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Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:59 UTC
End of “Greg Mortimer” cruise ordeal: last fifteen passengers flying to US and UK

The final leg of the humanitarian repatriation of passengers on board an Antarctic cruise, stranded in Uruguay and most of them testing positive for coronavirus, ended Wednesday afternoon when they boarded in Uruguay's Carrasco international airport a sanitary charter to Miami.
Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:54 UTC
Melinda Gates describes Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous and nonsensical

Pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID-19 disease pandemic, Melinda Gates said on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:44 UTC
Tracking technology with Smartphone software questioned by US senator fearing privacy violation

Smartphone software makers Alphabet's Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any contact tracking technology to track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus will not lead to a violation of their privacy, Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:42 UTC
Reopening professional sports leagues in US is possible but in empty stadiums

The top US health and infectious disease specialist says the key to reopening professional sports leagues in America is to have the athletes play games in front of empty stadiums. Anthony Fauci, who is helping to coordinate the US response to the global coronavirus pandemic, said reliable antibody testing and fast results are also crucial to the return of sports.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:07 UTC
Obama: ”Joe (Biden) has all the qualities we need in a president right now”

Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and “heal” a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:04 UTC
US will hold nations and individuals responsible for the pandemics accountable, announces Pompeo

The United States is seeking to “fundamentally change” the World Health Organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday after Washington decided to withhold contributions during the coronavirus pandemic. The United States is the top donor to the WHO, offering US$400 million last year.
Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:53 UTC
US controversy as to who decides reopening the economy and lifting ”stay at home”

President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors, but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way.
Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Infectology expert Fauci is more popular and trusted than Trump, and the president can't stand it

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he liked leading health expert Anthony Fauci and did not intend to fire him after Fauci said in an interview that earlier mitigation efforts against the coronavirus outbreak could have saved more lives.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:05 UTC
On Easter Sunday, US death toll surpasses 22.000; May first, tentative date for relaxing stay at home restrictions

Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed 20,000 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day in the Christian calendar.