The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak continues to upend life around the world. President Trump has downplayed the dangers of the pandemic, pressing that some Americans could return to work despite the advice of health experts. More than 700,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the United States.
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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and officials provide an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health.
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Speaking to the Washington Post, CDC Director Robert Redfield warned a second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus this year could be worse because it will coincide with flu season.
Members of the Coronavirus Task Force brief reporters on the current situation with Covid-19 in the US.
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Stricter measures have been imposed across Asia to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Singapore and Hong Kong have extended travel and business restrictions.
Mass migration has been banned in Indonesia ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan has more from Hong Kong.
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Quebec Premier François Legault and provincial health officials provided an update on Tuesday about the province’s new COVID-19 cases and the government’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The premier announced that the province’s updated death toll now stands at 1,041, which includes an increase of 102 more deaths as total COVID-19 cases top 20,000 in the province. The majority of deaths — 850 — to date originated in the province’s long-term care homes, according to Legault. He said there were 80 such facilities where the spread of the virus is not under control.
A new, unpublished study found that hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Trump has cited as key in fighting coronavirus, has a higher death rate among coronavirus patients compared to those not on the drug.
Governor Asa Hutchinson will provide an update to media this afternoon, Tuesday, April 21, regarding Arkansas’s COVID-19 response.
‘We’re risking our lives, literally, risking our life delivering your packages’ — Here’s what it’s like to work as a courier for Amazon during COVID-19.
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In US news and current events today, this Amazon contractor is delivering groceries to support his parents. This is a day in his life as he risks COVID-19 to do his jobs but he worries that his job will lead them to getting sick. This Amazon contractor delivers groceries to support his elderly parents, but he worries about getting them sick. Sabulao says the part of his job that worries him the most is when he has to pick up groceries from Whole Foods. Sabulao is one of thousands of gig workers nationwide risking COVID-19 exposure to deliver essentials to people’s doors as stay-at-home policies remain in place in cities across the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump and members of the U.S. coronavirus task force provided an update Monday on the administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump said some areas hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic appear “to have turned the corner” with death rates down “very, very substantially.” He predicted the country would have a “economic resurgence” as states prepared to reopen.
Vice President Mike Pence touted the country’s capacity for testing for COVID-19 saying there is “enough testing capacity today for every state in America to go to phase one.”
Russia is now being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past two weeks, confirmed cases jumped from less than 10,000 to more than 40,000. Hospitals in Moscow, the worst-hit city in the country, are being flooded with infected patients. How did this happen? How will the Russian healthcare system cope with the pandemic? And with Russia now the main source of imported COVID-19 cases to China, what new challenges has this created for pandemic control?
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More and more children are being admitted to hospitals across the U.S. with cases of COVID-19 and that’s leading to many questions on how parents should be handling the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to their kids. Should children be wearing face masks? How is this affecting kids’ mental health? Dr. Dyan Hess, a pediatrician in New York City, joins CBSN to answer those questions and more.
In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and provincial cabinet ministers Christine Elliott (health), Todd Smith (social services), and Dr. Merrilee Fullerton (long-term care) provide an update on their government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
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The rate at which Covid-19 cases are doubling in India has gone up to 7.5 days from every 3.4 days before the national lockdown was imposed on March 24, underlining the impact of stringent social distancing and containment measures, officials said.
As of now, 18 states have a better doubling rate than the national average of 7.5 days with Kerala and Odisha registering a rate of more than 30 days. In Kerala, the time of doubling of cases is now 72.2 days, whereas it is 39.8 days in Odisha. “The doubling rate of Covid-19 cases calculated using growth over the past seven days indicates that India’s doubling rate has improved,” Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, said.
Another 823 hospital patients in the UK have died after contracting the coronavirus, taking the total to 17,337.
There were 18,206 tests carried out in the 24 hours up to 9am on Tuesday 21 April – far short of the 100,000 a day the government has promised by the end of April.
A further 778 COVID-19 deaths were reported in England, 70 in Scotland and 25 in Wales.
The totals in each country are now:
England – 15,607
Scotland – 985
Wales – 609
Northern Ireland – 194
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Faisal Edhi, the head of one of Pakistan’s largest charity groups, the Edhi Foundation, has tested positive for coronavirus. Edhi had met Pakistan PM Imran Khan and donated Rs 10 million check on behalf of his organisation.
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The number of coronavirus cases in India has increased to 18,601 on Tuesday while the death toll has surged to 590, according to the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Of the total number of cases 3,251 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
Coronavirus case tally has 3,000-mark in Mumbai as 155 more test positive, while the death toll has surged to 138 after addition of 7 fatalities, according to the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
On a positive note, the doubling rate of COVID-19 has slowed from 3.4 days to 7.5. But, out of 100 cases, 80 per cent cases are asymptomatic.
An exclusive clip shows the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases discussing the coronavirus and helping kids understand its impact.
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Singapore will extend its circuit breaker measures by 4 weeks to Jun 1, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced in an address to the nation on Tuesday (Apr 21). Mr Lee said that the aim is to bring down the number of COVID-19 cases in the community “decisively”. Read his full speech: https://cna.asia/3brly28
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As Singapore tightens its COVID-19 circuit breaker measures, entry to 4 popular wet markets will be limited based on individuals’ NRIC number or FIN. Announcing the stricter measures on Tuesday (Apr 21), Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong added: “If you need to go out to buy food, to buy groceries, go out alone. Don’t turn this into an occasion for a family outing.” Details on the restrictions: https://cna.asia/3bu17BM
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More than 2 million 400 000 declared cases of COVID-19 have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in December. Of these cases, at least 537 700 are now considered recovered. The global death toll has passed 165 000. Let’s take a listen to a World Health Organisation’s daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Broadway actor and Tony nominee Nick Cordero had to have his leg amputated because of a complication with the virus, and remains hospitalized.
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