Four new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, breaking a 102-day streak of no new cases in the country. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a closure of the city as a ‘precautionary approach’, Reuters reported. The nation will move to level 3 of its …
Read More »107-year-old NJ woman who strikes Spanish flu survives COVID-19
A 107-year-old grandmother from New Jersey who survived the Spanish flu a century ago is now a two-time pandemic survivor after hitting COVID-19. Brooklyn resident Anna Del Priore, who turns 108 next month, was diagnosed with the coronavirus in May and her granddaughter, Darlene Jasmine, had adopted the worst, the …
Read More »Global COVID-19 cases increased past 20 million with more than 737K deaths
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide reached 20 million on Tuesday – more than half of them in the US, Brazil and India – and the death toll is more than 737,000, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. It took about six months to reach 10 million cases, …
Read More »Grocery stores can be the next big thing to relocate to malls
Buyers walk through the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Jennah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images As shoppers’ habits for consumers change, America’s shopping center has salvaged many saviors: eateries, cinemas, gyms. Grocery stores could be next on the list. Simon Property Group, the largest owner …
Read More »Cuomo drops probe into nursing home coronavirus debacle
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday dismissed the idea of an independent probe into the coronavirus tears by nursing homes in New York – while reiterating that criticism of his administration’s response is purely partisan. State police on both sides of the aisle have called for an investigation into the circumstances …
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