An invisible enemy brings life to a halt. People become isolated and panic. Neighbors start seeing one another as threats. If life during the Covid-19 pandemic makes it seem like you’ve entered “The Twilight Zone,” that seminal sci-fi series about dread and paranoia, than you’re more right than you realize. On March 4, 1960, it
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The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea, is suing two women who visited the island on vacation despite the younger one having symptoms of coronavirus. The pair have been identified as a mother, age 52, and her 19-year-old daughter, who had recently returned to her native South Korea from studying abroad in Boston. The
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Four weeks into a nationwide lockdown, very few Italians are still singing from their balconies or banging pots and pans in solidarity. Instead, flags were lowered to half-staff this week for the nearly 15,000 coronavirus victims including doctors, nurses and health care professionals who have perished since February 23. The lockdown, which was originally scheduled
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(CNN Español)– El 3 de abril de 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo dejó su huella en los libros de la Liga de Campeones con un golazo que dio la vuelta al mundo. Fue en la victoria de visitante del Real Madrid ante la Juventus en la fase de cuartos de final. A los 63 minutos, el portugués
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – En una conferencia de prensa de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Kristalina Gueorguieva, advirtió la dimensión del desafío que vive el mundo por el brote de covid-19. “Esta es una crisis como ninguna otra. Nunca en la historia del FMI hemos sido testigos
Continue Reading Maura Lewinger says her husband, Joe, wrote her love letters every morning and left them in her lunch box. They weren’t just the “have a great day” letters, she said, but they described what she meant to him and maybe their plans for the next day or the upcoming weekend. “He always took care of
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Maura Lewinger says her husband, Joe, wrote her love letters every morning and left them in her lunch box. They weren’t just the “have a great day” letters, she said, but they described what she meant to him and maybe their plans for the next day or the upcoming weekend. “He always took care of
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Each day seems to bring more bad news for Tokyo. The daily count of new coronavirus cases has doubled in the past week, from about 40 in the final days of March to 97 on Thursday and 89 on Friday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. If the current trend continues, the outlook is bleak,
Continue Reading For hairstylist Heidi Oley, social distancing means more time on her hands to practice her skills. So, she’s gotten creative and has decided to have some fun with it — by making her boyfriend the canvas for her masterful creations. Oley and Geoffrey Clark, who live in Atlanta, relocated to her family’s secluded cabin in
Continue Reading What happens when a once-rejected dystopian novel turns into reality? Ask Scottish author Peter May. The screenwriter-turned-novelist wrote a book titled “Lockdown” in 2005 about a global pandemic. Fifteen years later, that’s our reality due to coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1 million people globally. The book, which was rejected by publishers
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has gotten hundreds of calls and emails from people complaining about others not taking precautions for the spread of Covid-19. One of those people ABC-7 heard from is someone who is fighting to live to see a special day. Fernado Sepulveda could be your uncle, father, or even grandfather. “I’m
Continue Reading (CNN) – Frank Gabrin, un médico de urgencias en Nueva Jersey, sabía que podía contagiarse de coronavirus cuando llegaba a trabajar para atender a los pacientes. Pero aún así lo hacía, y una semana después de contraer el virus Gabrin murió en los brazos de su esposo este martes. Su pérdida es una lección sobre la importancia
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EL PASO, Texas — With restaurants being closed except for takeout, some have wondered what regulations food trucks have to follow to remain open. In the city of El Paso’s local emergency directive, it states that food trucks may continue to operate, but only if food truck operators enforce compliance with social distancing requirements among
Continue Reading World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania, starts Saturday night, but it’ll be slightly different than what fans are used to. When headed out to the wrestling ring, WWE superstar Paul “Triple H” Levesque — who also serves as WWE Executive Vice President, Global Talent Strategy & Development — would normally walk into
