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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday pursued a massive $850 billion stimulus package to buttress a U.S. economy reeling from the coronavirus threat, while the streets of major American cities emptied in response to stepped-up warnings about the pandemic. A person crosses the street in the International District-Chinatown neighborhood during the outbreak

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The White House issued new U.S. coronavirus guidelines on Monday warning Americans to limit social gatherings to 10 or fewer people and urging restaurants, bars and other public venues to close in states where local transmission of the virus exists. But President Donald Trump refrained from ordering sweeping public quarantines or

FILE PHOTO: A worker in protective suit and carrying disinfection equipment walks past the parliament building in Athens, Greece, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece announced on Monday it will shut all shops apart from supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, petrol stations and food delivery services, and put anyone arriving from abroad into quarantine

(Reuters) – With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero on Sunday in another emergency move to help shore up the U.S. economy amid the rapidly escalating global coronavirus pandemic. The Fed already cut interest rates by half a percentage point

(Reuters) – No more 24-hour Walmarts due to panic buying, chaos at airports as Americans flood back into the country and places of comfort such as bars, restaurants and movie theaters may soon be off limits as the coronavirus spreads across the United States. “I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the U.S. president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life. After White House officials took the unprecedented

(Reuters) – An 82-year-old woman became New York’s first coronavirus fatality, authorities said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and the spread of the pandemic shut down much of the daily routine of American life. FILE PHOTO: Commuters are seen in Penn Station at 5:24 PM on a Friday as the

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency over the

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The entry of commercial lab companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings and Quest Diagnostics Inc to help identify cases of the new coronavirus does not seem to be easing the burden of testing in the United States. FILE PHOTO: Members of a Servpro cleanup crew wearing hazardous material suits prepare to

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has picked his favorite weapon to fight the economic fallout from the coronavirus: an elimination of the “payroll tax” on workers’ gross earnings that is used to fund national retirement programs. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the daily Coronavirus-related briefing at the White House in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday plans to urge U.S. states and localities to take stronger steps to fight the coronavirus, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said as the governor of at least one state criticized the federal government’s handling of the outbreak. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar speaks

(Reuters) – Hundreds of travelers who boarded a cruise liner for Hawaii last month in sandals and sunglasses trudged off the coronavirus-stricken ship in face masks at the Port of Oakland, California, on Tuesday, headed to quarantine sites around the country. The tightly controlled disembarkation began on Monday, hours after the cruise ship Grand Princess

DETROIT (Reuters) – Joe Biden hopes to take a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday when six states cast votes, while Bernie Sanders aims for an upset win in Michigan that would keep his White House hopes alive. Biden, who claimed the position of Democratic front-runner with a sweeping series of wins

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Weary passengers aboard a cruise ship idled at sea for days by a coronavirus outbreak erupted in cheers on Monday as the vessel sailed into San Francisco Bay en route to the Port of Oakland and the next, unexpected phase of their voyage – two weeks of quarantine. The 2,400 passengers,

(Reuters) – The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110,000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage. For an interactive graphic tracking global spread of coronavirus, click here DEATHS/INFECTIONS – More than 110,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and over 3,800 have

FILE PHOTO: Costa Rica’s Health Minister Daniel Salas speaks as he confirms the first case of coronavirus in the country during a press conference, in San Jose, Costa Rica March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica raised to nine the tally of people infected with coronavirus in its territory, up