Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 9 months AGO
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has climbed past 3,600, eclipsing China's official count. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported Tuesday that deaths in New York state had risen more than 300 from the day before, reaching about 1,550, mostly in New York City. That puts the U.S. ahead of China's official death toll of about 3,300. Cuomo's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has disclosed that he has become infected with the virus.
AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at how health care officials are reviewing guidelines on how to ration limited resources as hospitals brace for a surge in patients. Listen to the podcast after 3 p.m. at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.
The AP plans the following coverage. For up-to-the minute information, visit AP Newsroom's coverage hub at https://newsroom.ap.org/page/Coronavirus Find AP Virus Alerts here
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VIRUS OUTBREAK: The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,600 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as hard-hit New York City rushed to bring in more medical professionals and ambulances and parked refrigerated morgue trucks on the streets to collect the dead. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING
FINANCIAL MARKETS: Stocks are headed lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street after erasing earlier gains, as investors close out a brutal first quarter. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT and CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-STRANDED CRUISE: The U.S. Coast Guard says it's working with Holland America on a detailed docking plan that would require two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated cruise to handle all medical issues without impacting South Florida's already-stressed hospitals. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-JUVENILE OFFENDERS: For the tens of thousands of kids locked up in juvenile detention centers and other correctional facilities across America, the coronavirus is on its way. SENT: 630 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FINANCIAL SURVIVAL: The coronavirus has already dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans dealing with layoffs, furloughs or reduced hours. The good news is there is help available. SENT: 880 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE BRIEFING: President Donald Trump is enjoying the high ratings of his briefings and boasting they're up there with "The Bachelor." Meantime on the streets of the country, patients are fighting for life in jammed hospitals as the death toll increases. SENT: 1000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER: The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. SENT: 760 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PREGNANCY: Some pregnant women face giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others fear getting sick with COVID-19 and being separated from their infants at birth. The coronavirus pandemic has injected anxiety and uncertainty to an already stressful time and while science about risks is mostly reassuring, doctors want clearer answers too. SENT: 830 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COUNTING THE DEAD: Governments in Europe’s hardest-hit countries have yet to systematically test the residents of nursing homes or those who receive in-home care. In Spain, Italy and France, which together account for 30% of the world’s confirmed coronavirus cases, no one knows for sure how many people have become sick and died in the coronavirus epidemic, especially among the elderly. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-FACT CHECK: President Donald Trump is claiming that the U.S. is experiencing a lower death rate from the coronavirus pandemic than other countries. An AP Fact Check finds that to be an unsupported statement. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WUHAN REVIVES: The reappearance of Wuhan's favorite noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly returning to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 980 words, photos.
VIRUS DIARY-LONGING FOR TRAVEL: For my husband and me, travel has been a constant of our more than decade together. The world had always seemed small, accessible. Now, those same places seem so distant, so out of reach. And they quite literally are. SENT: 600 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VULNERABLE PRISONERS: In some cells in Iran, Syria and other countries in the Middle East, prisoners are crammed in by the dozens, with little access to hygiene or medical care. So if one infection gets in, the novel coronavirus could run rampant. SENT: 1700 words, photos. With Abridged.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRAZIL EVANGELICALS: Brazil's churches and evangelical temples have landed on the front lines of a battle between state governors, who have introduced quarantine measures designed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, and President Jair Bolsonaro, who is actively undermining them. SENT: 980 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPECIAL EDUCATION: Schools across the U.S. are scrambling to find new ways to provide remote instruction to students with disabilities as instruction moves online amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 1050 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-BAND: The Army Field Band's mission is to bring the military's story to the American people. And they're not letting the coronavirus get in the way. SENT: 530 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says deaths from the coronavirus continue to climb steeply in New York, topping 1,500 by Tuesday. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INSTACART: Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers have walked off the job to demand greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders. SENT: 890 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER: The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. SENT: 760 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST: A U.N. aid agency has begun delivering food to the homes of impoverished Palestinians instead of making them pick up such parcels at crowded distribution centers. SENT: 700 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEVADA SHELTER: Homeless people in Las Vegas have been directed to sleep in rectangles painted on the pavement in a makeshift parking lot camp as a way to limit the spread of the coronavirus, a move that is stirring outrage by some on social media. SENT: 525 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHRIS CUOMO: CNN's Chris Cuomo announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus but promised to continue doing his prime-time show from the basement of his home. SENT: 270 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GOAT INVASION: Utterly disregarding rules on social distancing, wild goats in Wales are invading a seaside town while its human inhabitants shelter indoors from the new coronavirus. SENT: 350 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RECESSIONS IN HISTORY: The coronavirus-related recessions around the world are going to be bad. And for some of the world's major industrial nations the worst that anyone alive has experienced, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. SENT: 475 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA BOY SHOT DEAD: The family of a 13-year-old boy is in mourning after police in Kenya's capital are accused of shooting him dead while enforcing a coronavirus curfew. SENT: 485 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FIFA: FIFA is looking to use its vast financial reserves to provide assistance to a football industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic wiping out games and creating unexpected economic hardship in the world's biggest sport. SENT: 380 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FOREIGN REPO: The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world's lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other central banks in exchange for Treasurys. SENT: 360 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE: The European Union's top official is urging member countries to respect the bloc’s core values amid fears that restrictions imposed by some national governments to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic could erode democracy and restrict human rights across the continent. SENT: 430 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AMAZON: Amazon has fired a worker who organized a walkout at a New York warehouse to demand greater protection against the new coronavirus. SENT: 510 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRLINES: The Treasury Department says airlines that want financial help during the coronavirus outbreak need to say how they will compensate the government for grants used to meet payroll. SENT: 420 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GRAND CANYON: Calls are mounting for the federal government to close Grand Canyon National Park after a resident of the iconic park tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in isolation. SENT: 450 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRAZIL: Major social media companies are taking aim at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of social distancing, joining others in the country who are lining up against his controversial stance regarding the new coronavirus. SENT: 550 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEVADA SHELTER: Homeless people in Las Vegas have been directed to sleep in rectangles painted on the pavement in a makeshift parking lot camp as a way to limit the spread of the coronavirus. SENT: 525 words.
GRAPHICS/INTERACTIVES:
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-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.
-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.
Additional graphics and interactives include:
- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.
-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.
-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.
-Virus Cases Compared Inside and Outside of China (Chart): Chart shows the number of confirmed cases in China over time and compares them to cases confirmed outside of China.
-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.
-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.
-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)
-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.
-Hospitality Workforce in the US: Coronavirus precautions have struck many U.S. business industries hard, especially the hospitality and service industry, where more than 16 million Americans work for support their livelihoods. This U.S. map highlights the number of hospitality workers and their average annual income by county along with the number of hospitality businesses. It is helpful in illustrating the potential impact of job loss to so many across the nation.
PHOTOS:
AP photos have moved from Italy, India, China, Israel, Poland, Germany, Britain, Ukraine, Greece, Afghanistan, Spain, Washington, D.C., various US and Latin America locations.
VIDEO:
AP video has moved from Wuhan, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Bulgaria, New York, Spain, Washington, D.C., various US and Latin America locations.