coronavirus

A traveler from Australia is tested for coronavirus after arriving in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2020. China is temporarily closing its borders to all foreigners in an attempt to prevent the resurgence of coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday. “The suspension is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light …

Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T, stars of “Law and order: SVU,” are mourning one of their own crew members who died Thursday due to complications from the coronavirus. Josh Wallwork, who was a costumer for the long-running NBC crime show, as well as “Madam Secretary,” passed away at the age of 45 after contracting COVID-19, showrunner …

After two months of being shut down due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Chinese officials announced Thursday that they are planning to reopen 205 cinemas on Saturday. The teeming metropolis of more than 24 million people is one of the first major cities to reopen multiplexes to the public after many of the outlying …

Hedge fund managers made a killing in 2019, only to get put through the wringer when the coronavirus hit. Institutional Investor revealed its closely watched “rich list” of hedge fund titans this week based on 2019 returns. Topping the list were many of the usual suspects, including mathematician-turned-quant trader Jim Simons, who earned an estimated …

We have learned with great agony and anguish that COVID-19 plays no favorites — even if you are Eli Manning. The retired Pride of the Giants is just like the rest of us — held hostage inside his New Jersey home, practicing social distancing, washing his hands, quarterbacking his wife and four young children with …

Office-leasing giant WeWork is in talks to hire an outside adviser to help it renegotiate its leases as the coronavirus outbreak threatens rent revenues around the world. The New York company, which leases office space and then sublets it to entrepreneurs and other businesses, is in talks to hire real-estate brokerage Newmark Knight Frank to …

R. Kelly has joined the growing crowd of celebrity defendants asking to get out of jail to dodge the spread of coronavirus. The “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner’s attorney filed papers with federal judges in Chicago and Brooklyn asking if he can be sprung from the Windy City’s Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial …

Grocery stores like ShopRite have taken drastic measures to help and protect their customers and workers from the coronavirus pandemic — from $2 pay raises to installing plexiglass sneeze guards, and now allowing workers to wear protective masks and gloves. Grocery stores have mentioned Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines in notices on whether …

Evangeline Lilly has issued an apology in response to the backlash she received for dismissing the idea of self-quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic. The “Lost” actress, 40, took to Instagram on Thursday to also assure fans she’s doing her part to flatten the curve. “I am writing you from my home where I have been …

Kathy Griffin was hospitalized in an isolation ward room with “unbearably painful” symptoms that she said could have been related to the novel coronavirus. In two photos Griffin posted to Twitter Wednesday, she showed the room where she is staying — one with her nose and mouth covered by a mask. “I was sent to …