‘Please come help us in New York now,’ Andrew Cuomo pleads, as day’s 250 more victims bring number of dead to over 1,200.
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How would overwhelmed hospitals decide who to treat first?
Doctors, ethicists in US fear they may have to decide who gets access to a life-saving ventilator — and who doesn’t.
Ford plans to build 15,000 ventilators
Ford is responding to pressure from the Trump administration (after Trump mostly went after rival GM and its CEO Mary Barra) to step up and build medically necessary equipment, by announcing that under a partnership with GE, it plans to build 15,000 ventilators over the next 100 days.
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700 IDF troops, mostly unarmed, to join police in enforcing partial lockdown
Military says only commanders and soldiers serving in West Bank settlements will carry weapons, as IDF takes on complicated new mission among Israeli civilians.
US expert: Israeli response to coronavirus crisis is ‘right on target’
Compared with the decentralized health system in the US, the Jewish state’s reaction to COVID-19 has been relatively swift and well-organized, says data scientist Dr. Martin Zand.
France reports largest single-day jump in deaths
In France, where the public has seen an encouraging drop in new cases, the case total climbed to 44,550 (prev. 40,174) on Monday, while the French death toll climbed to 3,024 (prev. 2,606), making France the fourth nation to see its death toll from the virus surpass 3,000.
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Migrants who cross into the US illegally are being expelled to Mexico
Migrants who cross into the United States illegally are being expelled to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes under emergency coronavirus measures now in force across the U.S. southern border
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World Bank warns pandemic is causing ‘unprecedented global shock’
The coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout could cause China’s growth to come to a standstill while driving 11 million more people in East Asia into poverty, the World Bank warned Monday.
Researchers: 1,000 patients in serious condition by end of Passover
Researchers at Hebrew University say the number of hospitalized patients with coronavirus will increase significantly within two weeks.
China fear for second Coronavirus Wave
The scientists are now warning that a second coronavirus wave could be arriving by the end of April.
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Israel mulls imposing quarantine on haredi population centers defying lockdown
Health Ministry data further shows that in Bnei Brak, cases of infection are increasing eightfold every three days, compared to the twofold national average. Among Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox population, cases are quadrupling in the same time period.
‘Irresponsible to remove key players Bennett & Erdan at this time of crisis’
Yediot Aharonot’s military correspondent calls on PM to retain Bennett as Defense Minister, says replacing him now will be costly.
How did Czech Republic flatten growth of coronavirus?
By adding one single compulsory rule, the Czech Republic has brought down the spread of the coronavirus.
Report: Military training dogs to identify Corona patients
Channel 13 reported that the Defense Ministry’s Administration for Research, Arms Development and Technological Infrastructureare is leading an effort to train dogs from the IDF’s Oketz unit to identify corona patients by sniffing saliva.
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Israel offers foreign airlines Ramon Airport to store planes
Israel’s southern airport offered as location to store aircraft until coronavirus crisis passes.
Netanyahu announces NIS 80 Billion ($22.4 B) aid package
Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the government has approved a NIS 80 Billion economic aid package for a three month period.
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