Continue Reading One of Asia’s biggest slums has confirmed its first coronavirus death as top Indian doctors warn that the country must prepare to face an “onslaught” of cases that could cripple the health system to levels far beyond what Europe and the United States are experiencing. A 56-year-old man died due to Covid-19-related illness in Dharavi
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The Trump administration will use funds from the $2 trillion federal stimulus package to pay hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday. The money will come from a $100 billion fund set up to reimburse hospitals and other health care providers for their coronavirus expenses, he said.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El gobierno de Cuba puso este viernes en prisión domiciliaria al activista José Daniel Ferrer, luego de que estuviera seis meses en la cárcel bajo la acusación de haber causado lesiones a una persona. Ferrer enfrenta una condena de cuatro años y medio. El hermano de Ferrer, Luis Enrique, que reside en Miami,
Continue Reading Nota del editor: En una serie de ensayos llamados “The Distance”, Thomas Lake cuenta historias de estadounidenses que vivieron la pandemia. Si tienes una historia para compartir envía un correo electrónico a thomas.lake@cnn.com. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. (CNN) — Iban a un lugar peligroso y la mayoría o todos estaban
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Este viernes 3 de abril se cumple un mes desde que el coronavirus llegó a Argentina. Son solo 30 días, pero en los que la vida de todos cambió radicalmente: un país que se encuentra en medio de una cuarentena prácticamente paralizado, con las clases suspendidas y que obliga a la gran
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – “¿Cómo puedes vivir un encierro sin cerveza?, es un relajante natural”, es lo que opina Cuauhtémoc Rivera, presidente de la Alianza Nacional de Pequeños Comerciantes (ANPEC) cuando se le preguntó sobre la decisión de la industria de detener la producción de cerveza en el país por la pandemia de coronavirus, un sector
Continue Reading Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed an executive order calling the state Legislature to meet for a special session on Saturday in a last-minute bid to delay the state’s primary election. Evers, a Democrat, is ordering the Legislature to meet at 4 p.m. Central time to take up changes to the election in order
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador Lenín Moreno, criticó duramente este viernes a las personas contagiadas de coronavirus que, en algunas zonas del país, no han respetado el aislamiento. “Sobre todo en Guayaquil, Samborondón y Durán, a principios de este mes hubo 1.304 contagiados. Resulta que más del 40% de ellos salieron de sus
Continue Reading The Grand Princess cruise ship floated for days off the coast of San Francisco in early March like an omen to a coming disaster. “We could see it from our windows,” said Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. “That made it real.” It was
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people wear face coverings in public and health officials just reported the most deaths in a single day. President Donald Trump announced the new guidelines Friday, saying it’s a voluntary measure and people should not wear surgical or medical masks. “It’s really going to be
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people wear face coverings in public and health officials just reported the most deaths in a single day. President Donald Trump announced the new guidelines Friday, saying it’s a voluntary measure and people should not wear surgical or medical masks. “It’s really going to be
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts Friday to clarify where American diplomats overseas should direct incoming requests for Covid-19 medical supplies from foreign governments, authorities and international organizations. The cable demonstrates an effort to streamline the overwhelming number of requests the Trump administration is getting from entities
Continue Reading (CNN) — Dos altos funcionarios del gobierno de Donald Trump mencionaron el año pasado que la amenaza de una pandemia era un asunto que les preocupaba, lo que socava las repetidas afirmaciones del presidente acerca de que la crisis de coronavirus fue un problema imprevisto. El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Alex Azar, y
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EL PASO, Texas — The number of coronavirus cases in El Paso County is now fast approaching 100, with roughly 20% of all those patients hospitalized, officials said Friday night as they again made an urgent plea for residents to stay home. Dr. Hector Ocaranza of the City/County Health Authority saw no immediate end in
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso small business relief fund that was quickly overwhelmed with grant requests and shut down announced Friday night that it will reopen the application process next week. “We have listened to our community’s concerns regarding the application process for our grant program administered by LiftFund, and we are taking
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