The number of known deaths from Covid-19 in the United States will soon reach one million. Listeners reflect on the lives lost.
Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
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The World Tries to Move Beyond Covid. China May Stand in the Way.
Xi Jinping has redoubled his country’s efforts to control the virus, even as a growing number of leaders call on Beijing to change course.
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North Korea Says 6 Dead as Covid-19 Spreads at an ‘Explosive’ Rate
The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said 187,800 people were in quarantine, and state TV showed him wearing a mask for the first time.
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Meatpackers Misled Public and Influenced Trump Administration During Covid, Report Says
A congressional report claimed that meatpacking companies issued “baseless” warnings about food shortages and influenced government decisions to keep plants open early in the pandemic.
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Massachusetts to Pay $56 Million After Deadly Covid Outbreak at Veterans’ Home
At least 84 veterans died after the outbreak at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in March 2020. Massachusetts will pay their families a minimum of $400,000 each under the settlement.