned. Health care workers snap gloves on as...

Amazon's Audible offering free audiobooks to parents, kids homeschooling

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 12:44 PM

With schools closed and many adults working remotely, parents stuck at home with their kids know that silence is golden. Now, Amazon is offering those parents a nice reprieve. Audible, which is owned by Amazon, is offering free audiobooks for kids...

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus spread

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 8:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country...

Coronavirus infection rate accelerating in New York - Governor Cuomo

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 11:19 AM

NEW YORK — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be as close as two weeks away from a crisis that projects 40...

China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province

Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2020 | 8:38 AM

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside. People with a clean bill of health will...

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