134 coronavirus patients died in New York in the past 24 hours. That’s almost one death every 10 minutes.
A Belgian cat’s sick owner infected it with the coronavirus, health officials say
Sick pet owners are urged to be careful around their animals, the Belgian Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain said in a statement. A study published in late January by the Journal of Virology predicted that the cats, pigs, ferrets and some primates may be at greater risk of getting infected, because the virus that causes covid-19 can attach to their receptor cells.Hundreds in Iran die after ingesting industrial alcohol falsely seen as virus cure
Iranians on social media have been touting false claims that a British schoolteacher and others cured themselves of the virus by ingesting whiskey and honey, the AP reported. Other widely shared messages wrongly suggest that drinking high-proof alcohol kills the virus.House debate underway on stimulus bill as members grudgingly return to Washington
But word went out late Thursday that the presence of at least half of them might be needed to thwart a bid by Rep. Thomas Massie to delay consideration of the measure. He suggested that he might raise procedural objections over the absence of a quorum if only a few lawmakers showed up to vote.“Heading to Washington to vote on pandemic legislation,” wrote Rep. Peter T. King .
As the debate continued, a few dozen lawmakers, on each side of the aisle, largely ignored Hoyer’s request from Thursday night that they stay off the House floor unless they are imminently about to speak during the debate. However, they took seats at large distances from one another.State Department appears to ask the world’s health workers to apply for U.S. visas, provoking outrageto “encourage medical professionals seeking work in the U.S.
Ian Brownlee, the assistant secretary of state for Consular Affairs, said the United States was not seeking new applicants or giving preference to medical professionals. But he acknowledged that the initial message on the website was “not as clear as it might have been.”
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