| The promise of COVID-19 antibody testing Posted: 11 Apr 2020 01:58 PM PDT  We do not yet know if all COVID-19 patients are able to mount effective immunity and prevent reinfection.
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| Parts of the country could see coronavirus social distancing restrictions begin to ease by late May, say public health experts Posted: 11 Apr 2020 09:44 AM PDT  Much of the country is likely to see some social distancing restrictions ease by late May or early June, a top public health expert told Yahoo News on Friday.
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| El Salvador president threatens drivers violating coronavirus rules Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:02 PM PDT  President Nayib Bukele said anyone driving cars in El Salvador without having justification for being out of their homes would be stripped of their driving license, doubling down on attempts to enforce rules to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Bukele and other Central American leaders have implemented swift and strict measures after the first cases of the novel coronavirus were registered but in recent weeks thousands of people in the region were detained for violating the rules. At his request, El Salvador's Congress on March 14 approved an emergency regime, which temporarily suspended the right to free movement and free association.
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| Sri Lanka Catholic church 'forgives' 2019 Easter suicide bombers Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:50 AM PDT  Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told an Easter mass -- broadcast from a TV studio because of the coronavirus pandemic -- that "we offered love to the enemies who tried to destroy us". The April 21 Easter Sunday bombers targeted three churches and three luxury hotels, killing at least 279 people and wounding 593.
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| Guam worries as sailors from virus-hit ship take over hotels Posted: 12 Apr 2020 08:34 AM PDT  People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from a coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. An outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt began in late March and has thrust the Navy into a leadership crisis after the ship's commander distributed a letter urging faster action to protect his sailors. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly fired Capt. Brett E. Crozier and then assailed him during a speech on the ship in Guam, saying Crozier was either "too naive or too stupid" to be in charge of an aircraft carrier.
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| Mayors, governor call out racial health disparities highlighted by coronavirus Posted: 12 Apr 2020 08:25 AM PDT  Preliminary data suggest Covid-19 is hitting black and brown Americans particularly hard.
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| Former FDA commissioner doesn't think Trump should pull WHO funding, but says president has some valid concerns Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:31 AM PDT  President Trump has said he's reviewing whether to pull funding from the World Health Organization because he believes it allowed China to get away with hiding the truth about the novel COVID-19 coronavirus within its borders. Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb doesn't believe now is the time to make a decision like that, especially because he's concerned about the virus taking off in the Southern Hemisphere where several countries lack the necessary health infrastructure. But he does think the president raises some valid concerns."China was not truthful with the world at the outset of this," Gottlieb told CBS' Margaret Brennan on Sunday's edition of Face the Nation, adding that if Beijing had been upfront about things, they may have been able to contain the virus entirely.And he doesn't think the WHO is blameless, either, since it was validating Chinese claims as late as Jan. 14 that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The organization, he said, also didn't compel Beijing to share the viral strains, which would have allowed diagnostic tests to be produced earlier around the world.Instead of getting stripped of major U.S. funding, though, Gottlieb thinks the WHO needs to launch a report into how China handled things. He also echoed an ever-more popular talking point among analysts that the organization needs to "embrace Taiwan's role and allow them to attend the World Health Assembly." As things stand, the WHO has "frozen" Taiwan out, at "the behest of China," Gottlieb said. Tim O'Donnell> NEWS: @ScottGottliebMD says the @WHO should commission an after-action report to study "what China did or didn't tell the world" as well as the organization's response. pic.twitter.com/qC9ID87pJE> > — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) April 12, 2020More stories from theweek.com 5 radically funny cartoons about the end of Bernie 2020 Coronavirus and the mystery of St. Mark's Easter story Sting, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots perform 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' remotely, creatively
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| Push-ups to fake guests: Curious African coronavirus moments Posted: 11 Apr 2020 04:52 PM PDT  Free buses, a mock wedding, hands-free taps and round-robin poetry are part of life under lockdown.
