MARCH 22, 2020
As the coronavirus crisis deepens across the world, countries are using lockdown as one of the prime quarantine strategies to control the spread.
A lockdown happens during different kinds of emergencies and it disrupts normal life.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown from 7 am to 9 pm on March 22, 2020. Here...
MARCH 21, 2020
People wear face masks as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the arrivals hall of Hong Kong's international airport on March 19, 2020. On March 18, Hong Kong authorities began ordering all arrivals from overseas to wear electronic bracelets, connected to an app to mark your location, and two weeks self-quarantine. - ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images/TNS
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MARCH 21, 2020
Right-wing extremists in Berlin in 2017 commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess. (Maurizio Gambarini/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement division on Feb....
MARCH 21, 2020
Specialists point to several factors why Italy's death toll from COVID-19 is so high, one being the country's average age
Why Italy?
Loads of people have been wondering why the beautiful Mediterranean country has become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts list a range of reasons -- from Italy's relatively high age to its strained healthcare system to...
MARCH 21, 2020
“Senate Republicans want to put cash in Americans’ hands,” Senator Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor last week. - Erin Scott /NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The idea to funnel cash directly to millions of Americans to help them weather the economic disaster ravaging the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic got its jump-start not from the liberal...
MARCH 21, 2020
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of the 'Janta Curfew', the Central government has asked all states to ensure its success to break the chain of transmissions of coronavirus that has killed 4 people so far and infected a record number of people on Saturday to take the total number to 278. All the states have also...
MARCH 21, 2020
More than a fifth of Americans were under orders Saturday to stay home and public gathering places largely remained shuttered as US health officials issued stark warnings about the spread of the coronavirus.
About 75 million residents of Connecticut, Illinois, New York and California have been directed to sequester, with only essential workers allowed away from home. The...
MARCH 20, 2020
Senate Republican and Democratic negotiators are battling over a central component of President Trump's stimulus plan: sending out hundreds of billions of dollars in rebate checks to middle-income Americans.
Senate GOP negotiators argue that $1,200 direct payments to individuals are the best way to get money flowing through the economy quickly, while Democrats say disbursing cash benefits so...
MARCH 20, 2020
NYSE - New York Stock Exchange. - Bloomberg
Stocks gave up earlier gains Friday as traders concluded a week of wild swings. Wall Street has been grappling with fears over the coronavirus’ economic blow, fueling historic market volatility.
The Dow was down more than 400 points after jumping more than 400 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 fell...
MARCH 20, 2020
The IRS moved the national income tax filing day ahead to July 15, three months after the normal deadline for Americans to send in their returns.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the move, the latest emergency measure to deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump ordered the extension will give “all...
