covid-19 US
Florida sheriff bans face masks among officers
Mask-wearing is not compulsory in Florida -- only recommended -- but the state is one of the most severe hotspots of the epidemic in the US
Saeed Naqvi: Fair is foul & foul is fair in Trump's world
As the world focuses on fighting coronavirus, US claws are out, groping the Venezuelan coastline, using Colombian territory as its own
The great distraction
Statistics reveal that none of the measures, other than locking ourselves down to keep the infection from spreading like wildfire work
Due to virus pandemic, unemployment rates in the US highest since Great Depression
In response to the deepening economic crisis, the House passed a nearly USD 500 billion spending package to help buckled businesses
Hundreds protest across US cities to lift lockdown as Covid19 deaths soar
Protesters have drawn encouragement in certain Democratic-led states from tweets by Trump, who has said he favors a quick return to normal
US staring at "hardest week" of Covid19 crisis, officials warn
The statement came even as the state of New York saw fall in fatalities for the first time
Trump says US heading into toughest weeks ahead as virus death toll rises
“There will be a lot of death, unfortunately,” Trump said in a somber start to his daily briefing on the pandemic
In a first, US infant dies of Covid19
The Chicago infant was among 13 new deaths in Illinois
US not to impose lockdown in virus epicentre New York
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention however, advised residents of the region not to travel except for essential purposes
In America's virus epicentre, medical workers struggle with lack for protection equipment
The death of a 48-year-old male nurse crystallized fears of medical workers who've lamented severe shortage protective gowns and masks