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| Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the Alaska primary by post Posted: 11 Apr 2020 08:51 PM PDT  Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been declared the winner of the Alaska primary after the state shifted to postal voting due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state's ballots were sent out before Mr Biden's rival Bernie Sanders pulled out of the race last week, meaning the Vermont senator also took a proportion of the vote.
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| Another 103 sailors from U.S. carrier test positive for coronavirus Posted: 11 Apr 2020 02:01 PM PDT  Another 103 crew members on the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Navy said on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases from the ship to 550. The outbreak aboard the nuclear-powered carrier led to the resignation on Tuesday of Thomas Modly as acting Navy secretary following a mounting backlash for his firing and ridiculing of the ship's commander, who had pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
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| Police in Kentucky recorded the license plates of 50 people who broke social distancing to attend an Easter Sunday service Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:46 PM PDT  The churchgoers were also given notices to participate in a mandated 14-day self-quarantine for violating social distancing measures.
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| North Korea calls for stronger coronavirus measures Posted: 11 Apr 2020 07:44 PM PDT  North Korea called for stronger measures against the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic at a meeting presided by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Sunday, without acknowledging whether the country had reported any infections. Officials in Pyongyang and its state media have repeatedly insisted that the North remains totally free of the virus, but Sunday's report did not make that assertion. The coronavirus epidemic -- which has infected more than 1.7 million worldwide -- had become "a great disaster threatening the whole mankind, regardless of borders and continents", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
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| 'We're on the edge of the precipice': How the pandemic could shatter college dreams Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:00 AM PDT  Some high school seniors are dropping their first-choice schools in favor of colleges that are cheaper. Others are taking a year off so they can help bail out their families.
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| U.S. now leads world in deaths, day after Trump announces 'Opening our Country' task force Posted: 11 Apr 2020 10:38 AM PDT  As the president mulls when restrictive coronavirus measures might start to be lifted, the U.S. passed a grim milestone of leading the world in deaths from the virus.
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| When will we reopen the country? Antibody testing may help officials decide, experts say Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Friday that "most of the country" will not be able to open by May 1. How can antibody testing help?
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| Cuomo: Coronavirus deaths are stabilizing at a "horrific rate" Posted: 11 Apr 2020 11:20 AM PDT  "I'm sure everyone's living with the same question: Every time you wake up you say, 'When does this nightmare end?'" Cuomo said.
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| Italy's daily coronavirus death tally lowest since March 19 Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:41 AM PDT  Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday, down from 619 the day before, and the number of new cases slowed to 4,092 from a previous 4,694. The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21 rose to 19,899, the Civil Protection Agency said, the second highest in the world after that of the United States.
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| 'We're Catching It Double.' Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns, Gun Violence Continues to Plague Chicago Posted: 11 Apr 2020 09:20 AM PDT  Since Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a stay-at-home order for the state that went into effect on March 21, there have been over 80 shootings and at least 70 shooting victims, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). In the same period at least 12 people have died.
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| Virus cases, deaths rise in India's biggest slum Posted: 12 Apr 2020 06:27 AM PDT  Coronavirus cases in Mumbai's densely populated Dharavi slum -- one of Asia's biggest -- have risen to 43 including four deaths, officials said Sunday, as they ramp up testing in a race to contain its spread. Since the first virus death in early April, Indian authorities have stepped up measures to close off areas where cases have emerged in Dharavi, which is home to around a million people. Testing sites have also been set up in recent days to pick up asymptomatic carriers of the virus, Khabale-Patil said, adding that "as a result more positive cases have emerged".
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| Afghan Taliban confirms release of 1st government prisoners Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:58 AM PDT  The Taliban announced Sunday it will be releasing 20 Afghan government prisoners the group has been holding, in the first phase of its commitment under its historic peace deal with the United States. The deal calls for the government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for 1,000 government officials held by the Taliban insurgents. The Afghan government released its first 100 Taliban prisoners last week and Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for Afghanistan's national security adviser, said the government has thus far released 300 Taliban prisoners overall from government custody.
