Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has hit 100,000, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The sad milestone comes as Christians around the globe mark a Good Friday unlike any other — in front of computer screens instead of in church pews. Meanwhile, some countries are tiptoeing toward reopening segments of their battered economies. Public health officials are warning people against violating the social distancing rules over Easter and allowing the virus to flare up again. Authorities are using roadblocks and other means to discourage travel.
AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at how the coronavirus has battered the U.S. economy and what a post-pandemic economy might look like. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.
The AP plans the following coverage. For up-to-the minute information, visit AP Newsroom’s coverage hub at https://newsroom.ap.org/page/Coronavirus Find AP Virus Alerts here
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VIRUS OUTBREAK: The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other — in front of computer screens instead of in church pews — and some countries tiptoed toward reopening segments of their battered economies. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING
FINANCIAL MARKETS: World shares have held steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years thanks to the Federal Reserve’s titanic effort to support the economy. SENT: 540 words, photos.. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT and OIL MARKETS.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPAIN’S MOST VULNERABLE: The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the fragility of the elderly of Barcelona’s working class Poble Sec neighborhood. For two weeks, an Associated Press photographer accompanied Barcelona’s visiting health care workers and emergency medical personnel as they tended to Spain’s home-bound elderly. SENT: 660 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AID COMES HOME: International charity groups usually provide support to war-torn or impoverished countries. But now, they’re sending humanitarian aid to some of the wealthiest places in the United States to help manage the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 840 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LEARNING FROM OTHERS: Now that the new coronavirus has spread across the United States and claimed more than 16,000 lives, some scholars are shaking their heads that lessons from other countries were not learned in time to help America reduce the toll of the pandemic within its borders. SENT: 1150 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENTILATOR MEDS: As hospitals scour the country for scarce ventilators, pharmacists are beginning to sound an alarm that could become just as urgent. Drugs needed to use ventilators are running low even as demand is surging. SENT: 810 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-EX PRESIDENTS: President Donald Trump is consulting lots of experts to help during the coronavirus pandemic. One resource he’s not tapping: the small group of living ex-presidents who’ve faced plenty of their own crises. SENT: 1000 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-VOTING: As President Donald Trump rails against voting by mail, many members of his own political party are embracing it to keep their voters safe during the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 1000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSES QUESTIONS: U.S. nurses are facing a fundamental question that pits their professional principles against their personal welfare: Did they sign up to become heroes? SENT: 810 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BACK TO BATTLE: The coronavirus has infected doctors, nurses and other health workers who are now returning to work.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EASTER CHOCOLATE CRISIS: Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on Belgian chocolate makers’ calendar. But the coronavirus pandemic has struck a hard blow to the country’s emblematic $5.5-billion industry. SENT: 780 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PUBLIC TRANSIT: People who must continue working during the coronavirus pandemic are performing a quiet calculus each day as they try to stay safe while commuting. SENT: 890 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SOCIAL-DISTANCE-POWWOW: The largest powwows in the country have been canceled and postponed amid the spread of the coronavirus. SENT: 880 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOL MEALS: Schools that feed millions of children from low-income families across the U.S. promised to keep providing meals during the coronavirus pandemic. But cities quickly ran into problems when food workers, teachers and volunteers became infected or were too scared to report for duty. SENT: 820 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-PRIEST’S CRISIS: The circle of contagion around the Rev. Angelo Riva couldn’t have been tighter as the new coronavirus invaded northern Italy. Within two weeks of a lunch with his parents and a fellow priest who assisted him at three parishes above Lake Como, his father and his colleague were dead. As Easter approaches, Riva is preparing for his mother to die, too. He describes the crisis of faith and life he finds himself in as “an inner revolution. SENT: 700 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIVES LOST-WAR VETERANS: In the final months of his life, Bill Chambers was no longer able to walk, but he found peace in motion. The 97-year-old died on March 14 after contracting COVID-19. SENT: 780 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-HOWLING: From California to New York, some Americans are taking a moment each night at 8 o’clock to howl as a way of thanking the health care workers and first responders who are fighting the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 760 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SUMMER CAMPS: Some summer camps have already notified families that they won’t open due to the coronavirus crisis. But most are in wait-and-see mode. SENT: 930 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-PATIENCE IN GAZA: The Gaza frontier has been the front line in three wars and countless skirmishes between Israel and Palestinian militants. But these days it feels much safer than in Gaza City, where the streets are still bustling. SENT: 650 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-DOC ADOPTION: More than 10,000 people have responded to an Israeli woman’s Facebook plea to help overworked health-care professionals on the frontline of the country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GOOD FRIDAY: Pope Francis is presiding over a torch-lit Good Friday procession in an otherwise empty St. Peter’s Square, with nurses and doctors among those holding a cross as the COVID-19 pandemic upends the traditional ceremony at Rome’s Colosseum. