VOA News China’s Foreign Ministry Wednesday rejected a lawsuit filed by the U.S. state of Missouri claiming the nation is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Missouri’s attorney general, Eric Schmitt, announced the lawsuit Tuesday, alleging Chinese officials are responsible for the pandemic that has sickened around 2.5 million people worldwide, thrown tens of millions out […]readmore
VOA News By Margaret Besheer NEW YORK – Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will help the state of New York design and fund a program to trace coronavirus infections as part of its strategy to contain the spread of the virus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the initiative Wednesday, saying it would be done in unison with the neighboring states of New Jersey […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Baragona The first run of a new, low-cost ventilator is coming off the assembly line in New York City. With COVID-19 raising concerns about a shortage of breathing machines for critically ill patients, the city turned to home-grown industries to try to fill in the gap. Full-featured ventilators cost tens of thousands […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – Amid the coronavirus pandemic there will be a pause of at least 60 days in the issuance of green cards, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday — a move that will potentially close the country off to tens of thousands of people. “It would be wrong and unjust” […]readmore
VOA News NEW YORK – After weeks on a warlike footing and suffering thousands of deaths, New York’s governor said Monday that the state appears to be on the “descent” from its apex of coronavirus cases. New York is approaching a quarter-of-a-million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 14,000 deaths. What was anticipated to be […]readmore
VOA News By Associated Press WASHINGTON – A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. While that’s clearly good news, it also means it’s impossible to know who around you may be […]readmore
By VOA News In many parts of the world, leaders have advised citizens to wear face masks when they leave their homes to do grocery shopping or perform other essential tasks. But how do you know which mask is right for you? Here are some guidelines.readmore
VOA News For the first time, an animal shelter in the U.S. state of Florida has seen every dog in one of its kennels adopted. The shelter credits extra time people have to take care of pets because of the coronavirus pandemic. Employees and volunteers could be seen cheering and clapping in a video shared […]readmore
By Reuters CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, nearly a third of the workers at a JBS USA beef plant stayed […]readmore
VOA News by Reuters CHICAGO, ILL. – Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving «perilously close to the edge» in supplies for grocers. Slaughterhouse shutdowns are disrupting the U.S. food […]readmore