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| Spain to keep social distancing on beaches to fight virus Posted: 12 Apr 2020 04:13 AM PDT  Spain, one of Europe's top sunshine destinations, said Sunday it will maintain social distancing rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus once a nationwide lockdown ends, even on the beaches. The government on March 14 imposed a strict nationwide lockdown to fight the pandemic, and two days later it closed its land borders, with only Spanish citizens and residents able to enter the country. In an interview published Sunday in top-selling daily newspaper El Pais, Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said the government did not know when the borders would be reopened, saying it will depend on how "the health crisis evolves".
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| Cuba, U.S. dispute embargo's role in blocking coronavirus supplies Posted: 11 Apr 2020 07:27 AM PDT  The embargo is "the main obstacle to purchase the medicines, equipment and material required to confront the pandemic," Cuba's Foreign Minister tweeted.
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| US Postal Service investigating issues with absentee ballots in Wisconsin that went undelivered Posted: 10 Apr 2020 06:52 PM PDT  The Postal Service said in a statement that it's looking into claims about absentee ballots that weren't delivered in time for Wisconsin's primary.
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| Were we mislead by the W.H.O and China? Posted: 11 Apr 2020 03:28 PM PDT  Dr. Fauci joins Jesse Watters to discuss the World Health Organization and China's handling of COVID-19 information.
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| More than 370,000 people have recovered from COVID-19. Here's what we know about coronavirus survivors. Posted: 11 Apr 2020 04:26 AM PDT  Recovered COVID-19 patients may have residual cough or fatigue for weeks after the major symptoms disappear, and some could have lasting lung damage.
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| Saudi Arabia extends coronavirus curfew, UAE warns on worker repatriation Posted: 11 Apr 2020 03:51 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new infections, and the United Arab Emirates warned of possible action against countries refusing to allow migrant workers to be repatriated. Since placing the capital Riyadh and other big cities under 24-hour curfew on Monday, Saudi Arabia has reported more than 300 new cases per day. For both this and the 24-hour curfew, residents may go out only for essential needs.
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| Empty churches and the empty tomb Posted: 12 Apr 2020 03:30 AM PDT  One year ago on Monday, hundreds of millions of people the world round reacted with horror to images of the cathedral church of Our Lady of Paris burning. She did not collapse, as some feared she would. But it was announced with regret that throughout Holy Week and on Easter Sunday, Notre Dame would be empty for the first time since the days of the Revolution.Now nearly all of our churches appear empty. I say "appear" because in many of them there will in fact be priests offering the one acceptable sacrifice, in union with the angels and saints. But it is almost certainly the case that fewer people will attend Mass on Sunday than on any Easter in more than a thousand years.It is difficult to say exactly when the present reality no longer seemed shocking. I cannot be the only person who feels as if the last few months have been mostly indistinguishable. In January and February, a single day did not pass upon which all five members of our family were in good health. Then on my birthday, February 22, our daughter, Winifred Flosshilde, was stillborn. On Ash Wednesday she received Catholic burial at the diocesan cemetery. The following Sunday my wife was still recovering from Winifred's delivery and we did not attend Mass. The next week we entered our parish church and found it somewhat barer than usual; the following Sunday, by which time the obligation to attend Mass had been waived in our diocese, the church looked only somewhat emptier. Our bishop was the last in the United States to suspend public Masses. After that, the church doors remained unlocked. Opening them in order to confess my sins was an experience I shall never forget: a handful of masked women and teenagers hiding in corners like suspicious criminals, all of us praying before the exposed Body of Christ. Beneath the statue of St. Joseph, a handmade system of green and red light bulbs indicated whether the adjacent storage room was empty for the next penitent. It was of a