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The National Health Service hospital at ExCel London will within days be able to provide intensive care treatment for 4,000 people suffering from the COVID-19 disease.

Police Investigates incident on Maplewood Drive in Columbus.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed.

Economists have forecast that the government will say employers shed about 150,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate rose from a half-century low of 3.5% to 3.9%, according to FactSet.

The discussions on face masks came as the White House moved aggressively to defend its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly its efforts to speed the distribution of ventilators and protective equipment needed by medical professionals.

Worldwide the number of reported infections hit another gloomy milestone — 1 million, with more than 53,000 deaths, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Alabama’s governor’s order allows for county jails to reduce the number of inmates they house “in a way that does not jeopardize public safety.”

His family tells The New York Times they believes the cause of death was the coronavirus. And the Bergen Record reports that Pizzarelli tested positive for the virus on Sunday.

Health care workers getting off a shift change at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, got a special tribute Thursday night.

JB’s Dollar Scoop on Brown Avenue gave away hot meals to children Thursday and a to-go plate for Friday.