WASHINGTON (March 30,2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging all Americans to only flush toilet paper, not disinfecting wipes or other non-flushable items that should be disposed of in the trash. Flushing only toilet paper helps ensure that the toilets, plumbing, sewer systems and septic systems will continue working properly to safely manage […]readmore
By VOA News Organizers for Tokyo’s rescheduled Olympics have announced that the new dates for the Summer Games will be July 23, 2021, to Aug. 8, 2021. The head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, Yoshiro Mori, announced the decision Monday, after consultations with the International Olympic Committee. The IOC announced last week the decision to […]readmore
VOA News by Antoni Belchi Una iglesia de Miami ofrece a sus feligreses la posibilidad de confesarse desde el auto, una fórmula para evitar los contagios del coronavirus ante la grave crisis de salud en Estados Unidos.MIAMI, FLORIDA — La crisis sanitaria a raíz del brote del coronavirus ha despertado el ingenio de muchos para […]readmore
VOA News Twenty-five members of an Indian family from Sangli in Maharashtra have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Press Trust of India report. The account said four family members who had been in Saudi Arabia tested positive for the virus on March 23. A week later, 21 more family members, including a two-year-old boy also tested positive. India officials blame the quick transmission of […]readmore
By VOA News The U.S. state of New York has passed the somber milestone of 1,000 coronavirus deaths, while governments across the world instituted or extended new lockdowns to try to blunt the effects of the outbreak. Hospitals in New York City are set to get some relief with Monday’s arrival of the Navy’s USNS Comfort hospital ship, which will clear […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – The top U.S. government infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, predicted Sunday that 100,000 or more Americans could die from the coronavirus pandemic, 50 times the current death toll. Fauci told CNN that the U.S. could have “millions of cases” of COVID-19, a vast spread of the pandemic in the country, where […]readmore
By VOA News New York City’s strained health system is about to get some help with the arrival of a Navy hospital ship to care for general patients and a new field hospital to handle those infected with the novel coronavirus. The 68-bed field hospital is going up in the city’s iconic Central Park. Governor Andrew Cuomo […]readmore
VOA News By Associated Press NEW YORK – Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping ballads and honky-tonk singles like «Home» and «Pickup Man,» has died after testing positive for COVID-19. He was 61. Diffie on Friday announced he had contracted the coronavirus, becoming the first country […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Schwartz WASHINGTON – U.S President Donald Trump has extended social distancing and other coronavirus-fighting guidelines through April 30, saying what has been done so far is saving lives. “The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end,” Trump said Sunday moving the daily coronavirus briefing from the White House […]readmore
Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Warwick, Woonsocket, and Statewide recipients will receive key community and housing grants PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to help communities combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), led efforts to include a major […]readmore
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