WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has told a U.S. House committee that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is going to get worse. CDC Director Robert Redfield reports that U.S. virus deaths now up to 31 and confirmed cases are over 1,000. Fauci told […]

RIVER VALE, N.J. (AP) — A convenience store owner in New Jersey reacting to the coronavirus outbreak created and sold a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns, state and county law enforcement officials said. Authorities on Tuesday issued a summons charging Manisha Bharade, 47, of Wood-Ridge, with endangering the welfare of children and […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday that the new coronavirus killed 63 more people, raising the death toll to 354 amid over 9,000 cases in the Islamic Republic. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement in a televised news conference. Across the Mideast, the vast majority of the 9,000 people who have contracted […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION-AP) Following the emergence of a new coronavirus late last year, China closed its borders to prevent the disease from traveling. Yet many people had already left Wuhan, which allowed the virus to move with people as they traveled around the world. As a result, by Jan. 23, cases had emerged in […]

MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says travel restrictions are being imposed nationwide to try to stop the spread of the spread of the new coronavirus. Conte said Monday night that a new government decree will require all people in Italy to demonstrate a need to work, health conditions or other limited reasons to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Touching a germy pole or interacting with a sick person was always a concern for the millions of people who use the New York City public transportation system every day, but fears have skyrocketed since the number of cases in the state surged in recent days as the new virus spreads […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of passengers on an additional Princess Cruises ship are being kept on board while crew members get tested for COVID-19. The Caribbean Princess, on a 10-day trip to the Panama Canal, was scheduled to dock in Grand Cayman on Monday. But the Çalifornia-based cruise line said it will keep […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief, as he looks to calm financial markets’ fears over the impact of the coronavirus epidemic. Trump told reporters that the administration was seeking “very substantial relief.” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Larry Kudlow, the director of the […]

ROME (AP) — More than half of the world’s countries have now reported a combined total of more than 110,000 cases of the new coronavirus. While most of the people infected so far — 62,000 — have recovered from the disease, the fast-spreading virus created spikes in deaths and infections around the world, including in […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Amidst the world-wide tourism slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, Israel Hotel Association (IHA) president Amir Hayek warned on Monday that the hotel industry is “on the brink of collapse.” “Mass layoffs and hotels closing down” lie ahead, said Hayek, adding that 4,000 of the 41,000 workers in the hotel industry have […]