Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 7 months AGO
With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic’s devastation. He said the United States will end its relationship with WHO, charging Friday it didn’t respond adequately to the health crisis because of China’s “total control” over the global organization. Trump said Chinese officials “ignored” their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the WHO to mislead the world. Earlier Friday, U.S. Commerce Department statistics showed a record-shattering 13.6% drop in spending in April.
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SENT/DEVELOPING:
VIRUS OUTBREAK: With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Donald Trump on Friday took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic’s devastation. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT’S HAPPENING.
FINANCIAL MARKETS: The stock market erased an early drop and ended mixed, capping a strong week and month. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-US SPREAD: The spark that started the U.S. coronavirus epidemic arrived during a three-week window from mid-January to early February, before the nation halted travel from China. SENT: 760 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GAMBLING EXPANSION: Gambling industry and government officials say the coronavirus outbreak could lead to a quicker expansion of sports betting and internet gambling in the U.S. as states deal with huge budget deficits and look for new tax revenue wherever they can find it. SENT: 725 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LATIN AMERICA’S POOR: In Latin America, the coronavirus appears to have initially been brought to the region by wealthy citizens or visitors coming from Europe and the United States but is now increasingly concentrated in poorer neighborhoods. SENT: 1,175 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS: A debate in Congress over whether to extend $600 a week in federally provided benefits to the unemployed looks sure to intensify with the number of people receiving the aid now topping 30 million — one in five workers. SENT: 920 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MILITARY TRAINING: The coronavirus is affecting training at the Marine Corps’ Parris Island Recruit Depot and across the military. And defense leaders say some of the adjustments are proving beneficial and could become permanent. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FEDERAL JAIL: A doctor who performed a court-authorized inspection of the federal detention center in Manhattan where financier Jeffrey Epstein died last summer says symptoms indicating an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility were neglected and ignored. SENT: 845 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRANSPLANT TRANSPORT: Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozens of times, sleeping in empty airports and unable to return home to see his family in Israel, all in a race against time to deliver life-saving transplants. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GERMANY TOURISM: With weeks to go before the start of Europe’s summer vacation season, many countries are hoping travel restrictions will be lifted in time to give their economies a much-needed boost. SENT: 980 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GREECE-ORTHODOX COMMUNION: For Orthodox Christians, the use of a shared spoon by a priest to distribute Holy Communion is a tradition that dates back thousands of years, a practice today that would alarm an epidemiologist. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-HOSPITAL BOXER: Staff at one French hospital punched their way through personal turmoil by taking boxing lessons that eased their tension during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 440 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-THE NEW WAY: Fear over how the virus could impact Pablo, a 4-year-old with Down syndrome, pushed his family to pull him from therapies in March. Then the clinic closed altogether. SENT: 610 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-CHINA-TRUMP: President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, saying it had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has “total control” over the global organization and pressured the WHO to mislead the world when the virus was first discovered. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-KILLING HOGS: Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close due to coronavirus outbreaks have been back up and running for weeks, but production backlogs are forcing farmers to euthanize thousands of hogs that can’t be processed, drawing complaints from animal welfare advocates. SENT: 850 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NATION'S CAPITOL REOPENS: The nation’s capital is beginning its phased-in reopening in fits and starts, with not everyone ready for even a limited return to pre-pandemic normality. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York City is on track to begin reopening June 8 as the state gradually loosens restrictions put in place during the coronavirus crisis. SENT; developing.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ALABAMA: Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama’s old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst unemployment rate. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA’S LAWSUIT LAWYER: The Republican lawyer leading the fight against California’s stay-at-home orders has a long history of taking on free speech and civil rights cases. SENT: 1170 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FRENCH TRACING APP: As France is easing most virus related restrictions next week, the French government is confident its contact-tracing app will be effective in the process to contain the spread of the pandemic. SENT: 610 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DENMARK BORDERS OPEN: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says her country will reopen its borders next month - with strings attached - to residents of neighboring Germany, as well as Norway and Iceland, as Denmark accelerates its lockdown easing. SENT: 700 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ICONIC SITES: Neither the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower nor the Versailles Palace will reopen when France lifts many of its remaining coronavirus lockdown restrictions next week. SENT: 700 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-STRESSED KIDS: Hula hoops, camouflage mats and tires aren’t typical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic. But they’re useful props as British veteran Mike Hamilton prepares to lead children in a military-style game designed to boost their resilience and mental health at a time of atypical stress. SENT: 590 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA: South Africa says it has a backlog of nearly 100,000 unprocessed tests for the coronavirus. It’s a striking example of the painful shortage of testing materials across Africa as cases steadily rise. SENT: 760 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA: Muslims in parts of Indonesia are attending Friday prayers as mosques closed by the coronavirus for weeks are allowed to start reopening in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. SENT: 1000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ENTERTAINMENT-THE TOLL: The coronavirus has claimed the lives of artists and artisans, writers and actors, musicians and media figures. SENT: 815 words, photos.
ALSO:
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA-THEME PARKS: Universal Orlando plans to reopen its hotels to guests, more than two months after they were closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. SENT: 220 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HEAT RELIEF: Trying to stay safe during a global pandemic is hard enough, but people in Southwest desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas where temperatures can soar into the triple digits are also trying to protect themselves from the brutal heat. SENT: 430 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GREECE TOURISM: Greece has listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors starting June 15 as the government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 265 words.
VATICAN-SUMMER CAMP: The Holy See is offering a month of tennis, swimming, games and sports for the children of Vatican employees to help compensate for the lack of normal camp and travel options as a result of the coronavirus. SENT: 245 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TURKEY: Worshipers in Turkey have held their first communal Friday prayers in 74 days after the government reopened some mosques as part of its plans to relax measures in place to fight the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 415 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA MIGRANT DEATHS: A senior Indian railway official says authorities are investigating whether some migrant workers died of starvation or heat sickness this week while traveling on special trains to their home villages in blazing heat after losing their jobs in cities because of the coronavirus lockdown. SENT: 265 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BOSNIA VENTILATORS: Bosnian authorities have arrested two high-ranking state officials and the owner of a private company which imported 100 ventilators from China that were found to be useless for COVID-19 patients. SENT: 342 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-STREET ART-PHOTO GALLERY: Street art is getting inspiration from the coronavirus pandemic gripping the globe, offering some comic relief, wit and beauty in a world where people are cut off from each other. SENT: 165 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-HAIRDO-PHOTO GALLERY: Two months of lockdown have left style-conscious Italians looking less well-groomed than usual. But as of last week, hair salons and barber shops are back in business, welcoming young and old in need of a trim or a complete makeover. SENT: 280 words.
INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:
-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.
-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)
-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.
-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.
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