NEW YORK (AP) – A photo of health care professionals from Georgia on a Southwest plane on their way to help with the coronavirus outbreak in New York is getting lots of love online. The photo shows dozens of people, some wearing masks and gloves, holding their hands in the shape of a heart. It […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continues to defy calls from health officials looking to prevent gatherings that might spread the new coronavirus, posting videos of himself gathering small crowds in several neighborhoods in the capital of Brasilia. Since the beginning of the outbreak, Bolsonaro has downplayed the risks of COVID-19, calling it […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Israeli government is considering placing the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak under quarantine, Israeli Finance Ministry director general Shai Babad told the country’s parliament on Sunday. With police reporting difficulty in enforcing lockdown directives in the city, which has an infection rate higher than the national average, Babad told the Knesset’s […]

DETROIT (AP) — The North American International Auto Show said that it will cancel its Detroit show because of the coronavirus pandemic and the center where it is held will likely be repurposed into a hospital. The Detroit Auto Show, as it is more commonly known, is one of the largest auto shows in North […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The National Library of Israel has created an archive to document the impact of the coronavirus on Jewish communities around the world. The Jewish Community COVID-19 Archive will be made up of “ephemera items” — materials not generally intended for long-term preservation. Such items often help scholars understand daily life and social […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) —Hundreds of people took part in a funeral procession in Bnei Brak early Sunday, jamming closely together in contravention of social distancing rules as police reportedly looked on without taking action, according to a report by “Times of Israel.” Between 300 and 400 people attended the midnight funeral of Rabbi Tzvi Shenkar, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s coronavirus death toll is nearing 1,000. The state accounts for more than 40% of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. The number of disease-related deaths in the state jumped Sunday to 965 from 728 the day before, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The vast majority have been in New York […]

SOAVE, Italy — The number of coronavirus cases in Italy showed signs of narrowing again, with officials expressing cautious optimism that the most severe shutdown in the industrialized west is showing results. Italy’s civil protection agency said 5,217 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours — the lowest number in four days and an […]

CENTRAL, La. (AP) — Hundreds of people flouted Louisiana’s COVID-19 ban on gatherings, coming on buses and in personal vehicles to the first of three Sunday services at their church a day after New Orleans police broke up a funeral gathering of about 100 people. An estimated 500 people of all ages filed inside the […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — On the 19th of February, just days before the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Italy, a soccer game took place in Milan between local Italian team Atalanta and Spanish team Valencia in the framework of the European Champion’s league. The game was held in Milan’s huge San Siro stadium […]