WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US coronavirus death toll climbed by 2,333 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Tuesday, more than twice as many as the day before. The Baltimore-based university said as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday) that the country had…

NEW YORK, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen children have been hospitalized in New York with a rare inflammatory disease possibly linked to coronavirus, officials said, in the latest reports of the worrying syndrome. Kawasaki disease is a mysterious illness that primarily affects children up to the age of five and…

WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the latest sign that the Trump administration no longer considers the coronavirus pandemic its top daily priority, the White House is set to disband the emergency task force handling the outbreak. Vice President Mike Pence said that the emergency task force he heads will…

Calvin Munerlyn was shot dead on Friday FLINT (Michigan, US), May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A woman has been charged along with her husband and son with killing a security guard who refused her daughter’s entry to a shop because she was not wearing a face covering. Calvin Munerlyn, 43, was…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met members of the Armed Forces after the alleged coup attempt CARACAS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Nicolás Maduro says the Venezuelan authorities have arrested 13 people, including two US citizens whom he described as mercenaries. The announcement came a day after Venezuelan security forces claimed…

Dr George Diaz WASHINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The doctor who treated the first Covid-19 patient in the United States said he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted. Dr George Daz’s first patient, diagnosed in January in Washington state, has already recovered after receiving…

A commuter wearing a surgical mask while walking inside a metro station in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, May 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Though cases of the novel coronavirus disease continue to rise, Latin American governments are looking at how to bolster their ravaged economies. The Ecuadorian government on Monday launched the…

WASHINGTON, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Novel coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by 1,015 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Monday — the lowest one-day figure in a month. The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.17 million cases in the country as…