The Many Times It’s Been ‘Infrastructure Week’ in Washington

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Cooped-Up Children Lose Refuge as N.Y.C. Playgrounds Are Closed

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Alarm, Denial, Blame: The Pro-Trump Media’s Coronavirus Distortion

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Remembering the Neediest During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Trump’s Friend He Says Has Coronavirus Is a New York Developer

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A Month of Coronavirus in New York City: See the Hardest Hit Areas

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Man with COVID-19 Recounts How God 'Breathed Within Me'

As the cases of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the world begin to rise, so do the people recovered from the virus, and with the latter, unusual testimonies.

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Liberty University students choose sides after fallout from coronavirus reporting

The New York Times reported this week that almost a dozen Liberty University students have come down with COVID-19 symptoms since the school reopened last week. But Liberty University officials have since pushed back on these claims, calling the Times story “fake news”. Now, students are choosing sides in who they believe is telling the truth.

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Navy scrambles to aid aircraft carrier as more than 100 sailors test positive for coronavirus

Most of the crew is still aboard the ship, where tight spaces make social distancing impossible.

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China is bracing for a second wave of coronavirus

A Chinese county that was largely unscathed by the novel COVID-19 coronavirus went into lockdown Wednesday, signaling fears of a possible second wave in the country where the virus originated, The South China Morning Post reports.The county of Jia in Henan province, home to 600,000 people, is now in lockdown after infections reportedly spread at a local hospital. There were previously only 12 confirmed cases in Henan, despite it being situated just north of Hubei province, where China's epicenter, Wuhan, is located. However, U.S. intelligence reportedly believes China under-reported the actual number of cases.Either way, the new lockdown, which shuts down all non-essential business and requires people to carry special permits to leave their homes, and wear face masks and have their temperature taken when out and about, comes at a time when the country clearly wants to get its economy up and running again. It's unclear if such measures will be limited to the county or if it's a sign of things to come for the rest of the world's most populous country, but President Xi Jinping has warned that China must return to normal gradually in the hopes of preventing a full-scale COVID-19 return. Read more at The South China Morning Post.More stories from theweek.com Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is what real coronavirus leadership looks like How the coronavirus fight might end up at the Supreme Court Trump is incapable of taking the coronavirus outbreak seriously

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Coronavirus live updates: US has its deadliest day so far; Florida to issue stay-at-home order; New York state death toll near 2,000

Florida announced a stay-at-home order, and officials weighed recommending more Americans wear masks. Here are the latest coronavirus updates.

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Chinese county goes into coronavirus lockdown amid fear of second wave

Authorities order residents of Jia county to stay home after reports of cases linked to the area’s hospital.

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Nancy Pelosi's idea to retroactively lift the limit on state and local tax deductions would be almost useless for people who need the most help

Almost all the benefits of tossing out the SALT cap would go towards richer households — and not average Americans weathering the coronavirus fallout.

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Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in fight over virus rules

Israeli police with face masks and batons and backed by surveillance helicopters have stepped up patrols of ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods that have become coronavirus hotspots. This week has seen tense altercations, and some rabbis have admitted that their communities, where prayer and scripture study are traditionally communal, are not observing new social distancing regulations. A few days ago in Bnei Brak, a city near Tel Aviv with a largely ultra-Orthodox population, hundreds of faithful crowded together to attend the funeral of prominent rabbi Tzi Shenkar.

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China under-reported coronavirus cases and deaths, U.S. intelligence reportedly concludes

There has been some skepticism about China's reporting on the novel COVID-19 coronavirus for some time, especially as smaller countries like Italy surged past the world's most populous nation in both overall cases and deaths. On Wednesday, U.S. intelligence officials told Bloomberg on condition of anonymity that the skepticism is valid.Per Bloomberg, the U.S. intelligence community reportedly concluded in a classified document that China, where the pandemic originated, has under-reported its totals. The officials didn't reveal any of the reports contents, but said the gist of it is China intentionally left death and cases reports incomplete — two officials reportedly said the numbers out of China are fake.Officially, China has tallied more than 82,000 cases and 3,300 deaths, whereas the U.S. already has more than 189,000 cases and 4,000 deaths. Beijing somewhat acknowledged their stats were skewed after they changed their methodology to include some asymptomatic cases, but it's unclear how many more asymptomatic infections were discounted overall. Thousands of urns outside funeral homes have reportedly led people to doubt the Chinese government's death total, as well. Read more at Bloomberg.More stories from theweek.com Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is what real coronavirus leadership looks like China is bracing for a second wave of coronavirus How the coronavirus fight might end up at the Supreme Court

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Letters to the Editor: California got rid of surplus ventilators and mobile hospitals? Outrageous

The decision to pare down California's $200-million stockpile of emergency equipment to save $5 million annually needs to be investigated.

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Russia sends plane with medical supplies to U.S. for coronavirus response

The plane will arrive today, after President Donald Trump accepted an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to send personal protective equipment and other gear.

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Meet Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who just issued a stay-at-home order for his state and was heavily criticized for leaving beaches open to spring breakers in March

Critics have said Florida governor Ron DeSantis needs to issue stricter measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, but Trump applauds his response.

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An evangelical pastor who was charged after holding in-person church services says he doesn't like livestreams because he can't touch parishioners

Tony Spell, an evangelical pastor at the Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was charged with six misdemeanor charges on Tuesday.

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Trump doubles U.S. military assets in Caribbean, bolstering drug fight after Maduro indictment

The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was deploying more U.S. Navy warships and aircraft to the Caribbean to prevent drug cartels and "corrupt actors" like Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to smuggle more narcotics.

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Australian police put a 90-day limit on 'draconian' virus measures

Australia's most populous state said on Thursday police enforcement of restrictions on personal movement intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus would last three months, as the number of new cases continued to slow.

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Chilean consul in Argentine grains hub Rosario dies from coronavirus

A Chilean consul in the Argentine grains hub city of Rosario has died after being infected by the coronavirus, Chile's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, as the global pandemic spreads through South America.

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COVID-19 cases and deaths rising, debt relief needed for poorest nations: WHO

The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories.

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