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Irish Prime Minister Returns To Medicine To Fight Coronavirus Crisis

6:54am April 07, 2020

The Irish health agency put out a call for medical workers to step in to fight coronavirus. One person who signed up is Leo Varadkar, who worked as a doctor before he became a politician.

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A Tiger Has Coronavirus. Should You Worry About Your Pets?

10:27pm April 06, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Four tigers and three lions at the Bronx Zoo all had one of the symptoms of a respiratory infection: a dry cough. What does this finding mean for cats and dogs?

Horacio Arruda is Quebec's deputy health minister.

This Quebec Health Official Has Become A Sensation With His Coronavirus Tips

7:23pm April 06, 2020

by Emma Jacobs

Horacio Arruda was a little-known bureaucrat. Now his face is on T-shirts, loaves of bread, and memes and videos all over social media. Quebec's deputy health minister has become a local celebrity.

A health care worker staffs a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Jericho, N.Y., the state that remains the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease has killed more than 10,000 people in the U.S., including 4,758 in New York.

More Than 10,000 People Have Now Died From COVID-19 In The U.S.

6:27pm April 06, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. trails only Italy (16,523 dead) and Spain (13,055 dead) in the number of people lost to the pandemic.

Social distancing is a challenge in tightly packed slum neighborhoods, like this one in Karachi, Pakistan.

Health & Safety

Social Distancing Is A Distant Dream In Pakistan's Urban Slums

5:43pm April 06, 2020

In a poor neighborhood in Islamabad, houses are right up against each other, families may live 10 or more in a single room and streets are narrow and crowded.

A Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, in January 2019. Now, people fleeing war and calamity have an added worry with the coronavirus pandemic.

Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Fear Deportation For Seeking Coronavirus Test Or Care

5:06pm April 06, 2020

by Alice Fordham

Although people fleeing war or humanitarian crises know about the dangers of COVID-19, many are also worried about being persecuted if the disease spreads in their communities.

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Municipal tankers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in Moscow on Sunday. Most of Russia's COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Moscow.

Moscow Has Most Of Russia's COVID-19 Cases, But Work Stoppages Are Nationwide

4:18pm April 06, 2020

by Charles Maynes

Moscow's spike in COVID-19 infections has forced an economic shutdown in far-flung territories where the coronavirus has so far shown minimal bite.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, shown here in a handout photo from earlier this month, has reportedly been moved to intensive care at a London hospital.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson In Intensive Care Unit Due To COVID-19

4:03pm April 06, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive," U.K. officials said.

Acting Prime Minister Leo Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before going into politics.

Irish Leader Returns To Medicine To Help Battle COVID-19 Pandemic

4:03pm April 06, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Acting Prime Minister Leo Varadkar reregistered as a medical practitioner with the country's Health Service Executive in March and will begin to work one shift a week.

Ukrainian border guards wear protective face masks at a checkpoint with the territories controlled by Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region.

Opinion: The Coronavirus Crisis Presents An Opportunity To End War In Ukraine

1:58pm April 06, 2020

"Especially during a pandemic, it is insanity for Russian-led forces and Ukrainians to be killing each other," write former U.S. envoys to Ukraine William B. Taylor, Steven Pifer and John E. Herbst.