piece with empty streets and empty parks, miserable weather, an atmosphere of relentless dread that many of us will no doubt refer to as "the long Lent." These have been the strangest and most miserable three months of my life.Why then do I now find myself resisting the urge to be giddy? I am tempted to say it is because I know that sooner or later all of this will come to an end, that out of the darkness we will emerge with our own candles, from the digital cold to the warmth of human affection and communion. But the eventual end of the pandemic and the return of normal human social relations, including the resumed public celebration of Mass, is only a proximate cause. The joy I find building in myself, quietly but undeniably, transcends the gloom of recent days.It does not, however, transcend bodies. The significance of this fact cannot be overstated. It is the supreme truth of the Christian religion that our faith is grounded not in anagogic speculations but in the reality of flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of a victim who won a victory, total and final, over the forces of sin and darkness, a human sacrifice who was Himself a sacrificing high priest, a non-citizen peasant who was king of all worlds.Christianity is not a matter of privately affirming certain propositions. The Church is herself a society, both natural and supernatural, a society of human believers whose shared joy is the affirmation of a truth. This truth is, reduced to its barest essence, that a certain body which ought to have been in a tomb was sought and found elsewhere. What this meant was a riddle to which only a few clever women guessed the answer immediately.We too must stand, like St. Mary Magdalene and her companions, before an emptiness and see beyond it a great light and a body, one both like and radically unlike that for which they had been seeking. This is the Resurrection, the hope of Easter, which must be commemorated with empty churches in spite of, nay because of, the fact that it is founded upon the realization that emptiness means not an absence but the presence of something for which we have longed without knowing it our entire lives.More stories from theweek.com 5 radically funny cartoons about the end of Bernie 2020 Coronavirus and the mystery of St. Mark's Easter story Sting, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots perform 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' remotely, creatively
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| Lawyer says Assange fathered two kids with her while in Ecuador embassy Posted: 11 Apr 2020 05:19 PM PDT  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with one of his lawyers while holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for much of the past decade, according to a report Sunday confirmed by the mother. The 48-year-old Australian is the dad of two boys, aged two and one, with lawyer Stella Morris, to whom he is engaged, she confirmed following a Mail on Sunday report. Assange is currently being held in London's high security Belmarsh prison as he fights an extradition request by the United States to stand trial there on espionage charges.
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| India, Pakistan troops trade heavy fire in Kashmir; 3 killed Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:52 AM PDT |
| Coronavirus: Fauci says US 'could have saved lives' with earlier action Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Experts called for social distancing in February but there was "pushback", a top health official says.
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| Vietnamese-owned nail salons donate thousands of masks, gloves, more to hospitals Posted: 12 Apr 2020 02:53 AM PDT  "Fighting this virus is a responsibility for every one of us," one salon owner said.
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| Joe Biden’s ‘Return to Normalcy’ Campaign Has Echoes of 1920 Posted: 11 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- A politically inexperienced and highly divisive president, a presidential campaign waged under the shadow of a deadly pandemic, and an establishment candidate from the opposing party who promises to restore the country to a less turbulent time.Those were the elements of the U.S. presidential election exactly 100 years ago that swept Warren G. Harding into office. The similarities to the 2020 race and Joe Biden's quest to unseat Donald Trump in November are unmissable."I've been thinking about the parallels for a couple of months," said Jim Robenalt, author of a book on Harding. "The coronavirus just added another layer."To the extent that he's remembered