MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – After a one-day respite, COVID-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria have re-emerged, prompting a move to make the masks mandatory in the Melbourne metropolitan area and the nearby Mitchell county. Health officials on Sunday registered 363 new cases in the last 24 hours. Two …
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UAE CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – If your pockets are a little lighter these days, you’re not alone. It is an unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic that is changing the country. Literally. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the United States, Americans faced a shortage of toilet paper in supermarkets. …
Read More »Coronavirus: WHO reports world record single-day increase in cases
Image copyright fake pictures Screenshot India currently has the third highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases The number of new cases of coronavirus increased by almost 260,000 in 24 hours, the largest increase in a single day since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According …
Read More »“We really need help”: Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon
SALEM, Oregon. – Heather Griggs wears a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place known for its annual rodeo. Her confident tone hides her tiredness when she tells the person on the other side …
Read More »Heartwarming video shows 90-year-old man says goodbye to wife with COVID-19
LAKELAND, Florida – Tears filled the room when a 90-year-old Florida man arrived at a nursing home in full protective gear to say goodbye to his wife before she died of COVID-19. Sam Reck of Lakeland, Florida had spent the past four months apart from JoAnn Reck, his wife of …
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