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04/17/2020 / By Franz Walker

New Jersey nursing home’s “makeshift morgue” sparks broader coronavirus probe

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered an investigation into nursing homes in the state after a “makeshift morgue” was found at a facility that had been devastated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The governor said that he was “outraged” that the bodies of patients who had succumbed to the virus were allowed to pile up at a long-term care facility […]

04/16/2020 / By Franz Walker

America’s energy use plummets as shutdowns cause power consumption to fall

A report from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) shows that U.S. power output in the first week of April was 64,896-gigawatt hours, 5.7 percent lower than in 2019, and the lowest that the nation has seen since 2004. The report follows the release of the Energy Information Administration‘s (EIA) new short-term energy outlook (STEO) report, which anticipates that the reductions […]

04/16/2020 / By Franz Walker

Federal Reserve warns coronavirus will continue to ravage US economy

The Federal Reserve warned Wednesday the impact from the coronavirus outbreak could sink the economy even further. In its Beige Book, which contains anecdotal information on current economic conditions in each of the Fed’s districts, industries affected by the lockdown said that they expect “conditions to worsen in the next several months.” Businesses surveyed in the report said […]

04/16/2020 / By Franz Walker

Patients in Chicago are waiting up to two weeks just to get coronavirus test results

Patients in small community hospitals in Chicago have to wait up to two weeks to know whether or not they’re infected with the coronavirus. These hospitals do not have the ability to do their testing in-house, which causes delays and affects how doctors treat patients. “It takes two weeks,” said Dr. Zaher Sahloul, who runs […]

04/16/2020 / By Franz Walker

Foot sores can be an early sign of coronavirus infection

Foot sores can potentially be a peculiar new symptom of coronavirus (COVD-19) infection, according to the Spanish General Council of Official Podiatrist Colleges. The council has issued a circular to healthcare workers warning them to look out for foot sores similar to chickenpox or measles, especially among young adults. “They are purple lesions (very similar to those of chickenpox, measles or […]

04/15/2020 / By Franz Walker

US may need to practice social distancing until 2022 to reduce coronavirus spread, say Harvard researchers

Americans may need to continue practicing social distancing measures until 2022 to prevent large outbreaks of the coronavirus. The unsettling prediction came from researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health after they created computer models to simulate how the SARS-CoV-2 virus might spread over the next five years. The models explored various scenarios that demonstrated how the virus […]

04/15/2020 / By Franz Walker

Coronavirus to cause Australia’s unemployment to soar to 10 percent by June

The unemployment rate in Australia will likely hit 10 percent for the June quarter because of the global coronavirus pandemic. However, early investigations have shown that unemployment levels would have been 5 percent higher had the government not introduced the $130 billion JobKeeper stimulus package. At least 1.37 million Australians will be out of work by June, according […]

04/14/2020 / By Franz Walker

Cuomo: The worst of the coronavirus is over “if we continue to be smart”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stated that he believed that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak was over — if people “continue to be smart.” Cuomo made the statement during his daily briefing on Monday morning, wavering on it several times, before clarifying that things could still worsen if New Yorkers didn’t follow the current restrictions. When asked at […]

04/14/2020 / By Franz Walker

Coronavirus deaths in nursing homes not being tracked, even as space for the dead runs out

The federal government may no longer know the actual number of nursing home-related deaths due to coronavirus, despite the rising numbers. A chilling new report reveals that several key states, such as Florida, no longer provide official figures. According to data gathered by NBC News from state agencies, nearly 2,500 long-term care facilities are battling coronavirus cases in 36 […]

04/12/2020 / By Franz Walker

Bankruptcies, unemployment “imminent” as coronavirus continues to batter the US

Economists from the Federal Reserve predict a wave in coronavirus-related bankruptcies in the next 12 months as the U.S. government continues to struggle with when to reopen the economy, and record numbers of people continue to file jobless claims. The claim was made by no less than three economists from The Fed — Juan Sanchez in […]

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