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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during the coronavirus task force daily briefing in Washington, March 25, 2020. Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, said Thursday that Italy has been impacted particularly badly by the coronavirus pandemic because the country …

The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz. The tests can produce …

Members of Joint Task Force 2, composed of soldiers and airmen from the New York Army and Air National Guard, work to sanitize New Rochelle High School during the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y., March 21, 2020. Chinese state-run media are citing an American conspiracy theorist to push claims that coronavirus was brought to …

A medical worker in a protective suit inspects a CT scan image in a ward at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, February 24, 2020. An attempt by G-7 member countries to agree on a joint statement fell apart after the State Department insisted on including the phrase “Wuhan virus” to …

Electronics stores, coffee chains and even local authorities in China are slashing prices and handing out millions of dollars worth of discount coupons to kick-start an economy battered by gradually easing virus-fighting restrictions on movement. GOME Retail Holdings and Suning.com plan to hand out over 620 million yuan ($88 million) worth of vouchers, while Alibaba’s …

Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, asks questions during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry in Washington, D.C., November 13, 2019. Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Representative Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced a bicameral resolution to condemn the …

A Twitter spokesperson said widely shared claims from Chinese officials alleging that the coronavirus originated in the U.S. did not violate its rules and terms of service. The spokesperson pointed The Daily Beast to the company’s loose approach to statements from government officials. “Presently,” Twitter explains, “direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political …

The death toll from Wuhan coronavirus in Italy has surpassed the number of reported deaths in China, marking a new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. Italy reported 427 new deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, with a total of 3,405 to China’s 3,245, according to Reuters. Italy now has 41,035 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The …

Senator Elizabeth Warren blurred out “Chinese” in a Thursday tweet criticizing President Trump’s response to the Wuhan coronavirus, following media claims that President Trump’s “Chinese virus” label is xenophobic and racist. “President Trump, are your eyes stitched shut? Hospitals need test kits, ventilators, & other medical supplies,” Warren tweeted. “That’s why the DPA exists. Stop …

President Trump on Wednesday defended himself from the allegations of racism and xenophobia that were leveled in response to his calling the Wuhan coronavirus the “Chinese virus,” telling reporters that “it comes from China” and that “it’s not racist at all” to use the label. Trump used the term “Chinese virus” in a tweet Wednesday …