Recent coronavirus updates
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A coronavirus pneumonia epidemic raged in Wuhan, China, and swept through that country in December before becoming one of the most serious pandemics affecting the entire world. The disease caused by its pathogenic virus was named “COVID-19” by the World Health Organization on Feb. 11 of this year.
In a very short time, Coronavirus/COVID-19 has changed the lives of every person in the world.
ALBANY -- As more than two-thirds of the state’s counties have recorded coronavirus cases, elected officials have checked their political affiliation at the door -- at least in Georgia -- according to a veteran state lawmaker.
New York City police lost its first detective to Covid-19, marking the third NYPD death to the disease that has afflicted the department.
Mondays may have just gotten a little sweeter, particularly for healthcare workers battling the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
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Helpful resources for your family during the Coronavirus outbreak
• Phoebe Health coronavirus update
• Phoebe Health coronavirus prevention
• Georgia Department of Public Health Southwest District
• CDC (COVID-19) Situation Summary (updates at noon Monday through Friday)
• CDC Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
• Georgia Department of Public Health COVID-19 page
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The PGA Tour is stepping in to assist golfers and caddies who are financially struggling as a result of the suspension of play due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, at noon on Saturday, shows there are now 2,366 cases of coronavirus in the state, and the number of people who have died has risen to 69. That is 2.92% of the cases in Georgia.
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LEESBURG — Corrections officials are struggling to combat the rising spread of COVID-19 in prisons and jails throughout the state. The disease has led to one death, and more than two dozen other people are either known to be infected or showing potential symptoms.
The coronavirus is not on the guest list, but the wedding crasher has arrived -- and engaged couples across the globe are now rethinking their walks down the aisle.
Parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut could be put under a short-term quarantine, President Trump said Saturday, as other states reported spikes in coronavirus cases, prompting fears they would emerge as the next hot spots.
Richard Frieson's sister, Patricia, was the first person in Illinois to die from the coronavirus outbreak.
Despite President Donald Trump's enthusiasm for the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus, the federal funding powerhouse led by Dr. Anthony Fauci isn't spending any money on it, and clinical trials for it are lagging behind other drug studies, according to a CNN investigation.
The USNS Mercy hospital ship leaving its San Diego port on March 23. Two US Navy hospital ships sent to ports in California and New York will help ease the burden of hospitals immersed in treatment of coronavirus patients.
New Yorkers leaned out their windows and flooded their balconies with two minutes of applause for essential workers on Friday.
Federal health officials on Friday approved a coronavirus test that can provide results in less than 15 minutes, using the same technology that powers some rapid flu tests.
ATLANTA — Clinical trials to study a potential new vaccine for coronavirus began Friday morning at Emory University in Atlanta, the school announced.
Across the United States, prized chickens are laying life-saving eggs at secret farms.
There have been 197 new cases of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 confirmed in Georgia since noon, state health officials announced Friday night.
Watch Friday's White House coronavirus task force press conference here:
The coronavirus outbreak has been putting immense pressure on medical staff around the United States. To meet the demand for health care providers, medical schools across the country are considering early graduation for their senior medical students.
ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke tested positive for COVID-19.
The doctors on "Grey's Anatomy" are scrubbing out early.
Clinical trials to study a potential new vaccine for coronavirus began Friday morning at Emory University in Atlanta, the school announced.
At least four "older guests" have died on the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, where two individuals have tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise line said in a Friday news release.
The N95 respirator masks that health care workers need to protect themselves while treating coronavirus patients are in dangerously short supply.
Strict no-visitation policies at New York nursing homes are in place but window visits can help keep the family connection.
The coronavirus outbreak killed a New York Police Department custodian and is thinning the ranks of the police force in New York City, where at least 11% of the NYPD's workforce had called out sick on Friday, officials told CNN.
Across the country, health care professionals have mobilized to treat patients suffering from the novel coronavirus, and many are doing so without adequate supplies and equipment.
Georgia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 2,001 with 64 total deaths and 566 hospitalizations.
CNN has been filing dozens of records request with local, state and federal government agencies to gain insight into the country's response to the coronavirus.
A Michigan health system has acknowledged it's preparing for hard life-and-death decisions after a hospital letter was circulated online detailing who would be able to receive life-saving resources during the coronavirus pandemic if there's not enough equipment.
CNN has been filing dozens of records request with local, state and federal government agencies to gain insight into the country's response to the coronavirus.
The U.S. Open golf tournament will be postponed from its scheduled June dates, the New York Post reported Thursday night.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, the leader said on Friday.
Unemployment claims soared to a record high last week as the coronavirus spread, and economists are bracing for more bad job news on the horizon.
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday afternoon a historic $2 trillion stimulus package as the American public and the US economy fight the devastating spread of Covid-19.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti had a grim warning about the coronavirus pandemic for cities in California and across the country.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 101,000 on Friday as infections quickly spread to new areas of the country.
The Rev. Ronnie Hampton died Wednesday at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, the friend said.
Focus on this, contact lens wearers of the world: To reduce the spread of the pandemic virus that causes Covid-19, experts suggest it's time to put your contact lenses on the shelf and dazzle the world with your frames.
Health workers screened people for coronavirus at a drive through testing site in Louisiana, which has the highest growth rate of cases in the world.
Officials are racing to get a handle on the novel coronavirus as the number of deaths nears 1,000 in the United States and cases in two of the hardest hit states -- California and New York -- quickly multiply.
Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor known for films including "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee," has died due to complications from Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Screen Actors Guild.
The latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health, at 7 p.m. Thursday, shows there are now 1,643 cases of the disease in the state, and the number of people who died stands at 56.
Give Joe Biden some credit. On Jan. 27, he published an op-ed in USA Today recognizing that the coronavirus outbreak could become a big problem. But he devoted nearly the entire piece to bashing President Trump — who was then fighting off impeachment from Biden’s old Democratic colleagues on…
ALBANY — Proms, spring sports and other school activities have been canceled as the state’s closure of public schools will last at least another month as educational institutions deal with the coronavirus crisis.
Flight attendants are mourning the death of a beloved colleague this week as they keep working in conditions that they say feel increasingly dangerous.
Refrigerated trailers to be used as makeshift morgues hummed outside two hospitals on Thursday as New York City deals with the surging death count in the epicenter of the nation's coronavirus pandemic.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James shed light on a variety of topics facing the NBA should it attempt to resume the 2019-20 season later this year.
ATLANTA — The coronavirus pandemic is putting an unprecedented demand on unemployment compensation from Georgians thrown out of work.
New York City Rabbi Avraham Hakohen "Romi" Cohn, who survived the Holocaust and saved dozens of families from the genocide, has died of complications from coronavirus, a family member said Thursday. He was 91.
The United States, Europe, Japan, China and India are unleashing trillions of dollars in government spending and newly created money as they desperately attempt to keep the global economy from sinking into depression.
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