San Antonio: CDC Planned to Drop Cruise Passengers at Mall
TEXAS (AP) - Federal health officials planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a shopping mall after their release from a two-week quarantine at a Texas air base, one of ...
Airline Leaders Meet With Trump About Virus
WASHINGTOn (AP) - President Donald Trump is putting a positive spin on the fallout from the coronavirus, saying a lot of people are staying in the United States and they’re shoppin...
Los Angeles Declares Emergency After Confirming Six New Coronavirus Cases Over 48 hours
CALIFORNIA (VINnews) - Los Angeles-area officials declared an emergency, saying they’ve discovered six new COVID-19 cases in the county over the last 48 hours.
“I have just sig...
1,000-Plus Students, Soccer Fans In Israel Potentially Exposed To Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a directive ordering all 1,150 students at a high school in Givat Brenner, as well as dozens of people who attended a...
A Disconnect Between Trump and Health Officials on Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whom to believe on the coronavirus threat — the president saying one thing or the public health officials standing beside him and saying something a little differ...
NY Gov.: Jewish Family Wife, Children, Neighbor of Westchester Coronavirus Victim Also Test Positive, Taking State to 6 Cases
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the wife, two children and a neighbor of a New York lawyer who is hospitalized in critical condition with COVID-...
Coronavirus Confirmed In YU As Student Tests Positive
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported yesterday by VINnews, a Yeshiva University student was under quarantine after being suspected of contracting the coronavirus.
Today it has unfor...
JUST IN: Israel Tells All From High School to Quarantine
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli health authorities have ordered everyone from a regional high school and dozens of soccer fans into home quarantine after their possible exposure to a teen...
Italian Media: Government Orders Schools Closed Nationwide Through Mid-March to Contain Coronavirus Outbreak
ROME (AP) - Italian media say the Italian government has ordered schools nationwide to close for the next two weeks to limit the spread of the coronavirus, but the country's educat...
BREAKING: Pesach Program Cancelations Over Coronavirus
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long Island home by traveling to kosher hotels in foreign...
Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Facebook’s Role Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
MENLO PARK, CA (VINnews) — Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out amid the coronavirus outbreak, to address Facebook's role amid the coronavirus outbreak.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday ...
Mild Now, Wild Later? UK Prepares For Severe Virus Spread
LONDON (AP) — British authorities laid out plans Tuesday to confront a COVID-19 epidemic, saying that the new coronavirus could spread within weeks from a few dozen confirmed cases...
Passover in the Time of Coronavirus: Cancellations Mount at Kosher Resorts
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long Island home by traveling to kosher hotels in foreign...
Tensions Rise As U.S. Death Toll From Coronavirus Reaches 9
SEATTLE (AP) — Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the govern...
Lawmakers Close In On $7.5B Measure To Battle Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are finalizing a $7.5 billion emergency bill to fund the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, in a burst of bipartisan cooperation that's ...
2 Yeshiva University Students Suspected Of Catching Coronavirus
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Yeshiva University students are in self-quarantine as a precaution after potential exposure to coronavirus.
According to an all campus alert sent by the uni...
Yeshiva Parent Confirmed with Coronavirus; Three Westchester-area Orthodox Jewish Schools Close for the Day
NEW YORK (VINnews-Sandy Eller) — An Orthodox Jewish man has been hospitalized with coronavirus, prompting the closure of three local yeshivas.
In a Tuesday morning news conferen...
More Testing Sheds Light On How Virus Is Spreading In US
SEATTLE (AP) — An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in ...
Authorities Confirm New Hampshire’s 1st Case Of Coronavirus
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hospital employee who recently traveled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday.
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Factories Expand Despite Virus, Though Deliveries Slow
WASHINGTON (AP) — American factories expanded in February for the second straight month, despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The winning streak, however, may pr...