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN: The U.K. recorded almost 1,000 more COVID-19 deaths Friday than the day before, taking total deaths in the country to almost 9,000. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported that coronavirus deaths in New York jumped by 777 in one day. Meanwhile, the number of people hospitalized is growing far less than last week, a possible sign the outbreak in New York is peaking. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MCCONNELL-POLIO: As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes back to an earlier crisis that gripped the nation, and his own life, SENT: 975 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS: Unable to strike a deal alone, the Trump administration and congressional leaders are poised to launch new bipartisan talks on a fresh coronavirus aid package with hopes for action as soon as next week. SENT; developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA: Thousands of people have surged for food aid in Kenya’s capital in a brief stampede, leading police to fire tear gas and injure several people. SENT: 740 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST: Yemen’s internationally recognized government has announced the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the war-torn country, stoking fears that an outbreak could devastate its already crippled health care system.SENT: 1000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEXICO HOSPITAL: Interns and resident doctors at a public hospital on the outskirts of Mexico’s capital say that 26 of them have tested positive for COVID-19 and request personal protective equipment and better training for all of the hospital’s staff. SENT: 635 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEXICO ROADBLOCKS: In Mexico, beach towns have begun blocking off roads — in some cases, constructing barricades of rubble across roadways — to seal themselves off from the outside world in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from entering. SENT: 580 words, photos.
CZECH LEAGUE-INFECTED AMERICAN: The coronavirus pandemic ended Dylan Reda’s plans to play and coach American football in the Czech Republic. And that was only the start of his problems. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPAIN'S LOCKDOWN: The Spanish government says it trusts that allowing the return of non-essential workers to factories and construction sites next week won’t cause a significant resurgence in coronavirus infections. SENT: 500 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-APPLE-GOOGLE-VIRUS TRACKING: Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. SENT: 300 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NAVAJO NATION: Two leaders of the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. are in self-quarantine as the coronavirus outbreak sweeps across the Navajo Nation. SENT: 530 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MALTA MIGRANTS: Malta has brought to its shores 70 migrants who drifted into Maltese waters after being stranded at sea for five days, but said Thursday that it must suspend further rescues due to the COVID-19 emergency. SENT: 270 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-THAILAND ALCOHOL BAN: Thailand is trying a new tactic in its battle against the new coronavirus: banning the sale of alcoholic beverages to try to curb irresponsible socializing. SENT: 320 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ALEX JONES: U.S. health officials are warning conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones to stop pitching bogus remedies for the coronavirus. SENT: 230 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SEAN PENN: Sean Penn says he wants to “save lives” with free coronavirus test sites in Los Angeles County. SENT: 510 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-UN-POOR COUNTRIES: More than 60 U.N. agencies and international organizations urged governments on Thursday to take immediate steps to address the unfolding global recession and financial crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the world’s poorest countries. SENT: 540 words.
INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:
-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)
-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.
-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.
Additional graphics and interactives include:
- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.
-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.
-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.
-Virus Cases Compared Inside and Outside of China (Chart): Chart shows the number of confirmed cases in China over time and compares them to cases confirmed outside of China.
-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.
-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.
-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.
-Hospitality Workforce in the US: Coronavirus precautions have struck many U.S. business industries hard, especially the hospitality and service industry, where more than 16 million Americans work for support their livelihoods. This U.S. map highlights the number of hospitality workers and their average annual income by county along with the number of hospitality businesses. It is helpful in illustrating the potential impact of job loss to so many across the nation.
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