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by Peter HUTCHISON NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Isaias pounded the US eastern seaboard with driving rain and strong winds on Tuesday, cutting power to over one million households and felling trees, including in New York. At least one person was killed in New York City after a tree fell on their car, while another was critically injured by a falling branch, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Wind gusts up to 78 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States lost another 687 people to the new coronavirus in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm (0030 GMT) Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It marks the eighth day in which the daily toll from the virus has been fewer than 1,000, even as the US remains the country hardest-hit by the pandemic with a total of 118,381 deaths out of a total […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York’s mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday extended a night-time curfew for the city until June 7 following outbreaks of violence and looting during anti-racism protests gripping America. The mayor added that the deployment of National Guard soldiers, seen in other protest-hit states and demanded by President Donald Trump, was not necessary, however. De Blasio told reporters that a 8:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew, due to come […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York’s mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday declared a city curfew from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am, as anti-racism protests grip the United States with regular outbreaks of violence and looting. Saying that “we support peaceful protest,” De Blasio said he made the decision in consultation with the state’s governor Andrew Cuomo, following the lead of many large US cities. In a joint statement the mayor and governor […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The number of deaths in New York state caused by the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours was 84, the lowest one-day total since late March, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. “The news is good news,” Cuomo said in his daily televised briefing. Hospitalizations, intubations and new infections were all in decline, he added. “In my head, I was always looking to get under 100,” Cuomo said, speaking from […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday took a coronavirus test during his televised briefing and urged any fellow New Yorkers with symptoms or having been exposed to the virus to follow his example. “You don’t have to be New York tough to take that test,” he said during the live broadcast of his popular daily briefing. Cuomo’s sometimes folksy and often informative briefings have been followed by thousands […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Some areas of New York — the state worst affected by America’s coronavirus outbreak — will be allowed to gradually reopen later this week, but New York City will stay closed until at least June, leaders said Monday. COVID-19 has killed around 22,000 people in New York state, which has been shut down since Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all non-essential businesses ordered closed on March 22. He said three […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Fifteen children have been hospitalized in New York with a rare inflammatory disease possibly linked to coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, in the latest reports of the worrying syndrome. Kawasaki disease is a mysterious illness that primarily affects children up to the age of five and causes the walls of arteries to become inflamed, resulting in fever, skin peeling and joint pain. Britain’s National Health Service first sounded the alarm […]
by Maggy DONALDSON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Days before May 1 rent was due, building management knocked on Sean Reilly’s Brooklyn apartment door demanding payment for the previous month. But like thousands of others in New York the 25-year-old is participating in Friday’s strike demanding rent cancellation, as unemployment soars and much of the country remains homebound in shelter they now stand to lose due to the coronavirus pandemic. As Reilly […]
(Eagle News) – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States have surpassed 1 million with more than 58,000 deaths as the global total of infections rose to more than 3.1 million. According to data from the Johns Hopkins University, the total US cases reached 1,011,877 with 58,351 deaths. Global virus cases totaled 3,113,447 with 216,930 deaths as of 7:32 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 (Manila time), based on the JHU virus dashboard. US is still […]
by Peter HUTCHISON with Michael MATHES in Atlanta Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — More US states began lifting coronavirus lockdown orders on Monday but New York — America’s economic engine and coronavirus epicenter — is in no hurry, with hospitalization rates still high. As Colorado, Minnesota, Mississippi and Tennessee were among the latest states to loosen restrictions, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was preparing to lengthen confinement measures for […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pressed President Donald Trump Tuesday for more help from the federal government to carry out coronavirus testing during a face-to face-meeting he described as cordial and productive after weeks of sometimes nasty exchanges. As the virus death toll in the US keeps rising and now stands at nearly 45,000, widespread testing is viewed as key to states being able to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen […]
