ALBANY, NY (AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that New York will seek a 20,000 fine from promoters planning a July concert by The Chainsmokers for widespread violations of social distance rules. Democrats have threatened to snatch state funding from schools in the coronavirus hotspots, disregarding orders to close …
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BEIJING (AP) – The president and director of a health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after a recent outbreak of a coronavirus in China, officials said Thursday. A brief notice on the official microblog of the Qingdao city government on Thursday states that Sui …
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BEIJING (AP) – Chinese health authorities will test all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao for coronavirus this week, the government announced Monday after finding nine cases linked to a hospital. The announcement breaks a two-month streak of reports of virus transmission in China, although China has …
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New Delhi (AP) – India’s confirmed coronavirus toll has crossed one million on Sunday, with many new cases sinking in recent weeks, health experts warn. The health ministry has registered another 74,383 infections in the last 24 hours. India is expected to become the worst-affected country in the coming weeks, …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The death toll from Saturday night’s Covid-1 death toll in Brazil exceeded 100,000,000, despite signs that the epidemic is slowly receding in Latin America’s largest country. Brazil’s health ministry reports that the death toll is now 1,0,188. The figure ranks second in the world behind …
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