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US 'wasted' months before preparing for coronavirus pandemic

After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the ...

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Trump says he might 'quarantine' New York state

President Donald Trump said Saturday he is considering placing New York state—the worst-hit in the US by the coronavirus pandemic—under quarantine but he was vague about exactly what he meant by this.

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Trump invokes defense powers to order GM to produce ventilators

President Donald Trump issued a federal order Friday to force auto giant General Motors to manufacture ventilators, as supplies of the crucial hospital equipment grow short and coronavirus infections mount across the country.

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GM, Ford promise more ventilators after Trump criticism

US auto giant General Motors announced a joint venture to rapidly produce much-needed ventilators Friday, shortly after President Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticise the company.

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One third of humanity under virus lockdown

India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US politicians agreed to spend $2 trillion to counter the economic damage of the ...

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India's 1.3 billion locked down as US reaches virus aid deal

The world's largest democracy went under the world's biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India's 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home in a bid to stop the coronavirus pandemic, while in the U.S., lawmakers and the White House ...

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