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- Coronavirus Live Updates: As Economy Hemorrhages Jobs, Europeans Agree to Prime E.U.’s Pump April 9, 2020A push for more aid stalled in the Senate. In the last three weeks, 16 million U.S. workers filed for jobless benefits. A principal investigator in a federal clinical trial of antiviral drugs urges caution.
- Unemployment Ranks Up by 6.6 Million as Coronavirus Hits Jobs April 9, 2020Jobless claims now exceed 16 million as shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic widen and problems with getting benefits persist.
- Checkpoints, Curfews, Airlifts: Virus Rips Through Navajo Nation April 9, 2020The coronavirus is tearing across the largest Native American reservation in the United States. Facing a spike in deaths, Navajo officials are scrambling to respond.
- Optimism Is Less Distant as Global Coronavirus Battle Rages On April 9, 2020Scientists say drastic shifts in behavior appear to be having an effect in the pandemic, though they say the death toll will continue to mount and caution against drawing any sweeping conclusions.
- Enlisted Late, Online Lenders Still Must Wait to Help Speed Up Stimulus April 9, 2020The government wants to get loans to small businesses fast. But the lenders with the most experience with this have been unable to take part.
- Greg Farrell, Civic Reformer and Schools Innovator, Dies at 84 April 9, 2020He applied the teamwork and confidence-building techniques of Outward Bound to the challenges of urban classroom education.
- In Outreach to Left, Biden Unveils Plans on Medicare and Student Debt April 9, 2020Looking to appeal to Bernie Sanders’s supporters, Joe Biden announced proposals to lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 and to expand student debt forgiveness programs.
- Should Young Children Wear Masks? April 9, 2020There’s no one easy answer, but experts agree that the main reason to give a child a mask is to avoid infecting others.
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- Coronavirus live news: confirmed global cases pass 1.5m as Boris Johnson leaves intensive care April 9, 2020Italy’s curve flattening but deaths rise by 610; UK’s PM improves in hospital; virus could push 500m people into povertyFull story: global coronavirus cases pass 1.5 millionBoris Johnson leaves intensive careHow coronavirus spread across the globe - visualisedUS coronavirus updates – liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 10.12pm BST Uganda’s president has […]
- UK lockdown could end 'with sector-by-sector plan' for firms April 9, 2020Industries like manufacturing could return to normal before entertainment companies, according to Whitehall sourcesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters are looking at ending the coronavirus lockdown with a “gradual sector-by-sector approach” that could see vital industries such as manufacturing get back to work before less cr […]
- WHO warned of transmission risk in January, despite Trump claims April 9, 2020Notes to global health leaders on 10 and 11 January highlighted possible infection routesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization warned the US and other countries about the risk of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19 as early as 10 January, and urged precautions even though initial Chinese studies at that […]
- Have Australia and New Zealand stopped Covid-19 in its tracks? April 9, 2020Southern hemisphere neighbours have developed different strategies but both are working – for nowCoronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Its more than 35,000km (21,750 miles) of coastline was always going to be Australia’s strongest advantage in keeping coronavirus at bay, but even so, the speed with which it was used was breathtaking.W […]
- Hong Kong face masks ban largely upheld despite coronavirus April 9, 2020Law against use at legal and illegal assemblies was introduced during protestsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs health experts in Hong Kong call for masks to be made mandatory to tackle coronavirus, a ban on their use that was introduced in response to protests has been largely upheld by the appeal court.The court also used its r […]
- Saudi Arabia begins two-week ceasefire in Yemen due to coronavirus April 9, 2020Aid agencies welcome move amid fears virus outbreak could devastate war-torn countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSaudi Arabia has started a two-week unilateral ceasefire in Yemen, in a move designed to show its awareness of the threat the coronavirus poses to a war-torn country with only rudimentary health services.So far no Co […]
- China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans April 9, 2020Draft policy released by agriculture ministry cites concern over animal welfare and prevention of disease transmission as factors behind moveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Chinese government has signalled an end to the human consumption of dogs, with the agriculture ministry today releasing a draft policy that would forbid ca […]
- British Museum looks to crack mystery over decorated ostrich eggs April 8, 2020Experts reexamine eggs – some dating back to bronze age – to understand origins and designsThey are about the same size as a standard Easter egg, but are rather older – with some specimens dating back five millennia, to the early bronze age.A collection of decorated ostrich eggs belonging to the British Museum in London has been reexamined by experts in an e […]
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- Coronavirus: Worst economic crisis since 1930s depression, IMF says April 9, 2020Global economic growth will turn "sharply negative" this year due to the pandemic, the IMF warns.
- EU agrees €500m coronavirus rescue package April 9, 2020EU finance ministers reached the deal after marathon talks in Brussels.
- Coronavirus: US weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million April 9, 2020The Federal Reserve unveils more measures to shore up the economy as weekly jobless claims hit 6.6 million.
- Coronavirus: Spain PM sees 'fire coming under control' April 9, 2020Pedro Sánchez is the latest leader to express cautious optimism about the coronavirus outbreak.
- Coronavirus: WHO chief and Taiwan in row over 'racist' comments April 9, 2020Taiwan rejects accusations by the UN health body's head that racist slurs against him originated there.
- Coronavirus fuels a surge in fake medicines April 9, 2020With the world's major medicine producers in lockdown, dangerous counterfeit drugs are on the rise.
- Coronavirus in Suifenhe: Remote border town locks down as China opens up April 9, 2020As cases rise in Suifenhe - 1,000 miles from Beijing - people have been ordered to stay indoors.
- Coronavirus: Christians face lockdown for Easter April 9, 2020Europe's Easter celebrations are extraordinarily constrained by the pandemic.
