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Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China

Trader He Ximing in the Chinese city of Wuhan says he has no idea how or where he caught the coronavirus or why repeated nucleic acid tests showed he didn't have it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KntBB4

Australia calls on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over coronavirus concerns

Australia has called on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over concerns they pose a threat to human health and agricultural markets, a move which could further strain ties with China after Canberra called for an international inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yxpy2C

Trump order temporarily limits U.S. immigration during coronavirus crisis

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3eDekdr

China reports 10 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 30 a day earlier

Mainland China reported 10 new coronavirus cases as of the end of April 22, down from 30 a day earlier as the number of so-called imported cases involving travelers from overseas declined, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2x4QCWy

Mexico coronavirus cases top 10,000 as sickly economy contracts

Mexico reported on Wednesday it now has over 10,000 cases of coronavirus, the fifth-highest tally in Latin America, as containment measures and rock-bottom crude prices wreak economic havoc on the oil-producing country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KtnVFU

Panama reports 171 new coronavirus cases: health ministry

Panama posted 171 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the country's total to nearly 5,000 infected persons, the health ministry said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3bvfyFJ

Coronavirus: Dictionary.com updates definitions, adds new words explaining COVID-19 outbreak

Coronavirus: Dictionary.com updates definitions, adds new words explaining COVID-19 outbreak Listen up, logophiles.

Surfer recreates surfing 'feeling' with hair dryer and hammock

Surfer recreates surfing 'feeling' with hair dryer and hammock Nothing can keep this surfer from the sport she loves.

Florida principal lines high school's driveway with 2020 class photos

Florida principal lines high school's driveway with 2020 class photos Comin’ through — it’s the class of 2020, down a new kind of memory lane.

Florida woman wears unicorn costume on jogs, delights self-isolating neighbors

Florida woman wears unicorn costume on jogs, delights self-isolating neighbors It’s the little things that get us through coronavirus quarantine. A good meal. A silly movie. A fully grown woman running through the neighborhood in an elaborate unicorn costume.

Covid-19, Confusion and Uncertainty

By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3eICvXI

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

By BY PATRICK J. LYONS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eGTkCt

Mutineers, Raise Your Hands

By BY GAIL COLLINS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2yxDxp0

Health Dept. Doctor Says Doubts on Hydroxychloroquine Led to His Ouster

By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2W46otl

‘What Do You Have to Lose?’ How Trump Has Promoted Malaria Drug

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2xFzPK1

Brothers Who Hoarded 17,700 Hand Sanitizer Bottles Avoid Fine After Donating Supplies

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2zgj8Fc

Covid-19 Threatens Global Safety Net

By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2zllUsR

Pentagon officials say Trump's comment on Iran a warning, will maintain self-defense

Senior Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's comments on Iran were meant as a warning to Tehran, but suggested that the U.S. military would continue to abide by their existing right to self defense instead of any changes to their rules. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RZKNRA

Trump: if Iranian ships get too close 'we'll shoot them out of the water'

U.S. Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close "out of the water," President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after 11 vessels from Iran's elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2znHvRy

UK to test prevalence of COVID-19 in general population

Britain's government plans to test a sample of 20,000 English households for COVID-19 in the coming weeks to try to establish how far the disease has spread across the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3eD76pP

SFGATE: Vaccine expert says he was fired for opposing drug Trump touted

Vaccine expert says he was fired for opposing drug Trump touted Published on April 23, 2020 at 05:11AM by By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a government agency combating the coronavirus pandemic alleged Wednesday that he was ousted for opposing politically connected efforts to promote a malaria drug that President Donald Trump touted without proof as a remedy for COVID-19. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, said in a statement that he was summarily removed from his job on Tuesday and reassigned to a lesser role. His lawyers, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, called it “retaliation plain and simple.” Controversy has swirled around the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine since Trump started promoting it from the podium in the White House briefing room. BARDA, the agency that Bright formerly headed, is a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services created to counter threats from bioterroris