UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The head of the World Health Organization says nations cannot stop their battle against the coronavirus that is sweeping across the globe. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking in Geneva on Thursday, told reporters: “This is not a drill. This is not the time for giving up. This is not a time of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The growing fear over a new virus has transformed busy streets and shopping centers into ghost towns in parts of China, Japan and Italy. Now, with the COVID-19 disease spreading in the U.S., it could deal a major blow to the country’s over 1,000 malls at time when many of them […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday morning that there are two additional patients in NYC whohave tested positive for coronavirus. One new patient is a man in his 40s, and the other patient is a woman in her 80s. Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the […]

BANGKOK (AP) — People around the world braced for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures. “Countries should be preparing for sustained community transmission,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, leader of the World Health Organization, said of the 2-month-old virus outbreak. “Our message […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will set up checkpoints to limit travel between major cities and urged citizens on Thursday to reduce their use of paper money to fight a spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 107 people across the Islamic Republic. The announcement in Iran came as […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham is offering elbow bumps instead of handshakes, while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is putting her hand over her heart in greeting. Sen. Bill Cassidy is offering up hand sanitizer and Sen. Marco Rubio is washing his hands so often that he has “to start moisturizing.” In a city where the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak that’s spreading and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions to everyday life in the U.S. The measure immediately went to the floor for a brief, bipartisan debate; the House will vote on the […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee alerted the thousands of activists who attended its conference this week that a New York group in attendance had been in contact with someone who has the virus. “To our knowledge, no one who attended the conference has tested positive for coronavirus at this time,” said […]

NEW ROCHELLE (VINnews) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that another 5 individuals have tested positive for coronavirus. The 5 individuals belong to 1 family from New Rochelle. The father had come into contact with the Westchester man who was previously reported by VINnews to be in critical condition. His wife and 3 children […]

BALTIMORE (VINnews) — Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore has sent a message out to their parents and staff that 3 of their students, who are sisters, may have come into indirect contact with a Coronavirus patient in New York. The students were sent home early and the school is being thoroughly disinfected. The school is in […]