today, Harding is best known for the Teapot Dome scandal, lusty letters to his mistress, and dying in office just two years after his inauguration.But his campaign slogan -- "Return to Normalcy" -- could just as well have been adopted by Biden, the former vice president, who often says he'll return the U.S. to the way White Houses operated before the "aberrant" Trump presidency.Exhausted PopulaceJust as Biden is known for the occasional malapropism, Harding was mocked for the supposedly ungrammatical construction of his slogan. But the word "normalcy" conveyed what many voters were looking for after the exhaustion of World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic, and the abrasive political style of President Woodrow Wilson.A newspaper publisher from Ohio who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate -- another parallel with Biden -- Harding won at the Republican convention on the 10th ballot after none of the leading candidates could put together a majority. In his best-known campaign speech, he promised restoration, not revolution."America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate," he said.That promise marked a contrast with Wilson, who was the real target of Harding's rhetoric even though he wasn't running for re-election in 1920.A former academic who'd spent just two years as governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 election, Wilson is remembered for his efforts to reshape American foreign policy.Wilson's ArroganceBut at the time, many Americans disagreed with his goals as well as his approach.Robenalt said Wilson "had to be the smartest guy in every room" and didn't work well with Congress, leaving key senators behind as he negotiated the end to World War I in France. That gave an opening to Harding, who pledged to heal the partisan divide in the country."Wilson picked fights with people," Robenalt said. "His arrogance would not let him compromise with anybody. He was a fighter and not a consensus builder, and Harding was just the opposite."The similarities between then and now even extend to the modalities of the campaign, in practice if not preference. Harding ran a typical-for-the-time "front-porch campaign," where he mostly stayed at home, giving press interviews and meeting other politicians and high-profile guests like singer Al Jolson.At-Home CampaignBiden, who prefers to be out meeting voters, is currently confined to his house in Delaware because of the coronavirus pandemic and widespread stay-at-home directives. He's had to give up rallies and whistle-stop campaigning in favor of remote interviews with TV news reporters and the likes of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.Harding's campaign came not long after the end of the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed at least 500,000 Americans from 1918 to 1919. More than 18,000 Americans have died in the current pandemic, still in its early stages, with the White House projecting tens of thousands more may perish.Catharine Arnold, author of "Pandemic 1918," said the Spanish flu paled in the public imagination compared to the horrors of World War I, but the combination of the war and the pandemic may have had a similar effect to the coronavirus today."For most of us, this is the most life-threatening thing that we have experienced," Arnold said. "That's why the pandemic stands out so much."Harding won the 1920 election, defeating Democrat James Cox, who at the time was the governor of Ohio, in a landslide.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Easter weekend could see the most dangerous weather outbreak yet this season Posted: 11 Apr 2020 11:26 AM PDT  A vigorous storm that has been parked over Southern California for days is moving eastward.
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| All but three people who died from COVID-19 in a major US city were black Posted: 12 Apr 2020 01:40 PM PDT  Emerging data has laid bare the glaring racial disparities and social inequities faced by those heavily impacted by COVID-19.
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| French sees effects of lockdown even as coronavirus death toll rises to 14,393 Posted: 12 Apr 2020 10:18 AM PDT  The death toll in France from the coronavirus outbreak rose at a slightly slower pace on Sunday than a day earlier, the French public health authority said, adding that the lockdown was producing its first effects. "This data confirms that the epidemic keeps going on in our country in a dynamic way and it continues to hit us hard," the health authority said in a statement. The death toll, which includes data from hospitals and nursing homes, rose by 561 to 14,393 as of Sunday.
