Bangladesh’s leader urges all citizens to stay at home
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is appealing to all citizens to stay at home and avoid any gatherings to slow the transmission of the coronavirus By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press…
Rural America watches pandemic erupt in cities as fear grows
DUFUR, Ore. — The social distancing rules repeated like a mantra in America’s urban centers, where the coronavirus is spreading exponentially, might seem silly in wide-open places where neighbors live…
‘We are collapsing’: Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy
MADRID — By the time Patricia Núñez’s cough started, she was already familiar with the dreaded dry hacking sound tormenting patients who had for weeks been filling the Madrid emergency…
China lifting last controls in province at outbreak’s center
BEIJING — Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus outbreak, as the government on…
Police struggle to enforce India’s sweeping virus lockdown
NEW DELHI — Indians struggled to comply with the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday as the government began the gargantuan task of keeping 1.3 billion people indoors. Official assurances…
Death toll in Spain surpasses China as virus ravages Europe
NEW DELHI — Spain now has the world’s second-highest tally of coronavirus deaths, after 738 more were reported Wednesday, the country’s deadliest toll in one day. With 3,434 coronavirus patients…
White House, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue bill
WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate leaders of both major political parties announced agreement early Wednesday on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a…
AP PHOTOS: Virus accentuates isolation of Spain’s homeless
While Spanish authorities say staying home is the best way to beat the coronavirus pandemic, some people are staying out because their homes are the streets of Madrid and Barcelona…
India’s 1.3 billion locked down as US reaches virus aid deal
NEW DELHI — The world’s largest democracy went under the world’s biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India’s 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home in a bid to stop the coronavirus…
The Latest: South Korea to provide testing materials to U.S.
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 423,000 people and killed over 18,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe…
The Latest: Pakistan suspending domestic flights
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 422,000 people and killed over 18,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe…
They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic.
NEW YORK — At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn’t worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed. The 33-year-old digital media strategist from Dallas, who takes medication, said…