Mientras, ya hay más de 80,000 personas muertas por el COVID-19, según los últimos datos de la Universidad de Johns Hopkins Washington – El número de personas contagiadas por el coronavirus en Estados Unidos superó este sábado los 300,000, con más de 8,000 muertos en todo el país, según los últimos datos de la Universidad de […]readmore
VOA News By Lisa Schlein GENEVA – The Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union says the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the United States to suspend delivery of international mail to nearly two dozen countries. They include the Cayman Islands, Honduras, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Botswana. The U.S. Postal Service is asking customers to refrain from sending items […]readmore
VOA News By Fern Robinson The long journeys of two cruise ships that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks are finally coming to an end in Florida. The Zaandam and Rotterdam were docked in Port Everglades on Thursday when at least 13 passengers and one crew member were transported to local hospitals to be treated for the coronavirus. Other […]readmore
VOA News By Margaret Besheer NEW YORK – Forty percent of all U.S. coronavirus cases are concentrated in New York state, where the death toll hit a new single-day high of 562 on Friday. «You have more deaths, you have more people coming into hospitals than any other night,» Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters in the […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – All Americans should wear nonmedical masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. government is recommending. The new guidelines, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid the coronavirus pandemic, were announced Friday by President Donald Trump. Trump stressed the recommendation was voluntary and […]readmore
VOA NEWS Según expertos de salud, el estado de Nueva York está a una semana de alcanzar el peor punto en la crisis de salud que ha colocado a Estados Unidos como el país con el mayor número de casos a nivel mundial, con mas de 290.000 infectados. El coronavirus acabó con la vida de 630 […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, says a national, coordinated stay-at-home agreement by all fifty states and U.S. territories is needed to effectively combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). While Constitutional authority to enforce public health interventions lies primarily with the states, Senator Reed is urging President […]readmore
VOA News By Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE – A national stay-at-home directive was rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, but he said he might order airlines to stop flying between coronavirus hot spots. «It’s very tough. You have them going from hot spot to hot spot,” said the president at a briefing for reporters […]readmore
VOA News By Carolyn Presutti Much has been written of the warning signs, symptoms and dangers of COVID-19. But what is it like to live through an active infection? Several sufferers share their stories, day-by-day medical conditions, thoughts and observations with VOA’s Carolyn Presutti in this second installment of a bi-weekly series chronicling life with the […]readmore
VOA News By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS – How should the U.N. General Assembly and its 193 member states respond to the coronavirus pandemic? Members have been sent two rival resolutions for consideration — and under new voting rules instituted because the global body isn’t holding meetings, if a single country objects a resolution is defeated. […]readmore