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CORONAVIRUS: News Updates

Concept of Covid-19 Coronavirus

Here's Thursday's news on the global pandemic.

Another 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, according to a new Labor Department report. (USA Today)

Costco is offering priority access to healthcare workers and first responders to its stores. All they need to do is show their Costco card an official ID, and they will get to skip the line. (The Street)

Defiant pastor Tony Spell of the Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana is going ahead with his Easter Sunday service for more than 1,000 worshipers. Police say they will not shut it down for violating stay-at-home orders, but will keep a close eye on it. (TMZ)

More than 1.5 million people around the globe have tested positive for coronavirus, more than 88,000 have died and about 330,000 have recovered. (Johns Hopkins)

The U.S. now has more than 430,000 cases, with about 15,000 deaths and 780 in New York in a single day. About 24,000 people have recovered in the U.S. (Yahoo News!)

Dr. Fauci says schools should be able to open in fall. (FOX News)

Black Americans are dying in greater numbers from coronavirus. (The Guardian)

A doctor was arrested for allegedly attacking teen girls for not social distancing. (NBC News)

More than half of the passengers on Antarctica cruise have tested positive for coronavirus. (People)

New York Governor Andrew Cuomohas ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half-mastto honor "those we have lost to this vicious virus."

The CDC has dropped its guidance on the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Its website now simply says clinical trials are under way but "there are no drugs or other therapeutics approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent or treat COVID-19." (USA Today)


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