More than 2.1 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, total job losses from coronavirus lockdown approach 40 million More than 2.1 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment last week, the Labor Department reported on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic lockdown continued to wreak havoc on the U.S. job market.
The new report, which covers the week ending May 23, pushes the 10-week total of job losses--since states directed residents to stay at home and forced nonessential businesses to close--to 40 million, a rate of unemployment unseen since the Great Depression.
President Trump on Thursday marked the “sad milestone” of the U.S. passing 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths by sending “sympathy & love” to those who have lost friends and family members.
The six feet of social distance recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to limit the transmission of COVID-19 may not be enough, some experts say in a new article. In a perspective article published in the journal Science, three experts wrote that aerosol particles can accumulate and remain infectious in indoor air for hours, while being easily inhaled deep into the lungs.
More than 80 percent of passengers and crew members on a cruise ship who contracted COVID-19 were asymptomatic, a new study has revealed. The research, published in the scientific journal Thorax, notes that 128 of 217 passengers and crew members tested positive for the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Of those, 81 percent did not show symptoms, leading researchers to conclude "the prevalence of COVID-19 on affected cruise ships is likely to be significantly underestimated."
And in California, theme parks can welcome visitors once again during Stage 3 of the state’s four-stage reopening plan, officials have announced.
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And there were several other developments: All businesses in Mississippi can reopen Monday, provided they follow guidelines for combating the coronavirus, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday. Coronavirus has been especially tough on farmers, and not only from an economic standpoint: They face the angst of slaughtering millions of animals that will not make it to the nation's food supply. Since stringent lockdowns took hold in late March, the traditional supply chain for meat and poultry has been upended. Fox News Digital takes a closer look. A newly published study suggests that bats indeed have been the originator of SARS-CoV-2, after researchers found novel coronavirus in the flying mammals that is "the closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 reported to date." A Louisiana police department apologized and one of its officers was fired over a Facebook comment suggesting he thought it was “unfortunate” more black people have not died from the coronavirus. The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported there have been more than 200 incidents of physical violence against health care workers linked to COVID-19 since March. |
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