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A 101-year-old Italian man born during the Spanish flu pandemic left the hospital on Thursday after beating the Chinese coronavirus. An Italian man – known as Mr. P. – battled the infection and won, according to a report by the local media outlet Rimini Today, which added Mr. P. has been discharged from a hospital in Rimini, …
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Japanese authorities have confirmed 57 cases of the coronavirus at a center for the disabled in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK said. A total of 31 staff and 26 residents of the center have been found to be infected with the coronavirus, NHK said. The outbreak comes after a woman in her 40s, …
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President Trump on Friday accused General Motors of failing to produce enough ventilators to fight the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. “As usual with ‘this’ General Motors, things just never seem to work out,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They said they were going to give us 40,000 much needed Ventilators, ‘very quickly.’ Now they …
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Our World in Data researchers announced this week that they had stopped relying on World Health Organization data for their models. Our World in Data, an online publication based at the University of Oxford, announced on Tuesday that it had stopped relying onO World Health Organization (WHO) data for its models, citing errors and other …
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The Rocket Man is set for take off! Superstar Elton John will host a star-studded benefit special Sunday night on FOX, honoring the health care heroes and first responders battling the coronavirus pandemic. The “iHeart Living Room Concert for America” will feature remote performances from Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Green Day’s Billie Joe …
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Aaron Rodgers is pleased to be at his home in Malibu, Calif., after describing a harrowing tale of his departure from Peru due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Green Bay Packers quarterback told the tale on “The Pat McAfee Show” on CBS Sports Radio of how he and three other people were …
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Sip to support your neighborhood gathering place! Despite all restaurants and bars following the COVID-19 mandated shut-down, licensed spots of lubrication may now offer cocktails to-go with the State Liquor Authority’s blessing. “I want to support my local pubs so they don’t go out of business,” says Chris Artis, a freelance book public relations rep …
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Monty Python legend John Cleese has been fish-slapped on Twitter after poking fun at panicking Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic. British comic Cleese tweeted, “It strikes me that it’s terribly funny that the response of some Americans to a virus is to buy guns.” Tennis legend Martina Navratilova responded, “Yeah, I’m not laughing though.” Others …
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President Trump on Friday invoked the Defense Production Act to order ventilators from General Motors needed to treat coronavirus patients, after initially declining to do so. “Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting …
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President Trump on Friday signed a $2.2 trillion package meant to offset the effects of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic into law. The legislation constitutes the largest relief package in American history, drafted in response to a surge of shuttered businesses and stock-market turmoil. Numerous U.S. states have ordered public businesses to close to prevent the …