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| Kentucky Cops Take Down License Plates at Easter Church Service Defying Lockdown Posted: 12 Apr 2020 12:50 PM PDT  Kentucky police officers on Sunday wrote down the license plate numbers of roughly 50 cars parked outside a church where an in-person Easter service took place in defiance of the state's lockdown orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on Friday that residents who flout the stay-at-home order must self-quarantine for 14 days, warning that authorities would record the license plates of those who attend in-person Easter services or other mass gatherings and follow up with them. Shortly before Maryville Baptist Church's Easter service, piles of nails appeared to be intentionally dumped in the parking lot of the church, the Courier-Journal reported.As Pastors Make Unusual Easter Plans, One Vows 'Satan and Virus' Won't Stop 2000-Person Service The church's pastor, Rev. Jack Roberts, has previously disregarded the state ban on gatherings, saying that he "believed in the spiritual necessity of church before COVID-19. After COVID-19, we don't have fewer spiritual crises; we have more." He also asserted that he has a constitutional right to hold services and accused the governor of "infringing on the church's rights." Roberts covered his license plate on Sunday, as did several members of his congregation, but state troopers took down their vehicle identification numbers instead, the Journal reported.Sgt. Josh Lawson of the Kentucky State Police said that there have been no additional violations of the statewide order, noting that several drive-in services that took place around the state "were specifically mentioned by the governor as being allowed." "This is a time and weekend, a whole week for multiple faiths, that is about faith. It's about knowing we have faced as people—as Christians, as Jews, as members of many faiths—many difficult, dark times, and we have prevailed," Gov. Beshear said on Friday. "We know that the weeks or the months ahead will be difficult. We know that there are going to be tougher days before there are easier days."Beshear also said that anyone who holds in-person Easter services would be charged with a misdemeanor violation of the governor's statewide order. With at least 316 million Americans under orders to stay at home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, governors have been at odds with some religious leaders who were defiant in their determination to celebrate Easter with their congregations.Reverend Tony Spell, a pastor of the evangelical Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana, told Reuters that "Satan and a virus will not stop us," and vowed to hold his service on Sunday despite Gov. John Bel Edwards' statewide stay-at-home order. The pastor said he expected over 2,000 worshippers to attend. "We are not afraid. We are called by God to stand against the Antichrist creeping into America's borders. We will spread the Gospel," Spell told Reuters. Central Police Department Chief Roger Corcoran told The Washington Post that he waited outside the megachurch and said that roughly 330 people attended Spell's Sunday service. "No one has advised him he couldn't hold church," Corcoran reportedly said. "It's been suggested he do it a different way, just like every other church in the nation, by social media and live stream."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Your coronavirus questions, answered: How can I disinfect a face mask? Should I wear gloves? Posted: 11 Apr 2020 08:18 AM PDT  How COVID-19 is transmitted, microwaving face masks, gloves and more: USA TODAY is answering your specific questions about the coronavirus.
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| 20,000: US death toll overtakes Italy's as Midwest braces Posted: 10 Apr 2020 10:09 PM PDT  The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy's for the highest in the world Saturday, surpassing 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering hot spots of contagion before they erupt. Chicago's Cook County has set up a temporary morgue that can take more than 2,000 bodies.
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| Tourists forced to write 'sorry' 500 times over India lockdown breach Posted: 12 Apr 2020 07:57 AM PDT  Ten foreigners who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing "I am so sorry" -- 500 times, officials said Sunday. The nationwide lockdown was imposed near the end of March, with residents permitted to leave their homes only for essential services such as buying groceries and medicine. The travellers -- from Israel, Mexico, Australia and Austria -- were caught taking a walk in Rishikesh, where the Beatles sought spirituality at an Ashram in 1968.
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| Cuomo on virus deaths: ‘Every one is a face and a name and a family that is suffering’ Posted: 12 Apr 2020 09:48 AM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed coronavirus deaths that occurred around the Easter holiday across New York state.
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| Health officials caution against talk of quickly reopening businesses Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:25 AM PDT  The "safety and the welfare of the American people ... has to come first," FDA chief says as disagreements continue among top administration officials.
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| 3M is suing a company accused of trying to re-sell fake N95 masks at a 600% markup Posted: 12 Apr 2020 06:46 AM PDT  In a lawsuit filed in federal court, 3M accused a company of fraudulently presenting itself as an official re-seller of N95 masks to New York officials.
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| Erdogan rejects Turkish minister's resignation after coronavirus lockdown criticism Posted: 12 Apr 2020 11:49 AM PDT  President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey's interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies. "The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in statement on Twitter in which he said he was resigning. Erdogan, however, judged it was not "appropriate" for Soylu to resign and the minister would continue in his position, the presidency said shortly afterwards.
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