If there is one phrase that sticks with us from this pandemic, it may well be “social distancing.” But some experts say the term may be ill fitted. Now, experts at the World Health Organization are encouraging calling it “physical distancing” instead.
A Holland America cruise ship that had at least two passengers die of coronavirus and others sickened while barred from South American ports has finally docked in South Florida.
The White House is expected to announce a new policy, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that would urge Americans to wear cloth masks in an effort to prevent coronavirus spread, according to a federal official familiar with the policy.
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert and the face of the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, is facing growing threats to his personal safety, prompting the government to step up his security, according to people familiar with the matter.
As hospitals around America scramble for the supplies doctors and nurses need to treat coronavirus patients and protect themselves, Huntsville Hospital is already getting help from the city’s two major Chinese communities.
While others slept, Tom Cotton was warning anyone who would listen that the coronavirus was coming for America. On January 22, one day before the Chinese government began a quarantine of Wuhan to contain the spread of the virus, the Arkansas senator sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar encouraging the Trump administration to consider banning travel between China and the United States and warning that the Communist regime could be covering up how dangerous the disease really was.